The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu in the Woolloomooloo PCYC, organised by John Smallios. Dave’s first major statement was “Athleticism begins on the feet.” You want to be on your toes, moving, and always in a position to move. Not flat footed. All the running, sideways stepping, two in two out, etc. that…
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The Gathering 2017, and a Rigan Machado seminar 10 Sep 2017
The Gathering 2017 I travelled to Melbourne to attend the Will/Machado Gathering, a competition organised every year by John Will. This year celebrating thirty years of BJJ in Australia. “Fawlty Towers”, where I stayed with the Langes, the Lazichs, Pete King and Elvis Sinosic. Unlike the TV namesake, staff are professional and the stay was…
John Will Seminar 5 Mar 2017 – Ashi Garami 2.0
Seminar was held at Rick Spain’s gym, Red Boat Wing Chun Academy, in Redfern. Terminology Today’s seminar concentrated on what John calls “Inside” leg control. If you sit facing each other, and you have his L leg trapped in your R armpit, this is “Outside” leg control. If, in the same position, you have his…
Stanley Tam Qigong Seminar 25 Feb 2017
The seminar was hosted by Joe Worthington of Jungle Brothers Movement. Qi can be thought of as bioelectrical / magnetic energy. Five Aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Herbalism Moxibustion Bian Stones Qigong, Massage, etc. Only Qigong is a solo practice. Also known as Daoyin. External exercise – Jiu Jitsu, Martial Arts, Weight Training, etc….
Steve Maxwell – Gracie Jiu Jitsu Core Concepts 11 Feb 2017
It was hot … it was good The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, Woolloomooloo PCYC. I arrived early, but not as early as Steve Maxwell, who was already on the mat doing his mobility workout. It was an extremely hot day. I went up to Steve, shook his hand and asked the obvious Jiu…
Steve Maxwell – Integrated Breathing 11 Feb 2017
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, at Woolloomooloo PCYC in Sydney. The major problem most people have with breathing is that they tend to breathe using the top (clavicular) and middle (intercostal) chest muscles for the breath rather than breathing deep into the diaphragm. This comes about from sitting for extended durations and…
Steve Maxwell Jiu Jitsu for a Lifetime Seminar 4th Feb 2017
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…
Pedro Sauer seminar 24 Oct 2016
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, at the City of Sydney PCYC in Woolloomooloo. This will be a difficult write up. We did some techniques, certainly, but to just write them up would be a “finger pointing to the moon” type of mistake. This really was a “this will make you think about…
John Will seminar 9th Oct 2016 – Ashi Garami, footlocks
Ashi Garami is best translated as “leg entanglement” or “leg control”. In developing leg attacks, same as with most of Jiu Jitsu, we need to work on control, and control positions, before considering how to apply submissions. John’s strong belief is that one has no business playing around with footlocks until an understanding of ashi…
More Jiu Jitsu Flow drills from Rick Spain
Drills picked up by Rick Spain from Rigan Machado at The Gathering 2016. 1. Your partner is kneeling, torso vertical. You are in turtle position, on his left next to him, facing the same direction. Roll to your R over your R shoulder to finish with him between your legs in a loose guard. Roll…