Professor Jared Jessup

09/18/2025

🚨 Mastermind Alert — Guard Bottom III: 2-on-1 Mini System 🚨

Date & Time: Friday, September 19th @ 12 PM (CDT)
Topic: Principled 2-on-1 from guard bottom—control, break posture, attack in chains.

4 Key Points We’ll Train
• ✅ 2-on-1 Control & Preservation
• ✅ Angle & Centerline Dominance
• ✅ Sweep / Submit / Back-Take Chains
• ✅ Retention, Resets & Re-entries

Show up ➡ level up ➡ make your 2-on-1 inevitable. Blue belts & above only.

Need access? If you’re a blue belt or higher and not yet in the Mastermind, apply here

➜ https://www.iqselfdefense.com/iq-master-class

💔👀 Missed one? All past Masterminds are archived in the iQ App under Mastermind Trainings (approved members).

See you Friday—let’s turn your 2-on-1 into a system, not a scramble.
— Jared

06/26/2025

🚨 🚨 iQ Mastermind Announcement – Headlock Defense Mastery 🚨

Date & Time: Friday, June 27th @ 12 PM (CDT)

Topic: Mastering Headlock Defenses – often overlooked but critical for real-world self-defense and safety.

Headlocks slip through the cracks of many curricula—often neglected in tournament-focused training, yet absolutely vital for street self-defense scenarios. In this session, you’ll learn:

Pressure Management
• ✅ Neutralize headlock pressure to create openings

Structural Positioning
• ✅ Re-posture & establish frames even under crushing torque

Principle Integration
• ✅ Leverage core principles (alignment, leverage, connection, structure) that underpin every escape—ensuring your defenses are efficient, controlled, and you are impossible flatten under pressure

Offensive Transitions
• ✅ Turn defense into offense, a systematic approach with complimentary techniques.

Show up ➡ level up ➡ use headlocks to your advantage! Blue belts & above only.

🔔 Mastermind #5 has just dropped in the training portal for all approved applicants—check it out now if you’ve applied and have access!

Need access? If you’re a blue belt or higher and not yet in the Mastermind, apply here ➜ https://www.iqselfdefense.com/iq-master-class

All practitioners welcome regardless of affiliation 🙌🙌

See you Friday on the mat—let’s make headlock safety second nature.

— Jared

11/20/2024

05/01/2024

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