I have been playing around with Dela riva guard with some lasso guard sprinkled in.  Great way for me to off balance my training partner and sweeping them. 

for me definitely self defense!  In my humble opinion once We develop a solid understanding of the fundamentals principles of base, connection and distance management that can carry over to the sport side.. I’ll watch guys like Roger Gracie, Kron and Rickson Gracie and watch them beat guys with fundamentals.

No-Gi shorts and rash guards 

Hey everyone I’ll be showing a very effective way to pass your partners guard using the knee cut. This has been my favorite pass or the last couple of years. I’ll show you how to handle the knee shield and other obstacles that may arise when you’re trying to execute this pass. See you Tuesday night.

For me it would be chaining closed guard submissions together. 

I have read “Breathe a Life of Flow” Rickson Gracie. “32 Principles” by Rener Gracie.  Movies “Choke“  “Born a Champion” “Jiu Jitsu vs The World” “ROLL Jiu Jitsu in SoCal”and every film on FloGrappling “The Year of Mica Galvao’s Quest for The Super Grand Slam”. Just came a few weeks ago was really good.

Pre training do a quick mobility warm up to check in with my body to see where I’m tight. Starting with my wrists and shoulders and neck working through the spine open up my hips, my knees and ankles. Post workout I always rehydrate then I’ll go in my sauna for 15- 20 minutes and follow that up with a cold shower or cold plunge occasionally.

It’s bummer for sure.  Especially when it’s someone you really enjoy training with. I think the longer you train you start realize that’s just part of the journey…

For me it’s definitely helped to stay calm and critically think my way through stressful situations that may occur in my day to day life.  Also it has kept my ego in check and it is also helped realize when I’m not living in the present moment.  Being present keeps Me from being anxious. 

Blue for sure. I lived on  the bottom flat on my back consistently getting smashed.  Half way through blue belt I think my defense started to improve and I started to gain some confidence. Blue belt was a grind for me the entire time.