Dave Camarillo is a black belt in both judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and a high profile trainer of MMA fighters, including a number of UFC veterans. He also consults on defence and tactical matters to a variety of police and military organisations. A bio of Dave from his Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu website The two…
Category: Jiu Jitsu
False Paths and Blind Alleys
I wrote an earlier blog post on advice for beginning or prospective martial arts students. Most of us that have trained for a while could bore people for days on the subject, but I did feel I left something out. It got too big for an edit on that earlier article. That is – martial…
Advice for new martial art students
Which martial art should I do? Which school should I go to? There is no supreme martial art. Different martial arts suit different people. Find one that suits you and your goals. Look at a few different arts and a few places before signing up. Often, the instructor’s character, teaching style, knowledge of their art…
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…
Jiu Jitsu Concepts and Principles
I thought a bit more about Kit Dale’s concept-based approach and talked to a guy (Dan, brown belt from Langes) who has trained with him and is a friend of his. According to Dan, KD’s whole “No Drilling” thing is a misrepresentation of what he actually does. He teaches techniques and has his students practise…
Kit Dale’s “The Art of Learning Jiu Jitsu”
These are some thoughts based on reviewing Kit Dale’s recently released video “The Art of Learning Jiu Jitsu”, with some reference to his earlier collaboration with Nic Gregoriades, called “Beyond Technique”. KD’s video is in two parts. The first is footage of a seminar he conducted in Melbourne. The second is of him talking to…
John Will seminar 16 April 2016 – Legbars
The seminar was held at Simon Farnsworth’s gym, at Castle Hill Showground. My car’s SatNav was slightly out of date, and I found a Northwest rail link construction site square in the middle of the route it calculated for me. No matter, I knew the area reasonably well anyway. My training partners for the seminar…
John Will seminar 21 Feb 2016 – collar grip guard, single leg X guard
Seminar held at Rick Spain’s gym in Surry Hills. Collar grip with the seated guard He is on his knees in front of you. You are sitting up on your L butt cheek, R foot on the ground, R knee bent and pointing straight up. Your L leg is bent with the L foot tucked…
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…
Richard Norton seminar 21 November 2015
Held at George Adams’ gym in West Pennant Hills. Emphasis on fundamentals. Basic guard pass Grip both collars with R hand, turn the fist up, elbow in, “packing” the R shoulder. L hand is on the hip, gripping the material of the pants, driving down. Some of your bodyweight should be on the L hand….