Tag: bjj
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Cathy’s message to women on getting started with BJJ
Cathy, my wife, owns and operates Iowa Park Jiu Jitsu Club with me. She’s an extremely capable purple belt and serves as a phenomenal BJJ mentor for the women who are part of our school. Over the course of almost two decades being involved with self defense or fight training with me and our kids,…
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A Better Way to Think About Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Belts
At our little club in Iowa Park, TX, we’ve been talking a lot about standards and think it’s important for everyone to have a good idea about where they stand as far as skill goes and what you should be working on at each belt level. BJJ is hard and it can feel like you’re…
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Learn to Fight – The Clinch for Beginners
One of the best things you can do if you’re just starting out training or if you’re looking for a way to integrate your martial arts with self defense is to learn or improve your clinch. There are some distinct advantages to learning the clinch first, before sparring with strikes or when first learning grappling.
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Balancing BJJ and Starting Strength
We’ve spent a bunch of time and typed many words talking about why getting stronger is important for grapplers. I won’t rehash the arguments much here, but BJJ is no different than any other sport. Unless your sport is strictly endurance based (and BJJ is not, I promise), then dedicating time throughout the year to…
Lift. Fight. Win. 