White belt must know technique’s  on the menu  this week.  Starting with getting your opponent to the ground using Osoto-Gari a highly effective judo throw.  Once they are the ground we will be working on some Kimura attacks to control and submit are training partners. 

For me that’s a hard question to answer.  Everyday we wake up is a win because we get another chance to grow and become the best version of ourselves.  A win on the mat could be as simple as showing up to train when you don’t want to. Or maybe a technique finally clicks that you may have been struggling with.  

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…