The Way You Do Anything—Is How You’ll Do Everything
One of the most important things I first taught my kids when it came to being successful in Jiu-Jitsu was not [+] how to break fall[+] how to shrimp[+] or how to perform a take down But rather… How to fold their gi Not only did this instill self-discipline–it taught them, the value of expertise, mastery and personal […]
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How To “Re-Ignite” Your Jiu-Jitsu
Have you ever wanted to “Re-Ignite” your Jiu-Jitsu? About a week ago I was talking with a friend of mine and he shared with me, “how over he was bout the idea of ‘rolling hard’ the longer he’s been training Jiu-Jitsu.” It got me thinking…Rolling hard is great–not only will it challenge you mentally and physically, […]
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What To Look For When Choosing A Coach
I was talking with Jake the other day and we got into the topic of all the non-sense we see in the fitness industry (gosh I hate that word). There’s SO much crap out there it’s ridiculous. So it got me thinking… “what should you look for when choosing a coach”? I came up with a […]
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What To Do When You’re Not Deadlifting
So I was just talking (actually I was emailing) with one of the members of the SAH Newsletter about the DL Series 260. He wanted to make deadlifting a priority for the next couple of months. So he shared with me a pretty good strategy on how he was going to integrate Original Strength, Flexible Steel […]
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How To Turn Your BJJ Injury Into A Strength
The inevitable finally happened in 2009. It was a Saturday morning after Thanksgiving and I had just received my brown belt about 7 months ago. I was rolling with a new white belt and he had me in a position called “the lockdown”. It was in such an awkward position–it was a borderline kneebar.I remember telling […]
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