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11
MAY
2012

This article is courtesy of Aaron Bair and Jiujitsusweep.com

A colleague recently brought up the topic on ways to survive your first year as a grappler, while i think more ways can be used these are the 10 most important ways to get going and start your career as a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner. Of the many ways one can survive the initial training these are the 10 most important core topics, a guide for the white belt fresh from the street and onto the mat and on the road to blue belt .

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05
MAY
2012

This blog post I found on when to submit to your opponent/training partner was interesting reading check it out......

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23
APR
2012
An interesting blog post I found about the journey of the majority of Bjj Students - My personal aim is to be a great mediocre BJJ student. While some will tell you that we all should strive to be world champions I think that’s misguided thinking for many of us.
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16
APR
2012
Kron Gracie, son of the legendary Rickson Gracie, shares his thoughts on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, how you should always strive to get better. He discusses the idea of how you get closer to “pure Jiu-Jitsu” after you have exhausted your strength and are forced to rely on leverage and technique. An impressive demonstration on breathing is also shown to students where he breaths from the diaphragm.
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08
FEB
2012
People learn in different ways, one method that some people find useful is to mind map....
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15
JAN
2012
Royler Gracie's view on steroid abuse and the often unspoken down side to using performance enhancing substances to help you compete
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07
JAN
2012
It is often argued that doing the basics well is a key to successful Jiu Jitsu and I'm inclined to agree.
I read an article a while back by Greg Glassman the founder of cross fit on what seperates almost perfect from perfect application of fundamentals.
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12
DEC
2011
Its been quite a week at RGA Bucks, 4 great lessons from 4 of the best instructors in the UK and a few gradings as well!
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06
NOV
2011
To Celebrate the Official opening of our new academy we are going to be holding 4 special seminars with some of the very best instructors in the country see click the picture on the left for details.
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24
OCT
2011
And following on from yasmines videos a chance for me to show the counters – always with thanks to Black – Eagle, Andy Roberts and the Motion Machine!!!
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24
OCT
2011
And following on from yasmines videos a chance for me to show the counters – always with thanks to Black – Eagle, Andy Roberts and the Motion Machine!!!
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24
OCT
2011
And following on from yasmines videos a chance for me to show the counters – always with thanks to Black – Eagle, Andy Roberts and the Motion Machine!!!
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24
OCT
2011
And following on from yasmines videos a chance for me to show the counters – always with thanks to Black – Eagle, Andy Roberts and the Motion Machine!!!
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01
OCT
2011
So I had a nice birthday weekend lined up for my 36th watching the Best of the best Submission wrestlers at the Adcc world championships and basically chilling out,

Then the day before I receive a call from the organisers telling me there’s been a last minute injury and can Yasmine make -60kg and will she fight-YES to both!!
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01
OCT
2011
So I had a nice birthday weekend lined up for my 36th watching the Best of the best Submission wrestlers at the Adcc world championships and basically chilling out,

Then the day before I receive a call from the organisers telling me there’s been a last minute injury and can Yasmine make -60kg and will she fight-YES to both!!
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24
SEP
2011
We have a couple of gyms associated to us at Rga Bucks-These range from Traditional Martial Arts Clubs to MMA Teams, Thursday 22nd September I went up to The Elite Traning Centre in Leighton Buzzard who have been associated with us for a couple of months now
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24
SEP
2011
We have a couple of gyms associated to us at Rga Bucks-These range from Traditional Martial Arts Clubs to MMA Teams, Thursday 22nd September I went up to The Elite Traning Centre in Leighton Buzzard who have been associated with us for a couple of months now
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