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
Breathing And Relaxation For Jiu Jitsu
Until a basic understanding of relaxation is achieved there will always be a limit on what the white belt can achieve. The first major project the white belt encounters in their Jiu Jitsu Journey is to master relaxation for Jiu Jitsu. The reminders to relax and breathe seem so easy to forget in the moment.
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
Jiu Jitsu Tactics (Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown (part 2))
Bouncing back and making changes after a strategic or technical loss in Jiu Jitsu is logical. Strategy and technique have a concrete feel to them with near-immediate feedback. Attitude and mentality are the most frustrating ways that I have lost matches. There is this hard to grasp quality about them. It seems like I can
Jiu Jitsu Strategy (Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown. (Pt. 1)
I have lost more tournaments than I have won. Lots. Most of the tournaments I have lost have been because of either my strategy, attitude, or mentality. I have repeatedly made strategic mistakes. The most common strategic mistake that I made was trying to approach a match holistically as if there was some honor in
Jiu Jitsu Self Image
When I was brand new I took cues from my training partners. Because of my slow initial growth, they felt that I was an easy roll and wasn’t going to be tapping anyone anytime soon. I accepted that. My Jiu Jitsu self-image was that I just wasn’t going to be very good at Jiu Jitsu.