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Which is easier to remember? A list of words written in random order, 'morning, just, to, it, find, car, off, the, John, drove, to, was, day, is, in, car, easier, find, work, got, his' or the same words in a sentence, 'John got up in the morning and drove his car to work just to […]
Time is something we haven't really got much of. Every minute counts if you value your life. If it was for sale you would most likely invest all you can, but that's not going to happen. How horrible it is to see people wasting what time they already have. I particularly see this in the […]
Here's an interesting game for the young ones who need a break from the usual martial arts routine. The problem with kids is their minds wondering off during class; this game should address any boredom and get their minds back on track. The game goes like this; you nominate one part of the room, ‘shore’, […]
Ask a beginner to write 100 words about a punch and the response may be, ‘what did I do wrong?’ It's cruel when all they can get is about 20 words. Ask the same thing, 6 months later, and you may get 200 words. A Black Belt might give you a thousand words and a Master Instructor […]
If anybody out there has an injury free week please contact us so we can throw a party! It is a fact of life that nobody can escape injury, because at some stage or another, we beings will fall over, get our fingers caught in the car door or even break a foot etc. Sportspersons can be prone […]
Being a student in BJJ and attending seminars has its advantages. Instructors can lose touch with what it feels like to be a student after a few years of teaching devoting all their time standing in front of the class, and not in the class. Time is needed for Instructors to do the class rather than take the class (I hope that makes sense) […]
This blog will probably more interest, the BJJ students, but this can relate to all martial arts. There are so many techniques in this art and Instructors are always endeavouring to come up with solutions so most of this stuff sticks. In BJJ it can get quite difficult trying to remember the many techniques, especially, when […]
This is the thing about competition. Students go there to win which is the right mindset for success but the reality is not everyone is going to win. Those who don't win (rather than saying 'those who lose') may find themselves on the dark side because of the negative perception being associated with not winning. Philosophically, I take […]
I dropped in at work the other day and had a chat with my one of work colleagues about how it’s almost impossible to keep up to date with technology. Nobody can escape it. We once thought death and taxes were the only things you can’t escape but now you can add technology. But there’s […]
FOR SALE – 1 Pair of Canadian Crutches, excellent condition, fastidious owner, and 1 Walking Boot (fits both left and right), A1 condition, rare colour (black). Walking boot – great as a spare ski boot. Bonus gift – free set of steak knives (one of them cuts through steel pipe). They will make a great gift […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
