Jiu Jitsu is a lot like Shrek. Layers. Lots of layers. Ogres have layers. Jiu Jitsu has layers. I’ve been working on deep half guard, along with a specific technique or two from each position. Bullfighter pass here, deep half guard there, yada, yada. Also in the form [...]
Archive of posts tagged sparring
Sunday Class
As things start to ramp up for the March 13th Revolution grappling tournament, our guys are pushing harder and harder in sparring. This is a fun time at class, where the mood is both lighter and more intense at the same time… if that makes sense. Warmups tend to be lighter, and technical [...]
Claustrophobia and Grappling
A few weeks ago, I got Stephan Kesting’s newsletter in my inbox. Reading it was surreal. It was like he’d interviewed me and my issues with claustrophobia. I highly recommend it. Hell, if you don’t subscribe to Stephan’s Grappling Tips, you should. Seriously. Do that now, then come back [...]
New Old Friends
I raced home from work to pick up the baby and called my other kids on my way back so that they would be waiting for me when I got home. They took the baby inside and I was outta there, fifteen minutes to get to my chiropractic appointment.
Sidebar here: it’s GREAT having older [...]
Friday Class
Class was really good on Friday. After a light warm-up we worked on handling grips when trying to pass guard. Specifically, strategies for dealing with the standard, cross collar grip.
After this, the class split up with white belts on one side and blue belts and up on the other, and we sparred like that [...]
