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Seoi nage set up, execute, give up my back: this sequence was continual for a very long time no matter who showed me how to do it. I would always give my back up and immediately be in a bad position. The good thing with this was that my back escapes became good. I remember […]

In the scheme of things I haven’t been training long at all. I’m almost four years into my journey; however, the experiences I have had and the opportunities I have had to train and learn from so many people have helped me develop a solid base for my game. At my first and current club, […]

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while since it’s one of the most common questions I read about jiu-jitsu. Are you thinking about trying BJJ? If so, here are five tips that will help you get started! Don’t be scared. Seriously, don’t be scared. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is not a scary thing. Let […]

If you have been around a BJJ gym for longer than a week, I am positive you have heard the phrase “BJJ saves lives”. Now, don’t get me wrong; I am not trying to discredit anyone who has used jiu-jitsu as a tool to make necessary changes in their lives. However, I want to have […]

Crossfit. . . Say what you want about this sport, I have for many years been against it. That was until just recently when I met the team at Crossfit Access here in Perth. For the first time in many attempts I asked questions about the sport and got answers that made sense, not a […]

Are you on the path to achieving your dreams? If not, I guarantee that it is because you are terrified of failure. To improve your jiu-jitsu, you must put yourself in a life-or-death position (possibly a little extreme but you get my point) literally hundreds of times in your first few months as a white […]

My name is Hector Ramirez, I am about to start my journey into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The team at Open Guard have asked me to document this for you I think because I most definitely have a face built to hide behind a blog post. I have always wanted to learn the art of South […]

How Jiu-Jitsu Helps Us To Cope With Anxiety   When you have anxiety, life is weird.   No, I don’t mean the kind of anxiety that happens when your boss says he wants to see you in his office in fifteen minutes or — for us jiu-jitsu people — the kind that happens leading up […]

Growing up, I was never the athletic kid. I rode horses, but I was a pretty distinct failure in any other athletic endeavor I tried, from high school track to touching my toes for the flexibility test in gym class. If someone would’ve told my seventeen-year-old self that she’d be an athlete in seven years, […]

Its hard to explain Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to someone who has never trained, competed or even been to an event. The feelings and raw emotion that one goes through, the feeling of being stripped back of all securities that a person has and uses to shield their inner self from the outside world. I have […]