Fitness
- The 4 Stages of Acquiring Skill Sets
- Sciatica and the Sciatic Nerve
- Foot Beats Face: Mat Awareness and Safety in BJJ
- 10 Ways to Inject Positivity Into Your BJJ Community
- Combating Entitlement: You Have a Black Belt In Jiu Jitsu, Not Life
- How to Train BJJ With a More Experienced Practitioner (Or at Least This One)
- 5 Skills You Need to Compete Effectively in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Tough Lessons From My Teacher: Learning to Value Our Learning
- The 4 Stages of Skill Acquisition
- Pursuing Your Athletic Passion: Are the Trade-offs Worth It?
- 3 Important Questions to Help Recalibrate Your Training Focus
- 5 Outstanding People I’ve Met Thanks to BJJ
- A New Normal: The Quirks of an Athletic Lifestyle
- Guilty! 5 BJJ Photo Crimes You Will Recognize
- How Do You Place a Value on Expertise?
- Open Your Mind and Say Yes to Your Coach
- Keep Walking: Using Your Physical Fitness for the Smaller Good
- The Science of BJJ: How Grappling Makes Its Own Natural Laws
- 4 Ways Submission Grapplers Can Apply Wrestling Concepts to Their Practice
- On Not Giving a S%&# About BJJ: Don’t Judge
- Is Jiu Jitsu for You? You Decide
- On %$#@ing Up and Then Moving On: The Importance of Perspective in Athletics and Life
- Are We There Yet? The Role of Anticipation in Training
- Being Present: How to Give Yourself the Best Present Ever
- The Dark Teatime of the Roll: When Training Gets Derailed
- Jiu Jitsu Physics: When Grappling Particles (and Partners) Collide
- 6 Months Later: How to Be a Force For Good in Grappling and in the World
- 5 Ways Doing Karaoke Can Benefit Your BJJ Training
- A Hotter Mess Than I Thought: 5 More Things I Wish I Had Known When I First Started Training BJJ
- May I Make an Observation? The Benefit of Letting Our Senses Do the Work
- 5 Things I Wish I Had Known When I First Started Training BJJ
- Why Just Do It? The Inspirational and Daunting Impact of the Mundial
- Great Expectations: The Truth about Gender Stereotypes in Grappling
- Life’s a Journey and Practice, Practice, Practice: Interview with Yoga Instructor Jen Whinnen
- The Secret Pact of the BJJ Fistbump
- More Is More: What If We Believe There’s Enough to Go Around?
- How to Take Useful Notes in BJJ Class
- Feel Me Flow: Deconstructing “Let’s Just Go Light”
- Read about Read: Andrew Enters Spartan Ultra Beast Mode
- It’s Up to Her: Professional Athlete Phaidra Knight Controls Her Destiny
- A Book Review, Interview, and Conversation with MMA Journalist Brian D’Souza
- Merging Selves: My Continued Development as a Grappler and Its Larger Meaning
- The BJJ “Beatdown” – When and How to Smash a Newbie
- Telltale Signs You’re Dealing with a Grappler
- How to Own Your Training: A Personal Example
- Time on the Injured List Is Inevitable: How We Survive It Is a Choice
- From the Experts: How to Attract and Retain Women in BJJ
- The 5 Critical Responsibilities of the Grappling Student
- In The Course of Grappling Events: Certain Unalienable Rights in BJJ
- Intellectual Property and Citation of Sources: Who “Owns” BJJ?
- Having It All: How to Cram Training, Working, and Life into Every Day
- Pushing the Envelope: How Each Generation Builds the BJJ Evolution
- A Love Letter to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- The Soundtrack of Life: 10 Songs to Grapple By
- More on Gender and Jiu Jitsu: Why Acting Like a “Man” Might Be a Good Thing
- Gender and Jiu Jitsu: Helping Men Understand Newbie Women
- It’s the Art: How an in-the-Moment Decision Continues to Pay Dividends
- Show Respect to Earn Respect: Prioritize Doing the Right Thing
- Women’s Grappling Camp: We Come In Peace
- How Dennis Bermudez Prepares for a UFC Fight
- Surviving (Socially) the Beginner Phase of BJJ
- Prioritize and Let Prioritize: Respecting Decisions You May Not Understand
- The Tips of the Icebergs: Why You Should Thank Your Grappling Coaches and Heroes
- When It’s NOT All Right to Cry
- Successive Approximations: What the Berimbolo Taught Me About Learning
- Letting Go vs. Giving Up: When You Don’t Get What You Want
- Escalation of Commitment: How We Justify Bad Behavior
- When Trust Is Broken: How to Pick Up the Pieces
- Understanding Why I Don’t Like to Accept Help
- A (Tongue-in-Cheek) Set of Grappler’s New Year’s Resolutions
- Boys and Big Girls Don’t Cry, Unless They Do
- 4 Keys for Making and Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution
- How to Choose the Right BJJ Coach For You
- I’m Leaving on a Jet Plane, or a Train, or a Boat: 3 Benefits of Traveling for Sports
- Is That Excellence I Smell? We Need the Funk, Gotta Have That Funk
- Camp For Grown-Ups: How Grappling Camp Helps Female Athletes
- Choke: A Movie, a Verb, a Way of Life
- My Name Is Valerie, And I May Be Sexist (But I’m Working on It)
- The Warrior Poet in Action: Poet and MMA Fighter Cameron Conaway, Part 2
- The Development of a Warrior Poet: Poet and MMA Fighter Cameron Conaway, Part 1
- 8 Things Dogs Can Teach Us About Health and Fitness
- Revisiting Bruce Lee and Enter the Dragon
- Opinions Are Like… – 2 Tips for Making the Most of Advice
- Throwing Caution to the Wind: Overcoming Instincts to Progress Athletically
- Developing Self-Awareness: A Messy, Ugly, Five-Step Process
- Duane Stevenson: Coach, Athlete, One Tough Monster
- FightMetric: Where MMA Meets Statistics
- 5 Tips for Losing Your Ego When All About You Are Keeping Theirs
- Caving: My Worst Nightmare Turned Into a Sport
- Chess Boxing: The Sweet Science Meets the Royal Game
- 5 Ways Competition Preparation Is Like College
- Defining Boundaries: How to Enforce Them
- Defining Boundaries: Money, Relationships & Heroes in the Gym
- Defining Boundaries: As Athlete, Teammate, and Human
- Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 2
- Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 1
- Parkour vs. Freerunning & How to Choose a Gym: Interview with Traceur Tim Koren, Part 2
- Getting Started in Parkour: Interview with Traceur Tim Koren, Part 1
- What Is Parkour? Are You Already Doing It?
- The Physiology of a Rear Naked Choke, or: What Happens When You Get Choked Out
- How Parents Can Best Support Their Kids in Athletics
- Introducing Your Kids to Athletic Activity – What to Look For
- Consistent Goals, Evolving Headspace: Interview with Wellness Expert Krista Scott-Dixon, Part 2
- Consistent Goals, Evolving Headspace: Interview with Wellness Expert Krista Scott-Dixon, Part 1
- Training Muay Thai Women: An Interview with Fighter-Coach Roxy Richardson, Part 2
- Muay Thai Evolution: An Interview with Fighter-Coach Roxy Richardson, Part 1
- Camp Is Campy: Why I Love Teaching Women’s Grappling Camp
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 14 – You Think This Story’s Over But It’s Ready to Begin
- Self-Medicating with Athletic Activity: No Prescription Necessary to Take Things Too Far
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 13 – Back To Love
- Move Slowly If You Must, But Move
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 12 – Just That
- Expertly Novice: What Neil Peart Has to Teach Us about BJJ and Life
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 11 – 5 Things I Plan to Do After Worlds
- A Weekend At The Mundials: As Described By Me
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 10 – Prepare to Feel Unprepared
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 9 – Serenity Is Not Just a Joss Whedon Movie
- How Did You Do? The Loadedest of Questions
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 8 – The Not-Training Sessions
- The Hidden Costs of Pursuing a Passion
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 7 – I Got Nothing
- What’s Your Game Face?
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 6 – Back to Work
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 5 – Losing and Winning and Losing
- Competing Against a Friend: Balancing Respect and Competition
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 4 – ‘Twas the Week Before the Abu Dhabi World Pro
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 3 – Competus Interruptus and Second Chances
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 2 – My Inner Voice Has a Big Mouth
- Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 1 – Off to an Inauspicious Start
- But Enough about You: Follow Me On My Competition Journey
- Tell Me How It Happened: The Ways People Find BJJ (or It Finds Them)
- How to Switch BJJ Schools and Not Be a Creonte
- How to Be Coachable: Advice from Expert Coaches
- Love on the Mat: The Story of Lisa, Greg, and BJJ
- An Unabashedly Biased Portrait of UFC Fighter Darren Uyenoyama – Part 2
- An Unabashedly Biased Portrait of UFC Fighter Darren Uyenoyama – Part 1
- Celebrities: They Grapple Just Like Us!
- How to Be a Good Training Partner, Part 2: What to Wear to Grapple
- To Gi or Not To Gi: Differences Between Gi & No-Gi Grappling
- 10 Survival Tips for Visiting a New Grappling Academy
- Owning Your Training, Part 2: Setting Your Own Boundaries
- Owning Your Training: Why a PhD and BJJ Aren’t So Different
- Balance for Grapplers & Humans: Using BJJ Techniques to Balance Life
- Ten Ways to Win Over Your Grappler Friend
- 4 Ways to Be a Good Training Partner: Getting Started in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Interview with Guro Marc Denny of the Dog Brothers, Part 2: The Collective
- Interview with Guro Marc Denny of the Dog Brothers, Part 1: The Individual Experience
- Women’s Grappling Camp Features Multiple-Time World Champion Guest Instructor
- Fight the Freeze: Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite
- Athletic Ability as a Form of Intelligence
- Polar Bear Clubs Provide a Shock to the System
- Curling: A Sport for Weekend Warriors and Olympians Alike
- Being in the Zone: The Flow State in Athletic Endeavors
- Sleep Apnea: Causes and Treatments
- Active Release Techniques Aid in Soft Tissue Maintenance
- Causes and Treatment for Fallen Arches
- How Can Your Fitness Keep You Safe? Interview with Bodyguard – Miguel DeCoste
- The Dog Brothers’ Summer Gathering of the Pack
- What We Know about Handedness
- What’s That Move Called? A Glossary of MMA Terms
- Burpees: A “Love” Story
- Overcoming Loved Ones’ Resistance to Our Lifestyle Improvements
Learn
- How Our Teammates Can Mirror Our Abilities: Athletic Wisdom from an N’SYNC Alum
- Help Me! Even If I Say No Thank You – ESPECIALLY Then
- Own Your Stuff: Intention and Responsibility – The Ultimate Athletic Power Couple
- How Grapplers Celebrate the Holidays: Pretty Much Nothing Is Sacred
- 6 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Private Lesson
- How to Hip Escape: A Fundamental BJJ Movement and a Low-Cost Mode of Transportation
- The Athlete’s Paradox: Feeling Bad to Feel Good
- Can I Get Your Picture? How to Approach a Sports Celebrity
- The Accidental Leader: How Doing Your Thing Can Be Just the Thing
- All Apologies: How Often Is Too Often to Say We’re Sorry?
- I’m Gonna Need to See Some ID – No, Some Other ID
- What Successful Athletes (and People) Know: Don’t Get Too Comfortable
- When You Hurt a Training Partner
- The Jiu-Jitsu Salieri: Giving Back to BJJ
- The PanAms: One of the Big Ones (BJJ Tournaments, That Is)
- Start Small to Learn Big: Learning in Manageable Pieces
- The Gentle Art of Humility: Ego and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Jiu-Jitsu? I Do!
- Preparing for Competition: Psyching up in the Eleventh Hour
- Befriend Your Body: Say No to Overtraining and Say Thank You to Your Body
- Jiu-Jitsu Kryptonite: Is It a Real Phenomenon?
- Insurance for MMA Fighters – It’s Real and It’s Affordable
- Skin Infections—A Look at the Glamorous Side of Grappling
- Tips for Choosing a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
- A Guide for the Novice: Competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Balance for Grapplers & Humans: The Relationships Between Physical & Emotional Balance
- Applying the Belt System to Life & Success – Are You A White or Black Belt?
- The Role of Ego in Jiu Jitsu – and Elsewhere
- Cauliflower Ear: What IS That Stuff?
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Competition-Style: What Happens at a Grappling Tournament
- Five Books That Have Nothing to Do with Fitness – That Have a Lot to Do with Fitness
- Keeping Competition Healthy
Reviews
- Book Review: “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way” by Dan Buettner
- Book Review: “Way of the Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman
- Book Review: “The Science of Skinny” by Dee McCaffrey
- Book Review: “Inside the Box” by TJ Murphy
- Val Worthington’s Holiday Wish List
- Book Review: “The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless ’70s” by Kevin Cook
- Book Review: “The Grappler’s Guide to Sports Nutrition” by John Berardi and Michael Fry
- An MMA Fan Puts It on the Line: Interview with Author Matt Polly
- Book Review: “The Fighter’s Mind: Inside the Mental Game” by Sam Sheridan
- Holiday Wish List – Coach Val Worthington
- Product Review: Defense Soap Shower Gel – The Combat Athlete’s Soap
