You have been training Brazilian JiuJitsu for a couple of years and finally have some color to your belt. In fact, you haven't lost a "roll session" for a few weeks and feel like your technical game is evolving by the day. Suddenly...

The structure of repetitions… Bruce Lee is famously quoted as saying, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times.” The idea of practice is a key component to...

Specific Goal Setting Is The Key To Success The main objective for any grappling athlete is to improve. The best way to improve at pretty much anything is to continue to show up on a consistent basis and work hard. There is no...

A Few Tips For Retaining The Information Quickly And Effectively Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminars are great events for the average practitioner to meet and learn from some of the most elite grapplers around the world. Most seminars range anywhere from $50-$200 dollars and...

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Setting correct expectations leads to longevity in training. Like all things it helps to manage expectations when embarking on a new or different journey. New people come into Jiu-Jitsu for a wide array of reasons. Who they are and what their goals are...

More No-Gi Technique Guard Technique With Doctor Giles! In his third installment of a short series on how to deal with and open the closed guard, Lachlan Giles covers another problematic, yet common scenario. Things are a bit different when you’re dealing with...

Get the most bang for your buck at a seminar Seminars are a great way to gain a lot of elite level techniques, but in three hours it can be quite an uphill battle to remember everything. So how do you make the...

Lift For Your Goals... Although strength training is still a controversial in its relationship to Jiu Jitsu, almost all elite grapplers add it to their training regimen. Even if it does not add value to Jiu Jitsu, which I don’t think it’s true,...

They Are Not That Scary, Give Them A Try! For many of us, the first time we experience a flying submission is in competition. You reach out unassumingly to grab your partners collar and boom. Before you know it, you’re tapping. This isn’t...

Family First... Humans are generally social organisms. Even individuals that lean towards introverted attitudes still require a certain level of social communication and group belonging. The world, however, is changing in a way that is promoting individualism and not social behavior. Technology has...

Applying the Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers to Jiu Jitsu... Everyone in Jiu Jitsu may have a different journey, goals and reasons for training. Some of us never aspire to compete in the UFC, EBI or ADCC. However, we all are united by...

Basic Sets Of Controls Obtain Easier Passes... When passing the guard of skilled Jiu Jitsu practitioners, we are often met with intricate resistance such as frames, hip escaping, under hooks, and so on. Usually when passing, grapplers fail to establish good hand control...

We Are All Working Towards Our Goals. Let's Help Each Other Out... IF your BJJ academy feels like a family to you, then you’re in the right place. Many people search their entire lives for the things BJJ can provide. We all feel...

If you train Brazilian JiuJitsu there may be a variety of reasons why. From learning self defense, physical improvement, mental health, or perhaps social reasons. All of the before mentioned reasons to train BJJ are all potential benefits of training in the "gentle...