Erik Paulson awarded Josh Barnett his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on 19th December, based on technical understanding and competition merit. Josh teaches at Erik's CSW Training Center in Fullerton, California. Erik himself is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Rigan Machado.
Recently Josh entered in the ultra-heavyweight division of the black belt category and won the gold medal at the No-Gi World Championships.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Peter, Dan & I will be training during the holiday season as we have the BJJ competitions coming up. I'll still get in plenty of food n drink though but in moderation of course - hahah
Guys I wanted to post this article I came across on the web its worth 
a read and may answer some of your thoughts on the recent grading etc.
There is another point I want to make, there is a difference between a purple belt and an instructor in BJJ I remember I was promoted to purple 5 years ago
And received my instructor certificate a year later, I see some purple belts teaching and thinking what? Huh? They are teaching the fundamentals completely wrong
But this is not the case with Ben and Leigh and they will be receiving there coaching certs along with there new belt certs so well done.
Peter
There are a lot of differing perspectives out there, each with their own merit. The single common theme that I see is that because of the nature of training and learning Jiu-Jitsu, in that the belts are strictly performance based, one would be hard pressed to maintain the illusion that they were at a certain belt level in Jiu-Jitsu, if they actually were not.
I recently read a post by Sam Sojourner in his blog, Diary of an Angry Grappler <http://angrygrappler.livejournal.com/26326.html> . He writes as a purple belt about his perspective on the path to black belt, and how he sees the different belts.
White Belt - At white you are learning the basics of positions and submissions and the idea of positions before submissions. Learning 2-3 basic passes. Learning to mount. Learning to armbar, choke, or triangle. As a white belt all you want to do is pass, mount finish, or finish from your closed guard. That's it. For you, you feel like the mount is huge! And in your closed guard, your only choice is finish.
Blue Belt - At blue you know most of the moves, but you can't chain it all together into a full game yet, but you have some moves you are great at. Here it's all about smashing and scrambling. Either you and the other blue are both scrambling to stay on top, or trying to smash the hell out of the other guy while you pass and you are experimenting with a lot of the advanced moves.
Purple Belt - At purple, doesn't matter what kind of purple you are, it seems like all roads lead to the back, all you care about is taking the back, all you want is the back. You mount but still think about somehow getting the back, you do all these flashy moves to get to the back or set up a move that will somehow lead to their back. This is where your game is at its most flashy.
Brown Belt - Almost a black. Now your game is more defined, your signature moves are just that much better. You can teach concepts and convey ideas, what works and why it works. The difference between a brown and a black is really mat time and experience. Everything else should be all dialed in, they just need patience.
Black Belt - The black belt becomes the white belt again. Position before submission. Passing, mounting, finishing. No more sidemount as the holding position. They want to mount you and choke you, or from their back, finish with armbar or triangle. They have their white belt game back and mount is the holy grail again, and your closed guard is your sniper rifle, just this time around it's that much tighter and better.
Older Black Belt - No matter how flashy and fast you were as a black belt, eventually all the black belts' games look the same. Pressure pressure pressure, passing, smothering, suffocating. They just ooze on you until they finish you. I have rolled with a lot of older black belts and they all had that same game. Eliminate the gaps and the spaces. Truest form of jiu jitsu and I know the black belts I like now who are still flashy, eventually they will make their game so economic and efficient, it will also be that oozing game. All roads, no matter how different they were at the beginning, all end the same way. You end up having Helio's game.
With our belt testing just around the corner, there’s been a lot of talk amongst members of the class about where they think they are in their evolution. With that thought and conversation sometimes comes the accompanying doubt and second guessing about one’s ability. We must remember that we are always the most critical of ourselves, but you must believe in yourself.
I still clearly remember my thoughts and feelings upon my promotion to black belt. It was definitely one of the most humbling experiences of my life. Taking from the words from one of my earlier posts, it was somewhat unexpected and I was extremely honored. I vowed to wear it proudly, as it is a symbol of our dojo and an honor to be the first student that Shihan had ever promoted to black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. But mostly, I was struck with the awesome responsibility one has to wear that belt and the long journey ahead as a student to continue learning. Although my first journey started years ago, a new journey began for me.
Georgette Oden recently wrote in her blog, Georgette’s World <http://georgetteoden.blogspot.com/2009/01/made-blue.html> , about her early promotion to blue belt. She commented on her own doubts that she was at that level, as well as her “incredible feeling of awe, humility, and motivation to work harder.” I could totally relate. As a matter of fact, I remember after my promotion to blue belt how I felt a responsibility to be better than I was the day before, as if the color of my belt provided me with some intrinsic super learning powers. Of course it didn’t, but I did find myself working even harder to meet my own expectations about where I thought I should be. To me it seemed like my progression began to move forward in leaps and bounds.
Some time ago I wrote about the Psychology of Jiu-Jitsu <http://www.thejiujitsufighter.com/2008/08/psychology-of-jiu-jitsu.html> with a brief overview of my perspective on the stages of development. What I’ve come to realize is that at each turning point, there is a grey area. One can easily see the differences between a white belt, a purple belt and a black belt, but what about the differences between a high-level yellow belt (white belt) and a low-level blue belt, or between a high-level purple belt and a new brown belt? What are the differences between various academies? Is our system of progression the same as every other school? In my opinion, the whole notion of attaining validation from any source outside our own selves runs contrary to the philosophies of Sho-Rei-Shobu-Kan.
Realizing of course that this in and of itself is a contradiction of ideas about belt progression in Jiu-Jitsu. There is a fine line between keeping our belt promotions in line with the Jiu-Jitsu community at large, and not adhering to some arbitrary, external standard of measurement.
Awhile back, I had a handful of students who refused to take part in belt testing. They had it in their mind that it should take exactly ten years to obtain a black belt, regardless of performance. They were simply focused on that time frame. I think they believed they were adhering to the concept that the belt didn’t matter. Ultimately what I ended up with was a handful of blue and purple belt-level folks who were wearing white belts. One of them, even after being promoted to a higher belt level, refused to wear the belt. Another student had been training at another academy and talked with me about how good a couple of their blue belts were, as if that was now the standard for promotion to blue belt. The irony of all of this is the contradiction of ideas about the belt system. They were so strongly opposed to the use of belts as a means of measurement, but at the same time were so attached to their own ideas about how progress should be measured.
Bakari Akil, PhD posted on his blog, Jiu-Jitsu 365, What Army rank would a BJJ belt equal <http://jiujitsu365.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/what-army-rank-would-a-bjj-belt-equal/> ? I found this to be an interesting approach and that his analogies were rather intriguing.
One of my favorite perspectives comes from Roy Harris. If you’ve not clicked on a single link up to this point, I highly recommend that you do so now. Mr. Harris’ article on Progression in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu <http://www.onthemat.com/articles/Progression_in_Brazilian_JiuJitsu_10_13_2005.html> is a must read and should shed some light on the subject for my senior students.
The bottom line is that everyone has their own perspective on belt levels and each one has their merit. My final words come from Saulo Ribeiro.
“There is no sense in chasing a belt and getting it as fast as possible. Often, people do not see that black belt will be their longest belt. Remember, it doesn’t matter if you get it in four years or fifteen. Either way, you will have the rest of your life with a black belt around your waist. Building the black belt is what matters.”
I think this is awesome!! We have really made good friends with Toco and his students and look what he has done now.
I've been waiting for this clip for ages, since I saw it earlier in the year.
Enjoy...
Well last night was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grading night at AMAG/Jitsudo. Peter handed out stripes and belts to those of us that had showed significant improvement in the areas he looks out for. Some of these are:
Listen to the start of the video as there is a bit of common mistake highlighted, that might help you in the future. :-)
Sorry for low level on the sound but I think I was covering the mic slightly on my iPhone.
I have been meaning to write up an article on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics for my students for some time now. I often go on and on about the basics in my classes every week
and i'm sure sometimes the students wonder what im talking about half the time. So I am going to attempt to put this down in words with some examples and analogies.
I always use the examples of the great Roger Gracie when watching him compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournaments and more recently in the MMA arena, his execution of what people would class as "basics Brazilian Jiu Jitsu" are flawless he uses the basics so well and 95% of the time submits his opponent, I met his Dad again the awesome Mauricio Gomes coming back on the flight from Rio de Janiro as I returned from my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training trip and commented on this.
When I teach some technique in class, a common mistake that most people will make is they focus on the complicated part or the "fancy" part which 9 times out of 10 is the submission. For example, if I taught a guard pass to side control to mount to an arm bar, I could almost guarantee that when I look round most people are doing the arm bar part!! Now if you get amazingly good at the arm bar but cant ever get the basics i.e. the guard pass to the side control to the mount (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics) then you will never get the chance to put the arm bar on and your skill at the arm bar will never be realised because you will never get ther!! Another example I use that I picked up from one of my BJJ instructors is if using the same analogy as before, if the armbar was the cherry on the cake but your basics like your mount control was rubbish you might get one shot at the cherry, but if your basic mount control is substantial you could have many go's at the cherry! maybe miss it but you have not lost position and can set this up again, another use of the basics.
Again I know a lot of people whom are using DVD clips as a learning/teaching method but not understanding the basics or actually getting down and dirty and training it either on the matt or just in the form of drilling. These people are only getting a small percentage of what's being taught even if they think they are getting more (they're NOT). 
DVD's are an excellent way of learning and finding solutions if used correctly. Ok bringing this back to specifically Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics I see some of the students watching and learning some techniques from the latest grappling stars on the mats pulling off some spectacular submissions and positional movements that are truely awesome BUT I can 100% guarantee that these super stars on the mats and ring/cage etc have a 100% grasp of the basics and in between the flash signature moves you see are Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics.
Another point I want to briefly touch on is something I am studying in more detail and that's the use of Invisible Jiu Jitsu!! No this isn't some form of magical martial arts power hahaha although it may be seen as this if you are that way inclined, but one of the greatest parts of invisible Jiu Jitsu is the use of your weight, I have trained and rolled with many many black belts now and I can tell you they all have this no matter if they are 60kg or 100kg they ALL feel about 1000kg, this is so important in your BJJ and is of course Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics.
I will conclude this article now with some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu basics in the form of a list, please read and use/practice drill I have my Blue Belt and Purple Belt requirements under me documents that anyone can ask for regardless if you have just started or a seasoned grappler in the club they are there for your reference.
1. Vertical hip movement (bridge and roll techniques)
2. Horizontal hip movement (elbow/knee and shrimp movements)
3. Going to your knees (bridge over left shoulder, drive with right leg)
4. Going to your knees (bridge over left shoulder, pull left leg under)
5. Sit up
6. Stand up
7. Roll over shoulder
8. Basic fall (on back)
9. Basic fall (on side)
10. Basic fall (on chest)
11. Upa (hands on mats)
12. Upa (forearm under neck)
13. Elbow/knee (basic)
14. Elbow/knee (foot lift)
15. Elbow/knee (foot drag)
16. Place in guard (from side mount)
17. Go to knees (from side mount)
18. Pass under the legs (from guard)
19. Pass over the legs (from guard)
20. Frame the arms (head lock escape)
21. Hook the leg (head lock escape)
22. Bridge and roll (head lock escape)
23. Bridge and roll (kesa gatame escape)
24. Go to your knees (knee on stomach escape)
25. Go to your knees (both and south escape)
26. Replace guard (wrestler's cradle escape)
27. Mechanics of scissor sweep (from guard)
28. Mechanics of elevator sweep (from guard)
29. Mechanics of straight arm lock
30. Mechanics of bent arm lock (kimura)
31. Mechanics of rear choke
32. Mechanics of guillotine choke
33. Mechanics of triangle choke with legs
34. Mechanics of triangle choke with arms
35. Mechanics of foot lock
36. Two entries into each submission or sweep from the guard
37. Mechanics of the paintbrush technique (from mount or side)
38. Arm drag (go to the back from guard)
39. Single leg takedown
40. Double leg takedown
41. Hold down one from side mount
42. Hold down two from side mount
43. Hold down one from mount
44. Hold down two from mount
45. Open guard control (using soles of the feet, insteps, knees, hands, elbows)
Thanks for reading
See you at class
Peter Richardson
Here is a nice demonstration by Burton Richardson looking at realistic knife sparring.
Sifu McFann mentioned these tools sometime ago but this video gives you a proper look at them.
Erik arrives at AMAG tonight to give a seminar. We've been looking forward to this one for sometime. Erik's seminars are always great and because he is coaching some of the top UFC guys, along with Greg Nelson, we will be getting cutting edge MMA training methods and drills.
This article explores a program for preparing for competition in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). It is easily adapted for other martial arts and sports competition. Competition training starts long ahead of the competition with goal setting and consistent training.
Build a Core Program Around Your Competitive Nucleus
Build a program of cross training to support your chosen competitive sport. The nucleus of your training is your chosen sport. Cross training is geared to improve performance in your nucleus sport. Together, these work together to create a core program. Over time, be prepared to modify this core program as your needs change or you discover other types of training that better complement your nucleus.
Great Core Sports
These come and go over time, but I have discovered a handful that are very complimentary with BJJ. They are:
Avoid the Overlap
When creating your core program, be careful to not choose types of training that overlap too much. For example, in 2000, I was cross training with rock climbing. I knew the extra strength I developed would help my BJJ training. After 6 months of training, I decided to dump climbing after it became clear that my hands and arms did not have enough recovery time after climbing to be strong in BJJ. If your core sport's recovery time interferes with your competitive nucleus, it's not complementary. As fun as climbing is for me, its dramatic overlap with BJJ makes it incompatible for my core program.
Beyond the Core
Outside this core are other extraneous activities that don't make up your regular schedule. It's important that you distinguish the core program from the extraneous activities in the weeks leading to your competition. Extraneous activities are "weekend warrior" deviations from your schedule. They are fun, but come competition prep time, they are noise.
Get Organized: Keep a Training Schedule
Make a training schedule and be prepared to change it as seasons and situations change. If you have to deviate from your schedule in a given week, try to have enough flexibility to have a make-up workout later. As I get closer to competition, the only thing I change is the intensity of my training.
Be prepared year-round for competition. This means keeping your training schedule intense at all times.
Making Weight
Most BJJ competitors have a fighting weight. For me, it's about 145, well below the featherweight cutoff of 147. This is to allow me to stay hydrated and not worry about differences between scales. When I'm not planning competition, I'll let myself get to about 155, knowing I can shave off 7 pounds easily when I decide to compete. Everyone has a different metabolism, and I seem to be blessed with a stratospheric one, so I'm not going to get into how to lose pounds here. Just try not to cut more than a pound or two per week.
Countdown to Battle
This countdown will take you from 2 months before competition to the moment of battle itself. It is equal parts mental and physical commitment.
8 Weeks Before
Commit to yourself that you will compete. This is a personal promise that you make: an internal decision point that you will not back down from. Share this news with your coach and training partners so they can kick it up a notch in your training. Tell your family so they will understand why you are suddenly obsessed with the scale in your bathroom! Behind every successful competitor is a supportive family.
4 Weeks Before
As a form of insurance, you should stop any non-core activities that could lead to serious injury. For example, I stop mountain biking at this point, since a nasty "endo" could put you out of commission for a week, which will ruin your preparations. This is your last chance to make any impact on your cardiovascular capacity. Start to improve your short-term, explosive power by interval training with longer, more intense bursts of activity.
All training should be started from standup now. Generally BJJ sparring is started from the knees when in routine training mode. To get ready for competition, make sure you get all of your opponents off their knees to start from standing.
Before you start to drill the tactics you intend to employ in a match, make sure you know the rules. For the Pan American 2003 competition, I drilled a terrific opening move to knee-bar and a killer snake in the grass foot-lock, only to find that both moves were disallowed in my division the day of the event! That took the wind out of my sails!
2 Weeks Before
Stop weight training. You won't get any stronger at this point and your muscles need a couple of weeks to completely repair if you are in a lifting schedule. If this sounds unbelievable, don't take my word for it; do your own research. The micro-tearing that is integral to the success of weight training requires 2 weeks to completely heal (for a guy my age). These micro-tears will prevent you from performing at 100%.
1 Week Before
Roll hard the beginning of the week, but tone it down to gentle rolling by the end of the week. All exercise ends 2 days before the match to completely recover any muscle damage, cuts, and bruises you suffered in the constant barrage of mat time you subjected yourself to over the past several weeks.
The Day before
Packing. Make sure you bring Everything You Need.
Rest. If you have to travel to get to the competition, have someone else do the driving, if possible. Holding a steering wheel for hours on end will sap your hand strength. If you have heavy luggage, check it to have someone else lug it around if possible. If you must drive a long distance on competition day, focus on a gentle grip on the wheel and use cruise control as much as possible.
Competition Day
BJJ competition is gets you closer to the glory and challenge of hand-to-hand battle than most things in life. This is perhaps why I enjoy it so much. It is also one of the more boring tests of endurance and mental focus you will find. As the day wears on, you have many challenges to face:
1 Hour Before
I was at a seminar held by Carlos Machado in 2002 when he shared his experiences preparing for world-class BJJ black belt competition. I want to thank him for sharing this because I adapted it to my program and have found it works incredibly well. His was a simple message: isolate yourself, drink plenty of water, and keep your body warm. Upon closer inspection, these are excellent tactics for numerous reasons I'll dive into in some detail in the following areas:
I have adopted his preparation plan in my own competitions over the past year and continue to fine-tune it for each new challenge.
Warming up has been known to improve sports performance and reduce risk of injury for years. Yet often athletes don't warm up enough because they are afraid of wasting energy or can't accurately predict when their match will be called. They don't want to get into a warm-up and have to cool down. Both of these concerns are easily removed with some simple facts.
Research has shown that cold muscles, which have a low blood saturation, are more susceptible to damage than warm muscles. In addition, the flexibility of the tendons and ligaments benefits from a warm-up. Warming up improves performance and does not waste energy! A 15-45 minute warm up has the following performance benefit of increased blood flow and muscle temperature, which increases speed of contraction and relaxation of warmed muscles. This provides numerous benefits:
If you can target the time of your fight within an hour, (with a little prediction and tracking of the event progress), a warm-up lasting 15-45 minutes can get you ready for a match with an ambiguous start time. The warm-up should proceed in this order:
Unrelated activity is anything that increases your heart rate and body temperature. Get your sweat moving for 15 to 30 minutes, but don't go hard enough to fatigue. Each athlete should know their limits. Once your muscles are warm, stretch thoroughly. Once your division is called, you should have at least 5 minutes before your match starts. At this point, begin more directly related activity, such as gentle rolling on the mats with a partner or solo. The key to related activity is that it focuses on the actual muscles you use in your sport. Many jiu-jitsu athletes forget to warm up their hands! Your forearm muscles control your hands. Warm your hands and forearms up completely with light to medium-intensity gripping and flexing exercises. At the 2003 Pan American competition, my whole body was warm and I forgot to warm my hands. They seized up on me after my first match! It took forearm massage and 20 minutes of recovery time to get the waste products moving out of there. If you've ever gone rock climbing, you know the feeling.
Don't let your warm-up reveal your game plan. It's amazing how many people jump out on the warm-up mat and start practicing their secret moves and opening moves. Want to know if your opponent is a take-down expert? Watch them warm up. They'll find it nearly irresistable to start working their duckwalk, single legs, and fireman carries. Don't make this mistake.
While you will benefit more from a warm-up immediately prior to an event, the effects last for 30-45 minutes. In a perfect situation, taper your warm-up 10 minutes before your match and stop 5 minutes before hand, resorting to stretching and last minute mental preparation. Get your game face on!
Don't sit on the bench after you warm up! The American College of Sports Medicine released results of a study conducted on athletes who warm up then sit on the bench for 30 minutes afterward. They discovered that back flexibility was adversely affected leading to potentially reduced sports performance and increased injury risk. Alternatives included not sitting on the bench or bringing a chair with back support. I'm going to start bringing a folding canvas chair to these events!
Mental preparation starts weeks before you step on the mats for your match, but the last couple of hours are crucial to pulling it all together.
Different athletes prepare in different ways. Some like to keep near their friends as a source of mental energy. I have a different plan. You are alone on the mats, and need to isolate yourself, if not physically, at least mentally from other people as you begin to clear your mind for the fight. Don't worry about opening moves, there is no cramming for this exam. The more you relax your mind, the more you will respond reflexively to the dynamic situation during battle. Having a restrictive game plan will cause you mental conflict and delay your responses if things don't go exactly as planned (and they almost never do).
Anger doesn't help. Clear your mind of emotion. Some folks think that getting mad at their opponent will help, but surprisingly, anger has been shown to negatively impact sports performance. Emotion takes you away from your instinctive game. Anger will get in the way.
Your physical and mental warm-up are inextricably linked. Warming up causes complex hormonal changes in your body. Ultimately, this cocktail of hormones is what puts you in battle mode. Many fighting athletes get a benefit from this.
Don't choke! Choking is not just a submission hold. Choking happens when an athlete performs poorly due to mental distractions during a competition. Research has shown that most athletes choke when their goals are unrealistic or when they are performing to impress their coaches, friends or family rather than for themselves. Your competition is for you. Your goals are your own. Your mental preparation should be centred around realistic goals you have for yourself.
Just When You Think It's Over
The only constant is change. I've been in 2 man divisions where a 3rd man showed up mysteriously after the first fight. I've been in single-elimination tournaments that suddenly changed to double elimination at the whim of the division referee. I've been showered and changed into street clothes only to find that I had one more fight to determine 3rd place. Stay mentally flexible, stay in your competition clothes, and stay warm until you are positive the results are final.
You Did It!
Win or lose, it takes courage, hard training, and commitment to compete. Treat yourself to a big meal with your team, then get some R&R.
Learn from the Experience
Scrutinize. In the days following the match, watch your video if you have one and carefully scrutinize it (with your coach if you can).
Listen to your body. If you have more than a couple of fights, you're likely to be sore in the days after the competition. Think about what parts of you are sore and how your warm up and stretching can change next time to reduce the after-effects.
Here's what I pack when going to a competition
Watch this video, it's my favourite guitarist talking about how to get better at guitar. But when I watched it I related it to martial arts. He points out how to be honest with yourself and ask yourself the questions. I could go on and on explaining but just watch and see if you can translate his advice for becoming a better musician to becoming a better martial artist. (Hint: Writing music and performing it in front of an audience translates - to me - as fighting/competing)
Rio and off the back of that, I’ve started my competition phase. I took a NoGi bout – which I didn’t perform too well in. The event got the better of me more than anything else. I never took time to consider the arena I was going to be fighting in. So consequently when I walked through the doors and into the main hall BOOM!! it hit me and I never really recovered from it. My head was out of step with my body and my game quickly fell apart. The mind and body do need to be in sync and that was proof. But hey you live and learn and that is why I compete, so I can get better. I will win far more fights than I loose so I don’t care about one loss other than to pick up the valuable lessons that can be learned from my mistakes.
When you train, whether that’s in Jiu Jitsu or Muay Thai sometimes it’s best to work for the little Victories and make them happen more and more often. Remember to pivot that foot on the Thai round kick, keep your hands up, keep your chin down, don’t put your hands on the mat in the guard…… Come out of training session or a sparring session knowing that you may have tapped or been tagged but at least your hands were up this time, all the time. Now you can move on to the next little Victory.Roger using chill dog. Around about 2:15 into the video.
George Sotiropoulos' awesome UFC submission yesterday! George trains his Jits with Eddie at 10th Planet HQ. This is great for 10th Planet but also jiu jitsu as were not seeing that many submissions in UFC at the moment.
swim-move to spiderweb to armcrush to armbar from noone on Vimeo.
Here's a cool video of Robert Drysdale talking about mental aspects of competing and training.
Last week I had a nogi bout in the ring. I lost. Consider your environment.....
Tomorrow I travel down to Kent to compete in the Kent BJJ Open. I can't wait.
So you've cut your finger on your right hand quite badly and you're right handed too. It's been healing up nicely and you're now at the stage where you've taken the plaster off but it's still quite raw.
One of your mates offers you some of their salt n vinegar crisps. Salt n vinegar is your favourite flavour of crisps and you decide to accept their offer. Only the problem is your cut will sting like crazy if you take any. So what do you do? Well you use your other hand of course. Your left hand, the one minus the cut.
This daft story is a way of me illustrating training around injuries. Many people stop training
when they get injured because their sore arm or leg or whatever will hurt. But like I pointed out with the crisps, if you really want to do something then you will always find an alternative way to do it, if you *really* want to.
For instance you might not be able to roll in bjj because of an injury, but there is nothing stopping you drilling an area that uses a part of your body that isn't injured. Of course the same can be said about any other system you train too.
Good training.....
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