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How To Learn BJJ Faster

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No matter their age, I always get the same question from new students: “How do I get better at BJJ?” My answer is always the same: “It’s up to you.” Now there is more to my answer, but in the end, it really does come down to the individual and I will just break down some of the areas that will help anyone learn BJJ faster.

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Sun Sept 6/15 11:00 am BJJ

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Surprised on the attendance… homies wanted to train!!

Nathan, Morgo, newer Blue Belt Kyle from Halifax, Philippe, and Katrina were in attendance.

Long Weekend… almost cancelled the class for today… nope.

Lol came in anyway…

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Warm-up was standard… running around, lunges, bear crawls, reverse/side/forward rolls, break falls, and shrimping…

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The homies then drilled passes and a few takedowns…

We the finished off with the full harnessed positional drilling… clip below.

Everyone had an opportunity to train with everyone, with two recycling of partners… back took, then back taking, its a hard and tough drawn out drill. Either you submit or you escape. Secret is to focus on a solid technical defence… 2 mins a round.

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Yeah, I went in earlier to work on some rowing… hopefully this will help in the long run.

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Sat Sept 5/15 2pm BJJ

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Only Me and Big Rig today OTM for 2pm BJJ.

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NERDs….

Oh well… who can blame taking a break from BJJ in the summer…

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Reviewed some leg locks and their defences.

Also had a great 15 min technical roll… tested out his neck as its currently mangled… injuries always set back training.

“Scotch and ankle locks” says Veal… hahahaha

Clip of me and Big Rig rolling…

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Fri Sept 4/15 Open Mat

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Got to LEMMA around 5:15 pm…

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Tonnes of boys and a gal OTM…

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A clip of a roll session below…

Gotta get some rolling in… finger is still mangled, lower back still sore from Big Blue belt Gary from last week, and yeppers chugged 4 cups of cold coffee.

Black and plain… no sugar.

Rolling: (6 min, 1 min Breaks)
1. Thor
2. Thor
3. Scotty
4. Scotty
5. Thor
6. Gary
7. Gary
8. Thor

Been having a lot of leg locks running through my mind lately… yep. Them legs.

Coach always stating. “You live and die by the leg lock game…”

Attack your opponents legs and you leave your legs open… so really, who hits it first and obviously having the technicalities is the biggest factor.

Clip of another roll session below…

Food for thought… I went attacking legs at open mat. Got knee bahhd amongst others. Notably though, it was with Thor. A 180 to 200 lbs Brown Belt beast… yep MMA, wrestling fury to boot and with technique.

Went to the Sushi Station with the wife after… oh and the monkey that keep me busy all day lol…

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Wed Sept 2/15 BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 6:00 pm… Matt the grasshopper was in… gave us a nice little animal styled warm-up movements and then we did a bunch of passing drills. Similar to my Sunday classes.

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Leg drag drilling something similar to below… only to seat the knee between the legs…

Bull fighter, Matador or Toreando pass… only to keep the grips and drop the outside shoulder for pressure and connection, instead of going knee to belly. I’ll be honest, I’m a fan of the knee belly, I drop the shoulder if my opponent is really big, and I’m fighting tooth and nail…

Then x-pass…

Man was I ever drained lol

Not even sure we rolled… ah well… I was pooched.

Matt Veal showed me a cool submission… the diamond choke, which looks is similar to a standard leg triangle. But with the legs reversed… once I find a video I will post…

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Yep pulled again this morning…

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Stay away from mat bullies lol…

We need growth in BJJ…

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Tues Sept 1/15 5:30 pm Nogi

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Actually its only been a few days a week, if not only 1 day a week amongst 5 days actually training BJJ. Not bad especially when it involves a lot of wrestling. Believe me… I suck at takedowns. This class improves it…

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Got to LEMMA around 5:00 pm… I partnered with Big Rig. Thor had us work on the back step pass, then a knee through to a straight arm while in a seated mount or kimura. Rolled with Justin, a young newer white belt, & worked on stand-up stuff with Big Rig. Big Rig hurt his back a while back… gotta nurse those injuries home boy.

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Yep pulled this morning…

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Being active is hard when you have a baby…

Tough knock life lol… no sleep.

10 cups of coffee…

Every 15 mins, if not one thing, its another lol…

BJJ keeps me sane…

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Sunday Aug 30/15 11am BJJ

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Got to LEMMA around 10:00 am… yep got a 20 min session of rowing in.

Had one thing on my mind. Break falls and rowing.

Found this piece on Facebook… loved it!!

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Katrina brought up issues of break falling and fears of hitting the mat…

Us warming up below…

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Practice practice practice… the 3 P’s.

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Us working on some loop chokes below…

then we got 3 rounds of 10 mins sessions in…

I sat out for the first round… then rolled with Jarod and then Gary.

If you missed out… link to EBI 3 below!!

My results from my 20 mins of pulling below…

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