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Guard, Trap Triangle, and Triangle
The longer you train in BJJ, the more you should be able to see variations in the positions. As a novice, it’s all a mess of limbs. With some experience, you start to pull out the some major positions: guard, … Continue reading
Sparring in Kids Class
Thursdays is our sparring class for kids. What’s that mean? It means we put on the gloves and the shin guards and we play. We don’t go hard – and that’s not just because it’s kids class. We don’t go … Continue reading
Defense
For September, the theme in our BJJ classes is “late stage defense.” What’s that mean? It means how do we get out of bad positions and submissions. It also means learning to recognize the level of threat you’re under. If … Continue reading
Throwing Medicine Balls
Some gyms, so I’m told, are barbell-centric. Others are HIIT centric. So which are we? We’re community centric. Too cheesy of an answer? Too much of a dodge? Alright, fine. We use the barbells, we spend time dissecting how to … Continue reading
Muscle versus Power
We’ve been spending this week looking at the difference between a “muscle” motion and a “power” motion. The clean, snatch, and other related lifts can be dissected this way. Today we worked the dumbbell snatch. So if you do the … Continue reading