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The Strenuous Life Podcast

400 - How to Use Injuries to Actually Refine and Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Game

From The Strenuous Life Podcast

March 13, 2024 · 42:04 · E400

Rob Biernacki is my guest today to talk about how injury and physical limitations have led to some of the fastest technical development of his career and the refinement of entirely new techniques like the Roadhouse Choke. Since some form of injury is inevitable there are a LOT of takeaways in this episode.

We also discuss the concepts of risk vs reward in your choice of techniques, how new techniques and technical refinements get adopted, the risks of the buggy choke, the barbell strategy for allocating your training time, how rule sets drive evolution of the art, and more.

Check out the Roadhouse Choke Instructional at http://roadhouse.bjjconcepts.net

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Good luck with your training

Stephan Kesting

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