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In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), the pursuit of simplicity over complexity is a philosophical foundation that drives effectiveness, efficiency, and mastery. This principle aligns with Occam's Razor, which states that when choosing between...
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Compartmentalization of systems in a comprehensive fight training program is a flawed approach that undermines the essence of martial arts as a holistic discipline. Martial arts training thrives on integration, fluidity, and adaptability...
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Training for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a process that takes time and sacrifice. It is easy to learn techniques, but it is hard to apply them under full resistance. This is because, potentially viable techniques are attribute-dependent, and...
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Brazilian Jiu-jitsu as an art and a science has had top technical monopoly on position and control. It has evolved extensively in its sports arena, but I believe it has been lagging a bit behind in self-defense. What it teaches on...
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Two major elements of Jiu-Jitsu are position and control. Most enthusiastic beginners do not have these two components, and therefore, they cannot understand what we mean by position and control. Thus, naturally or instinctively, they rely...
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The white belt journey in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the most important belt in that system. What happens during that journey is no different than a tree which spends the first couple of years of its life developing a root system (R.S) first...
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“Some of the injuries” sustained in Martial arts, and particularly in JKD, FMA and Brazilian Jiujitsu are ambiguous and at times they can be attributed to unexpected micro-weaknesses in joints, ligaments, and tendons which in turn they...
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Arts like Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Boxing and few others are controlling the field of fighting, and their strong presence and influence are not necessarily due to some imaginary or irrational notion of TV entertainment. Also, it is...
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Panic Attack and Claustrophobia are categorized as irrational fears in some books on psychology and human psyche (consciousness). That being said——to those who experience them, they are still real phenomena, with real physical and...
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Jiujitsu training has had many different affects on people, their families and even communities. The life skills gained through jiujitsu, such as teamwork, perseverance, focus, cleanliness, problem solving ability, respect, physical...
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Nowadays, unlike the 80's and 90's, the amount of information exposure martial artists get is beyond what the mind can digest! The rapid sway of information and its perpetual influence is almost making the minds lack focus and is driving...
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Jiujitsu is one of the most organized martial arts system in the world! Its influence, its agenda, its vision, its contributions, its philosophy, its principles, its approach, its ethics, its gentleness, its lethalness, its control, its...
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