I start back to teaching next week, so I am feeling a bit pressed for time. So, it's been hard to work on the drafts of some more substantive posts I am trying to finish writing. Rather than simply going silent here for the week on The Grumpy Grappler, I thought I would post another installment in the Grappling Links! series. As always, some of these links have recently been making the rounds around the interwebs. Others are links I have saved during the past few years that I have been meaning to share at some point. As always, hopefully you find some of this stuff to be of interest! That said, here are some things to read and watch if you need a break from your Monday!
- Roll Junkie has launched something cool called The Maeda Project--which is essentially a database for tracking lineages in jiu jitsu. It's really cool!
- Slideyfoot has put together a master list of BJJ blogs. With 650+ blogs about jiu jitsu, I have no idea why I am spending my time working on my own blog! I suppose it's part hubris and part obsession!
- I recently watched the latest two videos from the good folks at BJJ Hacks: (a) Felipe Pena discussing how to succeed in BJJ, and (b) Felipe Costa and Caio Terra discussing how to utilize online instructionals to improve your game.
- The innovative team at Artechoke Media put out a book a while ago called 3-D Jiu Jitsu. The two sections of the introduction alone are worth a read. Overall, I think they're approach to instructionals represents the future.
- Ricardo Viera goes over some helpful guard passing concepts here.
- Andre Pedeneiras shows some cool attacks from the closed guard here.
- If you hate getting stuck in deep half guard, you can find a sneaky diving calf lock by Chris Ulbricht here.
- Braulio Estima has finally launched his own online instructional site. His videos/DVDs are some of the best in the business. So, his new site should be excellent.
- Wade Schalles is one of the best wrestlers to ever step onto the mats. Now, in the wake of Billy Robinson's recent death, Schalles has taken over at the head coach of Scientific Wrestling. Here is a 20+ minute video from a recent CACC certification camp.
- Finally, like everyone else in the grappling community, I watched Metamoris 4 this weekend. One of the highlights was watching Josh Barnett use his CACC style to submit Dean Lister. Unsurprisingly, this prompted me to start reexploring CACC techniques. I have tons of cool new techniques to try. For now, here are a few nasty leg locks to tinker around with if you have some curious and compliant partners. Just remember, knee reaps must be respected. Don't be spastic or stubborn or you'll have noone to blame but yourself if you get hurt!
OK, that's it for now. As always, I hope you find at least some of these links to be of interest. Hopefully, I will have a follow up post up soon about pedagogy in jiu jitsu. In the meantime, read, watch, learn, and go train!
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