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...
RACHEL KAMINS Prior to joining Crazy 88, I briefly studied judo and aikido at a local martial arts facility. Although I greatly enjoyed the subject matter, I was lukewarm about the school itself. The classes were few and far between, attendance was erratic, the...
Good offense makes you win matches. Defense makes you unbeatable. However, offense can act defensively in its application. By forcing your opponent into a defensive position, you are able to hide your lack of defense. Example, if you are a phenomenal wrestler with...
One of my business mentors, Perry Marshall, is very big on 80/20. Or Paretos principle. Paretos principle basically says that not eveyrthing has an equal effect. Commonly, its used to say 20% of something, causes 80% of something else. 80% of finishes in the UFC,...
Why wouldn’t an instructor tell a student they were good when the instructor is the only meausre of the students perfomrance? Most dangerous this is being told you’re great when you’re not Why wounldn’t a shitty instructor say competition...
You’ll avoid Meatheads (we do have some reformed Meatheads though; they look scary but are pretty nice respectful guys) Ringworm, staph, and other gross stuff you can get from not having a professional cleaning staff. You’ll avoid having to switch schools...
