Modified Brabo from Marcelino

Quote of the day

“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.” 
― Christopher Hitchens

Robson Moura Back Control

Rodolfo Viera Guard Pass

Breakdown of Big Nog vs Mir UFC 140

ADCC 2011 HL

Mendes Brothers Seminar

Important Holiday Dates

As we come to the end of another year please note the following dates,

Thursday 15th December 6pm Grading Extreme HQ in Chadstone
Friday 16th December Extreme HQ Christmas Party
Tuesday 20th December Last Adult Classes in Mornington for 2011
Thursday 22nd December 6pm Junior Presentation 7pm Xmas BBQ Break up for all members and families.
Tuesday 10th January Adult Classes resume in Mornington for 2012

Please also be aware that junior classes will continue to run during the school holidays on Thursday 6pm.

Thanks to everyone for another years training, it has been great to finally move into our own facility. Am looking forward to bigger and better things in 2012. If you have trained at any time this year please pop down for our Xmas BBQ, it would be great to catch up before the year is out. Best to you and yours over the holiday season. Osu.

Arm Bar Prevention & Defence - Stephan Kesting

Deep Half Guard Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu

Cobrinha HL 2011

What is BJJ?

Pedro Sauer 1-2-3-4-5

Roger Gracie Talking Sense...

Thanks Darts and FB

Rolled Up Episode 30: Evolution through Diversification with Erik Paulson

Rolled Up Episode 30: Evolution through Diversification with Erik Paulson

More Cyborg

Escaping Side Control

Cyborg Armlock from Half Guard

Heel Hook Escapes

Ricardo Almeida No Gi

Mendes Bros HL

Jiu Jitsu Challenge

Full Event Details Click Here

Melbourne Cup Weekend

There will be no classes this Saturday 29th October due to the Australian Jiu Jitsu Challenge being held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. Best of luck to all the competitors from our club and please head down and support your team mates if your not competing. There will also be no classes on Tuesday 1st November which is Melbourne Cup Day. Have a nice break and we'll see you back on the following Thursday.

Rolled Up Epsiode 29: Training the Gray Areas with Braulio Estima

Rolled Up Epsiode 29: Training the Gray Areas with Braulio Estima

2 on 1 Hook Sweep

Russian Wrestling Nationals 2011 HL Clip

Thanks to Cris and Facebook.

LAST Ep

Last Ep of TTT

LA LA is a joke!  A state sanctioned circus where people come to idolise other people for trivial accomplishments. Don't get me wrong I love watching movies, but everything here is a plastic facade. A spectacle of crap!! about as entertaining as a show bag with out chocolates.

 Today I got out of my fringed dwelling of LA and headed down to Santa Monica pier which is still a spectacle but a nicer place. Tomorrow I'll hopefully get to venice beach "the humane zoo" should be fun.

Enough Whining though... How about an image to make you guys laugh... Below is a shot of “me ‘ed” after the open mat. Not the most flattering shot and perhaps a little Narcissistic, I’ll give you that! But I thought some of you might like to laugh at it,  and to find some solace in the idea that everyone dog has his day or as Renzo say’s “sometimes you’re the hammer and sometimes you’re the nail” ,  or in this case "sometimes your the nail and sometimes your the nail" so here it is; 

Yesterdays training was a good session;,cobrinha basically jumped straight into the session with some techniques. Two passes that we’re linked by a common response (defence/bloke by the opponent). The class had no warm up… just bang straight into the technique, then it was timed rounds for the remainder. Cobrinha and Fabio (the other instructor there) were both on the Mat rolling with everyone and at the end of the class, Cobrinha hung around discussing different situations and answering any questions anyone had,  he showed some great stuff here and emphasized the need to drill, DRILL and DRILL some more!!

Ok so I am at the end of my sojourn around, through, in and out of a small part of America and an equally small part of its Ju Jitsu culture. As brief as it has been I’ve picked up some tricks, tips and techniques and hopefully some motivation or a desire to move forward as well as a better perspective on where I am at personally with Zhoo Zhitsu!!

So I'll have about 19 hrs to try and remember and reflect on all the little bits and pieces I’ve seen over the weeks so that hopefully I can impart them on to you guys.  But one definite technique I've had emphasised to me over the weeks is "mat time" you can't beat mat time, the best guys were the guys you saw at every class, morning, lunch and noon. So hopefully see you all at training next week.. OSU or as some might say MOOS!!

Cyborg No Gi Triangle from Knee Ride

Might work these in tomorrow nights second class.

Ep4 The Open Mat and no one walks in LA

Jeroen has put me onto an app so that I can blog since my Mac has decieded to go and hang out with steve jobs (RIP) for a little while, just hope steve doesn't keep all my photos amongst othere misc files. So thanks to Jeroen I can blog, no thanks to this app I can't spell check, let this be a warning; I put wet stooff on da hot stooff :)

Two days ago I arrived in LA and I basically chose my hotel based on proximity to the club. Down side is that it is not close to anything else, cept la brea tar pits, which are just Pit full of tar seeping from the ground ( kinda interesting but not what you would come to LA for. So in a nut shell if you don't have a car in LA... Ya F&$€ed! And even more screwed when ur mac dies and ur credit card snaps ( and becomes useless ) but thats what LA is about... Its makes you or breaks you.., lucky I fly out tomoz.

So the open mat was a perfect way for me to filter into Cobrinha club and even better cause classes aren't held on sundays so I got an extra day. There were guys from all over the place even as far as San Diego ( saulo's). A few guys that I spoke to were from the following; JJ machado, Rigans, Gracie accademy, Paragon and so on. It was a perfect opportunity to net work and find clubs... If only I had more time.

So Cobrinha introduced himself and the session and then it was "the awkward ball" ( find a dance partner a begin training ). Everyone danced and changed partners every 6 minutes. In the begining I found myself out in badlands, dark colors standing on every corner. He he. Rollnumber two was the man himself "Cobrinha" cant really remember much other than thinking... Nothing is working, he basically set up camp on my back ( pass, back, pass back). He was really approachable though and during the roll he made some observations and gave some tips :)

All in all was a great session, you can always tell it wasgoid when you get home and your heads all bruised up.

Well thats it for now I am off to the human circus " venice beach boardwalk"

This pick is of the class before adv classes last night, its basically just all drilling specific reaction and the last 15 minutes is a technique

Rousimar Palmahres

So this Episode has been a long time coming in part due to our internet dropping out in NY and the fact that spare time on the net has been drastically chewed up by booking hotels and cars.These two things have also drastically chewed up my funds.

In short we have been covering a mass distance of America via trains, plains and automobiles or no trains, but you get the idea. Sedona was my favorite place so far. Vegas was very short lived ( no training L ), San fransico was just as short ( no training ) and all the towns inbetween ( no training ).

Ok so that’s the explanation and now for a quick BJJ story, Last few session at MG were pretty cool but I was getting in there early in the morning and due to the Comp a lot of guys had backed off their training.  Paul showed some good half guard stuff (he’s a gordo BB so pretty much his bread and butter) and we did a few escapes.

 Next day I headed out to No-gi Pan’s. At first I was a little disappointed because I thought it would be a bigger event. Lots of good guys but it just wasn’t as grand as I expected but then I think I was confusing the Pan and World no-gi. The main matches I watched was Lucas Lepri in the semi and final… he basically just walked through the two guys,I don’t think he was even sweating when he walked off.

I had asked him about conditioning at the gym and he said he just did some Oly lifts and Bulgarian bag work… gotta get a bag (that must be the difference). Its actually scary how far above the level was. At one point he had attempted to pass deep half but got caught so after balancing for a while near the edge of the mat, you could see he decided to give up the sweep. Not as soon as he was swept did he straight away arm drag back to the top (giving uo something to get something, like sacrificing a pawn to get a bishop). His next opponent he took down, and then just controlled him and took his back eventually. He looked super calm and really composed, like it was just another training session. The next match I watched was Henrique (MG) and the Half guard terrorist Ciao go at it in the finals. This was a crazy macth, little guys are so good to watch and these two guys are sooooo little, Ciao looks like a boy! I think Ciao won by Adv.  I’ve filmed some of it so I’ll try and post it.

The states has been smashing my Bank account due mainly to hotels and unforeseen glitches. This and not being able to find out when I am due back at work has put an end to Brazil L oh well. At the moment I fly back on Wednesday 12, but I am trying to get my flights extended so I can get down to San Diego, but it all depends on how much they want to charge me for the change. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get into cobrinha’s to get the gold for you guys. 

This is a shot of the comp... guess they all look the same, cept maybe ADCC ( Pro-gi and No - gi)

UFC 136 The Great Debate

Ok here is a really short and quick post or more precisely just some pics.. I've written another post but its in drafting form so provided there is an internet where we are heading next I'll try and get it up.

One pick Of MG at the 7.00am class and the other is of Sedona... I think the (bare MG) the best place we have visited so far.

Robson Moura Clock Choke

UFC Champions: By the Numbers

UFC Champions: By the Numbers

Origins Of BJJ

Ep2 Travotine and northsouth choke!!

So tonight was No-gi for an 1.30 and I recon about 30 guys on the mat which made some of the warm up seem long (note to self write down warm up routine). After treading the foot path and museum tour of town, I was well hammered and definately needed to get down to the gym. Tonights classes run until 10pm and after which just about nothing closes here, so you can grab dinner and coffee and new shoes/clothes (i.e UA rashie long sleeve $30USD, like the birds "cheap, cheap.) after training, very cool.

So the technique we did was pretty sweet most of its in the title and so rather than bore you with the details..... hopefully I recall it all on  my possible return I'll impart my knew found knowledge.

Long and short we did: Pass to side control counter far side underhook, attack arm, use the escape to mount, steer opponent to mounted guillotine or if countered switch off to side and move to north south choke :)

The highlight of tonight was having my glaring, obvious and some what large holes pointed out to me, by none other than the man, the legend, the cuz and for those who don't know; 2007 World Champion (amongst other titles) Lucas Lepri. With what seemed like sleepy movement he proceeded to control and attack me for 8 - 10 minutes. Lucas lives here in NYC and trains at Alliance, but comes up to MG twice a week to in his words; " see and train with my friends" namely I think a little guy by the name of Henrique Reznde who's a coach here along with Paul Schriener. Hopefully at some point this week I am gonna head down to Lucas's gym and train down there this week.  Just gotta find a way to dry my gi quicker.

Its late here and I am falling asleep typing this, so I apologise for lack of humour and any grammatical errors, of which I am sure there are many... ( must get someone to dictate my post too).

Ep1 TTT Smitty Guward!

Alright... heres the first of hopefully many posts, on what will serve as a limited journal of my (TTT) Tips, tricks and techniques of the grand tour de gymnasium!! Moose!

Quick rundown:
So after literally about a day of flying we arrived in NYC (19hrs to LA and 5.3 to NYC connection), so today (three days on) I've finally adjusted I think... even though I just dropped my whole coffee Argh!! (Jason multi tasking score: 0 for 0). We moved into our apartment that we sourced off Airbnb and originally I wasn't sure if it was legitimate, but turns out to be a gold mine. We are in a great locale in an apartment all to ourselves and for around $125 a night, free web its a bargain. Main draw cards are 10 minutes walk from time square and MG and for Heidi Macys is pretty much just down our street. Plus the apartments nice typically small but not much time spent here anyways.

Alright to the nitty gritty after a recon mission in the morning to MG I return later in the day with a gi in hand and a fist full of green backs (training cost alittle bit). First disappointment is that MG will not be in all week due to Post ADCC rest... DOH! None the less the class I attended had some really good guys and clearly I walked in with a target on my back in the color of purple because there were no easy beats.... cept maybe my first roll.... after that it was " hey you and me lets go" or "jason you can go with this guys next" good to see its a universal protocol, hehe. All of that aside the technique we did was THE SMITTY GUWARD!!! x - guard, to be more precise it was a: "grape vinned mount escape to single leg x-guward sweep" and for the remainder of the class during free rolling I found myself stuck balancing in some form or adaptation of this guard ( great sweep defence paul).

ADCC Weigh Ins Budo Jake & Renzo Gracie

Ryan Hall Interview

Intelligent and Insightful.

Braulio Estima Road to Jacare Ep 3

Galvao preps for ADCC

No Gi Training

Thursday night classes will be no gi training for the summer months from now.

ESPN Sports Science Jon Jones

Rolling Loop Choke

Braulio Estima Road to ADCC Ep 1

Braulio Estima Road to Jacare Rematch Teasers

Robson Moura - Life in the Favela

Thanks Hodge.

Caio Terra Arm Bar Escape

On the Mat. BJJ as an Olympic Sport?

Thanks to Long.

Dan John - Goal Setting

Rolled Up Epsiode 26 – Jiu-jitsu Missionary: Andre Galvao

Rolled Up Epsiode 26 – Jiu-jitsu Missionary: Andre Galvao

Omoplata To Back Control

ESPN Iowa Wrestling Pt 1 of 7

Saturday classes cancelled

Effect immediately all Saturday classes are cancelled due to poor attendance. Don't bother asking me about it again. There instead will be an open mat session from 10.30am for an hour. Come down and train but there will be no formal sessions run.

Marlon Sandro Team NU Part 2

Mendes Bros HL

Wanna roll light?

Gustavo Dantas De La Riva Sweep

Marlon Sandro Team NU

Nova Uniao

Andre Pederneiras - Highlight

Andre Pederneiras - Highlight [HELLO JAPAN] from Hello Japan on Vimeo.

Rolled Up Episode 25 – OC Fair Challenge with Jeff Glover

Rolled Up Episode 25 – OC Fair Challenge with Jeff Glover

Matt Thornton talking.....

Matt Thornton on Aliveness and Critical Thinking in Martial Arts and Beyond - May 2011 from Tofan Taeri on Vimeo.

Choke from Back Control

The move is on.....All hands on deck!

Next Saturday 30th July at 9am we will be moving the mat to our new full time premises at 4 Bruce St, Mornington. We need as many hands as possible to help us load and unload the trucks and get set up for classes at the new venue. Training will then run as scheduled from Tuesday 2nd August on the usual timetable. We will need help from our resident tradesman to build change rooms and a shower once we have settled in. There will also be room for a crossfit style training area and perhaps a ring or cage. Please come down and help us out next Saturday. Thanks to Dave for his patience in negotiating the lease, please everyone thank him personally when you next see him. Exciting times...Osu.

MMA: All nut-shot edition; the all balls brawl! - MMA News

MMA: All nut-shot edition; the all balls brawl! - MMA News

BJJ Globetrotter Part 2

Rolled Up with Budo Jake

For those of you who aren't onto this video podcast yet make sure to check it out here. Budo Jake travels and interviews the best BJJ'ers on the planet, gets them to show a few techniques and and rolls with them for a round at the end. Excellent viewing.

Passing DLR Guard Shawn Williams Part 2

BJJ Globetrotter

Single Leg Finishes

Guard Pass to Back Take

Club News Update

Firstly our best wishes go out to Nial Macdonagh, a Mornington Extreme Blue Belt, who this weekend will be competing in a Hawaii Ironman qualification race in Korea. Good Luck Nial, it's your time now. After a less than ideal preparation to circumstances beyond his control, Nial has shown amazing determination to refocus for this race.

Secondly, congratulations to all the juniors who graded last night after another terms worth of training. Its fantastic to see the technical progress these young athletes are making. I am excited at the prospect of taking a junior team to this years Pan Pacs in September. Our Junior coaches are doing a great job.

Lastly, in two weeks time, all things going well. We will move into our first full time premises at 4 Bruce St in Mornington. After 5 years in part time venues this is a big step up but we are ready. This will give us more useable space, room for a small gym, office and change rooms. I will revises the timetable once we get up and running and arrange an official opening. Stay tuned!

PS Looking forward to GITM next week. All 12 spots are taken, fix me up for coin if you haven't already. Should be a fun night.

Modified De La Riva - Mark Darcy

De La Riva Pass Shawn Williams

50/50 Guard Pass

Gorillas In The Mist

I have booked Penninsula Hot Springs for Saturday 9th July at 6pm for our clubs 5th Birthday Celebrations. The cost will be $70 per person and will include dinner and bathing in the hot springs. I have booked for 12 people so its first come first served. Please let me know if you wish to join us and get me the money ASAP. This has always been a fun event in the past. 5 years has gone way too fast. Looking forward to getting our own venue soon. Osu

Rigan Machado

Ankle Pick to Guard Pass

Ricardo Almeida - Overhook to Sweep and Choke

Brasileiros 2011 HL Remix

BJJHacks: Brasileiros 2011 Remix from BJJ Hacks on Vimeo.

Big Guy Advice from Brago Neto

'Braga' Neto: Advice for Heavyweights from BJJ Hacks on Vimeo.

Deep Half Guard Pass

More Quotes

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Mark Twain

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.
Chinese Proverb

Jiu Jitsu Laboratory

Long put me onto this blog through facebook. Check it out here.

Butterfly Guard Pass - Otavia Souza

Quote of the Day

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” Jim Rohn.

Roy Deans New DVD Preview

Escape from Back Control Xande Ribeiro

Robson Moura Triangle Escape

DLR Guard Back Take - Ricardo De La Riva

The man himself teaching a another back take from this position.

JJM Triangle from Mount

Jimmy Pedro - Grip Fighting

Ryan Hall Interview

North South Choke - Marcelo Garcia

Pedro Sauer - Kimura Defence

Strikeforce Ring Girl

Half Guard Pass - Rafael Lovato Jnr

Timetable Changes

From next week there will be subtle changes to the timetable. There will now be two junior classes during the week from 6-7pm on Tuesday and Thursday. We would like to get the kids training more often and some of the older boys incorporated into the adult beginner classes once they reach 14-15 years old. Boxing for MMA will be at 9am on Saturday followed by MMA at 10am and lastly by No Gi training at 11am. So for those guys wanting to do MMA style training come in at 9am and for those just wanting to wrestle come down for a 11am start. The goal will be to train guys up for inter club fights as well as C class Shooto events locally. Please bring your own gloves (MMA and 16oz), mouthguard, headgear and shin pads to each session. No gear, no train.

Dede teaching closed guard attacks

Recent Photos

Escapes-Jason Scully

Rolling Reflections - Marcelo Garcia

Shaolin Half Guard Sweep

How to beat bigger stronger guys - Marcelo Garcia

The Iceman UFC 129

Ricardo Almeida - Rolling Armbar

Open Mat

Open Mat Tuesday 26th April at 6pm.

Fight Quest BJJ

The Pyjama Game by Mark Law

Just finished reading this book today and I must say its one of the best martial arts books I've read. The book covers the history of judo, its competitors and stories of training and competing. The comparisons to BJJ training are obvious and it even gets a mention in the book, as basically just modified Kodakan Judo! Not sure if I agree with the author entirely in this respect, but as a practicing judoka some bias is to be expected. Very well written, Mark Law does a great job of explaining the combat arts to both new readers as well as experienced practitioners. I came away knowing more about something I already thought I knew a thing or two about. Great read.

Shaolin Closed Guard Fundamentals

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Another great video posted by Stephan Kesting of Grapple Arts

Tapping Out

This really simple act of tapping your partner in training to let you go seems to create a lot of confusion and frustration in students of BJJ. I watch many of new guys getting really frustrated at having to tap often during free training. I wonder why its such a big deal to them, firstly, and secondly what did they expect to happen when training with a vastly more experienced and technical opponent? I imagine its a case of perspective. Perhaps they actually don't know how little they know about grappling or that submitting is somehow a direct attack on their manhood or ego. One of the uncomfortable realities of training in BJJ is that for first year you are going to spend many hours being squashed, twisted and controlled. And as a result of this control you will tap out often. This will bruise your ego. Aside from the physical demands of the sport this alone stops many students continuing with training.

I think its important to understand the difference between training and competing. When you see guys submitting in a UFC fight their careers are being defined, big money lost, millions are watching, months of diet, conditioning, sparring has gone into a single moment of saying I've have had enough, please let go now. But on a training mat with a bunch of guys just trying to get better at BJJ then tapping out is just learning and growing. It's realising that someone just beat you at human chess or checkers, depending on your skill level. Its best just to put the pieces back on the metaphorical board and start again. No big deal, its not the UFC or the World Championships.

Also as time goes by and you want to work on more than just your A game.To round out your skills as a blue or purple belt on the mat you will need to go back to the drawing board and start all over again. For example, if you have a crazy top game that lets you dominate most of the guys on the mat, then at some point, if you want to keep getting better and more technical you will need to play guard more often. This means getting submitted often, all over again, until you improve. Deal with it. There will even come a time when you tap everyone at the club, then you train with someone better elsewhere and guess what, more tapping. If you want to improve it never ends. Sure as you climb the ranks over the years, you tap more guys more often, but if want to keep improving make sure you're on the receiving end to better, more technical training partners.

That's one of the best things about training in BJJ or Judo or Boxing, there is no argument or gray area. A tap out, throw or knock out settles the argument. Its final and its real. There is no excuses, its the ultimate pressure test. Check mate. Learn to say "Reset" and just go again. Learn from the process, become more technical, move your hips more, improve your base, protect your neck, keep your elbows in.....whatever it is the answer is rarely I need to be stronger or more aggressive. Technique, Timing and Sensitivity. And the ONLY way you really learn and improve is by tapping out while your pressure testing you techniques. Maybe it's worth trying to keep some perspective on this simple act of saying please let go and focus your energy instead on getting better at Jiu Jitsu.

Reverse Triangle from Deep Half Guard - Robson Moura

Easter Class Times

Thursday April 21st Last night of classes before Easter

Thursday 28th April Normal classes resume after Easter.

Keep an eye out on the blog for any open mat sessions over the Easter break or make sure I add you to the Mornington Extreme Group on Facebook for updates as well. Osu.

Happy and Safe Easter to all. Enjoy the break.

GSP Mascot Training

Thanks Ross and Facebook

Cool Link

Seems lots of the recent matches from the Pro Gi/No Gi are here at BJJ Fights.

No Gi Final Mendes Bros 65kg

Not sure if they were for real in the final, I'm sure they decided to split the prize money, but some nice jits here.

More Mendes Brothers

Terere: Return of a Champion

Terere is a legend of the sport making a comeback after a long lay off due to drug addiction.

Preview "Like Water"

Robson Moura- 2x4 Choke

Pro No gi Final 2011 Viera v Lovato Jnr

Eddie Bravo Interview

Decide for yourself.

Club Update

Please be aware of the following changes to the timetable.

Saturday 16th April No Classes. Please support your team mates at the inaugural Australian Jiu Jitsu Classic.

Thursday April 21st Last night of classes before Easter

Thursday 28th April Normal classes resume after Easter.

Keep an eye out on the blog for any open mat sessions over the Easter break or make sure I add you to the Mornington Extreme Group on Facebook for updates as well. Osu.

Sunday night training

Extra gi session Sunday 10th April @6pm. There will be no more adult classes on Saturday if numbers don't improve after the comp. Osu

Budo news - Cameron Quinn

Strength, speed or accuracy

The strong man is dangerous.
The fast man is dominant.
But the accurate man is deadly.

Leverage and technique can nullify a strong man.
Distance and timing can neutralize a fast man.
An accurate man is always deadly because
everything he does is effective.

When you throw a punch, where are you aiming? The face? What if you miss the face? What do yo hit?

Here is simple approach to changing your training mindset that will change your whole game:
When you are aiming for, let's say, the face, don't just aim at the face, aim at the chin.
Not just the chin, aim for the middle of the chin.
Not just the middle of the chin, aim for the dimple in the middle of the chin.
Not just the dimple, aim for the freckle in the dimple.
Not just the freckle, aim for the hair growing out of the middle of the hair in the freckle in the dimple.
If you miss the hair, you still might get the freckle, the dimple, the middle of the chin, the chin, the face.
But if you just aim for the face and you miss the face, what do you hit?
My mate Damian Martin reminded of the words of Wyatt Earp and they have been scribed on my dojo wall for many years:

"Speed is good,
but accuracy is better."
Osu
CFQ

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Garcia v Lovato Jnr 2006

Terra v Malfacine 2010

Jake Shields Mini Doco

Zumba vs Crossfit

Nice to see the functional fitness guys have the same problem as the functional fighting guys!

Caio Terra Back take from Half Guard and Butterfly Pass

Thanks to Longy and Facebook.

Mendes Brothers

Solo Drills - Jason Scully

Pedro Sauer

Some sweet transitions here. Pedro Sauer will be in town for the Australian Jiu Jitsu Classic in a few weeks and will be running a seminar on the Sunday after the competition.

JT Torres Interview

I always worry a bit when someone talks about themselves in the third person. But some gems here anyway. I guess its the difference between good and great.

Ryan Hall Seminar HL

Ryan Hall Seminar - MMA Academy, Liverpool, Feb 2011 from stuart cooper on Vimeo.

Draculino - Arm Drags

Triangle Set Up - Robson Moura

BJJ Weekly Robson Moura

4 weeks until the next comp...

Well done to all the boys who had a crack at yesterdays Vics, I was proud of everyones effort and application. With four weeks until the next big comp now is the time to jump on the comp train and see if we can put together a strong team from Mornington for the inaugural Australian Jiu Jitsu Classic. After this there will be a big break until later in the year for more big comps so get yourself down to training for some regular mat time. Jason and I will be out there competing and representing together for the first time in ages so lets get some guys together and field a team. Osu.

Back to winter timetable

After this weekends Vic State Champs we will go back to our winter timetable. Tuesday and Thursday nights will be all Gi classes and Saturday will remain a no-gi session. Osu. Good luck to the whole extreme crew this weekend!

BJJ and Self Defense

Another great video from Stephan Kesting highlighting some of the aspects of training in BJJ that are useful for self defence.

Important Dates Coming Up

Please make a note of the following dates in your diary....

AFBJJ Victorian Champs 18th 19th 20th March MSAC (there will be no junior or adult classes on Saturday) Please come and support your team mates if your not competing.

Reverse Raffle Night Saturday 26th March 6.30pm Extreme Chadstone Tickets $100 First Prize $5000.

Referees Course Extreme Chadstone Wednesday 13th April 6pm (compulsory for all coloured belts)

Australian Jiu Jitsu Classic BJJ Comp Saturday 16th April 2010 State Netball and Hockey Centre

Friday 22nd April to Wednesday 27th April Club Closed for Easter.

Cael Sanderson Workshop

Watch more videos on Flowrestling

Watch more videos on Flowrestling

Erik Paulson

Play Jiu Jitsu vs Fight Jiu Jitsu

Standing Guard Pass Rolles Gracie

Robson Moura Breaking Closed Guard

Mendes Brothers Rolling

Pedro Sauer Cross Choke from Mount

Erik Paulson Front Headlock Attack Series

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Uchi Komi for BJJ. Nice one.

Deep Half Guard Sweep

Quick and Dirty Guide to Starting BJJ

DSTRYRsg: Destroyer Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: DSTRYR/SG EXCLUSIVE: THE QUICK AND DIRTY BJJ BEGI...: "Art by AC Matt Kirtley is a brown belt in BJJ and is well known for his groundbreaking website Aesopian.com, a journal he started in 2006 ..."

Loop Choke

Thanks Darts.

Mundials 2010 Faria v Ribeiro

Leo Santos Seminar

Takedown Counters Rolles Gracie

Importance of Grips - Stephan Kesting

Robson Moura Seminar

Need to know ASAP who is coming to the Robson Moura Seminar at Extreme Chadstone on Thursday 17th February from 6-8pm. Cost is $110 and I need the money by Thursday 11th February. Robson is a seven time world champ, great teacher and all round nice guy. This is great opportunity to meet a legend of the sport. Classes will probably still run in Mornington that night, as someone will need to take kids classes. So we will have open mat training for adults that evening for those not attending the seminar in Chadstone.

No class this Saturday

Owing to an in-house tournament to be held at Chadstone on Saturday 5th February there will be no classes in Mornington.

Rigan teaching at John Machado's Gym

Armlock from Guard

Bow and Arrow Choke

Nice transition.

Slow Rolling in BJJ

Burns v Langhi X-combat

To say I hate 50/50 is an understatement. Bad for the game me thinks.

Robson Moura- Coming Soon

Greg Nelson Single Leg Takedown In Gi

Saturday Class Cancelled

Please be aware that there will be no classes this Saturday 22nd January due to the ADCC South Pacific Trials to be held at the Box Hill Aquatic Centre from 10am. Get along and see some of the best grapplers in Australia in action!

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Xande Ribeiro Takedown from Duckunder

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Baret Yoshida

Grips from Back Control - Stephan Kesting

Randy Couture Interview

Another great interview, I always learn something when Randy talks.

Guard Pass Robson Moura

Half Guard Pass Ricardo Liborio

Neil Melanson Triangle Set Ups Pt 1 of 3

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu: Tips on Chokes

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Selective Tension

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu: Tips on grips

Sherdog.com MMA Techniques: Technique of the Week With UFC Heavyweight Ace Cain Velasquez

Sherdog.com MMA Techniques: Technique of the Week With UFC Heavyweight Ace Cain Velasquez

Strikeforce heavyweight bracket and trailer - MMA News

Strikeforce heavyweight bracket and trailer - MMA News

Now this is going to be very interesting. I like the Grand Prix format alot from the Pride days. Good move by Strikeforce, making a point of difference from the UFC.

Matt Thornton talking about Aliveness

Really poor video quality but the content of this talk is great and worth listening to if you haven't been exposed to his ideas on martial arts training.

Escape from Back Control - Robson Moura