BJJ Cross Training This BJJ cross-training post corresponds to the ‘Week’s Strength & Cross Training’ section mentioned previously in the ‘Using Your Training Journal‘ post. https://youtube.com/shorts/ylgEjZNx6xUVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: BJJ Cross Training (https://youtube.com/shorts/ylgEjZNx6xU) YT Short video The Exercises Quick List: Warm-up Dumbbell Elevated Pushups: 3 sets of 30 reps, Calf Raise: … Read more
Using Your Training Journal: When you take the time to use your Training Journal after class, learning is easy and fast. https://youtube.com/shorts/cLTVYV9NkBYVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Using Your Training Journal (https://youtube.com/shorts/cLTVYV9NkBY) Using Your Training Journal My retention is probably 3x-4x higher and valuable lessons are easy to find, review, and incorporate. The … Read more
Review: Getting Things Done by David Allen: The Getting Things Done system is pretty great. Dr. Allen narrates his own book, which is almost always a plus. Personal author narration done right can add a great deal of depth and appropriate emphasis to the important parts of a book on Audible. Excellence and Immediate Results: … Read more
Why Alexandre Dumas Is Great: Alexandre Dumas and the style & structure with which he wrote The Count de Monte Cristo is the template stylistically and structurally for every piece of fiction that I have written under my R.G. Taark fiction pen name! And then the style changes a little with my Doug Franklin books because … Read more
Skeleton Anatomy Coloring Book For Halloween Here are seven reasons why you as a parent should consider buying your children the Skeleton Anatomy Coloring Book for Halloween: Educational Fun: Halloween is a time for excitement and learning can be fun. This coloring book combines education and entertainment. Allow your children to explore the anatomy of … Read more
How Do I Keep My Stripes From Falling Off My BJJ Belt? It’s easy if you want to keep your stripes from falling off of your BJJ Belt, just glue the little critters in place! Once you have glued your stripes in place it’s really hard for the little buggers to get away from you! … Read more
How To Tie A BJJ Belt: This is how to tie a BJJ belt the easy way so it does not come undone during training. You have TWENTY SECONDS to finish this task in competition rules! Tie your belt like this and you can avoid the hassle of wasted training time, embarrassing delays, and the … Read more
BJJ Belts: I have worn almost all of the BJJ Adult Belts and none of the kid’s belts. It will take another 30 years of consistent training to see another belt color, so that will be what, 76 years old? After about the blue belt, in BJJ, I really STOPPED wanting new belts. BJJ Training … Read more
The world is on lock-down and I’m sitting here looking around saying, ‘well, this is happening’. It is into that surreal stage where so much weird stuff has happened over the last few days and weeks that not much is surprising lately.
What the hell is a Challenge Coin? Sometimes you just need to help a sister and brother-in-law out… “A challenge coin may be a small coin or medallion, bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem and carried by the organization’s members. Traditionally, they might be given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale. In addition, they are also collected by service … Read more
The mind is a funny thing. Visualization and imagination create the same mental effects as if it were real. Going back to Napoleon Hill and up through neuroscience, the research seems to point to the mind’s inability to distinguish between real and visualization. Adalbern didn’t exist until one sunny day a crouching warrior in custom … Read more
The Audible trend in my life is pronounced and probably inexorable. A good new Audible book every month is like Christmas at the end of every month. I seem to be grabbing Audible books with the alacrity of an opium addict rushing towards a fix. (Not that I have ever been addicted to anything, it’s … Read more
