There has been a recent trend in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world of decrying Competition, both “Sport BJJ” and Mixed Martial Arts, and emphasizing “self-defense” for Jiu-Jitsu. Our BJJ is for self-defense is an excuse used by academies that...
A lot of people believe – in error – that teaching a good class is all that is necessary to develop good guys. This has forced people to take 2 common shortcuts. 1. I’m good so what I teach is obviously working (false assumption: everyone learns...
Coach Timmy has been invited to compete in Copa Podio, a grand prix style tournament featuring some of the toughest black belts in the world. Tim will be competing against black belt world champions, as well as the top prospects for the coming world championships. ...
At a recent Perry Marshall Roundtable meeting, a lively debate broke out over whether the path to success was Reflection & Though or Massive Action. On one side, you had the people who believed in grinding it out, putting in massive amount of hours in order to...