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Great Video From Stuart Cooper About Kron and Rickson Gracie at ADCC 2013

Posted on December 18, 2013December 14, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Didn’t realize how good a narrator and story teller Eddie Bravo is.

Watch out for the occasional F-bomb.

Here is the fight between Kron and Garry Tonon

Interview From ATOS ADCC Training Camp

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Highlights for me:

– Seeing how brightly the faces of these guys lit up when they were asked how they would’ve done if they were in UFC 1

– Galvao talking about growing up and having dreams about fighting Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie… Read More

Something I really needed to read

Posted on May 16, 2013October 9, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Just had to share this post written by Amy Kubal on Robb Wolf’s site.

I been chasing goals for so long that it was good to read something like this just to snap my self out of things. Here is a small sample of some things I’ve been chasing and unable to attain, and some things that I actually achieved:

Arbitrary things I’ve been striving for:

If only I could get my ketones consistently above 1.5 mmol
If only I could lose the last 10 pounds

Goals that I’ve attained that I thought would make me happy..… Read More

Guard Pass Touchups

Posted on April 1, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Continuing my work on guard passes. Some brief nuggets:

When using the standard closed guard pass, after I open the legs and my knee is up inside, before I go for the double pass option, I need to sit on my butt down on my heel. This kills the space people always use to De La Riva me. Then I can proceed with my pass.
If I’m in his closed guard, and my arm is being threatened by an omoplata, I need to move my knee in close to his hip so that he can’t open his hip out to attack me.

Closed Guard Pass

Posted on March 17, 2013March 14, 2013 by BJJ Caveman

Continuing on with the guard passing that I’ve been working on…

Closed Guard Pass

Maintain my posture by keeping head up, flexing my butt and hips to resist him breaking me down with his hips and legs.
Right hand rolls up partner’s lapels and grabs it (makes it harder for him to open up his gi to break my grip). Maintain tension on the lapels so that he feels me pulling him down, controlling his body with my grip (kill all slack).
Left hand grab his gi pants along the outside of his right hip, with my elbow outside of this right knee, this will help protect from triangles.

Days 69-78 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on February 27, 2013October 9, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Hit the ground running these past 10 days and spent 8 out of the 10 days in ketosis. I’m currently on a ketosis streak of 5 days, which probably would have been longer had I not fallen off the wagon again and succumbed to the siren song of Georgetown Cupcakes, which our friends generously gave to us. One thing I’ve discovered is that my will power can be pretty strong, and I can resist the urge to buy food…. but when it’s given to me… and it’s free, or rather didn’t cost me anything, I can’t seem to resist.… Read More