Hi You should give it a try No gi isn’t too hard on the body (& definitely not legs) so probably fine with your schedule In terms of injury, it...
Yeah one of them landed pretty heavily actually I suspect they get away with it because the movement is part of a sub, just being applied aggressively
It’s hard to comment without knowing what happened My experience of these kind of events is that they are a great motivation for folk to get fit...
I didn’t think he was being literal
I always thought Carlson was saying “If a BJJ black belt gets punched in the face, then he should be demoted to brown belt” - ie he screwed up
In the gi I favour half guard (because it’s really easy to get into and is pretty much always part of your bottom escapes if you’ve screwed up),...
Yup agreed
Arthritis is also a result of wear and tear on joints (compounded by genetic factors) High impact exercises wear the joints out quicker so...
I’m about to turn 50 (mid life crisis here we come!) and am training 5-6 times a week and rolling with folk half my age My primary concern is to...
Ha well yes - you’d have to ask him about that :-) I suspect he, like many others, felt that heading over to Japan for a year or so would make him...
:-) why? The guy is irrelevant
Yeah he first came on my radar when he tried to sell me his book and DVD , and I quote "I spent a few years in Japan training under Hatsumi sensei...
Ahh bless him - he’s doing his best to carve out a place in the martial arts world despite not having any talent or the perseverance necessary to...
Nothing has really changed yet Perhaps once the pandemic is "over" and folks start to travel again and/or when Hatsumi-sensei leaves this mortal...
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