If you didn’t read Part 1 of Jiu Jitsu Tournament Tips, it is recommended you go here to read them all. Jiu Jitsu Tournament Tip #5: Warm Up Properly. How one of the simplest concepts can be so easily overlooked is beyond me. I literally have to stalk down and hound some of my competitors
Don’t Miss Mat Time – How To Take Vitamin A To Prevent Getting Sick
Is This Normal? Getting sick a few times each year sometimes just feels like part of life. When I was around other people who were sick, I used to feel like I was rolling the dice to whether or not I was getting sick too. When the first cold snap came, I would develop a
Staph Or Ringworm From BJJ
If you follow all of the 5 Basic Rules for hygiene in the Jiu Jitsu academy, hopefully you will never have to deal with staph or ringworm from BJJ. Dealing With 2 Of The Most Common Skin Infections There are some important rules to follow to avoid the skin infections that occur when training Jiu
Hygiene In The Jiu Jitsu Academy 101
Proper hygiene in the Jiu Jitsu Academy is essential to uninterrupted training. I outline some easy best practices to maintaining a clean gym in the first half of this post. In the second half, I talk briefly about two of the most common skin infections in a Jiu Jitsu gym, ringworm and staph infections. The
Fluidity And Speed In BJJ
The white belt watches the smoothness of the upper belts and sometimes feels that level of fluidity is out of reach. Anyone can move smoother and increase speed in BJJ. The clunkiness of newness can be overcome. Relaxation In BJJ Unlocks Speed In BJJ Speed kills and relaxation is the prerequisite to speed (read more
What To Expect At a BJJ Seminar Taught By Nick Diaz
I have attended jiu jitsu seminars taught by accomplished grapplers across the spectrum — guys like Caio Terra, Felipe Costa, Jeff Glover, Eddie Bravo, and Gokor. They were each amazing in different ways. These completely different and exciting personalities still couldn’t help me wrap my brain around the question “What would a Nick Diaz seminar
Crafting A Jiu Jitsu Game Plan For Tournaments 101
“Stick to your game plan!” I yelled this phrase repeatedly last weekend as I was helping coach students in a competition. Preparing for the tournament I found my biggest focus with the competitors was making sure that they had a Jiu Jitsu game plan. What Is A Jiu Jitsu Game Plan? Before we get started though,
My Top 5 YouTube Jiu Jitsu Channels
This list is meant as a quick primer to some of the best Videos and Channels for YouTube Jiu Jitsu resources. This is the final segment of my “Using YouTube As A Tool” series. (Also recommended to view the 2 videos every white belt should see, and how to use YouTube as a tool.) Stephan
Repetition Power With Eddie Bravo And Keith Owen
My last article was about using YouTube as a tool in the Jiu Jitsu Journey. In my next few blog posts, I am going to include some of the videos I have found most helpful in my Jiu Jitsu Journey. The theme of these first videos is the power of repetition. Jiu Jitsu is a
How to use YouTube to improve your Jiu Jitsu (8 Easy Tips)
How many Jiu Jitsu videos do you think there are on YouTube? (Over 1.4 million is right!) YouTube houses excellent information to help a grappler improve. For every one good video, there are a handful of not so good ones. Faulty instruction ingrains bad habits that could take years to unlearn. So how can the jiu jitsu