Really though, training Jiu Jitsu isn’t easy. Here are 3 reasons why you might suck at BJJ and what you can do to save yourself a little bit of embarrassment the next time you hit the mats. REASON #1: Nothing Worth Doing is Done Easily Straight up, Jiu Jitsu is not easy and you haven’t […]
4 Ways Jiu Jitsu Makes You a Better Man and how training BJJ in the right place can really change your life! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from different celebrities like Keanu Reeves, Joe Rogan, Jocko Willink, Henry Cavill (Superman), Ariana Grande […]
Are you the “Stinky Gi Guy?” DON’T BE! Here are 2 ways to get the funk out of your gi. If you’ve trained for any amount of time, you’ve made the mistake of leaving your gi in your bag or car after a monster training session. You know; one of those classes where you dit […]
3 Things to Expect in Your First Jiu Jitsu Class Check out these 3 things that you should expect when attending your first Jiu Jitsu Class. Expect to sweat! You’re going to be moving for the majority of the time you are in class. Your heart rate will be elevated and you’ll be using muscles […]
Post Newb Annihilation “Not quite a newb, not yet the Pro.” So you’ve been doing BJJ for a bit now. I guess you could say things are getting serious. You train three to four times a week and have totally been bitten by the BJJ bug. By now you’ve gotten a few stripes and can […]
Confidence is King in a Field of Weakness Today we have soft kids, entitled generations and soft men. All with the voice of giants (on the internet) but lack the experience of having bad experiences to back them up. If you’re over 30 years old, you can look back on a few moments in your […]
BEING DEPRESSED SUCKS!! How do you cope with it? Do you just sweep it under the rug? Overeat? Medicate? ACCORDING TO THE ADAA (ANXIETY & DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) in 2015, 15 MILLION ADULTS WERE AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY. 15 million! HOLY HELL! That, with zero doubt, tells you that someone you know is affected […]
Competition. Should you do the damn thing? What is that thing anyway? I can remember when I fell in love with competing. I’m not sure when I started but, I can remember the night where my views on competition turned from playful games to something much more intimate. I found something inside of me that […]
BJJ is a Video Game Man. First off, if you have friends that haven’t played video games, they are OLD AS HELL! After a monster training session on the mat at Vagabond BJJ, a student and I were talking about how to get their friends interested in BJJ. He has a couple of buddies in […]
When’s the last time you thought about the health of your heart? Do you wonder what that double w/cheese is doing to you as you snarf it down? You can do better, man and you know it. Look, I’m not gonna sit here and tell you how to eat. I can but, you’re grown, you […]