September 17, 2018
Three Reasons to Train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
I typically don’t like to talk arts down. I sincerely believe that every art has it’s benefits, and every...
September 9, 2018
How to Recognize Progress (Epiphany) In Your BJJ Training
A young student recently mentioned that despite now wearing a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt he had felt no “epiphany”...
September 6, 2017
BJJ Hygiene
If you never grappled before and BJJ is new to you, you need to understand that hygiene is really important...
March 26, 2017
BJJ Passivity vs. Activity – The Culture of Watching
My friends, challenging yourself is living. Bring on Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Yes you could sit and watch other people do...
December 2, 2016
BJJ Belt Ranking Discussion
A Few Words About Rank Every so often we’re faced with the question of what the belts mean. And...
August 3, 2016
Make Your BJJ Training Effortless
You’ve been practicing the sweeps all evening and finally it’s time to roll. You’ve been looking forward to the...
July 8, 2016
Differences in “Brazilian” Jiu-jitsu and “Gracie” Jiu-jitsu?
I’ve noticed a few messages floating around the interwebs promoting this idea that “Brazilian” Jiu-jitsu and “Gracie” Jiu-jitsu are...
May 23, 2016
Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
There are so many ways to train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. There’s position training, there’s slow-flow training, there’s technique drilling, there’s...
April 1, 2016
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Intuitive Dynamic Progress Evaluation (or trust your instructor)
While the great Saulo Ribero has a famous book that categorizes technique by belt rank, there’s no such official...
February 29, 2016
BJJ Bucket List
I noticed recently a couple of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu “bucket lists” making the rounds on social media. The lists include...
February 19, 2016
Finding an Appropriate BJJ Instructor
You can develop a pretty good collection of moves from studying all the ripped off Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu DVDs and...
January 12, 2016
Does Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Need to Be An Olympic Sport?
Judo, before it was severely limited and stream-lined into a sport that could easily be refereed, and matches moved...