Well, I’ve continued to get my deep half guard sweep on guys that I roll with, with the possible exception of some of the bigger guys who practically sit on the mat. With them, it’s a bit hard to really get in close and under them. And with my knees on the mend from blown [...]
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Conserving energy
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with one of the guys at our dojo about the fact that I never see him breathing hard, no matter how hard he might be going. So I asked him what he did for cardio. As it turns out, he really doesn’t do anything for cardio other [...]
Pushing past it all
Training has been such a tough thing lately. It’s been almost 10 weeks since I tore my MCL in my left knee. And since that time, I’ve suffered other injuries and sickness, and busyness, and … It has simply been one thing after another. Well, on Thursday I tried to train and it really seemed [...]
Some considerations for half guard from the top
So with a long flight to the east coast, I’ve had much time to contemplate things that have been marginally working and somewhat broken in my BJJ game. One of the areas that has frustrated me is my half guard game. Sometimes I nail things and sometimes I get clobbered. I suppose the first thing [...]
Jonesing for a fix
I’m desperately wanting to train right now. I’ve got another two hectic days filled with travel and meetings. Then if my allergies, asthma and health all line up, I should be able to get some training in on Thursday. Then it’s several more days of likely no training. On the plane, yesterday, I kept thinking [...]
