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Women’s BJJ
Having you been wishing for a women’s only BJJ class to appear on our schedule? Your wish has been fulfilled. Starting today, May 2nd, at 3pm, there is now a class open to all female identifying folks ages 13 and … Continue reading
Rubber Guard
What’s the point of rubber guard? Same as any guard – control. Rubber guard gets associated with having to be extremely flexible and/or have crazy long legs but the truth is that the basic positions don’t require either and the … Continue reading
Position
In CrossFit, we sometimes break down movements into positions. How does this work? Let’s look at the push up as an example as to why this might be useful. First, we all get into the top of a pushup and … Continue reading
Jump
The Olympic lifts are incredibly complicated. They can be dissected into hundreds of tiny sections, drilled hundreds of different ways, and argued about for years. Given all that, it can be useful keep things simple. Sometimes, when the lift looks … Continue reading
Under hook
April’s BJJ theme is the under hook. What’s that? Well, anytime you get a grip under your partner’s arm, it’s usually called an under hook. If it helps, anytime you get a grip over your partner’s arm, it’s usually called … Continue reading