Offense vs Defense

Good offense makes you win matches. Defense makes you unbeatable. However, offense can act defensively in its application. By forcing your opponent into a defensive position, you are able to hide your lack of defense. Example, if you are a phenomenal wrestler with...

80/20 Jiu Jitsu

One of my business mentors, Perry Marshall, is very big on 80/20. Or Paretos principle. Paretos principle basically says that not eveyrthing has an equal effect. Commonly, its used to say 20% of something, causes 80% of something else. 80% of finishes in the UFC,...

Dangerous Questions

Why wouldn’t an instructor tell a student they were good when the instructor is the only meausre of the students perfomrance? Most dangerous this is being told you’re great when you’re not Why wounldn’t a shitty instructor say competition...

What You’ll Avoid at Crazy 88

You’ll avoid Meatheads (we do have some reformed Meatheads though; they look scary but are pretty nice respectful guys) Ringworm, staph, and other gross stuff you can get from not having a professional cleaning staff. You’ll avoid having to switch schools...

Determining the Value of a Martial Arts Program

This is going to be a little flyer, I am going to start giving to students who come in for the closing presentation but do not sign up. *** prelim *** WHY YOU NEED TO ENROLL AT CRAZY 88 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 1. It will save you money. Crazy 88 has never lowered its...

The False Dichotomy

There currently exists a false dichotomy in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu between “New School” and “Old School” or “Self Defense” vs. “Sport”. Let’s examine the Self Defense proposition.  Self Defense should be the primary...

If you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I’m sure you’ve been told to keep a journal. I’m also sure that if you made the attempt to keep a Jiu-Jtsu journal, you most likely did it for a while, and then stopped (not abruptly… more like a slow fading...