What Is The Role of Your Professor in Your BJJ Training?
The best possible way to learn bjj is under the direct instruction of a black belt professor. The black belt has a deep understanding of all of the fundamentals and …
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The 6 worst white belt rolling mistakes
Renzo Gracie, one of the most successful and respected black belts famously said “Sometimes you are the hammer, and sometimes you are the nail!” No where is that more true …
Do You Think You Are Ready For Your Blue Belt? An instructor's 4 Points checklist
Bjj students are generally a pretty high energy, motivated lot. It takes a certain type of mind set to show up at the academy week after week and learn what …
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Gassing Out? – 3 Tips How To Not Get Exhausted During Training
How often have you heard this statement from a newer student of bjj, exhausted after a roll: “Oh man! I need to get better cardio!” The specific student may or may …
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Self defense vs. sports bjj : How Important is Self Defense Training in BJJ?
Visit any bjj internet forum and there most certainly will be a debate on learning jiu-jitsu for the street / self defence vs. learning pure sports jiu-jitsu. Grandmaster Helio Gracie himself …
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The 'Secret' To Getting Better At BJJ
After rolling in the academy last night a student (with more than a year of experience) asked me how I felt he could get better at bjj at his level …
Fake It 'Til You Make It
This is one of those catchy sayings from the world of sales that came to mind when I thought about this article. For our purposes, it is not about assuming the …
3 Suggestions to Help You Break a Slump
Anyone who has trained bjj for a length of time has encountered the dreaded training slump. Even though you may be attending class regularly, your progress has ground to a halt. …
A Few Words on Tapping in Training
One of the best pieces of advice for new students to bjj is to tap early and tap often. Most of us who have been training for more than a …
5 Tips to Staying Motivated in Jiu-Jitsu
The road to a black belt is long. It takes several years, and most people who start jiu-jitsu will honestly never make it to black belt. That’s not pessimistic, but …