“Human nature (Jiu-Jitsu) is full of riddles and contradictions; its very complexity engenders art – and by art I mean the search for something more than simple linear formulations, flat solutions, oversimplified explanations.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Substitute the words Jiu-Jitsu for the words human nature and it challenges one to consider exactly what does art […]
What Struggle Teaches I have been involved in this sport of MMA for the past 18 years. Early in my career, I have made a lot of poor decisions in my training and recovery that are clear to me now. I was in the sport before money was ever really being offered to fighters who […]
Power of Drilling Depending on your coach you will be given a technique to drill or your own time to drill a technique of your choice. Let’s say your coach says “armbars 25x each, warmup!” Your thoughts “Boring, I know this” Let me just swing side to side and finish up these 25 reps. So […]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The FOX CHAMPS CODE Parenting experts often talk up the benefits of learning a martial art. They talk about fitness, focus, friends and self-discipline. To borrow from the late, great Aretha Franklin, it’s cultivating R-E-S-P-E-C-T that experts say is most important. They say that children learn respect by showing respect (bowing, shaking hands, sportsmanship, […]
Tournament Jitters – We all get the jitters – that jumpy feeling before you’re called to compete. Even the pros feel anxiety before a big match but they have strategies to calm the mind. When it comes to performance anxiety, bjj competitions can be like public speaking; the focus is all on you and your […]
Can your children protect themselves from a bully? Some kids go through school without one fight, and are not exposed to physical bullying. Others will at some point get into a fight whether they are a willing participant or not. Hopefully, it’s just a schoolyard tussle never to be repeated again. Too often, as […]
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What I call Junk-Jitsu ???????? Playing the game of transitions and concepts you will find different sweeps that will resemble sweeps you have drilled. This is something I picked up watching Cobrinha and may have hit years ago. After being asked what to do from De La Riva, I poked around and a variation of […]
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