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BjjBrick (metaphor) it’s important to have a few key techniques that you can perform at a high level. You need to have a well-rounded game, but having some great techniques will help you excel at BJJ.  To your opponents it will feel like they got hit with a brick.  It takes a lot of blood and sweat to make a BjjBrick, but if you are making the correct bricks the effort will be well worth it.

Big strong tree-

•                 Trunk- Fundamentals, Posture, and Game plan
•                 Big branches- Positions, some branches will be stronger than others
•                 Smaller branches- Techniques, from the positions
•                 Leaves- Owning the techniques
•                 Big roots- The pioneers of BJJ, and/or your instructor’s instructor
•                 Medium sized roots- Your instructors and training partners
•                 Small roots- Other methods of training and learning
•                 Pile of leaves and branches on the ground- We all discard some techniques and positions when we are searching for what works best for us, this is normal.  You should avoid having a giant pile of leaves and branches under your tree.  Focusing on key things will help keep you from having this problem.

How important is it to have really good fundamentals? Having poor fundamentals is like a tree trying to grow branches without having a strong trunk.  Strong fundamentals are the foundation of your game, like a strong trunk supports a large tree.

The Building Burns-

This analogy helps someone who has been training BJJ and now they are going to be doing MMA.

Quote of the week: "I fear no the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." Bruce Lee

Article of the week:"10 Reasons Why I Practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu" By Peggy Nolan

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Ways to help develop a culture of learning at your BJJ school

• Recognize improvement and accomplishments
• Keep trying new things (everyone, the teacher and student)
• Have a system of teaching and order to the class
• Don’t teach, help students learn
• Experience vs being taught- we learn more from experience (people learn more in the field than at school)
• Enjoyment- improves performance, and learning
• Promoting positive peer relationships
• Get on the mat with your students- you might feel things that you cannot see
• Have students figure out answers to their own questions (with your help) positional spar. Give them to tools to learn on their own.
• Trial and error
• Answer and encourage “Why” questions. “why do you grab his leg like that?”
• Mistakes and Failure are ok, this is how people learn

Making leaders at your BJJ School

• How can everyone have a leadership role?
• Answer your student’s questions- This will encourage other students to help lower belts. Be an example of a good student/instructor
• Help build people’s confidence with real and honest feedback
• Positive attitude- Toward the training, and about the people
• Be Passionate (don’t just show up and go through the motions)
• Care about your training partners, (Learn names of new people, Get to know their life off the mat)
• Have students show techniques they are performing well
• The Meme about the birds crapping on each other Sucks!
• It’s about PEOPLE!- Dr Carol A. Johnson example “I know that I am no more well educated, no smarter, no richer, no braver than any of you. You have everything you need. Everything you need to go and to serve and to help those who are poor, ill, injured, hurting, forgotten. You just need to do it. And you will find that the rewards that you receive are far greater than the things you sacrifice to do so. You are already so blessed, and you can be further blessed. I have been around the block a few times and I think I know what really matters in this world."   1. Relationships, not things.   2. What we do for others, not for ourselves.   3. What we do for eternity, for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”-Carol A. Johnson, MD 2012 Kansas Humanitarian Award recipient

Quote of the week: "If you are tired, don't show me" Ken Primola

Article of the week: "It Takes A Very Steady Hand, Or Foot" Dirty White Belt

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This week we have an interview with BJJ black belt Ken Primola.  With 15 years of BJJ experience find out why Ken Primola crosses the line.  

We talk about:

• How BJJ builds friendships
• What Ken does off the mat
• His daily routine
• How BJJ and wrestling has effected Ken off the mat
• Ken describes his BJJ game and how he rolls
• Ken shares some great concepts about how to learn anything
• The ILoveBJJ facebook page
• Some of the biggest lessons he has realized as a black belt he learned them first as a white belt (rolling smooth, calm, safe, and smart)
• A huge key to getting better at competing
• Some mental tips to competition
• Pushing yourself to train harder
• Some must hear advice to anyone competing for the first time
• The importance of being an athlete.
• What Ken was like as a Blue belt
• Check out some of Ken's Ebooks here
• The process of learning both on and off the mat
• The process of developing a game plan
• What Ken looks for in an ideal student
• The benefits of planning out your practice
• Advice for first year BJJ students

  

  Ken has been working hard

Contact Ken Primola at Facebook.com/Ilovebjj

Quote of the week: “It Ain’t How Hard You Hit…It’s How Hard You Can Get Hit and Keep Moving Forward” Rocky. Presented by Samir Chantre.

Article of the week: "Slow Your Roll, Avoid This Detrimental Training Mistake" From Bjj Hacker

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This week we bring you top black belt competitor Samir Chantre. Samir is a No-gi Worlds, Gracie Worlds and 6X American Nationals champion.  Listen to find out what technique he has been doing since he was a blue belt and now he does it as a high level black belt.  Samir is training and teaching full time with the Caio Terra Association. He has been training BJJ for 17 years (since he was 8 years old).  This interview is packed full of great tips and advice to help you in your BJJ journey.  Samir is also doing a BJJ Vacation Camp from August 29th to September 1st, full details in the interview.

We talk about:

• Doing BJJ full time
• Old style of BJJ and the new style of BJJ
• Doing some of the same techniques since blue belt
• The first BJJ Vacation Camp, August 29th to September 1st 2014, in San Diego.
• What you can expect to do at the BJJ Vacation Camp
• His busy tournament schedule
• What he does before and after every match
• Why BJJ can be so frustrating your first year
• How BJJ has helped him with his scoliosis
• The development of the Berimbolo
• Advice for a first year BJJ student
• He competed every weekend as a blue belt
• Dealing with and overcoming losses as a blue belt
• Tips to figure out your own game plan
• Why focus and commitment is so important for students

Check out the Bjj Vacation Camp Facebook page

Email him at SamirChantrebjj@gmail.com

Quote of the week: We have 2 quotes from Felipe Costa "Don't let what you want now, take away what you want in the future". "Don't let the fear of loosing take away your desire to win".

Article of the week: The Triangle from Bjjheros.com

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