A couple of weeks ago we were working on our Tai Otoshi in class, and I just didn’t feel like I was hitting it as well as I used to (an opinion not shared by by Uke… the fact that we’re all perhaps a bit hard on ourselves sometimes is the topic for a whole [...]
This article is guest written by Scott Vincent, who teaches a Fit-Jitsu class at Hidden Valley MMA: I grew up in a military family. After I turned 18, I went into the Marine Corps. I ran at the very least, 3 times per week and 3 miles each session for 6 years. By the end [...]
A great opportunity presents itself March 12th and 13th 2011, as Master Sylvio Behring visits Utah from Brazil to share his skills and insights. After attending this seminar last year, Daniel Mower of Arcanum BJJ (one of Utah’s top Jiu Jitsu bloggers) wrote, “Nowadays there are BJJ black belts a-plenty. But there are very few [...]
The following was recently written by Travis Woodward, a student at Hidden Valley Mix Martial Arts, where I train with him, and consider him my friend: How has Judo and Jiu-Jitsu worked for me? On Saturday night my brother came down from Logan to party. He convinced my other brother to buy him alcohol and [...]
Okay, so i have to let you know my intentions for today’s post. This is not a “do I look fat in this dress” post. I am not looking for hugs or reassurance. But what I do want to do is touch on something that happens in training. I have been through this several times, [...]
Okay, so before I start this review I just have to get it out on the table: I’m fat. I’m not huge, but I am a large man (6 feet tall, 260 lbs.) But I’m guessing that there are a fair number of you out there that live the same pains that I do. I [...]
In Judo class last night I worked with Sensei Bill Closs, who showed me a nice way to set up Osoto gari, or several other similar throws. To start of this sequence, we started from our basic Judo stance, with each of us taking a fairl standard grip, and fighting right foot forward. From there,Bill [...]
Back in the beginning of September I wrote an article about how I was suffering from Tennis elbow due to may activities in Judo and Jiu Jitsu. At the time I was extremely worried and frustrated over the pain that I was in, and really didn’t feel that I was finding good answers to my [...]
Last night in Judo we worked on two different aspects of the same, key concept in Judo: Staying Mobile. Mobility on the feet: It is very difficult to throw someone who doesn’t move, and who doesn’t want to be thrown. A bad Uke can make for a frustrating session. If you look at the differences [...]
Gotta tell ya, I’m so proud of my son. ty has been doing Judo for about 3 years now (since he was 13) and it has been great from him! He has learned so much, and our dojo really is like our family (only maybe a little sweatier.) Recently Ty’s efforts were recognized and he [...]
