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"He grabs his board and paddles back out. He and the local exchange words...I’m thinking to myself, ‘You picked the wrong battle.’.."The afternoon sky is showing off. The waves are glassy and peeling..

Jacksonville, FL - Mentality Martial Arts "I'll be there in five," says Mikey. "All good, I'll wait for you in the parking lot before heading in. I'll get some B-roll footage until you get here," I r..

"..there really are no excuses left when it comes to kettlebells."The functionality and versatility of a kettlebell might make it the best piece of strength and conditioning equipment you can buy. A ..

Previous Post Next Post "This, is Jiu Jitsu in practice."There is a special time in the City, where the sun plays peek-a-boo with your eye, as the golden tides of scooters chaotically navigat..

Previous Post Next Post "Alright, after the picture, we are going to get an hour of rolling in...Again, the ships start to disappear. I know sets are coming...I was only supposed to stay fo..

Previous Post Next Post Photo by Josh Russell "The fury is strong is this one. I feel like I’m deep sea fishing, and I just got the marlin up on the deck of the boat. He’s flopping and popping in ..

Trey “The Truth” Waters is preparing for the biggest opportunity of his fighting career. Slated as the co-main event on Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 6, Week 7, Waters gives us his thoughts on..

"Make sure to wear a clearly obvious Jiu Jitsu T-shirt everywhere you wander. This will surely attract other BJJ practitioners’ interest in you."We all experience times of restlessness, when life begi..

"..If class times are too long the student will learn less. Short class times with few tasks to learn and plenty of sparring retain students longer!"I have spent a number of years building a youth Jiu..

Previous Post Next Post "Pick who you roll with. Spar with the people who make you better, not the people who want to win. There is a difference."To the Middle-aged jiu jitsuman:If you're over ..

Previous Post Next Post My husband pushes his smart phone in my face while we wait for our flight departing Osaka. The vivid glow on my tired eyes is enough to blur out the screen.“See? There! ..

“Every morning in our lives, we have a choice to make. You have the choice to stay in bed and say ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work out today.’ Or ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work hard today.’ That’s..

“Sign here and here”. The UPS delivery man throws the clipboard under his shoulder and strolls back to his brown wagon. I can hear the band Cake playing on the radio through his open door. He’s going ..

“Aw geez Rick, that’s a weird way to pass someone’s guard.”“It’s really weird. It’s about to get a whole lot weirder, Morty.”I spent the majority of my time at blue belt perfecting my triangle game. I..

"When I look back at my time as a blue belt, I hate my blue belt self. I don’t like to use the word hate, but I had Blue Belt Fever."Everything is different now. I feel like I’ve just powered up or ev..

"White Belt Fury can be experienced when an individual has yet to learn the art of self-control (flow) and trains at a high rate. Usually very aggressive, even unintentionally."“Find a partner!” I sca..

Previous Post Next Post "Should a gym – Brazilian based or not – still follow the unwritten law of the mat?"“When I went to prison and came out, it was like another stripe being added to my sho..

Previous Post Next Post The pandemic of 2020/2021 brought with it the necessity for sacrifice, patience and courage. With no false humility, becoming a trusted operator in the United States mil..

Previous Post Next Post Part 4There are moments in the night that hold long, belonging to no one but the individual experiencing it as no words can explain the feeling. Standing in the tunnel w..

Previous Post Next Post Part 3I flew back up to New York and quickly remembered, amateur or not, sparring is a far cry from a live cage fight. The night schedule made it impossible to find an o..

Previous Post Next Post Part 2I got to Brandon’s house with a palpable buzz. We set up the call in his office and got a hold of Rome. I told the guys about the opportunity, along with my intent..

Previous Post Next Post           The year 2020 was rough on everyone. Personally I was dealing with a few losses that seemed insurmountable and admittedly I was fighting an internal battle tha..

Previous Post Next Post Your temple is a place where nothing else matters. You go to this place to escape; stress isn’t allowed here. No matter what, you’re not allowed to bring whatever is bot..

Previous Post Next Post The practice of Jiu jitsu relies on us coming together to train. All the other benefits that stem from the practice of Jiu jitsu come from this implied idea of community..

Previous Post Next Post After a busy day at work, I was on my way home, using one hand to read a book and the other to hold on to the handrail of the train. I decided to purchase a travel card ..

Previous Post Next Post The idea of a journey is often used as a metaphor for the process of progress in the martial arts. In fact, the Chinese character, “dao” (道), meaning “way”, is part of t..

Previous Post Next Post Last night, I had a dream. I was walking up to the deli line at the grocery store, when I noticed that five people in line were wearing bathrobes. Then, I noticed I was ..

Previous Post Next Post You can hear it...even on top of the frenetic music and yelling crowd, you can still hear it. Those nearly bare knuckles hitting his face is something I will never forge..

Previous Post Next Post If a tsunami or an erupting volcano or an alien invasion suddenly forced me to evacuate the Dave Cave and I could take only one book with me, it would be Mastering Jujit..

Previous Post Next Post "Combat Sambo is more akin to MMA..The sport is seen as brutal, because they allow headbutts and groin strikes in addition to elbows and knees."Sambo originated in the S..

Previous Post Next Post “This is communist, and it’s illegal.” That’s what they said to me at the Osan Air Force base in South Korea when I presented my Taiwanese ID. It was all uphill after th..

Previous Post Next Post "It is no easy feat to throw another person cleanly to their back with precision and control. The judo player must leverage the opponent’s momentum and timing with prope..

Previous Post Next Post "This aspect of the sport changes the style and speed of the matches dramatically. Without the gi to control and restrict the opponent, the tempo of movement is often in..

Previous Post Next Post "Another large aspect of catch wrestling is “the ride”. The ability to advance position and hold the opponent there is an important part of the art."The history of catch..

Previous Post Next Post Shave the layers of fancy gis, sublimated rash guards, tattoos and acai berries from Jiu jitsu and what we have left is a martial art which is all about submitting your ..