An Average Joe’s Pan Am Diary. Part Two. Hi, my name is Micah. When it comes to BJJ competition I am just an average joe. I have never been considered athletic. Because I am too small to get an opponent, I usually have to fight in bigger weight classes. I lost my first eight matches in a...

An Average Joe’s Pan Am Diary. Part One. Hi, my name is Micah. When it comes to BJJ competition I am just an average joe. I have never been considered athletic. Because I am too small to get an opponent, I usually have to fight in bigger weight classes. I lost my first eight matches in a...

Introduction Drilling is important. Your success in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu directly relates to the time you spend performing quality drills. The learning curve in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is steep and many new students quit before they develop a basic understanding of the how to learn the art. The...

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), and Mixed Martial Arts are well behind the times when it comes to Strength & Conditioning (S&C). While this may seem to be no great insight to many of you, to others it must be, as the statement itself would not be true if things were not so. I think S&C...

In the first article in the series, we finally agreed on the fact that combat athletes in BJJ and MMA need to train like athletes from other mainstream sports.  A big part of that training includes a strength & conditioning program.  In this article, I’m going to outline a 2-day...

In Part I and Part II of my series, I posited that Strength & Conditioning was an invaluable asset to the combat athlete, as well as outlined a 3x/ week template to serve as a starting point for beginner and intermediate athletes. While it’s not that the template is insufficient for an...