SOUSEIKI UNITED

A watched pot…or get off the scale?

Is this you, or do you know someone, who cannot lose weight even though they seem to be doing everything right? Imagine going from not exercising at all to exercising four or five times a week, and from eating a high calorie junk food diet to eating a really clean and reduced calorie diet, and still not losing any significant weight – bummer - right? And not uncommon, I see this a lot.

In my opinion, it’s just one more obvious incident of mind over body, self-sabotage, and justification for working on mental fitness as well as physical fitness.

A conversation with one of my students/clients highlights my point exactly; she said to me, “ever since we have been working out together my diet is good, I am drinking a lot of water, my clothes fit looser, and I am happier… until I get on the scale - and I see that almost nothing, number-wise, has changed”

She gets on the scale, she gets disappointed, and what happens next is all too predictable: she sabotages her progress, and her happiness.

She dives into work, stops exercising and watching her diet, and watching the scale. After a week or so people started commenting on how good she looks, and they ask her what she’s doing to lose weight.

When she does get on the scale again, now a week off of her ‘fitness program’ (and her obsession with the scale), and four weeks after we started training together, she sees that she has in fact lost a chunk of weight.

Her body has been allowed, without the negative mental interference of obsessing about the numbers on the scale, to function naturally and drop weight, as anyone’s body eventually will when caloric intake is reduced and caloric expenditure is increased.

As soon as she took her mind off of the problem, which she saw as, “the numbers on the scale aren’t moving fast enough,” her body responded to the healthy actions she had been taking.

This is the dieter’s version of: a watched pot never boils. When we watch the pot we are typically focusing on how long it’s taking and its lack of progress. For most of us, the act of ‘watching the pot’ is an indication of impatience, and lack of trust, which quickly turns into, “this isn’t working and, I quit!” We create (or contribute to) an ongoing cycle of failure.   What we need for success is a positive outlook with optimistic expectation, but it’s hard to do after years of failed diet and fitness attempts.

You can however, undo the negative self-fulfilling prophecy through positive affirmations and greater awareness. Affirmations will recondition your thinking, and a heightened awareness will allow you to not take actions that sabotage your progress.

Stay off the scale; you only have control over the actions that you take, not how quickly the results come. And unless you are from another planet, it’s unlikely that, on a physical level, your body is much different from everyone else’s. It will respond positively to increasing your exercise and reducing your caloric intake if you just trust, give it time, and stop sabotaging yourself.

Peace and Happy Trails to you, Debbie Rocker

Grand Opening Seminar!

This is a great deal! Don't miss it!  3 hours of non-stop instruction from some of the biggest names in Jiu-Jitsu and MMA for a ridiculously low price! The price alone is a steal for just one of these instructors!  So, like I said... "Don't Miss It!"

Sat. August 18th noon-3

Location: Genesis Jiu Jitsu 250 S. Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85225

Cost: $25.00 all proceeds going to charity

Instructors: Dean Lister, Jason Chambers, Jamie Walsh, Drew Fickett

Contact: 480-782-1238 or esbjj@hotmail.com

Spots are filling up fast so please register asap!!! Come celebrate the opening of my new academy, everyone is welcome.

This workout was tried and tested by my self and my brother.  If youhave any questions as to what the exercises are, let me know.  I'll try to get video clips up soon.  Let me know what you think.

The Jungle Fit Mega Squat Thrust/Burpee Workout “Perform 10 Repetitions of Each!” 1. Dumbbell Squat Thrust (Used 35 lb Dumbbells) 2. Dumbbell Squat Thrust/Row (Used 30 lb Dumbbells) 3. Dumbbell Squat Thrust/Row + Curl and Military Press (Used 25 lb Dumbbells) 4. Break Dance Squat Thrust 5. Break Dance Burpee 6. Break Dance Plyo-Burpee 7. Squat Thrust 8. Plyo-Squat Thrust 9. Burpee 10. Plyo-Burpee 11. Wall Squat Thrust (Advance movement, Add a push-up while feet are up!) 12. Wall Burpee (Advance movement, Add a push-up while feet are up!) 13. Wall Squat Thrust to ½ Squat Thrust (Advance movement, Add a push-up while feet are up!) 14. Wall Squat Thrust to ½ Burpee (Advance movement, Add a push-up while feet are up!) 15. Dive Bomber Squat Thrust 16. Dive Bomber Burpee 17. Ledge Squat Thrust 18. Ledge Burpee 19. Ledge Burpee Jump to Ledge 20. Ledge Squat Thrust to Regular Squat Thrust 21. Ledge Squat Thrust to Burpee 22. Ledge Squat Thrust to Burpee Jump to Ledge 23. Burpee to Pull-Up

Check it out surfers!  I just set up a new forum to chat and discuss tips and tricks of the game and so much more.  Come on by sign up and check it out.

http://souseiki.proboards61.com/index.cgi

Jay Pages

As the title shows, it's another fight song for the team!  Only those who train with us will know why this is a fight song for us.

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Check this one out!  This is another fight song for Souseiki United!  Listen to the words!  We are brothers!  We stand together United!

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Hey guys and gals.  I just finished reading a news lettter that was sent to my via a newsletter subscription I receive.  I felt that this would be a great read for all of you.

Hi Jay,

Today I want to talk about another mistake I see combat athletes making on an all too frequent basis. This mistake is using the wrong training splits. I can't tell you how many times I have had a combat athlete walk into my gym and tell me that they have been following some kind of bodybuilding workout to prepare for their sport.

Typical bodybuilding splits do not prepare you for what you are going to face on the mat. You should never split your workouts up into body parts. These types of splits, where you train chest and biceps one day, legs another day, back and triceps on day three and finish with shoulders on day four (or anything similar) are a waste of time for all athletes.

But let me tell you something, this rule is even more applicable to combat sports.

Wrestling or fighting of any kind is the ultimate form of full body training. There is not a muscle in your body that doesn't come into play while grappling. Therefore your weight training workouts should reflect that. The best splits for the combat athlete to use, in most cases, are full body workouts.

Full body workouts are much more grueling and involve a much larger amount of muscle mass.They also carry a greater conditioning component and burn more calories; two big benefits for the combat warrior who needs to be shredded to the bone and in top notch anaerobic condition.

Doing a full body workout is much more sport specific and will better prepare you for what you are going to face in competition.

Doesn't that only make sense to you?

Another problem with using a bodybuilding workout, or something you would find in the muscle magazines, to prepare you for combat is that the choice of exercises is all wrong.

Combat athletes need to focus on compound, total body exercises. Some of the best exercises for the combat athlete are listed below:

Squats Box squats Front squats Jump squats Deadlifts Good mornings Romanian deadlifts Lunges Reverse lunges Split squats Bulgarian split squats Step ups Russian step ups Belt squats Hang cleans Clean and jerks Hang snatches Log clean Log clean & press Log press Sandbag clean Sandbag clean & press Kettlebell swing Rope rows Farmers walks Tire flips Car pushes Sled dragging Towel chin ups Rope chin ups Inverted rows Blast strap pushups

Basically you want to do full body workouts and pick three to five of these exercises to hammer away at. You need to develop total body strength, not peaked biceps or tear drop quads.

All the exercises that most gym rats do, like curls, pushdowns and anything done with a machine, are a complete waste for you as a combat athlete. Not only are they a waste but they may be dangerous and increasing your risk of injury. Whatever you do, stay away from all of these isolation and machine exercises that you see everyone else doing and focus on the ones I listed above.

Another mistake is training too many days per week. In most cases combat athlete can't afford to train more than three days per week with weights. This is because of all of the extra work they have to do including hours and hours of extra conditioning and practice. This takes a toll on the body and there is no way you can recover from four to six weight training days per week.

A final mistake combat athlete's make by following the wrong type of program is that they neglect two hugely important components to their ultimate success on the mat. We will discuss these two components and how to properly train for them in part 3.

Stay tuned...

Renegade Strength & Conditioning LLC

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I was on the internet surfing around and I came upon this site. It has some great routines that you may want to try. Check it out!

Bodyweight Exercise Routines:

Using a little imagination and a willingness to challenge yourself, the combination of bodyweight exercises can be limitless. There is simply no way that you could ever get board or stale using these exercises. Coach Hoover and I have been changing our routines for the past couple of years. We are doing routines now that we would never have thought possible when we started. Start with your fitness level and then begin to challenge yourself with a real puker once a week. From there, you can begin to add reps, change routines, add exercises such as chin ups, dips, rope climbs, and hill sprints. You will get in great shape, increase flexibility, and gain strength!

Beginner's Routines:

A great way to begin your conditioning program is to start with what Matt Furey refers to as "The Royal Court." The Royal Court consists of three exercises: The Bridge, Hindu Squats, and Hindu Pushups. Never, ever ignore the King of All Exercises; the Bridge. In fact, we recommend beginning every workout, even if it is taking a jog, with at least a three minute back bridge.

If you are just starting, a 1-minute back bridge may be a challenge. Set a timer and get up into a back bridge and go as long as you can. Record your time. Every day following, add 2 seconds to your back bridge.

You will do the same with Hindu Squats and Hindu Push-ups. Crank out as many Hindu Squats as possible. Record your reps and then add one rep every workout following. Do the same with Hindu Push-ups. If you begin with twenty Hindu Squats and add one rep every day for a month, you will be up to a respectable 50 reps of Hindu Squats.

Once you can crank out 100 Hindu Squats in one set and 50 Hindu Push-ups in one set, you are ready to start mixing things up by adding routines.

Routine #1: Killer 200 Push-up Workout:

- 3 minute back bridge - 100 Hindu Squats - 50 Hindu Pushups - German 50: 10 Elbows in, 10 hand over hand, 10 Superman, 10 hands wide, 10 hands backwards performed in a row, without stopping. - 25 Hindu Pushups with feet 10" apart - 25 Hindu Pushups with feet together - 25 Hindu Pushups with hands and feet together - 25 fingertip Hindu Pushups - 3 minute back bridge, 3 minute front bridge Routine #2:

- 3 Minute Back Bridge - 100 Hindu Squats - 10 Grasshoppers - 35 Boot Strappers - 10 Kneeling Back Bends - 20 Hindu Jumper Squats - 10 Mountain Climbers

Moderate-Advanced Difficulty Routines:

Now that you understand the exercises, you can be as creative as you want to combine them. Decide prior to your workout what goals you want to hit and write them down. This way, once your body gets tired, you will be less inclined to begin to delete certain exercises. There are so many ways to challenge yourself at this point that the possibilities are endless. I will give you a few good ones that I like, but feel free to write up your own and keep the ones that leave you heaving.

Routine #1:

- 50/50/50: 50 Hackenschmidtt Squats, 50 Hindu Jumper Squats, 50 Hindu Squats. Perform all three in a row, resting no more than a minute between exercises. - 50 Hindu Pushups - German 50: 10 elbows in pushups, 10 hand over hand pushups, 10 extended "superman" pushups, 10 hands wide pushups, 10 hands backwards pushups performed without stopping.

*Hoover added another 10 pushups to the German 50 just to be a jerk. We'll refer to this as the Newton 60: 10 elbows in, 10 hand over hand, 10 superman, 10 hands wide, 10 hands back, and 10 fingertip. - 10 Reverse pushups - 10 Tablemakers - 10 Hindu Pushups with feet 10" apart - 10 Hindu Pushups with feet together, hands together - 10 Hindu fingertip pushups - 2 Minute backbridge

Routine #2

Find a wall your mom won't mind getting scuffed up and take a shot at this one.

1 minute handstand 3X. Rest no more than one minute between handstands.

10 Wall Walks.

1 minute backwards handstand: get into pushup position with feet on wall. Walk your feet up the wall and hands back toward the wall until your chest is touching the wall. Hold for one minute, walk back down to push-up.

5 Backwards handstands/push-ups: Walk into the backwards handstand, walk back to push-up, do five push-ups. Walk right back up to backwards handstand and repeat for five total reps.

Wall Walk into back bridge. Hold for 3 minutes.

100 Hindu Squats

Routine #3: Intro to Ladders

Russian athletes had kept this secret to themselves until the Iron Curtain fell, and for good reason. The idea of a "true" ladder is to perform the same exercise many times over the course of many sets. The athlete is never to perform a set to failure. A good example might be that an athlete performs 30 pushups every hour of his waking day. If you figure that the athlete gets up at 7:00 and goes to bed at 10:00. That is 15 hours=15 sets of 30 pushups for a total of 450 push-ups! You could do this every day for weeks and weeks without feeling fatigued and still gaining strength.

This Ladder is condensed, but still uses the same concept.

- 3 minute back bridge - 20 Hindu push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Hands backwards push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Reverse push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 "Bench press" push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Fingertip push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Navy Seals push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 One Leg push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Hindu push-ups with feet together/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Hand-Over-Hand Push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats / 40 seconds rest - 20 Hands wide push-ups/ 20 Hindu Squats

Total of 200 push-ups and 200 Hindu Squats in less than 25 minutes. You can make this workout tougher by reducing the rest time.

300: Great movie! This 300 workout takes only 10-11 minutes. Next time you are sitting around bored, get busy with this one. No excuses!

- Push-ups: 30 reps rest 30 seconds 10 sets total= 300 Push-ups in 10-11 minutes.

(You can vary your hand position any way you want: hands narrow, medium, wide, back, or on fists)

- Hindu Squats: 30 reps rest 30 seconds 10 sets total= 300 Hindu Squats in 10-11 minutes.

Hey Yall!

 Jay Pages here giving you a heads up to some fantastic news! Soon, we will have the Genesis United basics DVD for sale. This DVD will contain the basic requirments from white to blue belt for gi and for no-gi as well as having the basic drills we do to develop and hone our basic skills. This DVD should be the main staple for anyone's Jiu- Jitsu game. The basics are everything! Without basics, Jiu-Jitsu is nothing! This goes for any sport! You need to learn how to walk before you can run; you need to learn how to throw a ball before you throw a curve ball; the same applies in Jiu-Jitsu! So stay tuned to this google group, my website (www.genesisunited.net) or my blog at genesisunited.podbean.com!

 Jay Pages

Just a quick reminder, don't forget to check out theour new schedule.  I will soon have it up on my website (www.genesisunited.net), so for right now stop by the gym and pick up a copy of the schedule.  Just to give you a quick overview of what we added, we added an MMA sparring class on Thursday evening and a couple of 5:15 am classes for you early birds.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Jay Pages

I found this on www.teenbodybuliding.com!  Looks like a great routine for you guys to follow and it can be done anywhere

By: Jonathan Stehlik

I was reading a few martial arts books last week because my interest had recently piqued after reading a book by one of my favorite NHB competitors Ken Shamrock titled "Lion's Den, The Life and Submission Fighting of Ken Shamrock." This brought me to thinking, what would the average person looking to compete in professional fields whether it be NHB, Martial Arts Tournaments, or a slew of other possibilities, what would this person need to do to start developing their own total body fitness and strength, an overall supreme level of endurance and stamina, speed, coordination, power, confidence, and other skills and attributes. All competitors and just about anyone would like to have these qualities I'm sure. So now on to my research and the program.

So I poured over some of my books which include "The Art of Expressing the Human Body," which includes the many life exerts taken from the extensive diaries of Bruce Lee and his training for the martial arts and bodybuilding.

Another book titled "Speed Training," written by martial artist and policeman Loren Christenson caught my interest. Taking these favorites of mine and some other work I won't include, I've designed a routine you can follow which has in parts been used by the top full contact fighters and martial artists all over the world. Some of these exercises will take partners, but most of the routine can be performed by oneself. By the time you've reached month 4, you'll have by far one of the strongest pound for pound bodies of anyone you know or will ever know. This routine is not for the light of heart though, but for those that stick with it, expect to be answering your many friends questions on training and allowing the women to feel your rock solid body. Remember once again, this routine is not for the light of heart, you are going to be doing extremely taxing work but those who stick with it will reap the rewards. If you feel its to difficult to complete which for many it will be when starting, slowly work your way into it.

Week 1-3 Mon-Fri: 5 minutes of meditation and relaxation. 5 minutes of visualization. 5 minutes of stretching. During these 5 minutes you can put on some of your favorite music to get pumped up, and just sit and relax and think about what you want to accomplish. For the 5 minutes of visualization, I don't really need to go into the many benefits visualization has given to thousands of top executives, bodybuilders, and people all over the world, but it works. During this time you should be thinking about what you want to look like, what you will be doing and see yourself achieving everything you want to in any area of you life. "Important, all exercises should be attempted consecutively" If you wish to transform your body, you must perform these exercises consecutively and not stop." 100 sit-ups(Remember to contract the abs) 50 push-ups 30 pull-ups (If you don't have access to a pull-up bar, do 100 pushups instead) (You'll have to do these in sets probably with small breaks) 15 fingertip pushups 100 body squats (This is a squat performed with no weight but the body) 1 mile of jogging

Sat-Sun 10 minutes of stretching 20 pushups 20 body squats 20 pull ups

Week 4-9 Mon-Fri 5 minutes of meditation and relaxation. 5 minutes of visualization. 5 minutes of stretching.

200 sit-ups 100 push-ups 20 fingertip push-ups 65 pull-ups(If you don't have the pull-up bar, do 150 pushups instead) (You'll have to do these in sets probably with small breaks) 200 body squats 2 miles of jogging

Sat-Sun 10 minutes of stretching 25 push-ups 40 body squats 25 pull-ups

Week 10-16 Mon-Fri 5 minutes of meditation and relaxation. 5 minutes of visualization. 5 minutes of stretching.

300 sit-ups 200 push-ups 35 fingertip push-ups 70 pull-ups(You'll have to do these in sets probably with small breaks) 250 pushups if you can't conduct the pull-ups 300 body squats 2 miles of jogging Sat-Sun 10 minutes of stretching 30 push-ups 100 body squats 45 pull-ups

Week 17-24 By this time you should be able to consecutively perform this routine without stopping. 50 situps 100 pushups 35 pull ups 500 body squats 3 miles of jogging

The routine for week 17-24 5 minutes of meditation and relaxation. 5 minutes of visualization. 5 minutes of stretching.

You can now mix and match to your liking as your in such awesome shape by now you can do what you want to take your training to another level. Be proud of yourself if you've reached this point, as many of the best fighters in the world do what you do. You've probably been reaping the rewards of this program already, and you can be sure, your now stronger pound for pound than anyone you know.

100-300 sit-ups 200-400 push-ups 20-75 fingertip pushups 30-100 pull-ups 250-500 body squats 1.5-5 miles of jogging

Sat-Sun You choose.

This routine will develop your mind, body, and strength to levels you could never imagine. If you stick to it, you will make drastic changes in body weight, strength, and muscular endurance you've never though possible. You can also make fun of any martial artists or enlisted men you know, as you're probably stronger and a much harder trainee than them. Good luck, and get started.

If you have anymore questions you can email me at Classicskills@hotmail.com or Instant message me at my name WorldMuscle.

Please help us get the word out about this seminar. And please try to attend if you can! There will also be a DVD for sale, with the proceeds going to Jeremy's family. We're looking for more people willing to participate as well - either by instructing at the seminar, or submitting a short, 10-minute video of techniques. See below for more info. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.Thanks!

Benefit Seminar for Jeremy Williams' Family

Grappletv.com, with the help of many others, has organized a seminar to benefit the family of Jeremy Williams due to his untimely passing. All the proceeds from the event will go to his family. As of May 21st the list of instructors include:

• Felicia Oh • Cindy Omatsu • Andy Wang • Javi Vazquez • Eddie Bravo • Marcus Vinicius • Brian Peterson • Jeff Glover • Waldomiro Perez • Rigan Machado • Russ Miura Date: Saturday, June 2, 2007

Location: No Limits, 1962 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92606

Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Donation price: $40 If there are any other instructors who would like to get involved or if there are any questions in general, please contact Kenny at: Escojido@Grappletv.com. There will also be a DVD of this event available for sale, with the sale proceeds going to Jeremy's family. The DVD will include content from the seminar, as well as submissions from instructors who were unable to attend. If you would like to contribute, but are unable to attend the seminar, please contact Kenny at Escojido@Grappletv.com or Alicia at aliciaanthony@cox.net for instructions on how to submit a short 10- minute video.

Below is the required basics from white to blue with Genesis United.  If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment or email me at genesisunited@gmail.com or genesisunited@cox.net.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!

• Front Fall
• Front Rolling Fall
• Back Roll 
• Back break Fall 
• Side break Fall 
• Bridge 
• Hip Escape 
• Hip In 
• Getting up in Base 
• Basic Stance 
• Grips 
• Osoto Gari 
• Tani Otoshi 
• Hip Throw Ogoshi 
• Double Leg 
• Single Leg 
• Front Choke Escape 
• Lapel Grab Escape 
• Wrist Lock from Grip 
• Wrist Grip Escape (2 on 1) 
• Front Bear Hug Over Arms 
• Front Bear Hug Over Arms (V2) 
• Close The Gap – Double Leg 
• Close the Gap – Ogoshi 
• Advancing Attacker to Double Leg 
• Rear Choke Defense – Forward Throw 
• Rear Choke Defense – Osoto Gari 
• Rear Bear Hug to Sukui Nage 
• Escape Rear Bear Hug to Standing 
• Escape Rear Bear Hug to Knee Bar 
• Hair Grab Defense 
• Head Lock Escape to Choke 
• Head Lock Escape to Rear Sweep 
• Guillotine Defense – North South 
• Guillotine Defense to Pick Up 
• Mount Defense – Umpa 
• Umpa Variation 2 
• Elbow Escape 
• Umpa Elbow Combination 
• Mount Lift Escape
• Headlock Leg Over Escape 
• Headlock Lock the Leg 
• Headlock to all Fours 
• Side Control Escape to Back 
• Side Control Escape Guard to Back 
• Side Control Escape to Double Leg 
• Pass Guard to Side Control 
• Passing Guard Standing Knee Push 
• Arm Bar from Side Control (Hand near side) 
• Arm bar from side control (Variation 2) Far Side 
• Side Control Choke Opponents Hands Clasped 
• Side Control to Mount Switch Base 
• Mount Maintenance 
• Mount Front Choke (V1) 
• Mount Front Choke (V2) 
• Mount Arm Crank 
• Mount Arm Bar 
• Take the Back From the Mount 
• Mount, Opponent Rolls, Choke 
• Double Leg Defense Sprawl to Choke 
• Double Leg Defense Sprawl to Arm Bar 
• Closed Guard – Choke 
• Closed Guard – Scissor sweep 
• Closed Guard – Leg Up 
• Closed Guard – Elevator Sweep 
• Closed Guard – Fan Sweep 
• Closed Guard – Kimura 
• Closed Guard Pendulum Sweep 
• Closed Guard to Arm Bar 
• Closed guard to Triangle 
• Closed Guard to Back Arm Bar 
• Closed Guard Opp. Stands – Tripod Sweep 
• Closed Guard Opp. Stands – Rear Sweep 
• Closed Guard Opp. Stands – Front Sweep 
• Hip Position Guard 
• Hip Guard Replacement 
• Knee on Belly Arm Bar 
• Knee on Belly Choke 
• Knee on Belly Knee Bar 
• Knee on Belly Escape 
• Butterfly Guard Sweep – Basic 
• Butterfly Guard Sweep – Duck Under Sweep 
• Butterfly Guard Pass 
• Half Guard to Full Guard 
• Half Guard to Butterfly 
• Half Guard Old School Sweep 
• Half Guard Pass

Jay Pages

It’s with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of a wonderful individual.  On May 5th, the Jiu-Jitsu and MMA community lost a brother that day.  Jeremy Williams!  Jeremy will live through all of us!  He will live on by his students, his friends, and his family.  You will be missed!  Rest in Peace and watch over us!

As a tribute, we will have many things going on for Jeremy.  At LA Boxing, we will host a tournament and/or a super black belt seminar in honor of him every May 5th.  So stay tuned as I will be posting more information on that.

Also, in the immediate future, we will be hosting a fundraiser to raise money for Jeremy’s family to help cover any expenses incurred due to this ordeal.  Also, nogi industries has printed some shirts that you can purchase in tribute to Jeremy.  If you’d like to pick up a couple you can go to their site at www.nogi.com or click here to go directly to the page to purchase the shirts.  All procedes will be going to Jeremy’s family.

Again, Rest in Peace my Friend!

Jay Pages

I saw this thread on MMA.tv that was posted by forum member Princess Buble Yum.  Awesome work bud!

This is a wrestling work out but good for BJJ as well totally anaerobic and intense.All exercises with an * will be done with an Olympic bar (45 pound)The routine is to be done NONSTOP and completed in 6 min then a 6 min rest and repeat the goal is to do this three times. Later you can add weight to the bar.

First take your resting heart rate

15 PUSH UPS 15 DEAD LIFTS* 15 CURL* 15 LUNGES* (15 EACH LEG 30 TOTAL) 15 MILITARY PRESS* 15 SQUAT* 15 UPRIGHT ROWS* 15 POWER CLEAN* 15 BENT OVER ROWS* 15 STIFF LEGGED DEAD LIFTS* 15 TOE RAISES* 15 DIPS 15 ROMAN CHAIR 15 CHIN UPS 100 BYCICLE

Take heart rate gain.

6 min rest then take heart rate again and repeat.

WARRNING DON’T EAT A LOT BEFORE THIS WORK OUT IF YOU PUSH YOURSELF TO DO THIS AS IT IS MEAN TO BE DONE IT IS A REAL PUKE PRODUCER!

Jay Pages

Coming up on the horizon, 2 seminars by 2 great compeitors.  The first one to come around is Nick Diaz, in May and in the following month John Lewis from Nova Uniao.  As more information comes available, I will for sure post it up here!  So stay tuned for more information to come!

Jay Pages

About a month ago I saw this instructional on Budovideos.com.  It was an instructional on sweeps from Flavio Almeida who is a Gracie Barra Black Belt.  I reieved it via UPS yesterday and I skimmed through it very breifly.  From what I saw skimming through the DVD, my Jaw dropped!  I haven’t seen an instructional and technique like this in a long time.  Once I watch the DVD all the way through I wil write my full review on the DVD.  To keep you on the edge of your seat, one of the biggest, most obvious difference with this DVD is the format of the instruction.  As opposed to showing the technique in realtime at the end of the explaining the technique, they show it at the beginning displaying the name of the technique on the screen and at the end.

To read more about the DVD and to pick it up click here to go to Budovideos.com!

Jay Pages

Here’s another Genesis tip for all my blog readers…

The Genesis Jiu-Jitsu game is a relaxed game.  I know many of you would think being relaxed may lead into playing too loose or other things.  That’s where our difference is!  Genesis Jiu-Jitsu is a relaxed, methodical, and tight style or game.  As explosive as many are today, we had to compensate or develop an answer to these explosive players.  Without coming up with an answer to an explosive style, your guard will simply get passed and you submission will be lost.  So to compensate for explosive moves, we play a tight game.  Our theory is, the tighter your game is the less opportunity your opponent will have to explode.  Also, the more relaxed you are, the less you will expend energy, the longer you will last and the more recovered you will be for the next match.  This is especially helpful when you have up 72 competitors in your division (I learned that lesson at the Pan Ams). 

A reason for why the Genesis Jiu-Jitsu method is as such is because the leaders of Genesis Jiu-Jitsu are small in stature and light in weight.  So to compensate for the weight differences, we placed more emphasis on technique, leverage, and a tighter game than most.  Now make no mistake, just because we place a high emphasis on technique and tight, relaxed game, it doesn’t mean we don’t place emphasis on other important attributes. We also have a great emphasis on conditioning; we just don’t rely on it.  We feel that conditioning is important!  We feel that it is the next most important attribute to develop in your jiu-jitsu game.  Just as Karl Gotch has said “conditioning is your greatest hold!”, we hold the same theory true.  How would you expect to hold a tight guard or side mount if you don not have the conditioning to hold it with?  You can’t!  How could you hold anything for that matter if you are completely gassed?  So, just because our style isn’t about explosive moves doesn’t mean we don’t concentrate on other things! Technique and a tight game simply play a higher precedence in our repertoire of attributes to develop.

To summarize it all, relax, play a tight game, practice perfect technique (It’s perfect practice that makes perfect!  Not practice makes perfect!), and remember conditioning is your greatest hold!

Jay Pages