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If a novice gets a good technique in on a more experienced opponent, it is often called, by many, a fluke. But if you look at it closely it is a case of being at the right place at the right time, and that my friends, is called good timing. Speed is important but not […]
A lot of people shy away from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu because of the difficulty and that is quite understandable because complexity it is not for everyone just like chess is not for everyone. But the people who do play chess are a special kind of breed in that they like challenge and strategy, and enjoy […]
This blog is particularly meaningful for the BJJ martial artist but hopefully interesting reading for everybody which can relate to Kickboxers as well. ‘Death type matches’ in BJJ are no different to mates wrestling in a school yard where nobody learns anything except for demonstrating who has the highest testosterone level. In many BJJ schools […]
The martial arts industry is more like a martial arts society where people meet and share a mutual passion. What a great way for humans to get together and form friendships and help each other. I remember when I started BJJ (5.5 years ago), Australia’s International Cage Fighting icon, Elvis Sinosic, said to me, ‘welcome […]
We live in a world where the martial arts once were taught behind closed doors so very little was known about anything and anybody in the martial arts. In a world of rapid advancing technology, information about those arts can now be found easily as just browsing the web on the phone. Information is so […]
I was talking to an interested party about BJJ on the phone tonight, and whilst I don’t normally spend too much time with many people who are just window shoppers or ‘tyre kickers’, I find it interesting to elaborate my thoughts and speak what's on in my mind. I was talking about BJJ being like […]
The thing about the martial arts, as it is taught nowadays, the classes have to be innovative and students need to be updated with new training methods and techniques. The days of just training the same stuff over and over again is not always popular with most people but that's what it takes to strive […]
There are so many ways to becoming a menace – at work, school, around friends etc. Nobody likes a menace except for the person who does the menacing so that's really not a good thing. Now a good menace is one you find in the martial arts because although they, too, may not be liked, […]
What I particularly like teaching are drills and techniques which can be shown across all ages, the only difference being in the delivery for each group. This is best illustrated by a drill which I use called the Clockface. Basically, 12 o'clock is where you first face in the fighting stance. You give the first […]
Since the beginning of my training in BJJ I have been keeping a log of the hours put in; 900hours to be exact! Quite a few BJJ people have told me how they love that idea and wish they could’ve kept a record themselves. The purpose of keeping a log is to keep track of […]
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 […]
