During Q&A Professor James showed how to escape from cross body side control. Great details on using your shoulder position. Looking forward to learning more at Saturday's Q&A sessions.

If you have had a class with me or you’ve learned something from me that helped you, I would be grateful to hear about your experience. Doesn’t have to be long. What did you like about what you learned and how did it benefit you? What was your experience like? I would also love to hear about anything that I could do better. Thank you, it means a lot if you take the time. I know you are all busy. ❤️

This week in training, let’s all take 30 seconds after each training round to review what happened during that round. What went well and what went wrong? This practice will serve you well when you are trying to decide what to focus on learning.

Welcome to Defend Yourself. Im glad you’re here. As Rickson Gracie's uke (assistant), I am lucky and grateful to be guided by the GOAT 🐐 on a daily basis. I encourage you to share your experience as well so that we all may learn from and support each other. Step 1: Please introduce yourself by commenting on this post. Share your rank, your martial arts experience, a photo if you like, and where you train. Step 2: Click here to enter the "Get Started Classroom."