Getting better
What separates those who improve from those who just log hours: the game you choose, the notes you take, the losses you accept.
Why so many people quit at blue belt
Everybody calls it the blue belt blues. It is the most talked about and least measured thing in jiu-jitsu. But the mechanism it describes is real, and it has a logic.
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Drilling, rolling and positional sparring: what each one is for
They are three different things and almost everybody does two of them. The third, the one that is missing, is probably the one that would make the biggest difference.
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Taking notes: what separates people who improve from people who log hours
After a year of training you have seen hundreds of details and you remember a handful. That is not a flaw in you: it is how memory works when the volume is high.
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How to choose your game (and why it pays to do it early)
Trying everything looks like the open choice. In practice it is the most efficient way to end up with thirty things that do not work instead of three that do.
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Does strength matter in BJJ? What to train off the mat
“Technique beats strength” is the most repeated line in any gym. It is true between two people of the same level — and that is exactly where it stops being true.
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Getting submitted is how you learn
There is nothing to win in the gym. Everybody repeats that line and almost nobody applies it, and the difference shows up over the long run.
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How long it takes to get a blue belt (and why that is the wrong question)
It is the question everybody asks and nobody can answer with a number. Not out of secrecy: because for blue belt a minimum simply does not exist.
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