I was invited by Joe Worthington of the Jungle Brothers gym to be a guest on their podcast. It was fun. We talked about my forty plus years training martial arts, and how I’ve been able to maintain my practice and my enthusiasm into my late sixties. https://junglebrothers.com/121-martial-arts-being-a-life-long-learner/ There were quite a few ideas I…
Category: Strength and Conditioning
Anti-Corona Drills
A few simple drills to give you a short no-touch no-partner grappling oriented workout, essential during the COVID19 Cora Virus pandemic and related toilet paper apocalypse. Spur of the moment thing while working out in the park. I never pretended to be a videographer. A few sets of each of these, plus a run beforehand…
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…
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…
Xtreme Doorway Gym by SMAi – Product Review
The Xtreme Doorway Gym is sold by Sports Master Athletics International (SMAI). http://www.smai.com.au My Jiu Jitsu coach, Anthony Lange, had to buy his in a two for one deal and was kind enough to let me have the extra one. I can’t imagine many people would want two – once assembled it is very easy…
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…
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,…
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,…