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A Three Step Open Guard Strategy
Are you flailing around in your guard, trying to react to your opponent, without a clear plan of what to do? If so t...
Strength Training and BJJ with Daniel Strauss, AKA The Raspberry Ape!
Daniel Strauss (aka The Raspberry Ape) is a BJJ black belt under 10x World Champion Roger Gracie. But he’s also a ve...
Rosi Sexton on Fighting in the UFC, Neck Training, the Art of Learning, and More…
Rosi Sexton is Cambridge educated and has a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science. And she’s a musician, a writer and ...
Will Grappling Dummy Drills Really Help Your BJJ?
I often get emails from people wanting to know whether drilling with a grappling dummy will help their jiu-jitsu.
Dum...
BJJ, Sport, and Philosophy with The Philosograppler
Daniel Bohigian is a Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Dave Camarillo, competes actively, and also teaches ‘Philos...
Endurance Sports and BJJ, with Paul Kindzia
Paul Kindzia was immersed in the world of marathon and triathalon for many years before immersing himself in BJJ, eve...
Bow and Arrow Chokes in the Street, with Adam Nadow
Jiu-jitsu black belt Adam Nadow was recently attacked in the street and used his training to defend himself and contr...
Rant: In Jiu-Jitsu Sometimes You’re the Hammer and Sometimes You’re the Nail!
It’s true in life and it’s true in jiu-jitsu…
Some days on the mat are going to be wonderful. Nobody will be able to...
Intrinsic vs External Motivation for Training BJJ
Motivation in BJJ is a tricky thing…
Some people are mostly motivated to train by internal factors. Typically they f...
Interview with Master Canoeist, Cliff Jacobson
There are two major passions in my life: martial arts and the outdoors. And today’s podcast guest was a HUGE influen...
Rehab and Prehab for Martial Arts
It was a pleasure to talk with Dr Mark Cheng about injury rehabilitation and rehabilitation today on The Strenuous Li...
Podcast Episode 181: Why is Sparring So Hard? (Audio + Video)
Ritchie Yip is the brains behind The Precision Kickboxing Masterclass, and in this episode he and I sat down to discu...