danielmiessler.com » Jujitsu http://danielmiessler.com grep understanding Thu, 24 May 2012 04:36:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Pleasures of Drowning : Sam Harris http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-pleasures-of-drowning-sam-harris http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-pleasures-of-drowning-sam-harris#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:47:28 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/?p=11547
To train in BJJ is to continually drown—or, rather, to be drowned, in sudden and ingenious ways—and to be taught, again and again, how to swim.
via samharris.org

I love this encapsulation of BJJ. You should also read the main article, as it gives a very solid description of this martial art. Plus you’ll get to see how prone to delusion humans really are.

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]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-pleasures-of-drowning-sam-harris/feed 0 Bubba Gracie Becomes a Real Boy http://danielmiessler.com/blog/bubba-gracie-becomes-a-real-boy http://danielmiessler.com/blog/bubba-gracie-becomes-a-real-boy#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:30:54 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/bubba-gracie-becomes-a-real-boy
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This was phenomenally entertaining.

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]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/bubba-gracie-becomes-a-real-boy/feed 0 Gracie Armlock Finishes http://danielmiessler.com/blog/gracie-armlock-finishes http://danielmiessler.com/blog/gracie-armlock-finishes#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:47:23 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/gracie-armlock-finishes
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Absolutely stunning armbar variations. Seriously beautiful to watch.

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]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/gracie-armlock-finishes/feed 0 Evidently the Health Sandwich of Doom http://danielmiessler.com/blog/evidently-the-health-sandwich-of-doom http://danielmiessler.com/blog/evidently-the-health-sandwich-of-doom#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:45:29 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/evidently-the-health-sandwich-of-doom
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]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/evidently-the-health-sandwich-of-doom/feed 0 Jujitsu: Ah, The Good Ol’ Rear Naked Choke http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-ah-the-good-ol-rear-naked-choke http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-ah-the-good-ol-rear-naked-choke#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:34:08 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-ah-the-good-ol-rear-naked-choke Hmm, lol or fap? That’s the question.

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(thanks to Jason for the link)

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-ah-the-good-ol-rear-naked-choke/feed 0 Hélio Gracie Died Today http://danielmiessler.com/blog/helio-gracie-died-today http://danielmiessler.com/blog/helio-gracie-died-today#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:52:36 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/blog/helio-gracie-died-today helio_gracie

Hélio Gracie did more for Martial Arts than anyone anyone but Bruce Lee in my opinion. The reason B.J. Penn and GSP are fighting tomorrow on the UFC, in front of millions of people, is directly due to his influence.

Thank you, Helio Gracie, for your contribution to Martial Arts. ::

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/helio-gracie-died-today/feed 0 Jujitsu Wallpaper http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-wallpaper http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-wallpaper#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:41:11 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/?p=4060 bjj_wallpaper_iphone

Here’s a really cool image from ellenforney.com that she’s made into wallpaper for your desktop and iPhone. The one above is for the iPhone, but on the link below she has other sizes.

Nice work, Ellen!

[ Jujitsu Wallpaper by Ellen Forney | ellenforney.com ]

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-wallpaper/feed 12 Jujitsu Update [November 2008] http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-update-november-2008 http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-update-november-2008#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:57:18 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/?p=3822 So I’m back doing Jujitsu again, and I got destroyed in class last night. I was physically ill for like 30 minutes after we finished, like to the point of vomiting. Not good.

Anyway, I still feel completely foreign down there. I have no thinking faculties when I’m on the ground. I’m doing ZERO Jujitsu. All I’m doing is using strength-based wrestling and forgetting to breathe. So when I get up I have to rest for like 3 minutes just to be able to catch my breath. It’s quite sad.

On a possitive note, however, I did almost land my first arm bar last night. I grabbed an arm, pivoted the hips, and threw up the legs. He wiggled out of it, but it felt good to actually FEEL like I should do something and have it almost work out.

So yeah…at this rate I expect my blue belt in like 2017.

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-update-november-2008/feed 12 My Buddy’s Jujitsu Coach http://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-buddys-jujitsu-coach http://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-buddys-jujitsu-coach#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:12:08 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/blog/my-buddys-jujitsu-coach My buddy Ken’s Jujitsu coach is a contestant on the Ultimate Fighter, and here’s some video of him competing in a Jujitsu competition.

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-buddys-jujitsu-coach/feed 2 Allergies and Jujitsu http://danielmiessler.com/blog/allergies-and-jujitsu http://danielmiessler.com/blog/allergies-and-jujitsu#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:21:29 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/blog/allergies-and-jujitsu So I go in for my allergy work-up tomorrow. Pin pricks with lots of stuff that makes me sneeze and wheeze. It’s going to rock.

But then I get allergy shots (pills and sprays are sub-optimal). I just hope my insurance pays for it all or most of it.

And it’s all part of a plan. Aside from just wanting to not sneeze, get constant sinus infections, and have less cardio performance—I’m mostly doing this so that I can have my full wind for Jujitsu class.

The place I go to went through some changes recently, and I haven’t been going. But it’s all better now. It’s been bought by three main Jujitsu guys—including a wicked sick black belt who’s been an instructor for the Gracies in Brazil. He’s scary good.

And they are keeping their kickboxing classes as well, which will serve as a nice change of tempo on occasion.

So, things are good on this front. Allergy shots –> starting back in Jujitsu with a “new” school. Now I’ll get to try out my new gi.:

]]> http://danielmiessler.com/blog/allergies-and-jujitsu/feed 0 Jujitsu: My New Gi http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-my-new-gi http://danielmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-my-new-gi#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:59:49 +0000 Daniel Miessler http://dmiessler.com/blog/jujitsu-my-new-gi I finally ordered myself a kimono (and belt) after doing a good amount of research. I ended up going with a Koral Blue Classic.

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Koral is from Brazil, and from what I found during my reading it’s one of the best you can get. So I’m just about at the point now where I can start going to Jujitsu two or three times a week. I still have to do the allergy shot thing, however, as my allergy flare-ups mess with my stamina big time.

So yeah…Jujitsu. New gi + new Gracie-trained instructor (he’s an instructor in Gracie schools, not an instructor trained in a Gracie school) = exciting stuff.:

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