BonnyBoy

Cardio!

Really liked the Lindland vs Baroni fight, but that was about it. Penn vs Uno sucked I thought - no subs/punching was really worked Mir vs Tank was a little dissapointing in the way it ended with the toe hold, but Mir looked really slick on the mats and I'd like to see him fight another grappler.

It breaks away from the norm of conventional diets, in which you actually stave yourself to an extent and eat very little food until tea time, where you eat nearly all your food for the day in one sitting. Conventional diets advocate lots of small meals throughout the day to keep metabolism going, whereas this one goes back to the way our ancestors lived. If you're looking for a quick fix, then forget about it! A diet is a way of eating for life, not something to go on while you lose weight, then resume eating whatever you want, whenever you want - you'll gain the weight quickly, plus some more! However, if that wasn't your aim. How much you can expect to lose will depend on whether the diet is effective or not and how much you have to lose, as well as how much exercise you do. Personally, I don't really like the idea of it as it goes against all conventional information, but it does make sense some what. Yet, our ancestors didn't lift heavy weights or train the way we do as martial artists today, so I think we need carbs in our diet to fuel our workouts.

I've taken a liking to the double leg, but you have to shoot in quick and you either go for it or don't go for it. For the double leg, shoot in and place your lead foot/knee in the centre of the opponent inbetween his feet, underhook the back of his legs with your hands and put your head up high to avoid being choked. Then lift both his legs up to the one side (you lift them sideways and up) and push with your head and foot that's not in the centre of your opponent in the opposite direction Try throwing a jab at his face, then shooting in on him. Or, as he throws a jab, shoot it then - his arm will be extended and he won't be able to sprawl. Work for the clinch position with him by closing the distance and working angles, if you can clinch him, there's a whole heap of take downs you can get to working. A simple one is underhooking both his arms and clasping one of your hands in the palm of your other hand, then hooking your leg around his leg & walking forward as you pull your hooked leg back.

Hmm, I don't mind my vegies so much now... I used to loathe them when I was a kid, hide them and then refuse to eat them. They taste nice with gravy on them! I'll give you a link to some notes I took when I changed my deit about a month a go.. I have dropped 10lbs through cardio and maintained my weight since then. The last few kilos seem to be particularly stubborn and I think I need some HIT cardio in the morning to boost my metabolism https://www.geocities.com/bjj_freak/Diet.html

Hi, I've noticed since I've made changes to my diet to lose excess fat, that I've also noticed a great increase in fitness. I did my cardio for the first week, then I slacked off in the proceeding weeks and noticed the increase in fitness from that first week. I thought that with me slacking off on my cardio would have resulted in a decrease of fitness on the mats. Admittedly, I'm training 3-6x a week. So, my question is: does your diet play a major role in fitness? There are guys at training who train up to 6x a week, but they're still gassing out on the mats, but I know one of the purple belts maintains a really strict diet as well as doing cardio and he's rarely gassing out.

Hmm, well I have around 50 hours of Uni work to do a week according to the lectrurers, so we'll see how I go when I start getting some work. I train with a bunch of dedicated guys, so it's not hard to get extra training in. However, training is basically my social life, it's practically non-existant outside BJJ. It's the only way to go if I'm going to have a MMA fight one day I think - I'm quite prepared to make the 'sacrifices', 'cause to me they're not sacrifices.

Yeah, I'm all for sparring people better than you. In BJJ, I've been sparring good blue belts & purple belts and find I can easily beat other white belts - my technique has become a lot sharper and I think I'm getting close to blue belt level.

I'm all for cross training, I think it's essential for becoming a complete and well rounded fighter. I train in whatever I can, I've recently upped my training to include: Primarily BJJ (5-7x a week), but also some judo, boxing, muay thai, kickboxing or greco roman wrestling 2x a week with the BJJ.

Yeah, I would be worried too I suppose. Not so much about her getting hurt physically, but guys sexually harassing her. Although, I trust most of the guys I train with, so it wouldn't really be an issue.

Kensai, insightful post, very good! What book(s) contains that information? I'll be trying to get my hands on the books Kirves reccomended, but I was just wondering what specific book(s) you got it from if they're different to the ones Kirves mentioned.

None is our dojo. It's a big dojo though, we probably have up to 30 guys on the mats, so it's probably not the envrionment that women are looking to start in.

Yeah, you're allowed to. But, the chances are if you have no grappling experience, you'll have your ass handed to you on a plate by a decent grappler.

Judo should incoporate some ground work, a judo dojo I went to had me do the scarfhold, while a higher belt escaped from it. However, as a brief generalistion, I'd say it's Judo if you're on your feet and doing throws/sweeps and it's BJJ if you're on the ground.

Yeah, I think boxing would be a good investment. Although, the hip rotation is the main part of where your power comes from, so you may still have a hard time with boxing.

If you're looking at a self defense aspect, I would highly reccomend learning how to use your hands so your hands are nasty! Most fights start from punching range, not kicking range, so it makes sense to train this range primarily. After that, it's likely to go to the ground, so Judo would be a good choice, IMO - learning to break fall, some throws, learning about balance and leverage, a good judo club should incoproate some ground fighting, enough to hold your own against the average joe on the street so you can get back to your feet.

Hmm, I quite like Geoff Thompson's stuff, and I don't think he's the macho chest thumping bouncer that the article made him out to be.

It varies from place to place, and how much mat time you get. If you're rolling outside of class regularly, obviously you're going to progress quicker. There doesn't really seem to be too much in blue belt: escapes, control, guard, chokes & few submissions. It'd be quite possible to get a blue belt in a year if you trained enough. It'd take on average 2-3 years to get a blue belt, but it doesn't take that long to get stripes.

The key is not to mistake the adrenalin for fear. When it's mistaken for fear, this is what causes people to freeze up on the spot. Constant exposure to adrenalin rushes will also help you to control it better as well. Check out https://www.geoffthompson.com

http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/docs/rec/stretching/ Google is your friend.

haha, The other team would have voted KickChick off if they were smart and the rule was still in place.

No such thing on the street, man. Your honour will get you hospitalised, if not killed.

I have only ever had one guy do this to me, but he was quite skinny and I could feel his shins really cutting into me. Try grabbing his belt, or placing your hands on his stomach and extending your arms as you push yourself back as far as you can, you'll break his ankles this way, then you can put one leg over his thigh to pass his guard and go into mount, or you can work on passing his guard with both his legs open. My favoured way of breaking the guard is the way jiu-jitsu fighter described, but when I can't get that, the former seems to work well. Another pass you can try is, getting posture, bringing your left leg up so you can stand up - post it out wide and back a bit, so he can't grab your ankle and sweep you. From there, stand up - it'll be hard for him to maintain his closed guard now, and he'll probably open it anyway and try to work something else, but if he doesn't and keeps it closed, place your left hand under his leg (might have to go behind your waist and under his shin, then pull it up under his leg as you bring it past your waist, breaking his guard in the process), then put his leg on your shoulder, as you go back onto the ground, stacking him and passing his guard. The choke Kensai is reffering to is the cross lapel, I don't really advise trying to submit an experienced guy from the guard or anywhere you don't have a dominant position.

The attacker has me in side control? Grab his groin, and if he goes to move away, I'd transition back into the guard, place my feet on his hips and pull! Simultanously grab his groin and bite his neck to loose him up, and if he doesn't move away himself, then escape. What's the surface like? Multiple attackers?

Yeah, I've been in some fights. Last one would have been about a year ago now though. After reading some of Geoff Thompson's stuff, I think the 4 D's, a fence, etc. is needed to be taught in the dojang.