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 »
Blackbelt: The Jiu-Jitsu Goal?
In the back of just about every new student’s mind is the desire to become a black belt—to finally “arrive” and know it all. In some martial arts, such as Tae Kwon Do for instance, a black belt can be achieved in a single year of practicing 3-4 times a week. Jiu-Jitsu is quite different. A black belt can easily take a student 10-12 years of training 3 days a week and even then the black belt is more a sign of progress than an arrival. But after black belt what’s next? Read more »