Naples BJJ and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu News
The Latest News in the sport of BJJ in the Naples and Fort Myers Areas
The Double-Ended Bag
Oct 27th
This piece of equipment is a must have for the kickboxing program, be in in the class or in between class you can use this bag to work on your handspeed and really be able to see where punches are coming from when i need to protect myself and when I can throw punches back.
This isn’t a speed bag in that you are not looking for getting the most punches but to just work on your timing and getting down how to move around the person when they are firing back. Because once you hit the double ended bag it can come right back and hit you in the face if your not looking, this is whey at Team Third Law we have to look at this like music
Chest Expander
Oct 27th
The Chest Expander is an unsual piece of equipment that you might not see at every gym you walk into, but in early years you can see very famous stretches in yoga films, and also strength training programs for olympic wrestlers such as Dan Gable, will allow you to see that once you start training more we can work you in to the No-Gi Intermediate.
The chest expanader may look like an easy workout, but please don’t be fooled, it is going to give your chest the workout of your dreams, also depending on size and strength the sides are adjustable to where you can make more or less resistance depending on the size of the user.
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Olympic Rings
Oct 27th
Olympic Rings, the rings at the school have a variety of uses, mainly a great way to practice the standard exercise known as the pull-up to build upper body strength, but also a great way to get a total body workout if you can push yourself to the next level with muscle-ups. A muscle-up is where you do a pull-up but you take the pull-up to the next level by pushing yourself up and over the rings and finishing with a tricep dip. When you combine these movement to be able to do mutiple muscle-ups is a great feet to accomplish.
The record at Team Third Law right now is twelve and no one has really come close to this but the record is always up for new challengers and people that are determinded to take their fitness to the next level. Olympic rings can also be used for many different gymnastic exercises which will build explosive strength and also endurance muscle by forcing your arms and upper body to be able to hold you up for extended periods of time.
Tires
Oct 21st
Tires have so many different uses we use them at Team Third Law with our kids, adults, everyone is using these tires at the school, you can use them for lifting also you can combine the tires with a later tool that we use called the sludgehammer. We use alot of different partner exercises with the tires, one for example would be two people are standing back to back and you pass the tire side to side between each other.
So many different uses, of the tire and just makes the school better and better as we become more and more creative for the different uses we can get out of what most people throw away when they go bad, but at Team Third Law we use them for lifting, throwing, dragging, whatever it is we do to always push the envelope of Jiu Jitsu at the Best school in the Florida Area for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Yoga, and Strength & Conditioning.
The Plyobox
Oct 21st
This box is more than it looks, if used properly it will give you a killer anaerbic workout, using your legs to jump on top of the box and then jump back off is just one of the many uses that this tool offers in training. Which is going to build your speed, agility, and strength in your legs. The faster you jump up and down on top of the box the better the workout you get.
At Team Third Law we like to really mix up the training with tons of different aspects, and tools that are going to give you workouts from all positions. This one especially is going to build speed in your legs, and most importantly anaerobic exercise. Jiu Jitsu i’s an anaerboic exercise meaning you are lifting weights and doing cardio not just keeping your heart rate at a certain zone but operating at its highest levels at times and then relaxing at others.
Split Machine
Oct 20th
The Split Machine is a super useful piece of equipment with this machine an inflexible person can go from not being able to do the splits to doing the splits in a matter of months the only thing you need to do is have the determination to relax into stretch on this machine. Let it force you to the stretch and you will develop the splits with easy. Flexibility and Jiu Jitsu go hand and hand, that is why we not only have Jiu Jitsu at Team Third Law but were are also starting a Yoga Program.
Where you can develop your flexibility even further with stretching and different breathing exercises, Splits is a very important aspect of jiu jitsu because when you are playing your guard in jiu jitsu the wider your legs can open the larger your guard becomes hence the easier the splits come. Come to Team Third Law to train and develop your splits and your jiu jitsu game to the best of your ability.
Pull-Up Bar
Oct 20th
The pull-up bar, has many uses, not only can you just do normal pull-ups on this bar but you can also use it to do Gi-pullups which are done by grabbing the collar material as you can see in the picutre. This way of doing pull-ups will not only improve your shoulder strength but also dramatically improve your grip strength at the same time. Pull-ups is an excellent workout with not only just your upper body but it is working your core muscles, everything.
A great way to get more out of your workouts from the pull-up bar is to add accessories to the pull-up bar such as the hanging arm strap you see in the second image which allows you do different core exercises to improve your core strength. As you know from previous articles core strength is super important for jiu jitsu and can make or break your performance in your guard.
The Pegboard
Oct 20th
The Pegboard, this is by far one of the most challenging pieces of equipment at Team Third Law. The object of this is to use the pegs to climb yourself all the way up to the top of the board by going into each whole all the way up and all the way down. No one has completed this task yet at the school, it is very, very challenging but once accomplished will be well deserved.
The Pegboard is a equipment only usable if you are apart of the combat gold program, at Team Third Law, which consists of an invite only group of the most advanced students that show the most dedication and willingness to learn new techniques to improve their jiu jitsu. So if you want your shot at the pegboard your first step is to make it to Team Third Law’s Combat Gold.
The Power Wheel
Oct 19th
The Power Wheel, a bigger version of the ab roller that actually attaches to your feet that way you can begin to use your legs to extend back and forth working your abdominal muscles. Notice with the ab roller you use both of your arms but this switches it up attaching to your feet, and not only is it going to give you a great abdominal workout, but you also have to be aware of your balance.
Balance, and Core Strength are super important for developing a great jiu jitsu guard, and also an overall game plan. Brazilian jiu jitsu is a very healthy one and with tools such as the Power wheel, to get your core super strong, it makes your game improve that much more.
Windy Wall Bag
Oct 17th
The Windy Wall Bag has a variety of options, you can use it to practice combination punches, kicks, elbows, knees, just about anything you want to do with this that involves striking is possible. Not only that but there are variety of different circuits you can do with this piece of equipment such as 100 of each punch, jab, uppercut, cross, hook, rear hook, front push-kick. I think you get the point…
Needless to say that Windy did a great job with this piece of equipment and is used very frequently here at Team Third law Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, & Fitness. Come use it today and experience how great of a workout it will give you.
Super Fantastic!!! – Importance Of Always Being Positive
Jan 7th
SUPER FANTASTIC
If someone were to always say that they were Super Fantastic!!! when actually they were extremely tired just by them saying this adds to the positive environment around them. Same as when you keep telling yourself your tired, its been such a long day, I’m exhausted… All negative things that are just going to bring the energy around you down. That’s why at Team Third Law you will never hear someone say the word “tired” only SUPER FANTASTIC or I am having the BEST day of my LIFE!
I hope this is making sense to you because it can benefit your life in so many different aspects. Not only in the classroom should you be thinking this way but as you go about your daily life. When you wake up in the morning and your tired… No! Your fantastic and ready to start the day super energized just telling yourself this is going to trick your subconscious into to believing this and make your day fantastic.
The results of saying Super Fantastic or feeling GREAT have been huge improvements in the environment at the school. Ever since this system was implemented everyone is class is excited to learn and eager to push themselves harder and faster.
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Being An Instructor, Doesn’t Mean You Need To Have A Black Belt
Jan 7th
It is true that a belt color symbolizes a good understanding of the technique, and a way to pass on the techniques to others in theory. The truth of the matter that in this day and age at least in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu a Blue Blet instructor can surpass the ability to teach than much black belt instructors. There are many things that are requied that many black belt instructors take for granted..
For example here are some of the things you can do that if a blue belt instructor did could surpass that of a black belt.
- Remember everyone name…make someone look like the idiot not you
- Call each other coach beker coach andre coach kevin best way to get your students is to start addressing your students as sir, if they come up to you and say hey andre say no sir its either coach andre or coach arata. Always treat your student by sir or mam.
- When the student is doing good in class call them by there last name.
- Proper match-ups in grappling matches
- Identify everybody in class
- If there is any problem with a student pulling aside and fix the problem.(I’m here to help you)
- School founded to help everybody improve
- Sign-in when you get here(blue book)(time-in) (time-out)
- Do not leave a mess
- Say “Ous” after every technique
- When I say 123 clap, gets the students more involved in the class
- When i say got it you say got and i say say good, got it!? GOT IT good. Another way to get them more involved..
- Be exciting on the beginning of class
- Tell students about ThirdLawcoach.com
- Be friendly
- Are you asking the students questions, keep them awake keep them engaged
- When someone asks you how is your day you say i am having a fanstastic day! A Awesome day never a bad day or a long day.
- Words that your saying, no cursing
Beware of non verbal communication
- words are 7%
- Tone of voice is 38%
- body language is 55%
- Facial expersions most important
START OUT EACH CLASS WITH HAVING A GREAT/FANTASTIC DAY!
AT EVERY CLASS DO THIS:
- A.B.P. news at school (competition results, events)
- sign in and scan ids each class
- use hand motions ie tom cruise in a few good men
- when explaining technique give a history. my favorite technique, or i used this technique____.
GAMES:
- sprint from belly
- monkey in the middle
- bouncy game
- touch knee sprawl
- wheelbarrow races
- catch the belt
- clap and pin
- hold hands up in victory
- shrimp around corners
- stepping stones with spots
SPOTLIGHTING
- pick a student and say “everybody stop and watch______. he/she is doing this perfect. give them a 123 clap.
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De la Riva Guard
Jan 12th
Mendes vs. Cobrinha
The De la Riva guard is a guard that is mainly utilized at the highest level of Jiu Jitsu. Mainly people like Rafael Mendes and Cobrinha have been using this guard and destroying their opponents with. Making it a guard that if you don’t understand how the guard works and everything flows together then your being left in the dust.
At Team Third Law we have realized this and have utilized the position in competition and drilling the guard everyday in the combat gold program. Drilling the back-takes, sweeps, submissions everything about the guard, as well as learning to understand the concept of how De La Riva flows together with 2 other positions as well. Those being the Half Guard, and 50/50.
So as you can see the De La Riva Guard is definitely a guard where the possibilities of attacks are limitless, and very effective if being utilized by World Champions. Like I said earlier we need to mimic the best to be the best. Do what works, and do what you know works. So I look forward to drilling the position more and more to better understand the overall concept behind the entire position
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Italy Trip – Bucket List
Jan 13th
Italy Trip
In January, Roberto Torralbas put Joey Ruggiero (me) on the spot in front of class and asked him what he wanted to do before he died and I said go to Italy… So instead of waiting forever to get something like this done and then maybe never get it done Roberto pushed me to achieve this in three months. So In March me and Roberto will be going to Italy to be able to check that off my my bucket list.
Now that you know the background of where this story is coming from I want to share with you some of the places we are going to be visiting on this awesome trip…
On the top of the list is the Colosseum a place where gladiators fought and many events were help a super important stop on the trip. Were also going to see if they’ll let us grapple inside the Colosseum. Making sure to represent Team Third Law BJJ in Italy very well. Leading us to the next stop on our trip being.
City of Rome
The city of Rome has a HUGE amount of things that you can do but mainly has some of the nicest spots to eat ever. Then after seeing all that rome has to offer, maybe visit some of the museums to see some of the sculptures, just try to see as much as possible.
These are just some of the things that we plan on doing when we get to Italy doing as much as we can as fast as we can because time is limited. More ideas on plans for Italy and PLEASE!! leave in the COMMENTS some ideas that you may have for us on things to do.
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Daytona BJJ Open Tournament Results
Aug 21st
On Saturday August 21st Team Thirdlaw went to Daytona To represent Team Lloyd Irvin and Third Law BJJ if Naples, FL at the the Daytona BJJ open. The team not only represented by had some amazing results. In total we took home 8 golds, 6 silver, and 2 Bronze. Taking home the white and Blue Belt absolute prizes as well.
First off we had Eric Morales in the Gi where he won two matches for gold in the GI. 1st match won by a triangle real quick, 2nd match won with a nice armbar from the triangle to win his gi division.
Eric Morales 1st Place GI
Then it was Orlando’s turn to tear it up in the gi where he won all four matches by his infamous closed guard arm-bar had a total of four matches.
Orlando 1st Place GI
Then we had Zach Straub who was making his first tournament appearance he fought hard in the GI had a total of two matches where in the first match he was able to take his opponents back from closed guard. In his second match he pulled guard went for a triangle guy passes and ended up getting submitted by an arm triangle but still an awesome first performance from Zach.
Zach Straub 2nd Place GI
Carty was the next first timer competing and he had some great results as well. Carty won 2 matches in the gi had the same results in his first two matches by getting to mount and finishing his opponents with the ezekial choke. 3rd match he had a tough match ended up in an arm triangle and finishing in 2nd place.
Carty 2nd GI
Katy was up next and eager to compete for the first time she went up against a blue belt her first match. The first match she pulled guard, went for bump sweep, swept her to mount and then won by points. Her second match she pulled guard, went for a triangle, and then the girl shook off the triangle ad kept her in flattened out half guard the rest of the match loosing by one advantage.
Katy 2nd Place GI
Then it was time for Chris Ocampo and Joey Ruggiero to win their blue belt divisions. They came to fight and both walked home with gold medals in the GI. Chris had one fight in the GI, where he won by a nice bow and arrow choke from the back.
Chris Ocampo 1st GI
Joey Ruggiero had 2 matches in the GI, 1st match he won real quick with a triangle,2nd match he was able to beat a tough opponent by points after taking his opponents back, and then finishing the match in north south.
Joey Ruggiero 1st Place GI
After the GI Eric Morales, Orlando Castillo, Joey Ruggiero were ready to do the absolute. Eric was up 1st and he won his first match by points, and then his second match he faces off against a much larger opponent and got caught in a kimura. So Orlando redeemed his teammate by winning both his matches 1st march by two points and an advantage and then his second match he won by one point to a very tough opponent who was a wrestler from Ohio state. Allowing Orlando and Eric to close out the division.
Orlando and Eric Close Out Absolute
Next up for absolute were Joey and Chris. Chris had the first match and it started off by him getting taken down unexpectedly which would later be the only points scored throughout the entire match although Chris had a battle fighting for a sweep with the ommoplata to get on top. Then it was Joey’s turn to test himself in the absolute where he fought the same opponent his teammate Chris lost to and dismantled him by triangling him within a minute of the match. Then went on to fight in the finals against a much larger opponent where Joey was able to pull guard, sweep, pass the guard and mount to finish the match on top by points.
Joey Ruggiero 1st Place Absolute
Nogi was up next and it was time to tear that up too. Eric Morales being in the lightest weight class was up first match was another victory by an arm-bar from closed guard, then winning his second match by default when the guy went for an ankle-lock and got disqualified giving Eric the gold medal.
Eric Morales 1st Place NoGI
Orlando was up next in the no-gi where he won his first match by an arm bar, and then second match but a 0-0 referee’s decision. Then the third match was sealed by yet again another arm-bar, ending the day for Orlando with 3 gold medals.
Orlando Castillo 1st Place NoGI
Katy, Zach, & Carty, all had mostly the same results in the NoGi, where Katy went in like a soilder, and ended up losing by points in a tough match against the girl she lost to in the finals of the GI. Zach, fought hard in his first match but ended up getting submitted to a much larger opponent, to take silver in the No-GI. Carty had the best results in the NoGi by fighting 2 matches, first match got the take down ended up in top of half guard, escaped to the full mount and then won by points from the mount. His second match was a battle where for four and a half minutes he was going for the take down and didn’t know he was up an advantage when he went for a guillotine and got taken down, carty scrambled for the back but time ran out.
Carty 2nd NoGI
Then for the blue belts in Nogi, Chris fought hard in his first match from half guard, where he ended up getting a triangle to ommoplata. Then ended up at the end of the match in the crucifix position where Chris put him in an arm-lock that made his opponent shout in pain but not tap was called and his opponent won. Then for Joey in the NoGi, his first match he pulled guard, then opponent forced him into 50/50 where his opponent was attempting a heel hook until the referee, said no twisting, only straight, kept fighting from that position then when Joey’s opponent went for a Toe hold thinking that his opponent would get the DQ and an easy win tapped and then referee decided that he meant only heel hooks applied to twisting submissions. Nonetheless Joey learned a valuable lesson to never ever leave it to the referees to make decisions.
The day went awesome and as a team we had 23 wins and only 10 losses with 3 brand new competitors. More tournaments to come and excited to see more and more people joining the competition team to start taking their steps to becoming the best they possibly can a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Ab Roller
Oct 17th
The Ab Roller is an excellent way to strenthen your core abdominal strength, into abs of steel. We do many different applications of this piece of equipment such as planks, where you start on you knees holding the ab roller and extend your arms to where you really feel your core muscles buring. Then we have you hold it there for 30 seconds, buring your abs stregthening your core. Core muscles are super important for Jiu Jitsu. One of the most fundamental muscles of the sport
Without a strong core in Jiu jitsu, it is very hard to keep your guard from getting passed, and overall aids to better health. The core muscles protect your vital organs from getting injured so strengthening the muscles around them especially when training in a martial art that includes alot of physical contact to that area is very beneficial.
Airdyne Bike
Oct 17th
The Airdyne Bike is a must have if you have a serious program for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Submission Wrestling, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, & Fitness. You can hop on the bike to cut weight before a tournament because it provides a constant aerobic exercise so it won’t wear you out but will make you sweat. The perfect way to gain some extra cardio, and the resistance is all up to how much work you put into it.
Airdyne bikes use the power of the air resistance to work you legs as well as your upper body in a total body workout. Just one more piece of equipment that Team Third law uses to give it competitors the extra edge they need before tournaments as well as provide students with a great cardio workout to get warmed up before class.
Timers
Oct 17th
Being able to keep track of the time when you training is super important! Be it for you kickboxing sparring matches, or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Grappling matches you need to be aware of how long your matches are lasting for. That way you can track your performance on how well you can maintain yourself in a match and also get use to the competition setting of grappling where matches can be decided in the last final seconds of it.
At Team Third Law you we have two different timers available to you to keep track of your matches, and shape you into a machine peforming 10 minute black belt matches without breaking a sweat. The use
’s of these timers are limitless and just goes to show you how important they are to the school.