June 14, 2016
Pre-match attitude – study in contrasts
Pre-match attitude - study in contrasts: Different athletes enter matches with very…
June 13, 2016
Trying to explain to Eddie Cummings that ashi garami works just as well when wearing a gi…
June 12, 2016
Olivier Taza – Learning the leg lock system
Olivier Taza - Learning the leg lock system: A very fine example of the speed with which…
June 10, 2016
Teaching the room
Teaching the room: On any given day of teaching jiu jitsu, there will always be massive…
June 9, 2016
Gi or no gi? Teaching a mixed gi and no gi class
Gi or no gi? Teaching a mixed gi and no gi class: The best people in the sport switch…
June 8, 2016
Every submission hold has its own character
Every submission hold has its own character: we are involved in a sport where the…
June 8, 2016
Anybody can train when they feel like training – The real question is whether you can train when you don’t feel like it
Anybody can train when they feel like training - The real question is whether you can…
June 7, 2016
Competition intensity
Competition intensity: The majority of training time ought to be concerned with skill…
June 6, 2016
Former adversaries, new friends
Former adversaries, new friends: Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields finish up a tough day…
June 4, 2016
Garry Tonon has just informed me that the new super villain in Star Wars
Garry Tonon has just informed me that the new super villain in Star Wars: the force…
June 4, 2016
An early innovation in my jiu jitsu
An early innovation in my jiu jitsu: when I was a blue belt in the early mid 1990's I…
June 2, 2016
Stranglehold or chokehold?
Stranglehold or chokehold? My long suffering students will attest that I often show a…
June 1, 2016
Tangled up in legs
Tangled up in legs: Ashi garami" is usually translated as "leg entanglement." It captures…
June 1, 2016
Back attacks
Back attacks: The human body is set up well to deal with threats from the front, but does…
June 1, 2016
Precioussss...nice ashi garami my precioussss...damn...I need a vacation...gotta get out…
May 31, 2016
Tachi waza and Ne waza
Tachi waza and Ne waza: Most of the main grappling styles styles of the world recognize…
May 31, 2016
So proud and happy to hear of the great victory of my friend and student, Travis Stevens…
May 30, 2016
Solo movement drills
Solo movement drills: Some of the most impressive training lessons I learned came from…
May 30, 2016
The two faces of jiu jitsu
The two faces of jiu jitsu: Every aspect of jiu jitsu has two sides - a positive side…
May 29, 2016
Empirical tests
Empirical tests: Nothing furnishes proof of a theory or set of beliefs quite like a…