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This week we have an interview with Tim Sledd. Tim is a 1st degree black belt under Andre Galvao. Tim not only runs his own gym Small Axe BJJ, he is also the Director of affiliates for Atos. Tim shares lots of information about what is going on behind the scenes at Atos.
Tim Sledd
In part 1 of this interview we talk about:
- His training history
- Washing your belt and what your belt should mean to you
- Who helps you get better at BJJ (not just coaches and teammates)
- Leaving his job as a prosecutor to do BJJ full time
- Real world lessons matching up with things learned on the mat
- The name of his gym Small Axe BJJ
- The idea of a chain saw vs an axe
- Check out the Bob Marley Small Axe video
- His thoughts about the berimbolo
- Building systems in BJJ
- How purple belts begin to speak the BJJ language
- Comparisons of BJJ to learning a new language
- Organizing your jiu-jitsu
Links:
Quote of the week: “The most important thing you can do to get better at jiu-jitsu, is jiu-jitsu” Presented by Eduardo Telles
Article of the week: “Focus on the Fundamentals: No Shame in Your Game” by A skirt on the Mat
Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast
“Small Axe” Bob Marley
Why boasteth thyself
Oh, evil men
Playing smart
And not being clever?
I said, you’re working iniquity
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
But the goodness of Jah, Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
So if you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
These are the words
Of my master, keep on tellin’ me
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, fall in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it (… fall in it)
If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe, sharp and ready
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down(To cut you down)(To cut you down)
These are the words
Of my master, tellin’ me that
No weak heart
Shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, uh (… bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
To cut you down
Sharpened
