by James Tomlinson | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ultimately we will all experience injury to some degree in our Jiu-jitsu journey but it does not have to define us. We cannot treat our bodies as machines that can just have parts replaced, we often analogise our physical function to that of cars but the more we treat...
by James Tomlinson | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why Strength and Mobility will save your BJJ Is your car insured? What we’re asking is do you make extra effort to protect what you value? Would you take your car Rally Driving? Are you prepared to seriously risk damaging or potentially destroying something you value?...
by James Tomlinson | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
How Yoga and Crossfit can hurt your BJJThat’s right, you heard correctly, all the extra work you may be doing off the mat is actually taking away for your improvements in Jiu-jitsu class. Let’s go deeper on why these 2 potentially beneficial pursuits may be holding...
by James Tomlinson | May 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“What did you just say? Are you mad?!” No ladies and gentlemen you heard right, improving your mobility may be the key to taking the hand break off so you can accelerate your strength gains. Reducing your internal resistance will enable you to access range of motion...
by James Tomlinson | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Stop Running!!! That’s right if you want to get better at Brazilian Jiujitsu stop running. Many of us right now missing BJJ and rolling for all its great benefits are now looking for an easy alternative to get our endorphin and dopamine hit that we are seriously...