If you're doing an armbar correctly (squeezing the arm tightly with your knees) there's very little pressure actually on your groin or pelvis.
The Bruce Lee/Wing Chun hate are two different issues. The Bruce Lee hate is mainly an over reaction to the Bruce Lee worshipers, and those who...
Most of you people have drunk the kool aid. C'mon. For 95% of people training in bjj, it's a hobby. We do it to stay in shape and because we...
Something people don't always give enough importance too: location and convenience/number of class times. To a large extent, especially when...
You may also want to consider Wai Kru, in Allston, www.waikru.com. I train bjj there and have found it to be a great school. It has three black...
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Kwan Jung: I would never argue that the bjj way is how it's historically been done, though I do think most styles have slipped from their...
Edit: in reply to Tomass No...it makes the original, 3 year black belt pretty insignificant. Which was sort of the point of the thread, now that...
Your statement reflects complete ignorance of how bjj and grappling work. Decent blue belts and ordinary purple belts know pretty much the same...
Don't wear the uniform from your korean art. Show up, smile a lot, and do whatever you're told. Have a good time.
Flipping this around, what part of having systems where black belt doesn't signify a mastery of the art or the capability to teach without...
Two things: first, you're using crappy headgear. My headgear (made by Brute) stays in place just fine, and does a great job. I got cauliflower...
All the information you need can be found in this article, conveniently titled "A Girl's Guide to Grappling."...
If you spend a little time each day visually techniques from each position, supposedly you'll have a lot less rust when you start up again.
There is no belt level for acrobatic moves. It will take a certain baseline level of skill to pull any of them off, but it seems to be more about...
Good post. I roll mainly no gi and am short. I find it hard to get armbars from the guard in the standard way--i.e. grip, foot on hip (and...
Well...there are sort of two possible conversations here, one about what a game plan is, the other about what it makes sense to focus on when...
I wouldn't really say it's a game plan yet, just a list of the things you know. But it can certainly be useful to do that; if you read over your...
1. Circle. Like chinese demons, wing chunners can only move in straight lines. 2. Throw a jab, drawing some ridiculous simultaneous...
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