Are you struggling as a white belt? The good news is you’re not alone and you’re not unique in your challenges. In this article, I’m going to lay out many of the struggles white belts experience, including ones that g...
Posted on November 06, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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Marshal recounts his awkward years as a white belt, putting the journey toward proficiency in perspective.
Posted on October 30, 2018
Marshal Carper
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Being able to reverse engineer a technique gives you deeper understanding of it and helps you develop counters. Matt explains how to adopt this critical mindset in his latest blog post.
Posted on October 24, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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In this week’s panda blog, Marshal provides a guide for going deep on your own self-instruction and why doing so is good for you and your team.
Posted on October 16, 2018
Marshal Carper
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Staying clean and healthy is fundamental to a good training experience. This guide will make sure you don't miss mat time due to stinky gear or itchy rashes.
Posted on October 09, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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In this blog post, Marshal talks about how gradually introducing chaos into your drilling can help you bridge the gap between practicing a move on an unresisting partner and applying it during a live roll.
Posted on October 02, 2018
Marshal Carper
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Matt goes back to basic basics in this week's blog post about the bedrock concepts of BJJ. This is a must-read for new white belts.
Posted on September 25, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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There is a scene in the underrated film Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping in which beleaguered former boy bander and current solo star Conner4Real starts to question the motives of the people around him. He worries ...
Posted on September 19, 2018
Valerie Worthington
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In many sports, the idea of a team is a clean-cut concept of shared success and responsibility. If you are on a soccer team, every player has to work together to win a game. That means communication, support, an...
Posted on September 18, 2018
Marshal Carper
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Matt hit the six year milestone as a black belt this year. What has changed over that time?
Posted on September 11, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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As you climb the ranks of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, your chances of having to fill in for an instructor go up as well. Under the best circumstances, your temporary upgrade from student to teacher will be shared with you...
Posted on September 04, 2018
Marshal Carper
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In the sci-fi masterpiece Dune, the protagonist Paul Atreides gains the power of prescience, the supernatural ability to see the future. In his prescience, he does not see a single vision of one future, but many poten...
Posted on August 28, 2018
Matt Kirtley
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