Scott Tresch

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11 Aug 12:21

First it was “are your elbows in? Or are your elbows out?” That really solidified my defense and put me in a position to advance my position and start going for sweeps and subs. Now the key concept has moved to “are you on your back or in your side?” This has defensive applications and has made my submissions more effective and available.

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10 Aug 11:27

I’ll drink coffee anywhere, but where do you practice archery around here?

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09 Aug 18:57

We all spend a lot of time sharing jiujitsu, but what other hobbies, interests, or activities would you share with your training partners?

Most of my free time revolves around my kids now, and we spend a lot of time at playgrounds, splash pads, and six flags. I’ve found a lot of ways to have fun there… and I don’t even fight anyone! We recently went to a splash pad and the kids and parents had a blast.

How do you have fun without armbars and chokes?

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22 Jun 18:20

One day, you will have your last roll on the mats. If you could choose ANYONE for your final roll, who would that be????

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03 Jun 14:12

I love this question! It reminds me of the conundrum "If you could only eat one thing, what would it be?"

I would say arm bar! similar to Kimura's , you can hit them anywhere! On top of that, for self defense situations, you can isolate the dangerous limb and disable it without the liability of choking someone unconscious. And if the other limb becomes the dangerous one, you can switch to that one next! If necessary, you can apply the same lessons learned from the arm bar and apply it to the legs. Knee bars anyone?!?! Plus the variations from different positions and entries almost make it an endless pursuit. Even if you spent a year only practicing arm bars, I think you would be discovering new ways to hit it. It's the same reason if I could only eat one food, it would be "sandwiches". Egg sandwich for breakfast, cold cults for lunch, steak sandwich for dinner, meatloaf sandwich when you have leftovers, pepper and egg sandwich during lent, and burritos when you want to bend the rules.

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13 May 15:53

How often should we schedule team competitions?

As a season. 3-4 months of nonstop training and tournaments

70 %

Quarterly. Four competitions spaced evenly throughout the year

10 %

Nonstop. Start in January and wrap up at thanksgiving.

20 %

10 votes

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22 Apr 14:38

Feedback. Verbal and non-verbal.

We can judge the pace and slowly increase the intensity without saying anything. But when we reach an impasse, it’s awesome to be able to say “I don’t know what to do from here” or ask “why isn’t this working?” and have them help you work through it.

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22 Apr 08:02

What class would you create?

If you made a class, what would it be? What would the objective be? Who would want to go?

I think a “Combat Jiujitsu” class would be pretty cool. When you introduce the open palm strikes, you really have to focus on control and positioning before you can think about submissions. A wise man once told me, “if you’re doing jiujitsu correctly, your opponent won’t be able to strike you.” I also like the old school vibe of “You can’t do anything I don’t let you.” Plus it seems to be pretty traditional. I’ve heard stories of dojo storming in the old days where they would make the blue belt control the challenger and submit them by slaps because you had to pay for lessons to witness the submissions.

What class would you want to attend

Commented on How do you structure your training to...

13 Mar 13:36

Friends, family, religion.

These are the 3 demons you must slay to succeed in jiujitsu.

I’d recommend PEDs and gunpowder in your ground beef.

oss!

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23 Feb 20:34

This may come as a surprise, but I’d vote omoplata!

Oh no you’re doing open guard standing! Just ignore me hanging on to this sleeve… and that foot hooked behind your armpit… that’s definitely not a threat!