Fear

I wouldn’t  say ive been at this a long time four years to be exact and one thing has remained constant im always afraid when i get on the mat to compete  i always get asked “how do i deal with the nerves ” and in four years i never did deal with the nerves im still all jittery until i make contact with my opponent then the only thing that goes threw my mind is “just do what you do at the gym AND NO NEW STUFF DAVE!!!” Lol and the rish of relief after tapping your opponent its better than any drug out there so being totally relaxed when making the walk i dont think you can and that might be a good thing being afraid puts you on another level of alert that adrenaline is going full blast and the best thing i can tell you is to control it and aim it all at your opponent and dont let it consume you and send you running the other direction

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Catch and release

We all have great training partners and they all play a roll in making us better.  you enjoy rolling with these guys but then there’s time when they dont wannna tap so what do you do? you break there arm right ? No i think you should just let go of that armbar or that leg or that foot and take the bad position rather than hurt this guy that just doesn’t wanna tap. You know he was caught in that heel hook and you know your set up worked and thats all you need. A choke is something a bit different there gonna tap or pass out he’ll  wake back up and thats the only time catch and release is  relaxed. From white belt on up we must preserve are training partners.

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Compete

Competing is the best way to gauge  your skill alot of the time people get “gym good” and are fine with that and what i mean by gym good is you learn your teammates game thats not progressing just learning what ur partner is gonna do but people dont know the difference until you may get a visitor at the school whos game you dont know and he smokes you getting out there and competing against guys you dont know is the best way to practice and learn and just become better all around

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Act like you been there

Many times in jiu-jitsu competition we see some ridiculous amounts of celebration and its usually over the smallest of accomplishment recently during worlds tim spriggs won a match against keenan cornelius now check the wording he “won” a match with keenan he didn’t beat keenan he was awarded two points for god knows what and won and celebrated as if he just won abu Dhabi now if you read my blog on points vs sub you already know what my idea of winning is and out pointing anyone especially getting two phantom points then not engaging is not winning and thats the world level even in the locals you’ll see someone hit a flying armbar (or triangle ) and once that happens cue the celebration and the “air jimmy ” nick name despite how they did in the rest of the tournament all im saying is its fine to celebrate just make sure the celebration matches the accomplishment and always act like you been there before…thanks for reading 

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Online training and belt promotion

Countless time practitioners spend on the mat rolling and drilling technique diving  for armbars and footlocks nowadays you can go online  to certain training sites and watch a video or two and receive a belt in bjj and this is the worst thing that could happen to jujitsu and even worst for the practitioners what you get is people that claim to know jiu-jitsu but that video will never give you the timing or physical condition you need to be the best fighter you can be i remember hearing about fighter’s having to drive hours to get to practice they weren’t looking for there belt in the mail and any true fighter wouldnt

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Testing you’re self

Alot of us usually dont venture out of are belt rank in competition if we do its in the privacy of are academy far away from spectators eyes but every now and again we should step out of are comfort zone and challenge that next belt rank up especially when you’re being eyed for promotion facing that guy thats better and that you know for a fact is using his competition pace you can see the exact holes in your game and learn a new attack when he taps you last weekend i had the pleasure of competing against mix martial artist and Bellator fighter sidney “da gun” outlaw it was a honor to go 3 rounds with a athlete of that caliber and see the hole in my game and i should thank him for making me better and everyone i think should experience that

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The gi

The best gi for your money.that is a question that  will send you to every brand in the world reading  reviews and your training partners swearing by there gi. For the fist time buyers i would recommend not buying a gi from some hole in the wall place like i did. (Lol) i  bought my very first gi for 75 dollars thought it was a awesome deal i rolled in it once went home washed it and that thing shrunk beyond all use the sleeves came to my elbows but i continued wearing it until my first competition where i knew it wouldn’t be regulation so of course i went back to the same store bought yhe same brand i think it was called jk or something after the competition  (3rd place white belt) i washed it cold water and it still shrunk from there i purchased  my first and only gamness gi and i say only because that gi lasted my entire career gamness makes a awesome awesome awesome! !!gi and i would recommend it to anyone just wanted to share my experience with gi shopping now that im a gi connoisseur i love the lanky gis which you can get at lankyfg.com

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The stalemate

Ever have a guy you cant tap at your school and he cant tap you eaither. This is another  awesome training partner that really makes up a good gym. This is someone that your not gonna get a lucky anything on or a muscle sweep. This is someone thats gonna make sure your technique is flawless before he finally goes over and once your finally on top your gonna have to have flawless technique and pressure to stay there this is a partner thats really gonna take any mustakes out of your game and make you that much more better 

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Tell the technique

Alot of times we are tempted to keep a technique to are self something you may have picked up from another school or a siminar or something you may have just came up with but these practices only hurts your growth as a fighter imagine a chess game where the people you practice against don’t know the best way to Move there pieces you might feel good because you’re beating everyone but when u go to that chess tournament against guys that practice against the best caliber of people at there school there gonna whoop you and plus you wanna help your team mate so they can progress that much faster and feel good about there progress even if that means ur signature move doesn’t  work in the school anymore at least you’re being challenged mentality now to expand you’re game even more as well as physical

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Eating

I see alot of adds that say “eat this or drink that” even though there is no particular thing to eat or drink that will make you into cyborg abreu you do want to eat and drink like you care about your body and your performance this doesn’t mean you have to eat like a rabbit or turn down drinking with your buds cuz i love a cold beer just like anyone else…..in moderation we all take in different amounts of stuff threw out the day and we’re  all built differently so its hard to say how much of something i, you or someone else should have maybe that guy that gets the proper amount of water each day can have a extra beer or two maybe the guy that slacks on hydration may wanna cut it to one beer a week same goes with food a home cooked burger and fries for a guy that works out everyday wont have the same effect  on the guy thats been laying around all day but one thing remains the same when getting ready for a competition or anything assuming weight doesn’t matter a month out you definitely wanna cut out all the crap like bread ,pasta, alcohol, all the things that slow you down so u can run like the well tuned machine you are

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