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Meet the Pandas – The Panda Viking – Halldór Logi Valsson
The fight scene in Iceland recently exploded, and Halldor Logi Valsson is one of the talented forces driving BJJ forward. Daniel Bertina has the interview!
5 Death Grips & Wrist Lock Defenses
Grip and wrist health are critical to jiu-jitsu. In this new blog, Shawna Rodgers shares a yoga perspective on staying in peak form.
Promises to Keep
In his new blog, Marshal writes how a small note to himself got him through hard training times and why he's coming back to that practice today.
10 Things to Stop Doing at BJJ (A Picture Guide)
Meet John Q. Whitebelt. He's your everyday BJJ white belt. John does a lot of stuff wrong -- he is just a white belt after all. But you can learn from John's mistakes. Here are 10 things John does that you should not...
A Reflection on 10 Years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
In October, I passed the ten-year mark for my BJJ career. As cliche as it sounds, I feel like I was a white belt yesterday, but as I look around, the friends I came up with are mostly black belts now or stopped train...
The Illusion of the Super Athlete Upper Belt
Chris Henriques was a purple belt when I was a white belt. A tattoo artist and professional fighter, Chris was tough-looking in that he had tattoos up his scalp and a fight record to match, but he had a Hawaiian smile...
Game Sense in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Thanks to Black Friday deals, I built a new PC and started playing Overwatch, the team-based competitive shooter. While I’m still a dirty scrub at that game, I have enjoyed looking into the world of professional play...
Geeking out on Teaching Jiu-Jitsu: How Instructional Design Tools Can Enhance Your Classes
One of the many hats I wear says “instructional designer” on it. Instructional design is the process of creating and coordinating all the moving parts (content, interactions, expectations, assignments, assessment) of...
Two Poses for Happier Hamstrings
When you think of places that hurt after a long day of training, hamstrings aren’t always the first to come to mind, but you should be aware of how tight hamstrings can affect the rest of your body. Having tight hams...
Separating Knowledge from Physical Gifts
A meniscus (cartilage in the knee) repair, partial removal, or total removal may increase one’s risk of osteoarthritis and therefore likelihood of needing a total knee replacement.
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What Is Your Security Blanket?
For the longest time, I thought I had a good bottom half guard game. When I put people there, they had a very difficult time passing, even people who had significantly more experience in jiu-jitsu than I did. I consi...