December 14, 2023
When your hand fighting – don’t forget your feet!
When your hand fighting - don’t forget your feet! We live in a hand dominant world. Most…
December 1, 2023
Victory in Austin!
Victory in Austin! The New Wave Team had a fine outing here in Austin tonight at the…
November 27, 2023
If you can control an opponent’s ability to make effective contact with you…
If you can control an opponent’s ability to make effective contact with you, then you…
November 14, 2023
Levers and fulcrums
Levers and fulcrums: In so far as jiu jitsu is a mechanical study of the optimal way to…
November 10, 2023
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…
October 24, 2023
Use your feet like hands
Use your feet like hands: The single biggest problem most people have when they begin Jiu…
August 18, 2023
Symmetry
Symmetry: do you need to be able to perform your major moves on both sides of your body…
July 18, 2023
Pressure to the back
Pressure to the back: They say that to a man with a hammer in his hand, everything looks…
May 20, 2023
Signs of success
Signs of success: In Jiu jitsu you’re always striving for goals - some small, some big.…
April 21, 2023
This a sport where seemingly insignificant shifts of position…
This a sport where seemingly insignificant shifts of position of a hand, a foot, your…
March 23, 2023
Sometimes there’s a lot going on when it seems like there’s nothing going on
Sometimes there’s a lot going on when it seems like there’s nothing going on: A strange…
May 30, 2021
Kuzushi
Kuzushi: Most Jiu jitsu student know that the act of off balancing an opponent is…
Principles: Weight, Connection, Posture, Grips, Kuzushi...,Strategy & Tactics
February 14, 2021
First contact – hands or feet?
First contact - hands or feet? Grappling is all about connection. No connection to an…
August 25, 2019
Hand control
Hand control: The vast majority of moves in Jiu Jitsu require the use of the hands to…
August 14, 2019
If you want to make a strong man feel weak – get his hand behind his back
If you want to make a strong man feel weak - get his hand behind his back: There are lots…
Kimura / Americana / Omoplata,Principles: Weight, Connection, Posture, Grips, Kuzushi...