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Kimura grip? |
Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:48 am
So I noticed that a lot of bb have been using kimura grips to get the back. I know there's a back take from the half guard (top guy) to the back using a kimura by the mendes, i just couldn't find the vid. I think it's a pretty reliable grip to get that can help you control your opponent better than anything else? Thoughts?
Following is a link where I compiled some vids regarding it.
http://torneyo.tumblr.com/post/27334595633/working-on-dat-kimura-grip
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How enjoyable were your competition experiences |
Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:39 am
Competing is a significant part in developing ones BJJ game (well for me at least). I love competing, I train hard, I dealt with the pressure from being nervous/excited in anticipating for the event, I changed my diet, etc just to get ready for it. The preparation for a tournament is long and hard so our expectations can be met, that gold medal hanging around our necks. Obviously not everything will go the way we expect it to be, there would bumps along the way, but we have to make do on what we have, small details that we learned from a seminar, or small adjustment in the drill that we were doing just a couple days prior will be part of our toolbox for them issues that may arise.
With all the hard work I put in for such an event, I would expect that the event Im going to or participating in should have had the same amount of effort in preparing to make the event run as smooth as it can. And the same as when fighting, they experience some minor problems, like your name not being in the bracket, or not even on the list of registrants or having your name in a completely different bracket (eg. adult-blue-with-one-15-year-old-as-an-opponent-when-you-clearly-signed-up-for-a-16-man-bracket) and so on and so forth. Small stuff like these gets me frustrated most of the times, that's why I go to ibjjf tourneys most of the time and some competitions that I think is well run, small to medium ones. Still there are things / circumstances like the ones enumerated about that happens, which in my opinion can easily be prevented.
Take this guy as an example:
http://lexfridman.com/blogs/training/2012/06/03/my-experience-at-the-2012-jiu-jitsu-world-championship/
Ultimately we don't want the hassle, and added stress of such when competing when we already worked so hard in training and that all we want is to just get on the mat and reap the results of our training.
With that said (shameless plug), I went ahead and made a small bracketing system, that promoters can use. Still in testing, but hopefully promoters can find it useful! I want this to be a "tool" promoters can use to minimize those small issues giving the participants a much more pleasant experience at the end of the day. so yeah let me know what you think! It'll basically give you match and bracket updates as well! It's a work in progress so please be patient 
http://www.torneyo.com/unevent/
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Family matters.. siblings in bjj. |
Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:57 am
[  Mood: Silly ]
I always wondered how they train, and if they ever have arguments do they deal with it on the mat? It's interesting when most of them would be in the same weight and belt divisions too.
I'm a competitive person, I'm not sure how I'll be able to deal with a sibling who would outshine me in a sport I have a huge passion with. Maybe use the opportunity to help me get more motivated to get better and eventually outshine him. Or maybe I would use it to just train hard and not make a big fuss about it, besides, we're siblings and family matters more than anything..next is jiu jitsu.
http://torneyo.tumblr.com/post/21433338888/sibling-rivalry
http://www.torneyo.com
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An armbar from 50/50 >> Cornelius x J. Miyao |
Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:57 am
I'm not really into 50/50 but this is an interesting submission from that position.. and that looks painful...
http://torneyo.tumblr.com/post/20223473578/damnn-thats-one-painful-armbar-cornelius-x
http://www.torneyo.com
EDIT:
my bad..
this is where Miyao got armbarred..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JNN_rnCaRI
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Being a Vegan and a Fighter at the same time? |
Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:58 am
So in search of some more info about Ralph Go and his BJJ career I stumbled upon this interview of his regarding his training and how he’s a Vegan. I was wondering, is it really damaging to your health to have meat as a source of protein or not?? I have a team mate of mine who quit being a Vegan cuz he got injured all the time, and plus all his other training partners gave him a lot of shit about it. lol. And apparently switching from Herbivore to Carnivore helped him a lot, but this other fighter (Ralph Go) states otherwise…
http://torneyo.tumblr.com/post/19623785393/being-a-vegan-and-a-fighter-at-the-same-time
http://www.torneyo.com
original interview:
http://www.bjjeasteurope.com/2012/02/asian-champion-and-silver-medalist-at.html
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