SLL Grappling Academy

10/05/2024

Phoenix rising…

05/03/2022

Best BJJ analogy of all time.

04/21/2022

Don’t worry. I will never teach you this or expect anyone to do it! Haha

04/04/2022

08/29/2021

Here’s some footage of SLL crew at Saigon Sports Club’s - Saigon Open back in 2018!

08/28/2021

https://youtu.be/_2oP-IonW00

08/28/2021

https://youtu.be/_2oP-IonW00

08/16/2021

False Positives?

Over the last year I’ve been hearing the term “false positive” used more and more in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teaching world escpecially with regard to submissions. As an example the instructor will say, “you should not tap to this foot lock because there is a stupid-easy escape called such-and-such that you can do to get out.” While I agree that there is an escape that may be called such-and-such or this-and-that for nearly every position and submission in the market the beginner should never be put in a position where they feel they will be judged for tapping to a submission. No matter what level a practioner is if their escape route is inferior to their opponent’s submission path that submission should be classified as a “true positive.”

The bottom line: tap when you feel you are caught.

08/12/2021

Lesson after the lesson: If you tell a group of kids to attack you all-at-once they will do so with great enthusiasm.

08/11/2021

https://youtu.be/vawVfV11tDA

Learning techniques are import but sometimes it is refreshing for white belts to learn concepts that they can play with universally in their game. In this v...

08/03/2021

Pair your sweeps with submissions.

07/24/2021

BJJ is an exploration thru space and time.