Everyone loves Jiu-Jitsu! Yes it's tough and we all face challenges in our training... but ultimately we keep going back because we love it. It gets us in the best physical and mental shape of our lives... we have fun waging "war" with our friends... we get to be part of an amazing community... we... Continue Reading →
I haven't been to a BJJ or Grappling tournament in over three years. To be honest the reason I stopped going and paying attention to tournaments is that I felt like the energy at most events had become very negative. It was really a mixture of a lot of things: from parents screaming "choke him... Continue Reading →
2012 was an interesting year for me. If you haven't heard my story... I was a BJJ brown belt for 13 years! You read that right... 13 years. In 2012 I got really tired of being out of shape, depressed and injured. I made some radical changes in my diet (went to a completely plant based... Continue Reading →
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168 is a fairly important number if you subscribe to the Monday through Sunday, seven day's a week schedule. Unless maybe you're a Tibetian monk living in solitude seeking enlightenment, then maybe it doesn't matter. But if are like most of us juggling jobs, family, school, kids and BJJ then 168 is a crucial number.... Continue Reading →
When you go to tournaments and seminars you begin to notice that there are tons of white belts, lots of blue belts, a hand full of purple belts and a scattering of brown and black belts. It's rather evident that the higher you go up in belts, the fewer students that are left participating. Jiu-Jitsu... Continue Reading →
Everyone know's how bad it feels when you get hurt. The physical and emotional pain of injuries can be very frustrating. On the other side of that coin is the person who played a role in the injury - whether on purpose or by accident. Throughout my Jiu-Jitsu journey I have hurt partners in training... Continue Reading →
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a tough journey physically and mentally! I wanted to quit many times..maybe you do too. Or maybe you're on the fence and you don't know what to do? Grab a cup of coffee...sit down...and lets chat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epuAamXuHOo Please be sure to share this video if it helped you or a friend. Also,... Continue Reading →
I recently had a rather humorous conversation with a new Jiu-Jitsu student. We had just finished a Jiu-Jitsu class and a student came up to me rather excitedly. He said, "Professor I need to talk to you!" I replied with, "What's up...is everything okay?" He said, "Well I had a realization in class today..." I... Continue Reading →
