Ori Sasson on Ted talk about being a shy, sensitive person
A great video on Ted talk last weekend.
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Competition Mindset for Judo and BJJ
I saw this video on Youtube and loved everything he said about training specifically for your sport. So many judoka play judo and don’t actually train specifically for competition and then realise why they don’t win. But they don’t win because most the week they are playing judo, not doing competition Judo. I encourage you
Sandbag training for grapplers
Ever since my son Rocky was born I have been really strapped for time, so I decided to start doing some sandbag conditoning movements at home. So I went down t the local hardware store, grabbed some sand and a bag and made my own sandbag. Then I started doing some of my own sandbag
Matts BJJ fights last weekend
Last weekend I fought in a BJJ comp and here are my matches: This next match I lost very quickly via a ankle lock that was more a knee bar. I won both my first gi match and first no-gi match with a close side juji gatame, the exact same as the armbar video below:
Judo tactics Left vs right
Last week I found some great grip fighting and attacking videos when you and your opponent are in a left bs right scenario. Hope these help you out. The first 2 are by American Shintaro Higashi, he has some great tips on how to keep your opponent out, while creating space to attack: Next video
2 really nice morote seoi nages to do when your are fighting a stronger opponent
Today I uploaded to youtube a really nice morote seoi  nage you can do when you are fighting a stronger opponent who likes to pull you in close and push your head down. This first one is when you are fighting a lefty who is trying to pull your head down. It plays up the
This is arguably the best strength exercise for Judo
Article written by Mark Kislich from www.Judoperformance.com There are many, many useful exercises for this sport, but in my opinion nothing beats the king of all lifts: the DEADLIFT. Why? Simple. Deadlifts strengthen your neck: judo = check. Deadlifts strengthen your upper back: judo = check. Deadlifts strengthen your grip like heck: judo = check.
Question and answer for November
Anyway here are 3 questions I received this week that I thought i’d share with you. Question 1: Hi Matt, both my teenage sons are getting more and more invested into bjj and Judo competitions and we are starting to raise funds for them via crowd funding sites and facebook posts. Do you have any
Flexibility for Judo and how to stay injury free
Flexibility is super super super important in a sport like Judo. Being flexible will help you not only escape a ton of throws and ground work moves, but also help you avoid injury. few years ago I was at a Nic Gregoriades seminar and for the first 30 minutes he went over the importance of
how to make TRX bands for under $20
I have been doing a stack of training at home and I really wanted to start doing some TRX band exercises that I saw on the Suspension Revolution page so rather than paying upwards of $200 for TRX bands I decided to make my own. Here is all you need: Rope ($4-5) 20 cms of