August 16, 2022
Get to your grips and get to work!
Get to your grips and get to work! Everything starts with grip - if you don’t have some…
August 13, 2022
Multiple lines of attack
Multiple lines of attack: When you have but one attack in a given scenario you’ll be…
August 4, 2022
When to be fast and when to be slow
When to be fast and when to be slow: Jiu jitsu is a game of variable pace. If you try to…
July 22, 2022
Plotting your next move
Plotting your next move: One of the most useful abilities to develop in Jiu jitsu is that…
July 12, 2022
Physical pressure
Physical pressure: Submission is the aim of our sport. There are two paths to submission.…
July 8, 2022
Calm between the storms
Calm between the storms: The general pattern of Jiu jitsu sparring is of relatively long…
June 19, 2022
Budgets and jiu jitsu
Budgets and jiu jitsu: If your life is anything like mine, it’s probably the case that…
June 18, 2022
Give yourself a hand
Give yourself a hand: Nature gave you two hands to use in jiu jitsu, but training can…
June 2, 2022
Attrition
Attrition: Technical skills are the main basis of victory, but never underestimate the…
May 31, 2022
Different kinds of pressure
Different kinds of pressure: People talk all the time about PRESSURE in jiu jitsu - they…
Principles: Weight, Connection, Posture, Grips, Kuzushi...,Strategy & Tactics
May 28, 2022
Dual threats
Dual threats: When your Dad first showed you how to throw a punch he told you jab was…
May 26, 2022
Beginnings – stance, distance, grip
Beginnings - stance, distance, grip: Every grappling exchange has a beginning. How well…
May 24, 2022
GREAT jiu jitsu players create DILEMMAS
Good jiu jitsu players create PROBLEMS for their opponents; GREAT jiu jitsu players…
May 4, 2022
Don’t stand in front of danger
Don’t stand in front of danger: If someone motioned towards you in a way that conveyed…
May 1, 2022
Work rate
Work rate: There are many simultaneous battles going on at any given moment in a jiu…
April 27, 2022
Gentlemen
Gentlemen: There is an odd gentleman’s agreement in jiu jitsu that there is a top player…
April 23, 2022
Failure
Failure: We all have an internal voice that tell us whether or not a given move that we…
April 22, 2022
One good weapon
One good weapon: Having one good weapon doesn’t sound like much in a sport where there…
April 20, 2022
A little break in the action…
A little break in the action…Hard sparring is damn exhausting at times. The usual…