Let me start with this confession – I’m not a millionaire. I’m not even a thousand-aire. My business makes money and no I haven’t seen any of it. Read on to see why. I eventually want to quit my day… Read More ›
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9 Laws To Improve Your Jiu Jitsu Game
Improving your Jiu jitsu game is a never-ending quest – like trying to find someone who eye fucks me more sexily than Wes Welker. So, I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve mine. The Art of War helped me in ways, and because of… Read More ›
Brazilian Jiu jitsu Belt Rank System (IBJJF)
“How long does it take to get a blue belt in jiu jitsu?” I know you’ve heard that question – or at the very least, some manifestation of it…i.e. sacrifice “blue” for “purple”, “brown” or “black” belt. Well, you can… Read More ›
The 4 Manliest World Records
The Guiness Book of World Records has long been the foremost authority on world records. I remember I had a copy of the book in the late 1980’s and it was near 800 pages long and filled with the kinds of… Read More ›
The World According To Jack (Who is 7)
Kids say the darndest things. They can also give you a very hard time in the event you ever want some legitimate information from them. Knowing this, I asked my 7-year old son questions about life and I DEMANDED knowledgeable answers…I… Read More ›
Favorite Pranks From The Marines
If you’ve never been, the Marine Corps is a great (and simultaneously crappy) experience. For example, any Marine will tell you that they’ve been “..all over the world and seen the same desert.”…see what I mean? The one great thing… Read More ›
4 Incredible Facts You Want To Know (and how to make Pac-man sounds)
They say that you learn something new every day. That’s probably true unless you’re hungover for 30 straight hours. But even then you’ll probably learn something new…like how you and tequila don’t mix, or how you can still wet your bed… Read More ›
Advice From The Best Samurai Ever
When asking yourself, “Who is the greatest Samurai ever?” there is only one answer – Miyamoto Musashi, he is widely regarded as the best Samurai that has ever lived. Not including any wars, he is believed to be undefeated in challenges… Read More ›
4 Completely Pathetic Attempts To Copy Awesome Shit
Have you ever seen those cheap colas at the store? You know, “Mt. Dude” or “Dr. Pebbers”, something like that? That kind of pathetic attempt to jump on the bandwagon of success has a certain attractiveness to it. I’ve had… Read More ›
Some Random Jiu Jitsu Tips For Your Game
Jiu Jitsu borders steak and tits on my list of things that I think are awesome. I’ve come to the reality that black belts won’t give away secrets that they’ve spent years discovering from thousands of hours of rolling. They… Read More ›
5 Completely Insane and Ridiculous Self Defense Videos
Stupid and ridiculous self-defense techniques have been around…well, since ever. As long as there have been people who wanted credit for something they didn’t want to work at, we’ve had video demonstrations from “black belts” that are about as dangerous as a weathered box… Read More ›
Top 4 Olympic Sports That You Hate To Watch (But Totally Do)
I love the Olympics. The only thing I love more than the Olympics are Olympic failures. Unfortunately, the double-edge sword is that in order to be an Olympian you have to be really really good at what you do, so… Read More ›
Weak Point Training In Jiu Jitsu – It Isn’t That Bad
Last Friday was the 13th. It was also one of the best days of rolling I’ve had in a while…go figure. With school and work (and injuries) lately, my jitz time has really taken a back seat to that bastard… Read More ›
Top Hand Tricks That Everyone Learned As a Kid
The last time I heard of a trick with fingers, I was a very poor sport about what the other person was showing me. I was naive and I was a sucker, because I thought they were going to show… Read More ›
How To Beat A Stronger Opponent
Everyone has heard that Jiu Jitsu is the art the levels the playing field between big and small people. If you’re into BJJ, you’ve also heard an argument that’s something like, “Well, if you both know jiu jitsu, the advantage goes back to… Read More ›
5 Crazy And Unsolved Mysteries In The Mountains
Unsolved mysteries are always pretty badass to read. Unsolved mountain mysteries are even badasser. The reason is that mountains are remote, and there’s always the dream that you’ll be up hiking one day and discover something that the world wrote… Read More ›
Top 5 Items/Skills Necessary For Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse
As each day goes by, the chance of a zombie apocalypse seems more imminent. Therefore, you need guidance, and movies don’t help because those aren’t real zombies. A real zombie will fuck you up – real quiet-like. I have made a… Read More ›
Top 5 Reasons Bigfoot Doesn’t Exist
Everybody likes to believe in something – Wishes, fate, happy endings (of both the storybook and shady massage nature) and even Bigfoot. It’s nice hope that something is real. Don’t get me wrong, I love believing in Bigfoot as much as the… Read More ›
The Finer Points And Tips For The Triangle Choke (Sankaku Jime)
The triangle is one of those chokes in Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that everyone loves…unless you’re caught in it and you try desperately to “answer the phone” before taking an ill-planned nap. There are many reasons to love the… Read More ›
Your Instructor Knows You Have To Lose
If you’ve ever heard the term “quicksand”, used in competition, you know what I’m talking about…you lose once, no big deal. Lose again, you think it’s just a bad couple of months…lose again…uh-oh…something is wrong…then you think instead of react… Read More ›
My Favorite Choke: The Okuri-Eri-Jime (Bow and Arrow to you Jiu Jitsu cats)
Ok, so check this out, compliments of The Human Weapon: This is the Okuri-Eri-Jime. It’s my favorite choke. Note the grey guy with his left leg over the other grey guy’s waist. Also note the expression on the grey guy’s face. … Read More ›
Top 5 Tales of Survival Too Insane For You To Pull Off
There’s “surviving”, then there’s “SUURVIVINNNG”. I’ve survived many things in my life, but it tops out at the time I was 14 and had a cavity for a week. That shit sucked. However, I will gladly take a slap in… Read More ›
I Know Everything About You (The 5 Handshakes That Give It Away)
The dumbest thing you can do in war is give yourself away. Give away your position, your intentions, your gun (duh)…you’re done. It’s war, man. So why on Earth would you give something away about yourself without the need to?… Read More ›
Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt Progressive Guard (Pass)
Ok, time is getting closer to my test…here is a demonstration of the Sylvio Behring Progressive guard system…or as they say in Swahili, “Some badass shit.” (Props to John Valentine, Don Newman and me (halfway through)). Ok ok, I jumped… Read More ›
Uchi Mata Tips (Mistakes I Make)
Yesterday I took 2nd in the Utah State Judo Championships. I didn’t take first for one reason; I didn’t commit to my uchi-mata. Let me explain. I took up Judo/Jiu-Jitsu nearly 3 years ago and finally have a wall nearing… Read More ›
Pressure in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Pressure…not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when making a list of “Things I Enjoy Being Under”. Pressure is essential in Brazilian Jiu Jistu. At the time of this writing I’m a mid-level blue belt and am just… Read More ›
Pressure in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Pressure…not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when making a list of “Things I Enjoy Being Under”. Pressure is essential in Brazilian Jiu Jistu. At the time of this writing I’m a mid-level blue belt and am just… Read More ›
What it’s like to be choked (The Unlaxed Garrote)
I The Unlaxed Garrote A general rule we live by is that of the 100% of people that come in, 10% come back. 10% of those that come back stay, and 10% of those that stay… Read More ›
Bunch of Manly Stuff 