BJJ Mental Models

In this week"s mini-episode, we"re introducing the concept of posture!  Let"s talk about what posture means in the context of Jiu-Jitsu, why it"s so important, and how managing posture improves both your defense and offense.  This episode builds on last week"s mini-episode about base. Further study: BJJMM Ep. 1: Alignm

This week we"re joined by Beatrice Jin!  Beatrice is a coach at Kogaion Academy in Virginia, an outstanding brown belt professional competitor, and the operator of America"s longest-running women"s open mat.  In this episode, Beatrice explains how unaggressive grapplers can shed that passive mindset, "stop being nice,"

We"re launching a brand new mini-podcast!  Once a week, we"ll publish a brief explanation of a key mental model for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  This week we"re talking about base, one of the core elements from Rob Biernacki"s theory of alignment. Further study: BJJMM Ep. 1: Alignment https://bjj.plus/1 BJJMM Ep. 50: Alignmen

This week we"re joined again by Dominyka Obelenyte!  Dom is a black belt under Marcelo Garcia, a 4x black belt and 10x overall world champion, and a longtime BJJ Mental Models collaborator and coach.  In this episode, Dominyka breaks down mental models for Jiu-Jitsu gameplanning alongside her new Digitsu instructional,

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This week we"re joined again by Josh McKinney!  Josh is a coach at HeadnodHQ in Illinois and a black belt under Kyle Watson.  In this episode, Josh breaks down his "Champions Stay Present" coaching strategy: a mindfulness-based method to help athletes achieve their best performance and mental state. Follow Josh on Inst