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Unaddressed Little Problems with Your Training Quickly Become Big Problems
800 pounds is a LOT of weight. Put that weight onto the shoulders of an average man and it’ll crush him straight down...
Fixing Martial Arts Back Pain, with Dr Stuart McGill
Back pain is incredibly common in sport, including all martial arts and combative sports. That’s why I was thrilled t...
Strength Training for BJJ
Brandon Morgan is a high level powerlifter who trains, coaches and competes out of the Kabuki Strength gym with Chris...
The Balance Between Stress and Recovery in Training
Your health is like a credit card..
You can definitely put things onto your credit card once in a while. You can eve...
When to Hang Up the MMA Gloves
Full contact fighting is inherently risky, especially when you consider the traumatic brain damage that’s so common i...
Interview with Yuri Simoes, 2 x ADCC World Champion
Yuri Simoes is a two time ADCC World Championship, a two-time IBJJF black belt Absolute No-Gi World Champion, and a t...
BJJ Injuries – What to Do and How to Avoid Them (Where Possible)
Us grapplers are incredibly stubborn when it comes to injuries, not much can keep us off the mats! Only AFTER the inj...
Training While Sick and Tired
NO DAYS OFF!!! It’s a meme, it’s a hashtag, and it’s a point of honour among many advocates of fitness and martial a...
In-Depth Interview with Chris Duffin, The Mad Scientist of Strength
Chris Duffin is a super-smart, analytical, and incredibly dedicated BEAST of a human being.
He’s an ultra-elite power...
Recovery from BJJ Training
You can train super hard and kick the crap out of your body but that doesn’t make you stronger – it’s only after you ...
Wristlocks in BJJ
Wristlocks are submissions that bend the wrist by bending, flexing, extending or rotating the hand relative to the bo...
Do This Now To Ensure You’ll Still Be Training BJJ in 10 Years
BJJ is a fantastically fun sport that’s also undeniably hard on the body.
The key to getting better is to train consi...