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Safety Position
Often, in a turn based strategy game like chess, you win by establishing a superior position, maintaining that position and then waiting for your opponent to make a mistake. If you’ve got your Queen and a rook in their backfield, … Continue reading
Bull Up
Remember when your football coach told you not to hit with the top of your head when you tackled someone? He’s sad if you don’t but here I am to remind you – keep your head up when you grapple … Continue reading
Bull Up
Remember when your football coach told you not to hit with the top of your head when you tackled someone? He’s sad if you don’t but here I am to remind you – keep your head up when you grapple … Continue reading
Bull Up
Remember when your football coach told you not to hit with the top of your head when you tackled someone? He’s sad if you don’t but here I am to remind you – keep your head up when you grapple … Continue reading
Heel Cup
Today’s grappling class revolved around a sequence of leg locks. There were four of them: the calf strangle, the heel cup, the knee bar and the knee chalk. The calf strangle is when you trap your partner’s leg and then … Continue reading