Category Archives: Lifestyle

The BJJ Harlem Shake!

The Caerphilly arm of the Chris Rees Academy (AKA The Cockroaches) did this last night. WOW! Boys, you’ve outdone yourselves!!

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My favourite BJJ blogs

Here’s a list of my favourite BJJ blogs – each with different offerings in terms of information, entertainment or techniques/training tips: http://www.bjjglobetrotter.com/ – Christian Graugart traveled the world for 6 months teaching, training and competing in BJJ. He has since … Continue reading

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‘Chave de pe’ is my favourite submission. Mr Tickle’s guide to Portuguese terms for BJJ.

I can be quite (very) pretentious, so I would like to be able to throw a Portuguese word in to a sentence here and there, especially since I train in a Brazilian art. So here you go, common phrases that … Continue reading

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Ashi-Hishigi is my favourite submission. Mr Tickle’s guide to Japanese terms for BJJ.

I’m always lost when a Judoka refer’s to a ‘Juji-gatame‘ or ‘O Soto Gari’. I also have some Japanese writing forever inscribed on my arm – so I thought it would be cool to learn what the phrases actually mean… … Continue reading

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The perils of home mats / training at home.

OK… my ribs are hurt so no jiu jitsu for me for a while. It only really affects me when I twist so I’m able to do pushups, curls, and shoulder press stuff etc… The only problem is, whenever I … Continue reading

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Jiu Jitsu Tattoos

There are some amazing Jiu Jitsu tattoos. Here are my favourites: People have tattoo’s for many reasons; I had my first tattoo because I thought they were cool – and I wanted to be cool. An 18 year old Mr … Continue reading

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Home Mats!

Much to my girlfriends displeasure I have purchased some home mats, only cheapo’s from ebay but are perfect for my requirements. I am intending on using them mainly for solo drilling (shrimping etc) but also for foam roller and swiss … Continue reading

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Pimp yo Ride!

Love this! Now have one in my car, gonna change the black belt to blue though – don’t want the UK BJJ police after me haha!

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Mr Tickle BJJ

This blog is to record my thoughts, musings as I travel along on my BJJ journey. It is also going to serve as a hub for uploading anything I like with regards to BJJ training or lifestyle.

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