Mar 31, 2023
Ever tell a significant other to relax during a heated moment? How well did that work out for you?
Generally speaking, telling someone to relax during or after a BJJ roll goes about just as well. Why?
In part, it’s because many of us do not know what it feels like to relax. Our baseline operating level of stress is...
Mar 24, 2023
Jiu Jitsu is an apocalypse. Not in the sense that it's a cataclysm (though it can be), but in the sense that it's a revelation. When we train Jiu Jitsu, it reveals technical and tactical deficiencies in our games, but also thematic deficiencies in our lives.
This can be incredibly useful. By training Jiu Jitsu, we...
Mar 17, 2023
In Jiu Jitsu, instructors give you the seeds of what will become your game. But ultimately, it falls to you, the student, to cultivate those seeds.
We can take this lesson and apply it thematically to life. We must find our own way on the mats, and we must find our own way through life. How can we improve this...
Mar 10, 2023
In Jiu Jitsu, how do we maintain the right level awareness to roll optimally for ourselves and our partners?
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Mar 3, 2023
What do we want from Jiu Jitsu, and what does it cost us in return?
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