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Posted on November 8, 2016

Help! I'm In A Slump!

Help! I’m In A Slump!I had a conversation with a blue belt who expressed that his training was in a slump. “How is your bjj training going?” “In a bit …

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Posted on October 21, 2015

Your BJJ Training Goals – 4 Questions To Help You

Do you have specific goals in your bjj training? Or do you just show up at the class each day and see what happens? It is certainly possible that one can …

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Posted on April 29, 2015January 10, 2018

What Should I Work On? Part 2

In a previous blog article What Should I Work On?, I wrote about what a first year student of bjj should work on. Of course you attend class and learn the …

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Posted on April 27, 2015January 10, 2018

What Should I Work On?

What Should I Work On? A student question to a black belt Students of bjj must attend class regularly to be exposed to all of the techniques in bjj. The best …

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Posted on January 27, 2015January 10, 2018

BJJ for the Un-"Ideal"

Tailor your game to your body.  You cannot wear clothes that don’t fit. =) If you are struggling with your own growth and find yourself wishing that you got them legs as long as a …

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Posted on January 15, 2015January 10, 2018

How Smart Students Use Their Instructors

The majority of classes in bjj academies around the world are structured the same way: warmup, technique instruction and then positional sparring or free rolling. But this is not the only …

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Posted on October 7, 2014

"But, What If He/She Does This?”: Why This is a Good Question in BJJ

If you were to ask many bjj professors what are their pet peeves in teaching a bjj class, the answer will soon come up:“I show the student a technique and …

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Posted on October 1, 2014

Question Authority: Why you need to ask your instructors questions about your bjj.

At nearly every bjj seminar I attend, the instructor (often a famous bjj competitor passing through my city) allocates some time at the end of the seminar for any and …

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