I commented (favourably!) on a video by James O’Connor who runs the “Free Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Skills And Drills” Facebook Group. His video was about the Armbar from Guard (I can only use the link, WordPress seemingly won’t allow the embed). https://www.facebook.com/james.oconnor.9081/videos/3362927973732799/?fref=nf James asked about the sequence I use to teach the armbar. I made this…
Author: Andrew Nerlich
Imperfect Creations
We are imperfect creations. We are works in progress. We all make mistakes. If we accept and recognise our imperfections, we must then similarly expect and permit our fellow humans to make the occasional honest mistake. We should make pre-emptive allowances for that in our interactions with them, and forgive them, as we would ourselves,…
Grandmaster at Note-Taking
I recently put up a blog post detailing an excellent seminar I took with John Will, on the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Front Headlock. John is a fifth degree black belt, Australian Jiu Jitsu pioneer, and extraordinarily skilled coach. John commented on my blog post, on Facebook, referring to me as a “grandmaster at note-taking”. High…
Phil Grapsas Seminar 18 May 2019
Phil Grapsas is a first degree black belt, who runs Leverage Jiu Jitsu in Melbourne. He was Pedro Sauer’s second Australian black belt. The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, in the City of Sydney Police/Citizens’ Youth Centre (PCYC). Hosted by the excellent John Smallios. Grips, Base and a Simple Takedown We start from…
John Will Seminar 27 April 2019 – Front Headlock
Front Headlock – guillotine, Darce, Anaconda, Kata Game The seminar was held at a training centre belonging to the awesome Felipe Grez, in St Peters. Winning the tie up He goes for a R collar tie. We do not want to let him get it, and only then lock up our own R collar tie….