I recently had a conversation with Gary about the reasons various people do jiu-jitsu. Some are there to learn to defend themselves. Others are into the competition aspect. Still others do it simply as a form of exercise. It got me thinking as to why I do it. And specifically why I do Gracie Jiu-Jitsu [...]

Something I have always struggled with is this concept of learning to relax while sparring. It is always easy to relax and practice a technique slowly in class, your training partner is usually as focused on the learning of the technique as you are, so you can take your time and make sure you have [...]