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Grappling Gear Concluded: Wrestling Shoes
Wrestlers are no stranger to wearing shoes while training, but I think that shoes can also be useful for jiu-jitsu an...
More Gear – Earguards
This week I am will continue talking about protective gear for grappling, moving on from mouthguards to earguards.
Th...
Grappling Protective Gear: the Mouthguard
If I could only choose one piece of protective gear to wear on the mat it would be the humble mouthguard. Grappler’s ...
Spare the Knife, Spoil the Grappler?
In twenty-four years of martial arts training I have had more than my share of injuries and surgeries. Recently, howe...
Half Guard Evolution
This week I’d like to talk about the half guard. This position is one where you are lying on your back or side with o...
Recovery From Chokes & Strangles
If you practice chokes and strangles long enough you will eventually choke someone partially or fully unconscious – b...
Thrashing Escapes
As you may know already, I like leglocks a lot.I have applied hundreds upon hundreds of leglocks to training partners...
Stretching Continued
I thought I was done with the topic “Isn’t Stretching Supposed to Prevent Injuries?” but I recently had an interestin...
Isn’t Stretching Supposed to Prevent Injuries?
Stretching has recently gotten some bad press.Various studies and articles looking at runners, army recruits and socc...
More Sleeping
I recently wrote about how the first part of training is actually sleeping. Even though I’m writing this in the midd...
“The First Part of Training is the Sleeping”
I had a nagging sinus cold for most of December. Right after Christmas, and just in time to ruin New Years Eve, this ...
Grappling for Self Defense
It’s very easy to forget all about the self-defense aspects of what you are doing when you train grappling. There’s s...