Why should I train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu now?
Why Should I train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu That is a question that Each and everyone of our students asked and answered. And even though every student has their own unique answer there are definitely some common themes that come up if you ask someone why they train BJJ. Get in shape / Lose Weight This is definitely the most common reason people start training. BJJ is a great way to [...]
Strength and conditioning benefits for Combat Athletes
Strength and conditioning has a ton of great benefits for combat athletes. Today we will talk about three very important benefits you can get by implementing a good strength and conditioning program. Injury Prevention First a very important benefit you will gain is injury prevention. There is no doubt that one of the most important benefits to strength and conditioning is that it affords you a great potential to [...]
Scranton MMA Home Training Tips
Today we are going to go over a bunch of great home training tips and strategies that will help you improve while you are training at home. Zoom Classes First we have to suggest that you try out some zoom classes. All of our programs have online classes that you can watch while you are home. We are going over everything that is in our standard curriculum and we [...]
BJJ Drill you can do at home
Right now we can't make it to the school to practice bjj and take classes but that doesnt mean we cant work on our game and make improvements. Check out this video of Sensei Frank In this video Frank will show you how to get a great workout in that focuses on your abs. The video not only will work your abs it will get your grips stronger [...]
Scranton MMA November Events
Hey Everyone we just sent out our monthly newsletter and I wanted to post some of the details here on our blog as well. First off, we will be sending out a test text message to all of our current members to make sure we have everyone’s number on file. We will be using texts to announce snow cancellations seeing as the winter months are sneaking up on us! [...]
Scranton MMA Basic BJJ armbar from Guard
Recently in our Beginners BJJ class we have gone over a pretty basic armbar. When we have taught and reviewed the armbar we have been practicing it from a dominant position while on top of our attacker. One great thing about BJJ is that very often the same move can be done from different positions or situations. In this case the armbar we have gone over from the top position [...]
Get Up – Basic Self Defense Move – Scranton MMA
There are a lot of important techniques you need to learn in order to be confident that you can defend yourself in a self defense situation. There are also a lot of concepts and principles that you will learn and pick up along the way. Today we are going to talk about a technique that also ties in with a basic principle of self defense. The principle is this: if [...]
Basic Self Defense – Scranton MMA BJJ class
Today lets talk about about the number one submission everyone should learn for Self Defense. The Rear Naked Choke! I have not problem saying that if you could only do one submission for self defense that the rear naked choke should be the go to move. There are many reasons for this. One is that pretty much anyone of any size can use this to choke an attacker of [...]
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