22 December 2011
Today I want to write about a theme in many boxing movies. The best boxer in the world who came out of the the worst part of town and now is comfortable in his new mansion. He doesn’t run to the gym any longer, now he drives his Bentley. He doesn’t sleep in the same [...]
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24 June 2011
In a previous article It is not all about jiu-jitsu (http://bjjengineer.com/?p=333) I talked a little bit about the importance of not giving up. There is a book out there that I really recommend everyone to read it. It is a masterpiece. Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Reach” teaches you what is necessary to become a [...]
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09 March 2011
Here is a quick chart I did to see how the intensity of my training, standards, and competitive drive has increased through out the years. Check it out: It is my opinion that the better we get at BJJ the more we should compete …and not the other way around. Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be [...]
Posted in Behavior, Coaching, Sport Psych1 Comment
15 January 2011
When I started my school I was a purple belt. , about 1 year old purple belt with some championships under my belt. Nevertheless I had many that resisted learning from me because I was not a “BLACK BELT”. Now and days I am a brown belt with higher credentials as a teacher and [...]
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31 January 2010
Dear Readers, There are certain ingredients that a person needs to become successful: 1. Drive/Passion/Perseverance/Will Power: and a similar of character traits that are found within a person. 2. Intelligence/Decisions/Common Sense/Logic: and a bunch of intellectual traits found in the athlete that will help him maximize the resources around him to the best extent possible. [...]
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29 January 2010
Ok so before I begin I will tell you that it was not my best tournament. My first match started with me being a bit nervous. I had to catch myself from over-gripping in unnecessary situations…which was a sign of improvement in my BJJ because I have never caught myself paying attention to this in [...]
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14 January 2010
Let me give you the inside scoop on how it all happened. I have been in GOAL ACHIEVING mode. I have been writting about it all over the place. I even started a website dedicated to achieving goals; www.GoGetterLifestyle.com ,but not only that I wanted to demosntrate to my students that writting goals down and goin over [...]
Posted in Coaching, General, Goal Setting0 Comments
11 January 2010
So Hopefully you read: Improve Your BJJ While Driving http://bjjengineer.com/?p=343. Well while at the gyms laughing about it, and discussing how important is to with a busy day make things automatically and efficient we thought of other places when one person can improve BJJ while doing other daily activities. We add it this one. Improve [...]
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05 January 2010
Today I had an epiphany. I had my good friend Mike Atkins from Crazy 88 BJJ and MMA of Baltimore, MD visiting. We where hanging out and doing some errands. I am currently in the habit of running 7 minutes every morning before breakfast ( breakfast becomes the reward). So I started my day with [...]
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My name is Roberto Torralbas and I'm a full time BJJ Practitioner/ Competitor/ Instructor / Coach / and School Owner making a living from what it is one of the most demanding and beautiful martial art / sport in the world. Check out my BJJ School at Third Law BJJ - Adults Program and Third Law BJJ Kids - Kids Program.
Back in 2003 I stumbled upon a small group of skinny guys doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I didnt know it at the time but that moment changed my life. After having had some experience Judo in the past one skinny BJJ white belt tapped me many times consecutively. Since then I've become addicted to BJJ and a full time BJJ Practitioner and have decided to bring my knowledge and adventures to the web through websites like this one and also BJJEngineer.TV.
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