Scott Tresch

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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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Posted

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

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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!

Posted

18 Feb 11:27

If you could travel back in time to your first Jiu-Jitsu class and give yourself one piece of advice, what would you say?

I’d tell myself that your ability to go slow demonstrates your level of control and overall mastery of the martial art.

Posted

09 Dec 14:06

I spent a lot of time grappling before I was even aware of jiujitsu. Wrestling matches are structured so differently amongst duration, scoring, and objectives, that I always wanted to push the pace and would inevitably gas out. I spent several months attending open mats with the objective of rolling every round. Eventually, I was able to control my pace and roll every round.

What have you figured out that you struggled with for longer than you have anticipated?

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05 Dec 12:27

Being in the moment.

If I don’t have an AirPod in playing a podcast or the tv playing needlessly in the background, I’m really just resisting getting sucked into my phone. But when your under mount fighting for your life, that is all that you are focused on. There are no nagging thoughts or inconsequential distractions.

This mindset is transferable from everything from making your pot of coffee in the morning to spending time with your family. Everything becomes more engaging and memorable, and when it’s over, you appreciate the moment, remember it, learn from it, and appreciate it.

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