2012… what else happened???
Well I spent the last three posts going over everything I accomplished regarding my goals for 2012. This year was incredible for so many reasons. A lot of the best stuff was not on my initial list. I will try to record some of it here. I GOT ENGAGED!!! On April 3rd I left the...
Analyzing Last Year’s Goals Part III
Time for part III. At this time last year, I was very excited to come home and work to help manage Forged Fitness, the gym I currently train for my fights at. I thought that I could provide value to the gym, grow my own company and also train at a world championship level. My...
Analyzing Last Year’s Goals Part I
Well let’s see here… it is December 6th and it is getting to the time of year where I re-evaluate what has happened in the past year and decide what the next year will bring. I will break these first posts up into three parts to discuss what progress I made in each of the...
My Neck Injury and My Road Back
What has happened so far… On June 18th the pain in my neck and shoulder got so bad I stopped training to rest and let myself heal. At the time I was planning to fight July 28th. Unfortunately rest did not help and I realized the pain I had been dealing with for roughly a...
Another great blog you should be reading.
Brew-Jitsu Fans, Check out my buddy Tim Peterson’s Blog. Tim is an incredible black belt who owns and instructs at Robot Fight and Fitness in Los Angeles, California. He is one of those really cerebral guys who can break down anything. In this entry he talks about the differences in teaching styles between Marcelo Garcia...
Learning from Andrew Smith
For those who live in VA, check out Andrew’s school at: http://www.revolutionbjj.com/ or check out his informative and awesome blog at: http://www.revolutionbjj.com/news/
Tasty little ankle lock
From the US Grappling in Charlotte in May. Some of my Cali Coaches including Pantcho Feliciano, Joao Assis, and brand new black belt as of this weekend Ariel Medina, as well as Ryan Golgosky who is a purple belt with Team Quest/Check Mat all helped me a lot in developing technical details on the ankle...
How to improve you BJJ while you are injured.
I may constantly refer to BJJ is my blog posts, but in 90% of all cases the same advice holds true even if we are talking about MMA, skiing, baseball, writing, or pretty much any other activity. Get ready for a flurry of content this week on the Brew-Jitsu blog.
How to defeat the berimbolo
Or 50/50, or guard pullers, or de la Riva guard, or the over/under pass or pretty much any other move. The interest in the Berimbolo Sweep has been very amusing to me as of late. The jiu-jitsu community is constantly talking about this one move. However, all these conversations are the exact same ones that...
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the Boundless Toolbox
Brew-Jitsu note: Our staff has doubled! Read below for the first post from Marty. Tap! This is usually a notion that symbolizes an individual surrendering on the mat. Most people view the tap as a sign of an individual losing. However, in the jiu jitsu world there’s no such thing as a loss. Whether you defeat your opponent or...
Understanding a loss, 4 reasons you can lose
4 Reasons for a Loss All competitors have lost at one point or another. Everyone has also heard you must grow from a loss, but how do you do that? After competing in the 2012 Pan-Ams I wanted to go back and analyze my loss and why it happened. I wanted to see if there...