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Three Great Bodyweight Conditioning Routines for BJJ
It’s January and all the gyms are packed with newly-inspired fitness junkies. But you can’t always get to a gym, and...
Podcast EP3: Erik Paulson; an MMA Master Coach Shares His Secrets
Erik Paulson is an MMA Master Coach. He’s trained tons of fighters competing at the highest levels of Mixed Martial ...
Confessions of a Reformed ‘Unco’
I got some good feedback on the last post (Advice for a Frustrated, Clumsy and Uncoordinated Grappler) and want to sh...
Teaching BJJ to Kids
Game Theory; How I Learned to Teach BJJ to Kids,
A Guest article by John Connors and Jon Grayzel
Tips for Having a Great BJJ Private
Preamble: I recently talked about BJJ private classes gone bad. This tip is about how to make sure that that doesn’t ...
Private Lesson Horror Stories
I’m a believer in taking private lessons with instructors, especially those that you don’t get to train with on a reg...
Starting BJJ Classes?
If you’re thinking about starting BJJ classes in the New Year, then I want to give you another head’s up about my new...
The Pre-Fight Check In
A few days ago, in class, it was time to spar. I walked over to an older white belt, new to the club, who was standin...
Balancing Mat Time with Conditioning
Forget the work-life balance! Let’s talk about something much more important: the balance between mat time and condit...
Just Get Dressed
Last week I talked about how you sometimes have to bail out of a planned training session. Well let’s turn the situat...
Grappling Girls
I have added a couple of new articles written by, and for, female grapplers. The first is a compilation of different ...
How to Find a Grappling School
Every couple of weeks I get an email from a reader asking if there are any good BJJ, MMA or submission grappling scho...