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Friends - sorry for the lack of updates last month. Work has me in the lockdown and, where I used to be able to do some quick updates throughout the day, the dynamic has changed a little and this is not often possible anymore.And needless to say straight ...
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This week at the academy we are training under Xande Ribeiro - one of our association heads and BJJ legends. Xande is spending 6 days in Toronto teaching afternoon and evening classes through until Saturday (afternoon). Classes include Ginastica Natural i...
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Our friend Vernon who put together the awesome Jiu Jitsu University Mind Map has produced this new video highlighting Toronto BJJ's Womens Team.
As well as our head instructors Professor Britto and Eduardo Dib (2 of Gracie Tijuca's exports), the girls ...
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I checked the divisions for Grapplers Quest to find out what will work best for me. I have already made the decision to fight in the 'Executive' division (30-39 yr old) but I was a bit surprised by the weight categories.
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If there is one thing people love it is a fight with a dramatic storyline. And we have one of those that could be one of the biggest Jiu Jitsu fights Canada has ever seen. Maybe even North America.I think the guys over at Grapplers Quest have summed it up...
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Do you remember an article I wrote about your Jiu Jitsu DNA? I also wrote an entry called 'If you can't beat them' (which Sam Sheridan, Author of A Fighters Mind commented on). I truly believe in what I wrote. Especially in the DNA article about the essen...
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I had higher hopes for Bravado than going out again in the first fight by points but somewhere in the soul searching that comes after a loss will be a lesson that better prepares me for my next tournament.Mental preparation and finding a way to 'flick the...
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I just reported on facebook that Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles beat Shane Rice by Bow and Arrow Choke at Canadian Submission Expo 2010 after being up 9-2 on points.
Which reminded me that this time last year at trhe same event Professor Britto made his Ca...
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I lost some footage of the first few weeks of my training program because a camera died but we pick things up again in week 4. 1 week before the next local tournament and just over a month and a half away from Grapplers Quest Canada..
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Nicole Dinn, MSc, BKin, CSCS, PFLC
About Nicole:Nicole a strength coach specializing in neuroscience and biomechanics of movement. Her research interests include gait, postural control, biomechanical analysis of sport techniques, and neuromuscular con...
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Nicole Dinn, my strength and conditioning coach, has been training me fore the past 4 weeks in a sports specific program as I get ready to compete at Grapplers Quest. Check out her breakdown of what we have been working on and why.
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As Andre Dida was trying to work a head and arm choke on me from mount I was sure there was probably an easier way to spend my Friday evening. But really I was loving every minute of it as moments before Professor Britto called me to train with Andre I ha...
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Recently I have been back behind the turntables after a 6 year hiatus from DJ'ing and was lucky enough to be invited out to Saskatoon Saskatchewan to join my old friends and play at a 'rave' (Yes they still happen out there)
I thought I would share...
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Everybody learns Jiu Jitsu differently. One of my team mates, Vernon Kee, has taken a very unique approach to assisting his studying by creating a 'Mind Map' for Jiu Jitsu University - Saulo Ribeiro's book and basically Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu's curriculum.Acco...
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A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the opportunity I had to help a kid in Indiana get into BJJ. His Mom had contacted me and was wondering if Jiu jitsu would be beneficial for him as he suffers from Aspergers syndrome (associated with Autism) which ...
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Hey guys - sorry I have not been on the updates as regular over the last few weeks - I had a few projects on the go at work and off the mats which have been absorbing alot of my time but I am hopefully coming to the end of that busy spell and I will get b...
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