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Trust Your Spider Sense
Most instructors, motivators and ‘experts’ will tell you to train, train, train. Today I am going to tell you the exa...
Beating the Big Guy (Again)
Of all the questions I am asked, the most common question has to be how to beat someone who is much bigger than yours...
Neck Cranks
A Grapplearts reader writes:
Q: “What are the true dangers of neck cranks?”
A: It is funny how many clubs ban leg loc...
Training with Injury
Injuries suck. They hurt, they take a long time to heal, and most importantly, they prevent you from training. Knowin...
The ‘Elders’ Speak
My newsletter last week about grappling with an aging body generated a fair bit of feedback. Some respondents thanked...
The MOST Important Training Gear
Over the last couple of months I have written about various pieces of training gear, ranging from wrestling shoes to ...
Don’t be Afraid of Making your Students Better (Than You)
Normally in this newsletter I try to help you tap other people out, or at the very least make it more difficult for o...
Grappling with Jean Jacques Machado
One of my favorite grappling sessions of all time was only about 1 or 2 minutes long. It was with Jean Jacques Macha...
Defeating the Smaller, Faster Opponent
I am sure some of you are scratching your heads, trying to figure out why on earth I would be writing about how to be...
How to Beat Any Opponent (Honest)!
The question I get asked most often goes something like this: “There is a guy at my club (let’s call him ‘Bill’) who ...
Thrashing Escapes
As you may know already, I like leglocks a lot.I have applied hundreds upon hundreds of leglocks to training partners...
Targeted Sparring Concluded: Bad Positions
In this last installment on fine-tuning your sparring time I would like to talk about starting your sparring sessions...