Tuesday, January 22, 2013

From White to Black Belt

I say it all the time, and I'm sure that it's falling on deaf ears, but you have to own the basics in order to be able to move forward and get a firm grasp on advanced concepts and principles.  Do you have a good enough handle on your striking skills to really apply them? Is your defense based on a solid offense? Does your structure support all the tools you are going to be bringing to the fight?

You might want to spend some time thinking about this and make some honest assessments on what you really need to be working on.  Until then, take a look at the following video on how an arm bar changes from  the perspective of a white belt to a black belt.