december 26, 2008 LAST POST FOR THE YEAR!

Training at Haueters' was great this morning! Charlie, Beth Ann, Marco, Jim, Max, and I went up and trained and had a BLAST! we trained with Chris' guys and gals and they are tough cookies especially Brown Belt, Melissa! Chris taught his preferred guard pass with great detail.

Reminder: NO CLASS THIS SUNDAY, DEC 28

WE WILL HAVE CLASSES on Monday and Tuesday, Dec 29 & 30.

NO CLASSES ON WED AND THURS, DEC 31 & JAN 1

back to regular schedule Fri, Jan 2 @ 4pm

Hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and I want to wish everyone A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

BE SAFE AND LET'S HAVE A GREAT 2009!

-Michio

December 21-23, 2008

Hi guys!

check out the Chris Haueter audio interview from Dec 19. Lots of wisdom, insight, and advice. It's about 20 min long. I listened to it three times already not counting the original interview and lots of light bulbs lit up for me. Chris has been doing Jiu-Jitsu 20+ years and has been around the block, so to speak. I encourage you to take the time and listen to it. It'll help you grow.

Speaking of growing...I tell my student that I hope that they're doing Jiu-Jitsu to improve. What this means is that in training, you're always looking to expand and add new things so you're never "One dimensional." So, in training, when you are trying new techniques and ideas you make yourself vulnerable and what this means, you're probably going to "Tap" because you're going to make mistakes but that's ok because the point of training is to improve. You Improve by learning. So, when you "Tap", you ask yourself "what happened? then you look for corrections, you learn and you improve your game.

I am so fortunate to have Chris as my instructor. His coaching is invaluable. I have had tremendous jumps in my game and I certainly will pass this along to my students. What makes him such a good coach? Like he says in his interview, PASSION! ENOUGH SAID.

Another man that I would like to mention is Russ Whitaker. I have never met a man with as much honesty and integrity that he puts forth. Russ is such a busy guy and so involved that my only gripe is that I wish I could coach him more often in Jiu-Jitsu. I feel that he would be a Champion! Everyone loves Russ and we are so Happy that he is part of our team! This guy is a Stud!

It's going to be a short week in training this week. Only Sun, Mon, and Tues. Today, we started details of concepts & principles of the closed guard. The attack we're going for this week is the Omo Plata (shoulder lock with the legs.) Not only a great technique but a great position because it gives the attacker an angle as well as creating scrambles. That is when you catch a good grappler is off scrambles and if you're well versed in those situations, you'll have the advantage.

Kenny Jewel helped me with the audio interview with Chris this last Fri. He is a great guy and I want to say thanks! He has his own web site, Grappletv.com. Please check it out when you get the time. the site has interviews, techniques, products, and so much more.

Hey Guys, I know that it's Christmas season but tournament season is right around the corner. So, don't slack off in your training. I am heading up to train with Chris again this Fri and will take a handful of students with me. Let me know if you're interested in going. Do as much as you can to improve! The more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it. That's the truth! Merry X-Mas!

-Michio

Dec 14-19 training

First, congratulations to Eric Black on his Blue Belt promotion on Monday, the 15th! He's been training a little over two years and is an absolute beast on the mat! He has diligently put more effort into bringing up his bottom game of guard control and side mount escapes that along with his top game, puts him in the official category of "Jiu-Jitsu Beast!"

This week, again, we're putting more emphasize on guard control and attack. Sunday, we started with controlling and attacking with an overhook from the closed guard. Monday, we spent time on attacking with bent arm locks from the bottom and we'll continue throughout the rest of the week on elaborating those positions.

We put up more chokes (no-gi), on our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique section. So, check it out when you get the time!

I still have some injuries that I'm working through, so I have to modify a lot of my strength training and cut back a lot on my mat time which bums me out! but hey, I STILL LOVE IT! I'm planning on heading up to train with Chris Haueter again this Fri and I'm looking forward, as usual to training with him!

Next week will be a short week for training...only having classes on Sun, Mon, and Tues. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

training Dec 7-12

Training was GREAT this week! We did a lot of guard control and defending the guard pass. We have guys on the team that are making huge jumps in their game! The stand outs this week, in my mind were Ben Blakesly, Andy Atkinson, and Andrew Lowen! These guys really show heart, work ethic, and dedication!

I went up to train with Chris this morning and I got a lot of one on one with him. The guy is great! I also got to train with Rob Casey. this guy is tough! I had a great time .

Dec 1-Dec 5, 08

Had a great Thanksgiving...ate too much and took a few days off of Jiu-Jitsu training. For myself, I got a lot of heavy strength training in. working through some injuries but still got it done! I want to congratulate Ryan Grandon for his promotion on Dec 1 to the Purple Belt! He's been training for over 5 years and he's a stud on the mat! Good guy for sure.

This year has gone by fast but we still have one more month to make some big gains in our Jiu-Jitsu game! This week, we're going to push the drills, focusing on guard control, Top and Bottom. We also started a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques section on our web site so check it out when you get a chance. We're going to put up some new techniques once every 7-10 days so check back often. These will be techniques that we use at the Team Magnitude Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

Nov 16-21

Missed training on Mon, Nov 17...everyone threw me a surprise B-Day party! I was taking the night off and Charlie was supposed to teach...but then I get this text message from him, "EMERGENCY! COME TO CLASS!" I was shocked! I got to class in a hurry, only to find everyone gathered at the Pizza Factory next door...throwing me a surprise B-Day party!!! WHOA! It was fun though! We all had a good time. Tues, Wed, Thurs were tough classes. Everyone was working hard and got a lot of good training in.

My friend, Sam Kressin and I went up to train at Chris Haueter place this morning. there were only seven of us there so we didn't do any technique just lots of mat time and some mock matches to train our competition Jiu Jitsu energy. If I remember correctly, there were 3 Black Belts, 3 Brown Belts, and one Purple Belt, so nothing was easy! everyone definitely knew what they were doing. But man, we had so much fun! I loved listening to Chris' anectodes and his sense of humor always has me cracking up!

I then trained with our class in the afternoon and the energy of the room was great! Everyone worked hard and we had so much fun at the same time! So, all in all, for me, today was a BLAST! I got in two training sessions with good friends that all loved Jiu Jitsu...can't get any better than that!

Next week, we're only training Sun-Wed, then off for the weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving!

training Nov 9-Nov 14

Started closed guard review on Sunday. Since most of the students on Sunday had a good amount of experience, we started breaking down techniques with much more detail and putting them into a flow pattern in accordance with partners resistence.

On Monday, we promoted Jeremy Lazenby to Blue Belt. He's one student that has a very good closed guard game. Two years of training under his belt, he's very respectful and loves his Jiu Jitsu!

Monday's training, we ran the pipe with the single leg in a way that we avoided a potential guillotine. Then we did drills on the high single leg defense. On the ground we went into detail on closed guard control and getting to the overhook. From the overhook in the closed guard we attacked with a triangle to sweep and then if the sweep wasn't there, we attacked with a shoulder lock and then to the traditional triangle.

The rest of the week we're going to focus on the single leg, attack and defense. Also, closed guard attack and control.

November is off to a good start! Classes are full of energy and we are all looking forward to making a jump in our Jiu Jitsu game!

Training Nov 1-8, 2008

This week's training we are going to focus on arm drag variations and set-ups. Also work some snag singles and level changes. On Sunday we started with the inside step arm drag and arm drags to single and double legs. It's cool how the arm drags set up leg attacks. The guys that are brand new to arm drags have to really go slow to get the coordination down. I bet you will be really surprised at how much detail goes into the arm drag but it's a great technique. On the ground, we are focusing on transitioning to the mount and attacking from the mount. I am also giving the guys "homework" assignments. I want them to come back at the end of the week with 2-3 favorite techniques from 2 attacking positions. I'm curious to see who brings what.

Congrats to Daniel Smith on his Blue Belt Promotion! He has been training for a little over two years and is a huge asset to the team! Way to go man!

Oct 26-Nov 1, 2008

We have been doing a lot of standing grappling lately. In our warmup we also include pummeling and break falls to help us get in stand up mode.
We have been working on flying mares "no gi" and drop seonagis "gi". We also do other throws to compliment those other double knee drop throws. Cool Stuff!
On the ground we focused on top side control with some brutal chokes both gi and no gi. No gi: we did variations of arm triangle chokes and guillotines. With a gi: we did cross lapel chokes from side control and some set ups from north south position.

Catching up on some over due promotions...Congrats to Marco Alvarado, Ray Sloan, Connor Drury on their promotions to Blue Belt at the beginning of the month. These guys, each, have been training for a little over two years and are tough, tough guys!

Also, Charlie Grant! His promotion to Purple Belt! Chris Haueter says, "Promote that Man!" Yeah, Charlie has slick Jiu Jitsu, if I do say so myself. With a little over five years of training, Jiu Jitsu is his passion.