Just some MTB happiness for your Monday
Dub FX ‘NO REST FOR THE WICKED’ feat. CAde & Mahesh Vinayakram
All I can say is WOW!!!!!
Vids for stuff I’m working currently
I really like this guys stuff so thought I’d share. I’m getting really good at escaping mount into half-guard now, but then I don’t know what to do from there, so I’m gonna use some of this guys ideas.
Fast Standing X-Pass and drils
Just thought this was cool, so thought I’d post -
Flower sweep
We got working this sweep today during open mat. I’m mostly posting this video as a reminder to myself. I found a number of good demos on YouTube, but I like the drill that is incorporated into this making the sweep a progression from when you can’t get an attempted spinning arm bar.
Book Review: Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain
I’m a bit hard pressed to say something about this book that hasn’t been said already. Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain gives a candid glimpse into the life of someone who has chosen the study of a martial “art” as a path of personal evolution.
For those new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, think of this book as an introduction to what you might be in for, what to look for, and what to even possibly avoid. To those who are familiar with this world, you might find this to be like a ‘Chicken Soup for the Jiu-Jitsu Soul’.
I highly recommend this book. It is currently available on Amazon as a Kindle e-Book.
BJJ Gi drawstring improvement
Canvas drawstrings on BJJ pants are crap. I’ve had problems with tightening the string up enough ever since I got my Koral Gi. It usually takes 30min of rolling before I’ve sweated in them enough that the material becomes flexible and I can get them tight. My Padilla and Sons Gi came with a nylon drawstring that has enough flex to keep my pants up right from the start. So, finally getting fed up with this I went and bought 10′ of 5/16″ thick nylon rope to replace my canvas drawstring -
pants with new drawstring
nylon drawstring
Grapplers Guide and my new approach
I came across this video the other day that talked about developing a personal BJJ system. I’ve been into BJJ on and off for over two years now. Each time I’ve come back to it I get to feeling a bit overwhelmed. There are hundreds of techniques out there, 88 of which are required knowledge for advancing in the Pedro Sauer system from white to blue belt. But I keep questioning which are the best to learn. I’ve asked my instructor about this before, and his response was to start with one technique and build up from there. I don’t know why it’s taken this long for his advice to sink in, but after I found this I think it finally did -
Here is the link do get a copy of the Grapplers Guide - http://grapplersguide.com/
There is a guy that trains at West Side that has proven this already. His arsenal contains a total of 5 techniques. Seriously, only 5, but he taps people out constantly. He’s practiced these so much that he doesn’t even think about them anymore. Knowing the sweet spot within these, he knows when everything is in perfect alignment to move.
This is what I’m going to do now. When presented with new techniques, I’m only going really focus on what comes easiest first, and drill the piss out of it until it becomes second nature. I’ll move on after that.
Building my grappling dummy, part 3
Construction is almost complete on Bruce the grappling dummy. I’m calling him Bruce because of something I read about a situation the actor Bruce Campbell had on the set of his show The Adventure of Brisco County Jr.
Anyway – I bought 2 yrds of 2″ thick memory foam from a craft store to wrap up the torso, upper arms, and to surround the knee and elbow joints to help hold some child roller blade pads on.
wrap up in progress
The hands were another concern. By folding the wire back in on itself and tucking it into the PCV tube I was able to make some flippers sans fingers that are about the same size of the palm of my hand.
left over wire
- folded back and inserted into PVC tube
- taped up. folds over nicely
I did the same thing with the feet, but I didn’t have as much wire to work with there, so the feet are pretty much useless. I’m not working heel hooks or anything right now, so I’m just going to leave them as is. So this is what I’ve ended up with:
All Bruce, no head - yet
I’ll have something for a head here shortly. After practicing some moves I realized he is going to need a lot more weight, so I’m not sure how I’m going to do that yet. All in all I think this has been a good idea.