Success as an Unconscious Process: Level 2 and Revisiting “Blink”

Quick Post.
In my Psychology of Success Blog I shared one of my Jiujitsu tales. Here’s the link: http://psychologyofsuccess.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/success-as-an-unconscious-process-level-2-and-revisiting-blink/
Thanks,
Bakari

Do Dreams Count?

Last night I had a dream that I was a purple belt. Which is odd because I haven’t been to class in a week. In the dream I had on a white gi (my real gi is blue) and I was tightening up my purple belt while talking to some new guys.
Also all of this [...]

Book Knowledge translated to Mat Knowledge

My efforts to record what I practice from books has borne fruit. I was able to tap 2 people (albeit new guys) today using new techniques. I have been working on the Closed Guard Overwrap and Overwrap to Back techniques from “Jiu-Jitsu University.” Today I was able to use both with a little variation during [...]

Rumina Sato – This guy’s a Monster!

Rumina Sato is the guy  in the blue shorts and he is ‘eating up’ his competitors in this video. I posted another one of his videos earlier in my blog where he ripped through about 10 unsuspecting grapplers in a tournament. None lasted more than a minute. I don’t know if [...]

Grappling Books & Recording Progress

I have about 30+ books on grappling; Sambo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Judo, Submission Wrestling and MMA. Like all of the martial arts books I have bought over the years I have poured over them and practiced techniques that have caught my eye.
However, in my quest to improve my BJJ game this approach seems more like a [...]

Butterfly Guard & Involuntary Newbie Slam Defense

Before I begin, I attempted a guillotine choke today. I didn’t get it but I can”t remember (since 2004) ever using it during rolling. Even though it is a very effective technique I’ve always viewed it as an easy ’sub.’ Plus, in my first academy we used to have this guy who studied Hapkido who [...]

Jimmy DaSilva’s Brown Belt Demonstration

You guys know I raved about the Blue Belt Requirements DVD put out by Roy Dean. I also talked about the Purple Belt Demonstration by Jimmy DaSilva. This demonstration provided a real clear picture of the skill level, timing and basic overall aptitude a blue belt should have before he or [...]

Pass, Pass, Pass!!!

Yesterday we worked on guard passes during drill. Smiley had us us work on our favorite guard pass for the first half of class and then we had to choose another pass for the second half. I was able to work out a lot of kinks out of two guard passes that I have been [...]