23rd September 2009
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a physically demanding sport. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete needs to exercise to strengthen his body and practice to develop his own style and master the sport. Apart from getting the technique right, an athlete also has to maintain...
18th September 2009
For most of us who perform regular workouts, sweating is not an uncommon phenomenon. In fact, it is the evidence of our hard work and it signals growth. Through sweating, our bodies cause us to lose water and other essential electrolytes to prevent the bo...
11th September 2009
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has evolved as an offshoot of Jiu-Jitsu - which is known as the oldest form of martial art. It uses grappling and ground fighting techniques to fight a stronger and larger opponent. It uses joint locks, compression locks and chokeholds...
06th September 2009
Impact on Performance - The Psychological Transformation
The psychological transformation through mental skills training and its impact on your performance can hit you like a thunderbolt, and that's not an exaggeration!
The psychological transformati...
30th August 2009
Across 17 chapters, mental preparation concepts and techniques have been discussed in detail in this book. We now look at how to bring it all together in an easy step-by-step approach for a grappler or combat athlete to start applying these methods on a r...
18th August 2009
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has evolved as an offshoot of Jiu-Jitsu – which is known as the oldest form of martial art. It uses grappling and ground fighting techniques to fight a stronger and larger opponent. It uses joint locks, compression locks and chokehol...
17th August 2009
Champs have many positive qualities and many characteristics that set them apart in a class of their own. Lets' understands the 6 secrets further.
Six Secrets of Champs
1) Picking up overall intensity: Champs display awesome aggression by playing to...
13th August 2009
The game is the real genius, and grapplers and combat athletes are the talent who execute the game.
Do you agree with this?
A game is a complex combination of techniques, defense moves, pace, structure, and scoring mechanisms. All games have a winner...
13th August 2009
Sports are a social phenomenon and from time immemorial, the spectators are as important a part of the game as the players themselves. Sports have news value. It's a discussion point, it’s entertainment, it’s something to think about for the average w...
11th August 2009
In this article, we look at a comprehensive list of relaxation methods that have use in relaxing the mind even if stress is not a problem for you. Even if you don't have stress its important to find ways to unwind and lighten-up the senses especially on t...
10th August 2009
The shape that your thoughts take in the months/weeks/days before an event, the day before, minutes before, and even during a bout can have serious consequences on your ability to perform. And, even if you haven't become a victim of stress. a relaxed mind...
08th August 2009
• Confidence-building self-talk
• Exercise
• Refocusing through breath control
• Peaceful imagery
• Meditation
• Reorienting goals
• Articulating
Every grappler and combat athlete has to find his or her own stress buster by trying o...
03rd August 2009
In this article, we take a look at factors that cause the so called “butterflies in the stomach" just before a match or tournament.
• Nervousness, anxiety
• Stress, mental burnout
We all recognize butterflies in the stomach as that funny fe...
31st July 2009
Reasons for fear
• you dread facing your opponent - a bigger, tougher, stronger. and more accomplished opponent
• you are afraid of getting hurt - a past injury. the pain associated with it, and the difficult recovery period that you had to go throu...
30th July 2009
If your emotions are not in sync with the rest of your mental preparation, then you may not be as successful in effectively applying your game plan. In this chapter, we are going to study two critical emotions-anger and fear¬-that often negatively impact...
