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I’ve been having trouble with the Eddie Bravo Old School sweep since returning back to the mat. This used to be my bread and butter half-guard technique, but with so many months in between – I’ve forgotten more than a few key details. Moreso, I’ve just kept experimenting and trying variations on the [...]

Good gi class. I arrived at the academy a bit later then my usual so I wasn’t able to stretch before the warm-ups started. I really should’ve because the warm-ups were killer. Push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and several variations of each that left you feeling too tired. It was the first time since I thought I [...]

No-gi class. I feel like its been a while since I went to one. It’s really nice to mix it up.
After warm ups we were taught the anaconda choke that Marcelo Garcia kept doing at ADCC. My instructor mentioned Rani Yahira using it a lot, but I don’t remember. I do [...]

Gi Class. I felt very good this whole day, including BJJ. I’m not sure exactly why, but about a dozen different things contributed to making today a good day. Even my stamina/endurance in class felt great, for which I have AG’s elliptical to thank. I finally completed assembling it and used [...]

This was a great gi class!
Even though I was tired and was dozing off at work, I felt great once I left work for BJJ. We did an intense warm-up with hundreds of sit-ups and lots of push-ups…for the first time ever, I was able to keep up with the count when doing push-ups. [...]

I went to two classes back-to-back on the same day, but since they were two different classes I’ll count them separately.
Felt tired today, I was gassed just after 3 minutes of warming up, I don’t know if it was because I was tired (as usual) or because of my seasonal allergies. Fortunately, compared to [...]

Gi class.  The school’s owner taught the class, not the usual professor.  He just came back from the Pan-Ams and got 2nd place in his weight division.  Hurrah!!
I was very tired from the weekend at Utah and late nights prepping myself for interviews and stuff – so I just wanted to relax in class.  I [...]

Went to a no-gi class today.
Haven’t been to too many…
Anyway, for the first time in a long while, we had a regular class. Lately the classes consisted of open mat rolling. All rolling. Not a complaint, but it did have me wonder whether there might be a competition coming up. [...]

I read this post from Jits at The Daily Jits. He discussed how annoying it is to miss BJJ and how your game level is affected as a result. I was thinking about it when I started rolling last night. It was another all-rolling class.
I missed a class last week and it [...]

I went to BJJ class last week. I should’ve blogged right away. I know there was something I wanted to share. Now I barely remember what happened.
It was a gi-class – all rolling. I got to use Eddie Bravo’s half guard a lot. It is very effective. Except against [...]