Welcome to Month 2 of Operation Tattered Belt! December is KNEE ON BELLY! Last month was all about Side Control. During this month, Megan and I will be focusing on techniques that relate to surviving and escaping Knee on Belly. If/when possible, Can will also be teaching these to his students. The Operation Tattered Belt curriculum […]
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Operation Tattered Belt: Side Escapes Initial Assessment
A break from the ordinary. Normally I go very light on technique – it’s just not my blog. I thought this was a useful exercise, and it’s connected to Megan’s and my yearlong project, Operation Tattered Belt. As I mentioned, a key component to this project is assessment – determining our strengths/weaknesses as well as assessing […]
Operation Tattered Belt: November – a month of Side Control
Welcome to Month 1 of Operation Tattered Belt! November is SIDE CONTROL month! During this month, Megan and I will be focusing on techniques that relate to surviving and escaping side control. Edited to add: Can has decided to join us and teach these techniques to his students. You can read his post here. The curriculum […]
Operation Tattered Belt: Proposed Curriculum
Okay, after much delay, here is our proposed curriculum for Operation Tattered Belt. Again, this came about when Meg from Tangled Triangle and I decided we wanted to buckle down and focus our training. I know that in my own jiu jitsu journey, I’m at a point where I don’t think my skills have quite […]
Operation Tattered Belt
I’ve been chatting with Megan from Tangled Triangle (You remember her awesome article A Microbiologist’s Take on BJJ, right?), and both of us expressed a desire to get more focused in our attempts to improve our jiu jitsu, and a bit of a loss as to how. As you may know, I train English teachers. […]