Via Georgette Oden, here’s great video on five triangle types by Stephan Kesting.
When it comes to the general population I’m about average in height and weight – when it comes to where I train, however, I’m normally one of the smaller persons at the gym. Naturally, it seems most people want to smash up and grind on a smaller person when sparring. I like experimenting with guard [...]
Recently I have been thinking about mental engagement when training Jiu Jitsu. I’ve also been recollecting on my experiences up to this point of training; I have been training for about a year and have a new belt from a recent promotion. It’s been an enjoyable, good road, and I’ve had consistent and strong attendance. [...]
I was recently thinking about the different people I have rolled with at this point in my Jiu Jitsu career and the characteristics of a good rolling partner. On the one hand, the answer I came up with is “it depends” – it depends on (your) mood, what you and your partner are looking to [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was rolling with an instructor at Boulder Grappling Academy – which is always fun (and sometimes painful). This session ended when the instructor executed a baseball/baseball bat choke from knee on belly. I failed to block grips and he snagged a deep hold on my collar – and a [...]
I’m at a point in my training when I would like to get more taps. At tap-out here, a tap-out here – nothing revolutionary or dominant – but I’m consistently doing the vast majority of tapping whenever I roll. Still, I believe I’m progressing in-tune with the average student. I have learned so much in [...]
In class tonight we learned some side control (also called “kesa gatame”) escapes. Side control is a dominant position in grappling. I like Wikipedia’s definition – here is an abbriged version: Side control … is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a [...]
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