Personal Assessment: Strengths – Mobile on the ground Good understanding of basic guard concepts Relatively flexible Decent guard recovery Decent conceptual understanding of the triangle and armbar Good at applying the ezekiel choke from mount with or without the Gi Conceptual understanding of top and bottom half guard Ever-increasing effectiveness with the arm drag Weaknesses …
Monthly Archive: October 2011
Oct 20
Thinking about the Importance of Isolating Movements
I experiment a lot, and lately I’ve been thinking about how to teach technique better. I’ve tried various ideas, but I keep coming back to one in particular. It stems from the understanding that technique is formed from the fusion of concept and movement. Of those two components though, one is harder to teach to …
Oct 15
Success at the No-Gi Pan……Finally
The No-Gi Pan was the first IBJJF tournament I ever competed in. The year was 2008, and I was a white belt at the time. There were no white belt divisions though, so I went in as a blue belt. In the first match, I lost. I got taken down in the first few seconds …
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