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6 Types Of Training Partners, Who is your favorite?
I can usually tolerate most types of people pretty easily. There are some that I prefer to roll with over others but...
Roger Gracie Planning To Resume Gi Competition
The most recent news in mixed martial arts is that ten-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Roger Gracie to return to hi...
Gi Review: The Mania by Submission Fight Company
Submission Fight Company has once again entered the fray, this time with their competition kimonos. Constantly chall...
The Mental Art of Competition: Part 5 RELAXATION
Anytime we compete, we are exposed to substantially more stress than we are used to. One of the weapons we can add t...
Jiu-Jitsu: A Germaphobe’s Rant
Im a germaphobe. I am also a BJJ junkie and am somehow able to put aside my paralyzing fear of germs, but there are...
The jits addiction
Ah yes, the sweet feel of stepping on the mat. That feeling of taking the new Gi out of it’s package or the newest DV...
Jiu-Jitsu: The more you tap the more you grow…
It has long been conventional wisdom that good training requires one to explore bad positions, and almost tempt fate ...
The Merits Of Takedown In BJJ: PART 2
A while back I wrote an article exploring the merits of the takedown in BJJ competition. In that article I made sever...
Ken Shamrock Wants A Rematch With Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock, one of the MMA legends has come out of retirement to fight Kimbo Slice on the 20th of June this year at...
The Mental Art of Competition Part 4: PATIENCE
I had initially intended on writing a 2 or 3 piece set of articles about the mental art of competition and call it a ...
The Mental Art of Competition: Part 3 DISTRACTION
In a long and drawn out analysis of competition mentality, I would be remiss to forget the topic of distraction. Dist...
Rhabdomyolysis: Know the Symptoms
I want to talk a recent personal experience in this article. Have any of you ever heard of a condition called Rhabdom...