Safe Places….& BJJ

All of the books I’m giving you have direct application to your martial arts training, even if the title doesn’t seem to imply it. If you read last month’s book, they talked about a drill they gave the special forces designed to teach a lesson about safe places.We aren’t talking about the type of safe place…

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Tracking For Max Results : Part 1

One thing I’m going to start tracking more on the competitors is heart rate recovery.   Now let me back up a second, There are several things you need to be tracking, if you dont: HRV, Sleep, Eating, and Heart Rate recovery. You also need a training journal or note of how hard you train which days…

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4 Stages of Learning

There are 4 stages of learning.Coaches must know these, along with athletes and parents who train with their kids.Learn. Practice. Experience. Repeat.Learn. Gather information, organize it… take it in…study, take notes, do your research. (come to class). This is often what people might consider the “boring” part when it comes to martial arts b/c it doesnt…

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Evaluating Your Opponent & Strategy

Let’s talk about strategy and evaluating your opponent. You have to be able to evaluate your opponent in the first 30 seconds of a match or less. With BJJ, and the advance of the internet, you could argue you should really do it in less, because you can look them up in advance, or watch their prior…

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Match Breakdown 7/13/20 Josh Russell & Ryan Norris

Match of the day between Josh and Ryan. Excellent job for both. RyanGood sprawl but instead of grabbing over the head you have to cross faceSame at .40 seconds you grabbed over and around the head instead of just cross facing like you should with normal side control. This is why he turned.AT 1:17 he…

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Concepts Of Pressure Passing

I have been discussing the concept of pressure in adult class when it comes to passing the guard and I do not think people understand it enough: There are 2 ways to pass the guard: pressure passing and redirection Redirection is good if you are speedy and fast. You redirect the legs and run around…

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Match Of The Day 05/29/2020 Kyler & Samuel

Samuel Good guard passing but need to control the head tighter so they dont turnSnap the head down when they start to get out from the turtleGood triangle defense. You will want to watch you dont get sweptFor the double armor he had you want to stack into the person and defend, sitting back and…

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Thoughts On The Progression Through The Adult BJJ Ranks

An Overview of the Ranking System In BJJ & Thoughts On Evaluations It’s common for new students to ask how the progression system in BJJ works, what is expected of them, how to improve, and much more. Here is an explanation of the various testing systems in Martial Arts, as well as an explanation of the…

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