by Murat Karadenizli | Aug 5, 2022 | Academy News
To achieve your goals, you set yourself by training Jiu-Jitsu. The most critical attribute to have is persistence. People will point to all kinds of virtues amongst athletes. Being strong, fast etc., is a virtue, but the one indispensable virtue is PERSISTENCE— the...
by Murat Karadenizli | Aug 3, 2022 | Academy News
The more off-centre you get – the better it gets: In most cases in jiu-jitsu nothing good happens when you’re directly in front of opponents. The idea is almost always to get an angle that enables you to get the advantage of a flank. Going in through the front...
by Murat Karadenizli | Jul 11, 2022 | Academy News
Learning together: Jiu-jitsu is PERFORMED as an individual but it is PRACTICED as a group. This has deep consequences for all of us. One of the more obvious effects of group learning is that subjectively you never really feel like you’re getting much better as time...
by Murat Karadenizli | Jun 20, 2022 | Academy News
Do you know how those new white belts have just one gear when it comes to training – fast and furious? Yeah, well, that’s because they’re inexperienced and don’t know any better. For, one of the best markers that someone is becoming an “expert” in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...
by Murat Karadenizli | Jun 15, 2022 | Academy News
John Danaher Goes Deep Into The Value of Training with Lower Belts Carlson Gracie said: “If you want to be a lion, you have to train with lions” Many people understand that as meaning that all your training should be with people that can defeat you and that will make...
