Tag: SBG
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How to Get More Ladies to Train Jiu Jitsu
Why have women on the Jiu Jitsu mat? Jiu Jitsu is great for self-defense, it is empowering, it is confidence building, it is challenging, it is fun. Additionally, I have always felt that women and children truly need Jiu Jitsu as a skill set. We are just more vulnerable. Yet, many Jiu Jitsu schools have…
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What Injuries Teach Us: Part One – Prevention
What Injuries Teach Us! Injury Prevention and Advocating for yourself on the mat.
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Building Resilience in Kids through Jiu Jitsu
We know as adults that life can be so difficult. Rather than shielding kids from this fact, why not give them the tools to succeed when things inevitably do get hard? According to the American Psychological Association: Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental,…
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The Mental Game: A Review
This is a review of a colleague’s workbook for peak mental performance in Jiu Jitsu and Judo. I have no affiliation with his business or the project, but I have found it very helpful and wanted to share why. The Author is named Derek Mueller and he is a Doctor of Psychology as well as…
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Lessons in Loss
We lost a member of our community recently. He made the decision to take his own life. This isn’t the first one of my training partners to take this step, but the first in Montana. I have long known that martial arts can be a coping mechanism for mental health issues. I know this through…
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How to Drop In
I get this question quite a bit! There are a few things to consider that you may not have thought of. I have been the hosting coach as well as the drop in athlete many times. Here is what I have learned. Pick the Right Gym What type of training experience are you looking for? …
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Jiu Jitsu Travel
I feel fortunate to be able to travel and train again. It has become an important way for my Jiu Jitsu to grow now that I don’t compete as much. I always have tough matches and I learn a lot during the technique portions. The seminars and camps are an important mental and physical reset…
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Advice for Longevity
“It’s not about who’s good, it’s about who’s left. It’s hours on the mat. If you put in that time, natural athlete or not, you’ll be a black belt. You are going to be somewhere in ten years, why not be a black belt? You just can’t quit.” Chris Haueter, “Roll: Jiu Jitsu in SoCal”…
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An Honest Roll: Open Mat Etiquette
Here are the high points that I go over with new students! Each academy is a little different. What would you add? Good Things Take Time. Stay on the Mat– It is poor form to take rests and then jump in to roll with those who have been rolling the whole time. This is called…
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Rules of the Road
These rules are posted on the walls of Straight Blast Gyms all over the world. They are part of a baseline behavior code agreed upon by all students on our mats. This is the short explanation I give my new students just before we do their first matches. Never roll rough Trust your coach Maintain…