The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, Woolloomooloo PCYC. Thanks to John Smallios for the opportunity to act as host for a day at his club. Steve reiterated the importance of training Jiu Jitsu as a “soft” art. Play, give up the hard rolls with full resistance, be especially careful of resisting the stack…
Category: Health
Ido Portal’s 30/30 squat challenge
I took this up on a whim, perhaps out of boredom and a certain lack of goals since I took a break from online university courses. Described pretty much completely in this image: I didn’t feel I had any major issues with this posture, though my ankles are a bit stiff, I had one knee…
Dealing with the unconscious athlete in Jiu Jitsu
As a BJJ referee, I regularly see competitors rendered unconscious by well applied chokes in competition. I’ve seen this every now and then in training also. The effects were always temporary. I’ve been on a competition mat where the same person was choked out twice (in different matches, of course). In all cases, everyone was…
Steve Maxwell’s Jiu Jitsu for a lifetime / Mobility Conditioning for Jiu Jitsu and MMA seminar 6th February 2016
The seminar was held at Woolloomooloo PCYC. The Jiu Jitsu program there (Jiu Jitsu Commune) is run by John Smallios, a brown belt under Steve Maxwell. It’s a good place to train, no politics, all welcome, not expensive. http://www.jiujitsucommune.com.au/ I attended last year’s seminar with the same title at the same place. While the title…
Art(s) vs. Science
In early 2014 I signed up for an on-line university course from Coursera on “Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World”. It was meant to start in 2Q2014 but was subsequently delayed for almost twelve months. I had a fine and rewarding experience taking another Coursera course on Android programming which lasted for most of 2014,…
Resources for Lifetime Jiu Jitsu Training, Flow Rolling etc.
I put this together for my Wing Chun instructor and BJJ brown belt (now black belt), Rick Spain, as an adjunct to efforts he made to make the stand up sparring in his academy more productive in terms of skill development, and less likely to result in injuries, current and prospective students being scared off,…
Do unto others
I had cause to take a fellow Jiu Jitsu student, Iain, to the hospital last weekend. He tore his Achilles tendon while we were training. Just a freak accident – we weren’t rolling, just drilling toreandor passes. Another student, March, joined us at the hospital. I’ve taken similar trips, including one ambulance ride, before, with…
All this “Over 40” stuff …
I see LOTS of websites and video series catering to so-called “older” grapplers. BJJ Over 40 BJJ After 40 40 plus BJJ OG (Old Guy) grappling (put out by a Lloyd Irvin student who was 36 or something. Annoying shtick to boot) etc. etc. I’m 60 and a black belt, you young whippersnappers. I didn’t…
Bikram Yoga
I did Bikram for about three months, twice a week, at a place close to home. Bikram is done in a room heated to over 40 degrees. Every session lasts 90 minutes. Every session does the same set of postures in exactly the same sequence. Officially the instructor is supposed to read and not deviate…
Mobility
I recently travelled to America with my wife, including a cruise from Mexico to Hawaii. I don’t know if it was an American thing, or a cruise thing, but there was a much higher proportion of people, not all of them old, using those electric scooters, walkers, and walking sticks. Some in wheelchairs as well,…