BJJ On Friday the 28th of February we will release for pre-order our first kimono to be made in Japan. The name of this Brazilian jiu jitsu gi is the Scramble “Yamato Black Label” kimono. It will be hand made, to order, in Japan. The specifications are: – 100% Japanese cotton top and bottoms –
MMA While googling for Sakuraba images from his recent wrestling bout, I came across these old videos of Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura. Tamura is one of the most underrated Japanese fighters out there, in my opinion. He was incredibly strong and a very mean grappler. I don’t believe he ever had any interest in pursuing
BJJ On Sunday the 9th of February I attended the first Mike Dolce “Dolce Diet Seminar” at Westminster University. Mike Dolce’s name is ubiquitous with weight cutting and the ‘Dolce Diet’ which he has created and proliferated throughout the MMA universe. He boasts a dizzying collection of the worlds best fighters, Chael Sonnen, Daniel Cormier, Vitor
BJJ Happy February Scramblers I thought I would give you an insight into the method I use with the pro athletes I work with. The principles of this method helped me take a number of training methods and apply them subsequently and coherently. And the results my athletes have had are pretty impressive. This is not
BJJ Almost every day I see the year ahead, not for myself but for the athletes I work with, I’m forever pulling up their year planners to see where on schedule we are. When you realise that there are only 52 weeks in a year myself, calender makers and other time lords tut and stroke our
BJJ Ah Coffee, apparently 75% of Americans drink the stuff, we Brits are still very much addicted to tea, but coffee culture has taken hold here is not going to let go anytime soon! Both tea and coffee share a commonality: the substance caffeine. A white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that is a psychoactive stimulant, caffeine, found