Nobody ever solved a puzzle better by getting emotional

Nobody ever solved a puzzle better by getting emotional - jiu jitsu is just dynamic…

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The way of all progress

The way of all progress: There is an odd element to making progress in Jiu jitsu and…

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How do you know a move is good for you?

How do you know a move is good for you? Think about your everyday life. A simple test to…

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How do you measure success?

How do you measure success? Some days are better than others in the gym. There’s times…

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Coming to grips

Coming to grips: Within a few seconds of coming to grips with an opponent you’ve never…

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It’s easy to score from strong positions, but your real tests will come when you need to score out of bad positions.

It’s easy to score from strong positions, but your real tests will come when you need to…

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Be impatient with seeking and starting your projects, but patient with the results

Be impatient with seeking and starting your projects, but patient with the results. It…

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The more you learn about defending a given move…

The more you learn about defending a given move, the more you’ll know about attacking…

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Be highly competent at everything and truly excellent at a few important things

Be highly competent at everything and truly excellent at a few important things - that’s…

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How you feel before a match is always worse than how you’ll feel during the match

How you feel before a match is always worse than how you’ll feel during the match. The…

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Directing your strength

Directing your strength: Raw strength and weight is always impressive to observe, but…

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How fast do you learn?

How fast do you learn? A question I’m often asked is whether it is possible to increase…

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Improving yourself

Improving yourself: The path to excellence in all fields of life is skill acquisition.…

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Giving your best

Giving your best: We tend to think “giving your best effort” in Jiu jitsu means giving…

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Focus vs myopia

Focus vs myopia: When you start to enter a given move in jiu jitsu, there is a natural…

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The real test of match intensity control is when you’re in trouble

The real test of match intensity control is when you’re in trouble: You’ll often hear me…

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Anyone can look calm and composed when they’re winning

Anyone can look calm and composed when they’re winning, but it’s how calm and composed…

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You can’t learn all the details in a day

You can’t learn all the details in a day. Furthermore, the addition of a single detail is…

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Fear and excitement

Physiologically there is little to tell apart fear and excitement. They create similar…

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Your face tells the story

Your face tells the story: When you engage in sparring it’s good to stay as relaxed as…

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