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Bow and Arrow

Posted on December 19, 2012January 8, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

Tried out a new gym today. I always get a little nervous going to a new gym, despite the fact that I’ve been to quite a few now and the warmups always fall into either of two categories

1. Old school – including running around the mats, switching to side to side skipping, jumping, running backwards etc.

2. Gracie Barra – perform a series of squats, pushups, and jumping jacks, followed by some ab work.

I personally prefer the old school method because I feel like it does a better job of warming up my body.… Read More

Escapes

Posted on December 13, 2012January 8, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

Good BJJ session this morning. I’ve been working on escapes lately. Reviewed the mount escapes we worked on last week including:

1. Using my arms to frame against their hips, followed by hip bump, hip escape, and pull guard. We went over the variations in arm position afterwards. If I’m first shrimping my butt out to my right and bringing my left knee up to my left elbow, Dave, prefers to go for the underhook using the right hand and then use the left hand to block the opponents left bicep to prevent the cross-face. … Read More

My First Post

Posted on December 12, 2012January 8, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

I wanted to start this site to cover to very two big interests of mine: BJJ and the paleo lifestyle.

I currently have a blue belt in BJJ, which I received under Rigan Machado.

Unfortunately my schedule now is kind of wacky. Since my job has me traveling quite often, I don’t really get to train anywhere regularly. Instead I bounce around schools, depending on where I am. I’ve trained in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Florianopolis Brazil, New York and Maui thus far.

I wanted to create this as a way to document observations and thoughts I had regarding my BJJ training.… Read More