Jake shields recently tweeted Jakeshieldsajj that he was at Marcelo Garcia’s in New York City training with Gi. He is in town preparing for his upcoming fight with George St-Pierre in UFC 129 on April 30th. I was really surprised and curious about the idea of a top MMA fighter training with the Gi on and last night I caught up with him and asked him if the thought rolling with Gi would adversely effect his MMA Read more »
Are you a Jiu-Jitsu Lardassian?
Part of being a black belt is being fit. If you were checking out a new school and all of the instructors were Lardassians, what would you think? If you don’t know what a Lardassian is the next time you are driving around town or walking through the mall take a look at the people around you. Some incredible number of Americans, 30+% are obese. Read more »
10,000 Hours of Jiu-Jitsu
Have you ever wondered why there are so few Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts? Besides being a very hard sport, it is extremely time consuming. Geoff Colvin in his brilliant book, Talent is Over Rated made the argument that mastery of any skill comes only after 10,000 hours of deliberate practice—or in Jiu-Jitsu terms 10,000 hours of mat time. Read more »