Last week I had the privilege and opportunity to train Jiu Jitsu with Marcelo Garcia, Lucas Lepri, Rubens “Cobrinah” Charles, Ryan Hall, Henrique Rezende, and

random black belt in black gi”"”"”" for 2 days (4 training sessions)  This was truly amazing.  Rolling with guys of that caliber really let me see where my game is at

and what I need to improve on.  Sometimes as a MMA fighter or Jiu Jitsu fighter you get in a routine and roll with the same guys and go for the same submissions and get

the same results.  You can get stagnant in your game.  Every once in a while it is good to get away and train with people who have different styles than yourself and your

school.  Its definitely a rare opportunity to train with World Champions, but you can get “different” training partners every now and again.  On October 1st I am inviting

all the Jiu Jitsu Schools in Tampa to come to our open mat at 12 noon.  This is going to be great for everyone and let everyone get fresh new rolling with new people.

In Jiu Jitsu it’s all about repetitions.  Repetitions of techniques and rolling.  In order to be good at defense you have to have repetitions defending all the submissions.  For example, if in your

school the deep half guard isn’t taught then you have no experience in defending it.  Now you go out and train with different people who specialize in it and they attempt it when rolling then you learn

what to do.  If you are in the area and train Jiu Jitsu or MMA in Tampa and would like to join us please feel free.  See you all on the mats.