Anybody can train when they feel like training – The real question is whether you can train when you don’t feel like it

Anybody can train when they feel like training - The real question is whether you can…

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Competition intensity

Competition intensity: The majority of training time ought to be concerned with skill…

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Former adversaries, new friends

Former adversaries, new friends: Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields finish up a tough day…

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Garry Tonon has just informed me that the new super villain in Star Wars

Garry Tonon has just informed me that the new super villain in Star Wars: the force…

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An early innovation in my jiu jitsu

An early innovation in my jiu jitsu: when I was a blue belt in the early mid 1990's I…

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Stranglehold or chokehold?

Stranglehold or chokehold? My long suffering students will attest that I often show a…

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Tangled up in legs

Tangled up in legs: Ashi garami" is usually translated as "leg entanglement." It captures…

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Back attacks

Back attacks: The human body is set up well to deal with threats from the front, but does…

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Precioussss...nice ashi garami my precioussss...damn...I need a vacation...gotta get out…

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