It's alright to feel lost. It's especially alright to feel lost when it comes to learning, training and living Jiu-jitsu. Not all jiu-jitsu practitioners have the luxury of having their...
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Over the last few months, I've changed my mind about a few things. One of those things [article coming soon] was how little I used to focus on strength and...
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A recent training session had me feeling all sorts of beaten down. This was one of my last training sessions as a brown belt. The Professor involved knew it was...
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How should one be training Jiu-jitsu? The question of whether one should be training jiu-jitsu for volume rather than intensity is one I have asked myself upwards of a million...
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I’ve been involved in Jiu-jitsu for eight years. A lot has changed since I started though I imagine that for people who have been around much longer than me, those...
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One of the things I love most about jiu-jitsu is that there is nowhere to hide. In the very beginning, some will hide behind their athleticism but this is eventually...
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I have been a fan of Tony Robbins for some time. I have read only one of his books and have listened to plenty of podcasts that he has been...
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(Photo credit above to Mike Calimbas) Sometimes people accuse me of being good at jiu-jitsu. I usually down-play the compliment end say something like "I just get lucky sometimes". This...
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to compete at the Texas Subhunter 10 here in Austin, Texas. I had an incredibly tough match with a game opponent that I...
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I've heard it said that most of life is just showing up. This is very frequently one of the greatest challenges of training jiu-jitsu. In other words, the ability to...
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