Heading to NYC again in a couple days and of course I’m going to make it a point to stop in and see my man-crush, Marcelo Garcia (you can read about my prior experiences here and here), to get some training in.
I remembered getting the floor wiped with me by people using a lot of open guard and butterfly guard. I decided to review some passes of the butterfly guard (with the help of Gracie Humaita Cleveland) so that hopefully I won’t get my ass kicked as badly this time.… Read More
I was organizing the contacts in my cell phone a few weeks ago and came across the contact info for my first BJJ instructor, Mauricio Costa. I first met him over 10 years ago when I first became interested in BJJ. At the time he was a brown belt under Rickson Gracie, who at the time, and probably currently still is the most respected and skilled Gracie practicioner. In the BJJ community he’s regarded almost mythically and conferred a god-like status, with a reported undefeated record of over 400 – 0. … Read More
For those that don’t know, George’s St. Pierre (GSP) is one of the most dominant MMA fighters of all time. I recently came across a great post by Tim Ferriss where he spoke with the guys responsible for Georges St Pierre’s (GSP) nutrition. This section definitely caught my attention:
… Read MoreWhat guidelines should someone use if trying to replicate the above?
“When determining a client’s macronutrient split, at Precision Nutrition we use body-type specific guidelines. In essence, we plan someone’s nutrition according to their somatotype, as follows:
Ectomorphs — around 25% p (protein), 55%c (carbs), 20%f (fat)
Mesomorphs — around 30%p, 40%c, 30%f
Endomorphs — around 35%p, 25%c, 40%f”
Definitions:
Ectomorph – Thin build, challenging to put on weight (muscle or fat); Example: long-distance runner.
Attended a group class at Rio Pro today and during the live training was completely gassed! During my matches, I would do well and slowly advance my positioning and eventually catch someone in a submission, but then be completely gassed afterwards. My legs were just tired, and after we fist bumped to restart, I found myself unable to resist their attacks. When stuck in bottom of side control I just didn’t have it in me to bump up to create space and recover guard. I was just out of gas and my legs wouldn’t do what I wanted them to. … Read More
Talk about “putting someone to sleep.” The best applications of the “baseball choke” I’ve ever seen! Going to try to incorporate this into my arsenal.
Interesting physiology note… when you elevate both legs like they did at the end of the second video to wake that guy up, it’s equivalent to injecting 500 ml of fluid into your body (it’s essentially allowing all the blood in your legs to go to the your brain which brings in more oxygen to help wake you up).… Read More
In class with Dave today we continued the lesson on the high guard sequence we’ve been working on. We reviewed how to establish the triangle.
Triangles have always been hard for me to apply because I have short stubby legs, and for some reason my calf is always against he back of my opponents leg and feels like its getting crushed, no matter how deep I have the lock in or what angle my body is. I’m starting to conclude that my body is just not made for triangles.… Read More