Summary of Today’s Email + Some Housekeeping Things
Today’s newsletter is influenced by a private lesson combined with some half-guard instruction. Here’s the summary
Key concept: Your weight is always either on the ground or on your opponent
Your head position matters (Inspired by Meregali)
There is a HUGE relationship between the amount of pressure you can put on somebody and the angle of your posture.
The video behind the paywall will show you how to manipulate your posture so you can apply unbelievable pressure. (Black belt $hit, also inspired by Meregali so you know it’s some high level black belt sh!t.)
Action Items: How you can use these tips to improve your jiu-jitsu
I’ve changed pricing for this newsletter as well as going back to the original format everyone came to love before I started getting too creative. As of yesterday, billing is active again.
$5/Mo. This helps buy my ammo (JK, sort of…)
Free content (Usually Mondays) about my training and learning. Paid content (like this one) covering my private lessons for the week (the original concept for this newsletter, likely on Fridays)
This email is paid since it’s covering some of my lesson notes for the week. I’ll continue using my private lesson content as paid content (and keep with some video content behind a paywall on free posts when applicable.)
Pressure bursts pipes or it makes diamonds.
Remember this Monday?
I can tell you, one of the most satisfying things I experience in training is that feeling of your opponent or training partner breaking underneath you. It’s tangible. In some cases it’s like an audible sigh… but more like the life suddenly leaving their body.
Or it’s visible. You see their head rest on the mat for a quick second because they’re just tired of fighting.
It makes jiu-jitsu enjoyable but maybe I’m just a sadist who likes watching people suffer.
On the other hand, one of the most annoying things for me is the opposite: The opponent who just won’t break despite how much pressure you put on them. They seem to keep fighting and it makes you question if you’re even doing this whole pressure thing right.
This email isn’t about mental pressure or anguish though. It’s about the relentless physical pressure you apply on your training partners. And there are little tips and tricks you can use to make this happen.
After the paywall you’ll find some simple tips and tricks to maximize the amount of pressure you can apply. You’ll also learn a little about gravity (from someone who failed physics) as well as how to angle your body (using your posture). Also, some video content.
Also, I may be biased but this email alone is worth the $5 monthly cost for a whole year
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