Inspiration from the Worlds - Roger Gracie

A couple of weeks back the Mundials (for the young-ens) was held in LA. Roger Gracie had 9 black belt matches.

He won all 9.
He won his weight class division and the absolute division.
He won all 9 by submission.
He won all 9 from mount position.
He won 8 of 9 with some version of an "X" choke (the other one was and Eziakal Choke)

Impressive?

No.

MIND BLOWING.

He is grappling against the best in the world, and he is still able to execute his game plan. He remains calm at all times. He stays poised, focused, and on-track. Wow. Great stuff! ! !

Fuel for the fire. Enjoy the video ... I know I have. Inspired.

TO

The importance of training movements and flow

This is a clip of Andre Galvao talking about movement and flow. I could watch this all day long. He shares his conditioning (doing power cleans and snatches) and his philosophies and strategies in regards to Jiu Jitsu. Great stuff.




Here is some great movement by Jeff Glover ... another young star of the Jiu Jitsu / Grappling world. Impressive flow.:



Enjoy and get out on the mat!

TO

Feed Your Brain. Inspire your Spirit.

I am making a concerted effort to watch more "world-class" jits on a regular basis. My goal: 60 minutes of video time a week.

Armand Debruge, one of our coaches at IMPACT, is a real student of Jiu Jitsu - very diligent with his studies! He sent me his list of favorite youtube matches. Big Thanks Armand!

I want to use this as a starting point and build from here. I'd love to hear from others ... what should be added??


Robson Moura victory at 1997 Mundials



Roger Gracie vs. Fernando Augusto "Tererê"



Robert Drysdale vs Roger Gracie



Marcelo Garcia VS Roger Gracie



Kron Gracie x Yan Cabral EUROPEAN JIU-JITSU 2009



Xande Ribeiro vs Yan Cabral



Terere x Marcelo Garcia



Romulo Barral vs Demian Maia




Happy viewing!

In good health and for the love of jits,

TO