Following movement

Following movement: Most of the time when we drill submission moves it’s done in a rather…

Read More

Continuity

Continuity: We judge our Jiu jitsu mostly by the quality of our performance of moves -…

Read More

Get to the end of the lever

Get to the end of the lever: This entire game is a complex web of applied mechanical and…

Read More

Pressure will always reveal your weaknesses

Pressure will always reveal your weaknesses: I am often asked by students what they need…

Read More

Getting work done

Getting work done: It’s always great seeing two of my favorite people in Jiu jitsu - the…

Read More

Making waves

Making waves: The talented juniors of New Wave had another great night of local…

Read More

Well, that’s one way to spend Thanksgiving!!

Well, that’s one way to spend Thanksgiving!! Hope you guys are all having a wonderful day…

Read More

Climbing

Climbing: The worst scenarios for takedowns in jiu jitsu usually involve getting your…

Read More

Position AND submission

Position AND submission: In most cases we distinguish between positional moves and…

Read More

Sad to report that Garry Tonon lost his title fight

Sad to report that Garry Tonon lost his title fight here in Singapore via KO to champion…

Read More

Don’t be satisfied with good when great is right there for the taking

Don’t be satisfied with good when great is right there for the taking: Getting into a…

Read More

Angle is your friend

Angle is your friend: Gunning for submissions underneath a tough opponent is never easy…

Read More

Submissions – It’s an all or nothing game

Submissions - It’s an all or nothing game: There is a temporal order to Jiu Jitsu that is…

Read More

The remarkable Jake Shields wins again

The remarkable Jake Shields wins again: With all the excitement of EBI 14 this weekend,…

Read More

Training in Texas

Training in Texas: The squad arrived in Austin, Texas and straight to workout room. Here…

Read More

Victory in LA – Part 2

Victory in LA - Part 2: Big wins via submission by both Nicky Ryan and Eddie Cummings at…

Read More

History

History: It was an honor to go to the legendary Gracie jiu jitsu head quarters in…

Read More

Going old school – California style

Going old school - California style: When Gordon Ryan defeated Ralek Gracie at the…

Read More

Back in training

Back in training: After the excitement of Gordon Ryan’s victory in Torrance yesterday The…

Read More

It ain’t easy keeping up with the squad

It ain’t easy keeping up with the squad: At the house of our gracious host Mo Jassim, his…

Read More

If applicable, use the arrows / numbers below to browse the rest of the archives (you have to scroll down a bit).