What You’ll Avoid at Crazy 88

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...

Determining the Value of a Martial Arts Program

This is going to be a little flyer, I am going to start giving to students who come in for the closing presentation but do not sign up. *** prelim *** WHY YOU NEED TO ENROLL AT CRAZY 88 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 1. It will save you money. Crazy 88 has never lowered its...

The False Dichotomy

There currently exists a false dichotomy in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu between “New School” and “Old School” or “Self Defense” vs. “Sport”. Let’s examine the Self Defense proposition.  Self Defense should be the primary...

If you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I’m sure you’ve been told to keep a journal. I’m also sure that if you made the attempt to keep a Jiu-Jtsu journal, you most likely did it for a while, and then stopped (not abruptly… more like a slow fading...

What Does It Take to Be a Good Instructor

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...