Being a step ahead –fresh from f00k Like Roger Gracie once said, “Jiu-Jitsu is like chess. If you don’t think when you fight, forget about it. It’s like playing chess without using your head. You’ll lose.” I’m not a big chess fan, but I know it’s all about strategy. You […]
MIke Prudencio
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Diversity Training Meaty & Fook -Meaty I took a page from Fookie’s playbook and decided to train at another gym while on vacation. I went to San Luis Obispo this past weekend, my old college stomping grounds, to get away for a little bit, get some sun, and eat […]
Does Size Matter? by Fook In jiu-jitsu it does… to an extent. Like most physical sports in the world, size and skill make a big difference in performance. You can have a guy that is 7 ft tall, with not much basketball experience, beat someone smaller that plays daily. Put […]
Get In My Guard! fresh from f00k I took 2 things from visiting Brazil last summer. One was they go very hard when they roll; there was no pace, but 120%! The other was they did a lot of drills to stay out of guard. Not just full guard, but […]
Efficient Training –fresh from f00k There are a lot of things you can do to make your training more effective. Here I’ll share a few tips to cram more learning into your warm up session. As beginners of Jiu-Jitsu, most of us have weak ankle muscles and can’t hold guard […]
Equality -fresh from f00k Ever since starting this whole Jiu-Jitsu thing, you tend to get a lot more friends calling you out to test your new skill set. The chance of this happening quadruples when alcohol is involved 🙂 They come at you with their homemade WWF wrestling background and you […]
Fútbol y Jiú-Jitsú Meaty’s Musings Spain would go on and win the 2010 world cup, but let’s all look back early in the tournament to the group match between Spain and Switzerland. What does soccer have to do with Jiu-Jitsu? Keep reading. Spain had been undefeated in all 10 of […]
Eat, Sleep and Dream Jiu-Jitsu Ten telltale signs that you are suffering from a condition known as Jiu-Jitsu-Itis: You place your pillow in a triangle or a rear naked choke while you are sleeping, while you are awake, while you’re watching TV. You snake move and turtle while tossing and […]
Hitting the Wall by Meaty There were days when I felt like I absorbed techniques like a sponge, now it seems like I’m a bucket with holes and I’m losing it left and right. I’ve hit a mental wall and it feels like everybody around me is getting better while […]
Injuries Are A Pain by Meaty You’ve all probably heard about Tom’s injury last night. If you haven’t: Atsushi went for a basic foot sweep, Tom’s foot for some inexplicable reason stayed planted on the mat. Something had to give; unfortunately it was the bone(s) in Tom’s foot. We all […]