I am getting ready for an exciting weekend with my some Judo and Brazilian jujitsu training (we have a grading next weekend so I am hoping I get a stripe on my purple). This is my last email to remind you (in case you haven’t already) that there is only 24 hours left to get
A looooong time ago – some 20 odd years – one of my main teachers by the name of Poliquin designed a lifting program for the Canadian national Judo team. Here is the story: When the team members saw the program as written on paper, they kind of laughed, scoffed at it. Probably because of
Someone asked me the other day what a cauliflower ear is. Many people get a cauliflower ear from the constant hitting and rubbing on the ear from doing judo, bjj, wrestling or sticking your head in a rugby scrum. A Cauliflower ear is simply a bruise (or hematoma) that doesnÂ’t heal. Your ear is made
A short motivational film by Stuart Cooper starring the world famous Kyra Gracie. It shows Kyra teaching some BJJ techniques to young children and follows them to what seems to be a local tournament. Along the way there is words from the Hip hop preacher I think, and it covers some great motivational tools such
You may have heard me talk about functional (or practical) strength. Functional strength is used a lot by athletes who want to get rather strong in a particular aspect of their sport. For example I do Judo so I need a good strong grip. To do this I climb a rope, do a lot of
Wrist rollers are a fantastic bit of equipment that are so beneficial  for all Judo players. Performing the wrist roller every few days can really build up your forearm muscles and will really assist in decreasing the onset of lactic acid in the muscles Today I thought i would show you how to make a
Nearly every week I hop online a watch some of the international judo tournaments that are either on ippon.tv or on YouTube on general.  I came across this video of Bang performing a really nice ‘switch’ in competition. I decided to do a breakdown of it simply because it is the sort of thing we
Today I am spending the morning laminating A3 posters and posting them at local shopping centers and youth centers. I get a ton of members this way , and I know this because I ask them when they signed up where they heard about me and my dojo. I started this post because when I put my
You may have heard me talk about functional (or practical) strength. Functional strength is used a lot by athletes who want to get rather strong in a particular aspect of their sport. For example I do Judo so I need a good strong grip. To do this I climb a rope, do a lot of
Here is a recent interview I did with Pete Ross from the Knowledge factory, We talk about A heap of stuff including Judo and success and what it takes to win and lose on the world stage in Judo.  <== Here is the audio podcast     About Peter Ross: http://www.peterwross.com/ Peter
