Professor Jon Thomas delivers a very insightful and technical conversation. He covers injury management, improving your weaker areas, guard retention, conditioning for BJJ and much more! Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- His start in BJJ
- Age of Empires
- His nickname
- The lanky body type and how to apply it
- Injuries
- Trusting your judgement with training
- The attributes needed to be an effective competitor
- Formatting your training to achieve the skills you need
- His mindset in competition
- Natural intuitions people have for Jiu-Jitsu
- Improving your weaker areas
- How drilling without resistance can hinder your game
- Spider Guard: The chink in many practitioners’ armor
- The 4 aspects to not getting your guard passed
- The phases of different positions
- Conditioning your body for Jiu-Jitsu
- Finding what mentally stimulates you to keep motivated
- Thinking of rolling as a series of mini games
- Competition tactics
- Jiu-Jitsu in the Scandinavian countries
- His plans for the future