How many of you have a family member that also trains? What advice do you have for getting our loved ones to join us? What excuses do you most often hear for not training?

More videos have been added to the "Takedown Course" classroom. The focus is on the single leg takedown.

Here are some rare/lesser-known videos of Master Rickson. I'm always inspired watching these videos. I hope you enjoy them. RICKSON GRACIE, The Soul That Is Inherited (2015) https://youtu.be/baW5BbBMsW8?si=wfKmZMCQx5gRy08z RICKSON GRACIE (Chop Suey 2001) https://youtu.be/d1UACP9drSs?si=plT15Y_4r1IzeZTl Helio speaks to Rickson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpUdA2LkOMw Rickson Gracie & Foundation Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEZ3IP_jSGQ Citizens of Humanity - Rickson Gracie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQJdRBQfdbc

This week, insist on winning the battle for the undertook. Underhooks are gold. They give you control over shoulder rotation and linear movement along the spinal axis toward the feet. Side control, back control, mount, half guard, butterfly guard, standing clinch. All made easier by winning the underhook. Double unders is often such an advantage that a small person can control a large person easily in many situations.

Who is the smoothest person you’ve rolled with and what made them feel that way? Mine was Mica Galvao and Henry Akins. Two different styles!! With Mica I always felt late, and with Henry (though it was positional) I felt like I couldn’t even get things going. Great experiences that I learned a lot from!