At our Baltimore martial arts school, we like to have an active competition team in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, No-Gi, Thai boxing, and MMA. Of course, if you compete, you will inevitably lose. And like everyone has told you, its what happens after the loss that is important. So let’s look at five common errors beginners make when . . . → Read More: Five Mistakes BJJ Beginners Make Dealing with Losses
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Some of the best advice I ever received from Lloyd Irvin was regarding rivalries. To many times, competitors get focused on a single opponent rather than focusing on the big picture. A common situation would be as follows: Adam loses to Bill. Adam then focuses all his efforts on beating Bill. He trains with Bill in mind. . . . → Read More: Go After Titles, Not People Since everyone is snowed in and is supposedly working out at home and watching a lot of film, I thought I could provide some tips on watching competition footage that have helped me out over the years. In the beginning, I could not watch Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition videos and preferred instructional videos; nowadays, its the other way around. . . . → Read More: How to Watch Competition Footage Continued from yesterday’s post by one of Children’s Martial Arts coaches, Brian Neal… I think another similar aspect is the preparation required for each. There isn’t any training manual or book you can read that will prepare you for what you will encounter when you get on your first bull or fighting in your first advanced no-gi . . . → Read More: Bullfighting & Jiu Jitsu by Brian Neal pt 2 One of the questions that I hate getting asked at my Baltimore Mixed Martial Arts school is “What do I need to do to get my Blue Belt?” One out of ten times, it is an honest request for guidance and advice. The other nine times, it is the student letting the instructor know that he . . . → Read More: What do I need to do to get my Blue Belt? Paul Greenhill with Dustin Denes, Lloyd Irvin, and Mike Fowler! My teammate and friend (Julius Park) asked me to write down a few things that I wish I’d known when I was a white belt starting out in BJJ and though I’ve been training for almost 14 years, I had to think about what key things . . . → Read More: Paul Greenhill’s What I Wish I Knew as a White Belt! One story that I heard this year from my BJJ coach Lloyd Irvin at this year’s info-summit was about the “magic room” that people are always looking for. Lloyd tells the story of how he attended an internet marketing seminar when he was first starting out and how people reacted to his success the next year . . . → Read More: Looking for the Magic Room? One piece of advice I tell all the first-time competitors at Crazy 88 JiuJitsu is to not worry too much about winning or losing their first competition. The first time you get out there is really just to get the psychological kinks outs. A first-time competitor will oftentimes be unable to perform to his or her full . . . → Read More: Do You Perform Better or Worse with People Watching? Submission escapes are an integral part of being “unbeatable” in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling matches. A good example of this is Roger Gracie. The most striking aspect of Roger’s game seems to be his insanely “simple” insanely “basic” top game that allows him to pass and finish mostly everyone he faces. However, Roger is . . . → Read More: Undefeatability – Master Submission Escapes! I think as each student develops their Jiu Jitsu “game” its important to focus on two separate and equally important aspects of his grappling: winning ability and undefeatability (yes, I know this is not a real word). Winning ability is how capable you are of defeating your opponent while undefeatability is the how capable you are of . . . → Read More: Winning Ability vs. Undefeatability |
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