August 27, 2023
Giving your best
Giving your best: We tend to think “giving your best effort” in Jiu jitsu means giving…
August 22, 2023
Where you’re strong and where you’re weak
Where you’re strong and where you’re weak: As long as your elbows are tight to your torso…
August 18, 2023
Symmetry
Symmetry: do you need to be able to perform your major moves on both sides of your body…
August 16, 2023
Height
Height: Winning a battle for height will often prove to be of the greatest importance in…
August 15, 2023
As long as you’ve got a foot and leg between you and your opponent
As long as you’ve got a foot and leg between you and your opponent you’ve got a line of…
August 13, 2023
Seeing progress
Seeing progress: One of the hardest things about jiu jitsu is the feeling that you aren’t…
August 7, 2023
Focus vs myopia
Focus vs myopia: When you start to enter a given move in jiu jitsu, there is a natural…
July 31, 2023
The real test of match intensity control is when you’re in trouble
The real test of match intensity control is when you’re in trouble: You’ll often hear me…
July 27, 2023
If you can break an opponents stance/balance…
If you can break an opponents stance/balance, then everything else gets easier. If you…
July 25, 2023
Dilemmas: Whenever you can – attack in pairs of moves
Dilemmas: Whenever you can - attack in pairs of moves rather than a single move. If…
July 22, 2023
If you can get an opponents feet off the mat you own him
If you can get an opponents feet off the mat you own him: Everything we do in grappling…
July 19, 2023
Anyone can look calm and composed when they’re winning
Anyone can look calm and composed when they’re winning, but it’s how calm and composed…
July 8, 2023
You can’t learn all the details in a day
You can’t learn all the details in a day. Furthermore, the addition of a single detail is…
July 4, 2023
It’s a game of levers and fulcrums
It’s a game of levers and fulcrums - so when it’s time to apply force - APPLY IT AT THE…
July 3, 2023
The basis of an opponents defense will always be his STANCE
The basis of an opponents defense will always be his STANCE. It stands to reason…
June 11, 2023
Strive for precision in drilling
Strive for precision in drilling - you’ll never be able to fully replicate that level of…
June 9, 2023
Lever and fulcrum
Lever and fulcrum: Many of the major moves of this game involve using your body and your…
June 6, 2023
Isolation
Isolation: All submission holds presuppose the idea of isolating a limb/neck from the…
June 1, 2023
Increasing your opportunities by changing your angle or orientation
Increasing your opportunities by changing your angle or orientation: It’s very difficult…
May 25, 2023
If you can break their balance…
If you can break their balance you can break their stance and if you can break their…