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🥋Would You Pay 50 Bucks A Year To Keep Your Belt?
... and have you ever hit a training plateau?
Welcome back to Tap Nap & Snap - the newsletter that won’t charge you an annual fee of $50 if you open another tab and choose to read another newsletter. Because, well, that’s a bit silly, isn’t it? 😵💫
Rightio - here’s what we’ve got today:
Some takedown lessons from a master of the craft 🧙♂️
IBJJF is running out of clean athletes to give a medal to 😬
Seth Daniels is a new man and promises to do better ✅
Before We Hit The Mats … 🤼
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QUESTION TIME
What Keeps You Up At 2 am?
When you first start BJJ and get the bug, it’s all you can talk about. Even the cross-fitters and vegans want you to give it a rest. 🙄
You’re meeting great people, you’re learning cool new stuff, and you’re getting fitter and stronger to boot - what’s not to love?
And then, all of a sudden - everything kinda grinds to a halt…
Nothing is linking together anymore, and it seems like you aren’t getting anywhere now. You might even feel sore constantly, and even just getting to class can be a real chore.
But you still love it, right? So what gives? Well, my friend - you may have just hit The BJJ PlateauTM
Don’t fret, this is a common experience, and if you stick it out - it will likely pass. I haven’t met anyone who’s been in the game for the longer term who hasn’t experienced it on some level.
So, this week, we want to know if you’ve experienced the dreaded training plateau yet. And if so - have you got any tips for those of us currently going through it … or yet to go through it? 📝
This week’s big question ⬇️
Have You Hit The BJJ Plateau? |
The last poll’s results:
Last time we asked you - “What Is The Best Combat Sports Movie Of All Time?”
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🥊 Rocky
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🥋 Karate Kid
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🐉 Enter The Dragon
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦵 Bloodsport
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🔥 Kill Bill
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🐢 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 😆 Rush Hour
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🙏 Ip Man
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇹🇭 Ong Bak
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 📝 Other ... (write in and tell us)
Jean Claude Van Damme - take a bow. Bloodsport takes the win here by a strong margin 💪
Hopefully, JCVD is off somewhere on a tropical beach enjoying the fruits of his successful movie career - and not still hiding from ex-UFC Champion Cody Garbrandt 😬
We also had a couple of other solid contenders put forward from the crowd, and I have to agree - John Wick goes hard 🔥
WHATS HAPPENING?
This Weeks Tap’s ✋, Nap’s 🥱 & Snap’s
We hear you. Time is money 💰 - you want your BJJ news, but you’ve got sh*t to do 📝 … those training partners won’t tap themselves. Let’s get it 👇
1.) THE SPICY ACAI SAGA CONTINUES 😬: as the IBJJF can’t find a clean athlete and is comparatively starting to make the Tour De France look nice and natty.
You might remember in the last edition, Fellipe Andrew & Yatan Bueno scored multi-year bans and lost their gold medals due to booting up a bit of the ol’ muscle juice.
Well, Pedro Alex was the guy in 2nd place behind Yatan and must have been punching the air as they announced he’d now be awarded the gold … until they tested him, that is.
Yep. Him too. And probably a bunch more. 🤷 → more here.
2.) THE DEATH THREAT DAYS ARE OVER 🙅♂️: if we are to believe the latest Instagram confessions of Seth Daniels…
You might remember Seth from his previous shenanigans, such as putting his training partner to sleep in his instructional video or sending Craig Jones death threats before CJI.
Well, according to Mr. Daniels - he’s turned a new leaf. He’s not only vowing to do better but is also thankful to Craig and his other frenemies for calling him out and helping him be a better person.
Life comes at you quick sometimes, huh? 👀 → more here.
3.) INFLATION GONNA FLATE 📈: - especially if you’ve received a coloured belt under Nick Stefan.
In a recent post that is causing quite a stir, it seems that ex-students of Stefan’s Gracie Carlsbad & Gracie San Marcos gyms are being asked to pay a $50 annual fee to have their belt recognised … or else he will switch off their skills? 🤷
No one seems quite sure what he’s up to here - many are defending his move as he’s a well-respected black belt under Rigan Machado, and many more are just saying it’s a straight cash grab 💰. Would you pay it? → more here.
The Quick Hitters ⚾️
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The Weekly Fix
In the last edition, Joey walked us through a protocol we can use to stay sharp when we inevitably pick up some kind of BJJ-related injury.
This week, JT showed us some simple exercises to stay strong and stable in our passing and top game! 💪
Best Exercises For BJJ Top Game Stability:
From defending sweeps to developing butter-smooth passing 🧈 - being stronger and more stable on your feet will always do good things for your BJJ.
Building this strength doesn’t require a fancy gym membership or a professional coach either - you just need something heavy like a kettlebell, dumbell or the existential weight of life gym bag full of rocks!
Truthfully, these are some of the best exercises for any grappler’s strength routine - even all of you guard pullers. Check it out ☝️
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WHAT’S SO FUNNY?
The Meme Open Mat:
Just because they’re featherweight doesn’t mean they’re ‘light’ 🪶👇…
Your worst fears reflected back at you…
You won’t find these guys at a Gracie Barra…
Changing the world, one spoon at a time…
You like memes huh!? (of course you do). Well, we have bucketloads 🪣 of premium, high-grade OG memes for you to share with your BJJ crew…
LET’S GET TECHNICAL
The Good Option:
I’ll be the first to admit ✋ - my stand-up game is … average at best. 😬
It’s definitely not my strong suit, but I’m always very impressed, nay, inspired, when I see an absolute takedown artist at work.
And there’s not many better than Justin JFlo Torres.
As an Olympic-level judoka and world-class coach, Justin's instructional work and takedown flows for both Gi & No-Gi jiujitsu are super slick to watch.
This short clip 👇 is a narrated session of him and his student, Dom Bell, getting a round in and dialling in their technique and timing.
It really makes me want to get way better at takedowns… one day 👀
Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇
The Not-So-Good Option:
Getting your BJJ blue belt is an epic achievement, and there are many great ways to celebrate it! 🎉
You could hit the next open mat to try and give a fresh purple belt a scare? You could get a tattoo about the ground being an ocean and you being a shark? You could even disappear completely and never come back? 🤷 #classic
Or … maybe, just maybe - you could use your new belt to choke yourself out before anyone else gets the chance? Each to their own hey? 🤦👇
YOU WIN, WE WIN!
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All we ask for is that you share our newsletter with some of the other BJJ savages in your circle - we will even give you heaps of cool stuff to say thanks! ⬇️
…with more to come!
How'd We Go?Are we on the money? Or are we lacking some pizzazz? The rule is though - if you think we missed the mark, you've gotta write in and let us know why. It's only fair! |
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