My buddy Mike turned me on to a very interesting thread on a forum. It’s worth a read HERE. Essentially the concept is that we all get older, and there is a tipping point in terms of BJJ performance. While I think there’s no doubt our bodies decline i…
Quick plug: Looks like Zeus BJJ is going to try to get a team together to go to Truckee, CA for the Lake Tahoe Open Team Challenge. Very cool idea, with 10-person teams. Every team has to have a white, a blue, and a kid, and you get points for having…
The ULTIMATE FITNESS CENTRE & EKBJJ are pleased to announce new Daytime classes for march 2010.
We will now be running lunchtime BJJ & THAI-BOXING classes daily from the first week in march as well as new evening classes running every evening.
Also Kids classes will be back from the beginning of march too.
Please stay posted or email us for more news.
Friday’s practice was, from my perspective, one of the best ones we’ve done. My perspective was skewed, however, by the fact that I wasn’t rolling or drilling with the normal rogues’ gallery of delinquents. Instead, I was given a completely different …
Ive been stuffing my face with pizza and takeaway the last 2 weeks, felt abit shit at training (an incentive to eat well!)but was mystified at somehow losing weight. Am now 67kg. Ive noticed two things of interest recently:
Been using the cross choke from guard and mount a huge amount, practically every single roll multiple times and have been getting it quite tight. My hands are feeling pretty strong, hopefully if I can get some more climbing wall practise itll get even better.
The other note of interest is the psychological aspect. I was successfull a few times and some people gave me some compliments and it gave me a massive unconscious boost to carry on with that tactic. Which has led to me improving it through practise and now forms a big part of my arsenal. All down to positive reinforcement really. So give a training partner a compliment on something they did well and see what effect it has. Ive made it a habit of always trying to give a compliment on something they did well after every roll. You run the risk of sounding condescending but the good vibes are worth it I think as these are the things you draw on when you are at a low point.
My instructer doesnt give compliments very often but when he does they hold more gravity. I very specifically remember the first time I got to roll fully, Id been waiting for a long time and was very determined. Landed a triangle quickly on a larger opponent. After the roll my instructer told me I did well, very simple and understated but I still carry that with me.
We put alot of effort into taking care of our physical health so that we can train but the mental aspects are just as important. If you attack every less experienced partner with the aim of submitting them as often and effortlessly as possible then you are gonna kill their confidence, which may hurt their ability and even their enjoyment of the art. Which is unforgivable.
Let me know if you see any interesting effects after giving someone some positive feedback.
Head instructor and Royler Gracie Black Eddie Kone will be heading to
EKBJJ BJJ NORTH
On Febuary 28th to teach a 3 hr seminar / focus group covering all aspects of Gracie Jiu Jitsu.
Everyone welcome no matter what style or school you belong to.
Dtae : Febuary 28th 2010
Time: 13:00
UNIT 1
THE CROFTS
QUARRY HILL
ROTHERHAM
S60 2DN
for further info contact
Mark(07939972758)
John(07716222630)
March 2010
Date TBC
Eddie Kone will be Teaching seminars in
Romania , Ireland, Paris.
stay posted for more details and new academy locations opening.
One of Coach’s favorite sayings is “I am a dominant top fighter.” It’s equal parts self-motivation and a restatement of your goal in a fight, not to mention it echoes the idea of his other favorite saying: “If you’re on the bottom, get on top. If you’…
It seems every day there is a new source for online training. Happily, most of them are very good. I just wanted to point out the site that Dave teaches on, MMA Faestro. It has tons of his lessons on Judo, MMA, and BJJ, so if you eve…
I have just arrived in Sydney, Australia and will travel around here and in Fiji for the next three weeks. Brought my cup and mouthpiece so hopefully I can drop by a gym somewhere for some grappling along the way. No real plans just yet for where to go when, but will be in Sydney and Brisbane for sure, so if any of you out there are training these places, let me know and I’ll come by for some rolling! Didn’t bring a gi though.
Last Friday we had a mini-seminar in how to choke from the guard. Prof. Smiley taught this class and it was loaded with tweaks we could use for our chokes. We worked on the Guillotine, front choke, a choke when someone is in Turtle and a choke you should only do in an emergency. I [...]
