I started about a month ago researching soap. What ingredients would help and benefit for the prevention of infections picked up from training combat and contact sports. It starts with a little red spot you have never noticed before and the next thing you know, Your sitting in the E.R. Spending a lot of money you don’t have because your a fighter and we all know your broke when you choose this field as a profession. Tea tree oil is used as an antifungal and antibacterial oil used for years to help prevent bacterial infections like MRSA, Staph and ringworm. So prevention starts before and after stepping on the mats. I ended up in the E.R. Experiencing first hand that bacterial infections are not fun and I do not want to experience it ever again. Which is why I started making soap for all people in contact sports and if your looking for a soap that will help in the prevention of your worst fears. I have a limited but extremely potent soap that is easy on the nostrils and packed full of an army of ingredients to keep you training and fighting. Its about time to have a soap that works as hard as you do! Contact me today. It is all 100 percent organic and worth every single cent. Don’t miss out on training because you look like freddie kruger! 8282289641
Billy working hard has finally paid off
Promotions are all about recognizing those that have worked hard to achieve something important to them. I am proud to post the newest belts in Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu
Billy Alexander – Blue belt
Steve Rich – Purple belt
I am very proud of both of you not giving up to achieve the ultimate goal in Jiu-Jitsu, The sacred black belt and infinite knowledge of a gentle but very devastating art.
Steve Rich's much deserved purple belt
“It is one technique drilled ten thousand times.”
so where do we go from here?
We travel in time to the beginning of your Jiu-Jitsu class, and every other class therefore after. This is an example warm up before we even begin learning any technique for an advanced class or as a lot of schools operate on the learn as you go rule.
There is no right or wrong way to run your jiu-jitsu class, I base the class on one simple thing. As a student you should learn to do the same, am I learning? or am I not learning? If you feel as if you aren’t learning enough then maybe it is time to do some homework.
- Arm Bar Swings – (15-20 each side) consists of moving your hips in a side to side learning how to switch sides to attack both arms.
- Triangle Setup Drill – (15-20 each side) setup up the triangle with all the little details all the way up to reaching under the leg and pulling the head down.
- Kimura sit ups – (15-20 each side) doing a side sit up and reaching over the arm and controlling the wrist to secure the arm
Once you do the math saying we do 20 to each side before every class that is 3 times a week, after six months the numbers speak volumes.
20 x 3 = 60 x4 weeks = 240 reps for 1 month
240 x 3 months for beginner class = 720 total reps before you even begin to free roll (randori) with other students.
so it goes without being said, if you develop the muscle memory before you do it against a fighting opponent then you have a one up on any schools that fail to do the same at the beginning of every class.
CHECK OUT THE NEW BJJ BASICS DVD FOR A 6 MONTH JUMP START!!!!! LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE EVER HITTING THE MAT AND WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Hi, I’m Jonathan Stamey, Editor here at AtlanticMMA.com, and I’ve been grappling for about 3 years now. When I first began training jiu-jitsu I asked those very same questions, and now that I’m just starting to train with a Gi (all previous experience was no-gi), being new to it, I find myself asking the same kind of newbie questions.
What are the differences between gi and no-gi? How do the grips and lapels and belt come into play? Why on earth does my instructor think this is going to help me with MMA?
Being somewhat new to the sport I still recall what it’s like to not have an answer to all those questions. That puts me in a unique position to come up with something that does.
And not only something that does, but something that will also give you a 6 month headstart in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu before you even set foot in your first class!
Keep reading to find out what it is…
The Problem with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Schools for Whitebelts (Beginners)
Just because it’s called a “beginner class” doesn’t mean you’re going to get “beginner” instruction.
See, classes are typically structured to teach you one or two things at a time so information is more easily digestible. Only problem with that is most instructors don’t have time to give you an overview of what’s been taught before individually. That doesn’t make them bad teachers, or even bad schools, there’s just so much information you need to know…but too little time to fit it in.
So what happens is you get the main points of each class, but the rest is set-up as a kind of learn as you come to it scenario.
I guess there’s nothing wrong with that–that’s how I did it. There is just a way better way to go about it.
To me, things are much easier to learn, especially jiu jitsu, if you had at least a general idea of what it is you were going to learn…BEFORE it was broken down into much finer detail for you in class. That way you get to spend more time training techniques into muscle memory or instinct and less time having to wrap your head around your instructor’s explanation of it.
Or worse yet, you might not have a school, or instructor who’s explanation you even have to wrap your head around! Then what? You’ll definitely have difficulty knowing where to start.
So if you have an interest in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and either you haven’t started yet or you’re still in your first couple months of training I would encourage you to check out our DVD…
I have been working out since my freshman year in college which was in 2003. I never touched a weight in any form until then. I remember buying a weight bench off of a friend and not knowing any workouts to do on it. That was about 60 pounds ago, I was standing 6′ tall and weighed 130 pounds. After around one month of lifting I thought I was superman at 132 pounds. Still I didn’t know anything about lifting, I just put the weight on the bar and pushed it up and down. My lifting experience has come a long way since then and I owe it to one person. A personal trainer named David Rhodus! David showed me how to lift but not only that he also gave me the building blocks to performing on the mat at the level I wanted to. I have won numerous events since and not only that but have dropped my bf% (body fat percentage) down from 21% to 12.7% and I did it all within two months. The great thing about this diet is I have a friend that has now put the same things David taught me into an E-Book. I know it is accurate because Jonathan Stamey has the same trainer that I did. David is not only my trainer but also my mentor and friend. I also assure you that when David decides to get a web page there will be plenty of information available to everyone. In the mean time check out the link under BJJ DVD’s and pick up Jonathan’s book on MMA dieting. You will not regret it!
Don Carter
