One of the great pleasures of living and teaching in NYC is the constant influx of talented visitors stopping by to work on their skills. Former ufc lightweight champion Benson Henderson stops by for a fun grappling session with the team. Training with new partners can be a valuable part of contest preparation, as it mimics some of the elements of competing against someone you have never grappled before and who comes from a training program very different from your own. Such practice forces one to adapt and improvise under stress in much the same way that will be required to succeed in competition
