Little tweaks make all the difference some times. As I ponder more of what I learned from the Sylivo Behring Seminar I post my insights as I promised. One of the tweaks Master Behring showed us was for the Rear Naked Choke or Mata Leao. The traditional way to lock in the choke is with the arm around the neck… Continue reading | 1 Comment
I am amazed at how no matter how well you know a technique you can always find out something new about it. For example, just recently I attended Sylivo Behring’s seminar. He talked about a tweak for the triangle. He showed us that by turning the guys head towards the hooking leg and pulling to the that same side it greatly maximizes… Continue reading
The Scrap for the Skull Tournament went well this year. I did better then last year but because of the huge turn out of West Side guys most of us didn’t get to go against Foley guys. We ended up against each other in some brackets. It was lots of fun and a good experience. I think this year it went a lot… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Last night I attended a seminar put on by Master Sylivo Behring and One Hit MMA. It was a night of firsts. I had ever met a red/black belt in person. … Continue reading | 3 Comments
I’m back in the fray! Last night was the first time in a month that I got to practice. It was great to be back with the guys and do BJJ. What amazed me most is how things change. What I mean is after missing a month I don’t know if they got that much better or me that rusty. Its true I’m not that great at nogi. But still… Continue reading | 2 Comments
I just purchased Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: NO GI Essentials
I’ve missed a whole month now of Jiu-Jitsu because of sickness and family needs. I’ve gone into withdrawals and now I’m starting to hallucinate. Well, maybe not hallucinate. I am dreaming about it. Not every night mind you but more often then not. The interesting thing… Continue reading | 2 Comments
The Scrap For The Skull is a local tournament between my school, West Side Jiu-Jitsu and Foley’s MMA. A crystal skull trophy is kept for the year by the winning… Continue reading | 4 Comments
You might remember on 22-JUL-2010 I posted “Under The Table Belt Promotions in BJJ”. In that post I talked about paying the $50 membership fee. I did that on that very day. Today, 05-OCT-2010 my membership packet… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Johnny “One Eye” Carlquist is a local black belt. He is named “One Eye” not because he only has one eye but as the story goes, his first time doing BJJ he was injured and his eye became swollen shut. He loved BJJ so much he was back the next chance with his… Continue reading
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