The Q/A session with Professor Burns is live in the classroom. You need to be at level 2 in order to watch it. Please engage with the community to get likes needed to level up. Lesson content: 1:15 @Dan Chubb Where does Rickson want his Jiu Jitsu to go in the future? 6:00 @Vanessa Torres Knee on belly ( knee on hip ) 13:50 Professor @Vinicius Fonseca How to teach mixed levels of experience in one class? 27:07 Professor @Clay Cox Video of kid being choked out with standing RNC 28:38 @John Lang Future Rickson self defense certification 34:30 @Alex Marrero Defending your guard against a large partner 41:00 @Alex Hall Deficiencies of body wrap mount escape 49:50 @Jordan Hamm Back and injury rehabilitation 59:30 @Mark Gonzales Professor Dave Kama headlock escape Link to classroom: https://www.skool.com/defendyourself/classroom/b4067db7?md=e94b61b50c5043028f99682d7a27682b

Congrats @Alexis de Bretagne and thank you for being a contributor to this community and helping others. Here is a closed guard sweep dilemma for you. Thanks @Chris Burns for showing me the ways of the internet 👊

Have you ever had a lesson with Rickson before? If so tell us about it. What did you think of your lesson?

What's everyone's everyday carry? I had my CHL but let it expire and carry a small knife every once in awhile. Pretty lax gun and knife laws where I live but most places I want to visit and carry ban firearms and have metal detectors.

I have been dealing with low back pain and sciatica for many years, starting with CrossFit which I quit and then went to Functional Patterns. Then I started jiu jitsu 2 years ago more or less and started getting pain flare ups. What I have been dealing with mostly lately is sciatica. My last bout on my right leg was finally 98 percent gone and I was feeling great but during a hard spar on Friday I was taken down by my opponent and crashed on my hip on the mat. I didn’t feel much at the time but by Friday afternoon the sciatica is now present in my left leg. I know it’s important to spar but being in pain stinks and I am less able to defend myself while injured. I’m curious to hear from others about how they deal with injuries and keep the long term goal of being strong and healthy and able to defend themselves vs testing learned skills by sparring. Right now I think I’m going to take a long break from hard sparring, at least from stand up, I think it’s better to train takedowns and takedown defenses by drilling for now vs sparring.