I have a history of arthritis in my family and I've had some unusual pain after BJJ for a while now. I train entirely in the gi. I am of course...
I was at a leisure centre and there was a karate competition ongoing. It was a Wado ryu comp and they are associated with the WKF. People were...
In order to save my fingers a bit, I'm swapping at least one of my gi sessions for a no-gi class. Up until now I've been almost entirely gi. My...
To those who studied for their PhD at university: 1) What did you study? 2) Did you ever regret doing it? 3) Afterwards, did it help or...
Didn't want to de-rail the other thread about BJJ/Judo/Krav but an interesting sub-conversation emerged about newaza and different approaches for...
I just watched this video where Saulo fights Richard "Dickie" Martin, who by all accounts is one of the best Master level BJJ fighters in the...
I didn't want to hijack another thread relating to cross training BJJ and Judo so I'm making a new one as it got me thinking. Rhadi Ferguson, a...
So I've been doing yoga for about 8 years. Usually at my very best I was doing classes twice a week, but the norm was one (plus practice at home)...
... who would be teaching at the seminar and why would you want to learn from that particular person?
A friend of a friend is a purple belt and is considering coaching BJJ full time. He's moving to a town with about 20,000 people and no BJJ school....
I just thought I'd start this up again, this time in the computer forum. So for your techies (or wanna be techies) what are you working on or...
My old gym offered 3 classes a week. My new gym offers multiple classes, 6 days a week (20 classes a week). I will have a lot more free time...
I have recently moved in to the city. It's great because there are 6 places to train BJJ, and 2 of them are full time, dedicated BJJ gyms (and...
I'm certainly not one for chasing belts, but I was thinking if in the next decade or 2 I was offered a BJJ black belt, I'm not sure I'd take it:...
Maybe I has one of those sessions this week, but BJJ seems to be overly complicated in comparison with other combat sports: Boxing: Fairly...
To those that have or still competed... What is your comp prep like? How does it differ from your normal training? What s&c do you do outside if...
We all say on here when self defence questions come up a key skill are flight/escape skills. We don't really talk about how much, if any, training...
...should he retire? He's like Audley Harrison in some ways; great amateur background, a beast of a specimen, yet struggles as a professional....
Ok ok, I know this is old, I know most people have seen this, but I re-discovered this and it's an all time classic! Unintentional comedy at it's...
Judo has a reputation as being pretty tough on your body, with some studies indicating it can lead to permanent joint damage in the hands, not to...
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