Exalt Jiu-Jitsu

05/28/2026

Story time with Coach Ev

05/26/2026

Working some John Wick for Fun

05/23/2026

Unbelievable good time with Chad and Kirk. Today we met and trained with Legend and Newly Promoted GrandMaster Rigan Machado. In the History of Jiu-Jitsu there have been ruffly 50 Red Belts and about a dozen are still here with us.
Learning techniques from the legends is cool but for me I enjoy listening to the story's and History of this amazing art just as much.
I wish Jiu-Jitsu was something everyone could experience. Its one of the most challenging and rewarding gifts you can ever give yourself.

05/22/2026

05/20/2026

2 BlackBelts 1 BrownBelt & 1 WhiteBelt = a great time of questions, passing ideas, teachings from different lineages and rolls with everyone. Takedowns were on the menu. The JiuJitsu Community in the Valley and surrounding areas is pretty awesome one.

05/13/2026

Today, Exalt Jiu-Jitsu had the amazing opportunity to share Jiu-Jitsu with the team at Just Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it was truly a wonderful experience.

I hope all the associates, along with everyone who joined us online, were able to take something positive away from it. One of the greatest things about Jiu-Jitsu is watching people’s minds open up to the reality that they can defend themselves.
You don’t have to be the strongest person in the room, the toughest person in the room, or some elite athlete to survive and protect yourself. Jiu-Jitsu was made for everybody, and that’s what makes it so special to me.

I love sharing that message and introducing people to something that can truly build confidence, awareness, discipline, and self-belief. Seeing people say, “I like this,” and genuinely connect with the art is always an incredible feeling.
Big shout out to my guy Kirk for coming with me and helping demonstrate everything. I truly appreciate you, brother.

Can’t wait until we do it again. Today was an amazing day.
Shouting out Just Born!
Exalt Jiu-Jitsu baby… LET’S GO!

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05/05/2026

The longer you’re in Jiu-Jitsu, the more you start to realize something.
You don’t need more techniques, you need less.

When you’re a white belt, you want to learn everything.
Every guard, every pass, every submission. You’re constantly trying to absorb it all just to survive.
As a blue belt, you’re still traveling down the same rabbit hole of more techniques.
But somewhere around purple, things start to slow down.
Brown belt becomes refinement
and by black belt, you realize:
You’ve learned a lot, but only use a little.

Even the greats have said it.
Roger Gracie talked about having a small number of moves he relied on. 10 moves was Rogers number.
My professor, Rich Latta, says he’s got five.
Not because he doesn’t know more,
but because those are his guaranteed reactions under pressure.
And that’s where Hick’s Law comes in.
The more options you have, the slower your reaction time becomes.
Under pressure, you don’t rise to what you know, you fall back on what you’ve repeated the most.
That’s why in real situations, especially self defense situations?
you don’t have time to think “What move should I use?”
You just have time to react.
If you’ve trained too many options without enough reps, people generally freezes "Hicks Law"

So now I’m asking myself as a coach,
Am I giving my students too much?
Because maybe the better way isn’t more techniques per class,
maybe it’s less techniques and
more reps.

I’m starting to understand why some schools stay on one position for a week and even months.
Because mastery doesn’t come from variety, it comes from repetition under pressure.

So moving forward, I’m simplifying things.
You don’t need 100 moves to defend yourself.
You need a few that never fail you.

Coach Ev

I'd like to thank my Professor's Rich Latta, Jay Are, and Issac on their insight. I'd also like thank Professor Omar Crushschank for his insight.
Along with all the Older Coral Belts and such with countless years of wisdom that Ive listened to and been influenced by over the years.

04/30/2026

Wanna welcome my guy Baron Vanderburg to Exalt Jiu-Jitsu. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Can't wait to see how far you go.