Today I answer a question about developing an unpassable open guard. What are your thoughts on this topic?
Q: What are your tips for developing an unpassable
open guard, beyond the typical “mat hours”
response? What can I conscientiously do, drill,
practice etc. to better use those mat hours?
My guard retention is slowly but surely improving,
though I know I am lacking a lot of intentioned
practice.
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Bruce Hoyer has a unique way of running a BJJ class using Evernote. He shares his innovative method and much more during this interview. Bruce is a black belt under Rodrigo Comprido Medeiros.
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Quote of the week:”Today is tomorrow’s yesterday so make it count” Presented by Shawn Williams
Article of the week: “We Don’t Have Time For Jiu Jitsu” Big Jiu-Jitsu
We start a new segment this week Learning Basic Portuguese with Claudio Pt 1. We learn a couple of simple greetings. Here is a link for find the 9 parts on youtube.
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Today I open my BJJ gym bag and show you what I take with me when I go train martial arts. What do you have in your gym bag?
If you are traveling to Brazil these key words and phrases should help you during your travels.
Pt 1 Greeting
Pt 2 Good bye
Pt 3 Please and thank you
Pt 4 Your welcome
Pt 5 yes no good bad
Pt 6 Do you speak English?
Pt 7 Ambulance, Police, Doctor, Taxi, Hotel, Restaurant, and Restroom
Pt 8 Sorry and Counting to Ten
Pt 9 Time and Days of the Week
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John Will is a listener favorite, and we are thrilled to have him back on the show. John is one of the famous “Dirty Dozen” meaning that he is one of the first 12 non-Brazilians to reach the rank of black belt in BJJ. John was at the an early adopter to BJJ and he brought it home to Australia.
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Quote of the week: “When you lose, say little. When you win, say less.” Matt Hughes
Article of the week:Jimmy Starts Jiu-Jitsu, A Before And After Story
Gary is working on his BJJ pop up book called “Go Gary Go, See Gary Roll, See Gary Tap”
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Shawn Willimas is the 5th American to reach the rank of black belt in BJJ. He has been training jiu-jitsu for 20 years. We cover a huge range of interesting topics in this episode.
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Quote of the week: “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” Miles Kington
Article of the week: What Motivates Me For 6am BJJ Class by Erik Beyer
Gary also talks about the book he is working on called “Cafeteria Food Fights- Picking The Right Kind of Fruit For The Fruit Salad” If you don’t know who Gallagher is you are missing out my friend, check him in action here.
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This week we bring you Roy Dean. Roy is a great example of a martial artist he is a 3rd degree black belt in BJJ, and he also has several other black belts. Roy has recently completed his book Becoming the Black Belt: One Man’s Path in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
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Quote of the week: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” Mark Twain
Article of the week: “Getting Stuck In The Middle With BJJ“
Gary’s book he is working on “Email Scams and Slams, how to do a digital armbar”
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It was 2002 and I had started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with John Castillo. John was a purple belt and he opened up a school in the back of a used golf supply shop. One of the first things that John taught me was not a submission or a sweep, it was not even a position. John showed me how to break-fall.
“You are going get knocked down and thrown as you learn Jiu-Jitsu; you need to learn how to fall safely.” John explained as he taught me how to break-fall.
At the time, I was 22 years old and learning how to fall was not exciting. I wanted to learn how to choke and armbar people who were bigger and stronger than myself. But thankfully I was not running the class, because learning how to fall is important if you want to keep getting up.
Over the course of my Jiu-Jitsu career, I have fallen many times. This early lesson has payed off by keeping me on the mat.