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