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Subj: Don’t make the same mistake as me…

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For the longest time, I thought every training session I did had to be insanely challenging and leave me in a broken mess on the floor.

Unfortunately, this often made me dread training, and I’d end up finding excuses skip sessions.

Then a friend gave me one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received. He said something along the lines of:

“Don’t try to be the person who does an INSANE training sessions every day…just be the person who trains every day.”

A lot of people get caught in a trap of thinking they don’t have time, or energy, to do a session, or the session needs to be a full-on 2-hour marathon.

So they end up doing nothing at all.

But it doesn’t have to be like that.

10 minutes of drilling, running, pushups, or even watching a video every day will get you results, and make you BETTER than just doing nothing.

So just do something.

If it happens to be something small, NO PROBLEM, at least you’ve kept improving.

But even a tiny improvement is still an improvement.

Until next time,

– Tom

Subj: When wrong is sometimes right

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Have you ever had the experience where your opponent puts you in a weird position and you have no idea what to do?

Here’s a good example of that:

When that happens in sparring you have three options.

Do the right thing, do the wrong thing, or do nothing.

By far the worst choice is doing nothing. That’s right, doing nothing is far worse than doing the wrong thing.

If you do the wrong thing, at least, you’ve experienced what not to do and can avoid it in the future.

You just improved your Jiu Jitsu.

You may be thinking, “If I do the wrong thing, won’t that give my opponent an opportunity to attack?”

The simple answer is, yes it will. But if you do nothing, your opponent will still be able to attack and you won’t have learnt anything.

So what can you do if you find yourself doing nothing?

Honestly, just do something. It’ll either be right or wrong but you’ve given yourself the opportunity to learn.

And if you end up in a bad position you get to work on your defences and escapes.

It’s a win-win.

This is a great attitude to have in training, but if keep doing the wrong thing in a competition you’re going to lose.

If you’re competing and you find yourself in an unfamiliar position or you’re waiting, reset to a different position.

This could be resetting to closed guard or stripping the grips and disengaging entirely AKA running away.

Whatever you do, put yourself into a position where you feel confident and know what to do.

Then you can start attacking.

I hope that makes sense. Try it the next time you’re training and see what happens.

Until next time,

– Tom

Solo Drilling Training pt17

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Join Tom for a solo drilling session. Make sure you have a training dummy or pillow, and some water.

Live session starts at 10 am on Sunday 4th April 2021.

WORKOUT

2 min per drill

  • S Stretch Switch (with hip lift) 
  • Low Squat / Knee touch
  • Lunge / Hamstring
  • Back Roll Variations
  • Lasso Drill
  • Sweep Movement
  • Hip Heist
  • Step Ups
  • Hip / Knee Torreando
  • KOB Switch
  • Top Spin
  • Double Legs
  • Charlie Chaplins
  • Plank
  • Sprawls 

Want to create your own solo drilling sessions?

The Super Solo Training Programme will show you have an awesome Jiu Jitsu session, like the one above any time you like. It includes:

  • Over 100 drills across the five main areas of BJJ (Guard, Passing, Top Control, Escapes, and Takedowns) including how to do them and why you need to know them.
  • Seven training methods to create an effective solo drilling session in 10 minutes or less.
  • Seventeen of my favourite combinations – these combinations are common situations you see in Jiu Jitsu and will accelerate your transition speed.
  • Five 10 in 10 example sessions. These short session are a great warm up or can be stacked for a killer workout.
  • Sample solo drilling workouts so you can get started fast and see how to create your own training sessions.
  • 41 done for you training plans so you don’t even have to think about what to do.

Click the button below to get the Super Solo Training Programme now:

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Solo Drilling Training pt16

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Join Tom for a solo drilling session. Make sure you have a training dummy or pillow, and some water.

Live session starts at 10 am on Sunday 27th March 2021.

WARM UP

  • Rolling Hips 
  • S Stretch Switch (With Hip Lift) 
  • Low Squat / Knee touch
  • Hip Twist
  • Lunge / Hamstring
  • Windmill
  • Flat Arm Circles
  • Scorpion (Hand on Front) 
  • Back Roll Variations
  • Berimbolo Variations

WORKOUT

1 min per drill unless otherwise stated.

  • Forward Sweep
  • Double Leg 
  • Jump Over 
  • Round The World
  • Lasso Drill
  • Sit Out 
  • Step Up 
  • Hip / Knee Torreando 
  • Round The World
  • Lasso Drill
  • Knee Slide Switch
  • Long Step
  • KOB Switch
  • Round The World
  • Lasso Drill
  • Technical Stand Up 
  • One Arm Leg Drag
  • Windshield Wiper
  • Round The World
  • Lasso Drill
  • Double Leg 
  • Duck Under
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Round The World
  • Lasso Drill

Want to create your own solo drilling sessions?

The Super Solo Training Programme will show you have an awesome Jiu Jitsu session, like the one above any time you like. It includes:

  • Over 100 drills across the five main areas of BJJ (Guard, Passing, Top Control, Escapes, and Takedowns) including how to do them and why you need to know them.
  • Seven training methods to create an effective solo drilling session in 10 minutes or less.
  • Seventeen of my favourite combinations – these combinations are common situations you see in Jiu Jitsu and will accelerate your transition speed.
  • Five 10 in 10 example sessions. These short session are a great warm up or can be stacked for a killer workout.
  • Sample solo drilling workouts so you can get started fast and see how to create your own training sessions.
  • 41 done for you training plans so you don’t even have to think about what to do.

Click the button below to get the Super Solo Training Programme now:

Get The Super Solo Training Programme Now!

Demystifying Lapel Guard

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If you watch any modern Jiu Jitsu competition, you’ll see the mats littered with the bodies of BJJ players who succumbed to the power of a lapel guard. And if you’ve ever experienced being put in a lapel guard you’ll know why. 

Lapel guards are incredibly powerful when used correctly and are incredibly difficult to counter once they’re locked in.

However, lapel guards can also seem very confusing if you’re not familiar with them. In this video, Chelsea and Tom give you an overview of lapel guards and simplify them down to there essential elements.

This video is taken from the Purple Belt Blueprint and covers everything you need to know to get your purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

To learn more about the Purple Belt Blueprint click the button below:

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