The mind, our thoughts, and how we express ourselves can lead to our mind playing tricks on us. Experience has helped me anticipate the mind game that gets played. The tricks that your mind can[…]
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Mat Mind 094 Leadership – Coaching Strategies – Embracing the Grind
In this episode of Mat Mind I got to talk with Jeremiah Jarvis about his experiences coaching and competing as a division one wrestler and as an international level wrestler in greco-roman wrestling and freestyle[…]
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Increasing Performance through Meditation & Extreme Temperatures
This year I’ve really gotten in touch with my thoughts through the practice of meditation. I’ve always been into visualization to access creative thinking, sports performance, and brain storming, but have never been into the[…]
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20 minutes of “ME” time Wim Hof Method
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to attend a wim hof workshop in San Francisco with a few friends. I wasn’t sure about the experience going into it, but I knew just meeting Wim[…]
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Flowing and Chaining: Understanding the flow roll
In jiujitsu people practice flow rolling as a type of exercise to warm up, training, or warm down. Flow rolling is the idea of free flowing from move to move with a partner. The exploration of transitions.[…]
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Mat Mind 001 Think Strong Be Strong
Most people stop or hit the wall at about 60-75%. That’s where the mind tells the body to chill. Take for example a weight training session. We plan to do 5 sets of something and[…]
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Training your mind with your actions
“Get comfortable with the uncomfortable” “Everyone will hit a wall, but not everyone will keep moving until they find a way to get over, under, around or through the wall.” If you’ve trained, you know[…]
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Strength or Technique. How do you evaluate yourself?
“Jiu-Jitsu is a game of technique.” An adage you will hear people say if you are around the game long enough. Many times you hear someone explaining this fine point to a student who doesn’t[…]
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