October 15, 2010

On training days that we roll, i always reflect on my watches later on. No matter if i did good or not, i always think about what i could have done better. Allot of times it can just be little details that I need to improve on. The past two weeks i have really been focusing

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October 12, 2010

Check out this guard pass  from my teammate JT Torres. He came to Paramount in august to do a seminar specifically on passing the guard and taking the back. This is a pass that i have been working on since the seminar, its very basic and works at the highest level. If u get the

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October 7, 2010

I was watching The Ultimate Fighter last night and team GSP had Mike Tyson giving the fighters advice after a fight. His speech to the fighters was about having confidence going into a fight and that confidence breeds success and success breeds confidence. I think that he made allot of good points, but at the same time

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October 4, 2010

The past couple of days i have been thinking allot about what it takes to be a champion. Aside from all the training and competitions, there is also the mental aspect. This applies to how you handle yourself both on and off the mat. On the mat you need to have “the killer instinct”. To me this means

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September 30, 2010

Sometimes i have days where everything feels on point and i am really confident in my jiu jitsu, the past couple of days haven’t been like that. For some reason my timing has just felt off a little bit. It can definitely be frustrating when everything doesn’t feel like its working like it normally does.

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