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SBGi News, for well
adjusted primates
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Are you ready to train with 9 SBGi BJJ black belts, work with some of
the top MMA coaches on the planet,
and enjoy the company of SBGrs from across the globe in what promises to be
the most amazing training event SBG has ever
hosted?!
In just 3 DAYS, on
Sept 1st, the cost for the one of a kind 20th anniversary
SBG International Camp increases substantially.
We will NOT be taking any registrations at the
door. EVERYONE must pre-pay
online. There are no exceptions to
this.
Master coaches Thornton, Guiterrez, Kavanagh, Tanswell, T
Davison, R Davison, Whittier, Pagle, Frankl, and on and on it goes!
Along with some VERY SPECIAL guest Instructors!
Athletes and coaches from all across the USA, Canada,
the UK, Sweden, Ireland and all around the planet will be traveling to
attend, DO NOT MISS
THIS.
Topics covered
will include: - guard improvements,
kickboxing, wrestling, clinch, weapons defense, sports psychology, nutrition,
and all manner of world class Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction.
In
addition, the next stage in
SBG evolution, the brand new SBG Instructor Training Program will
be introduced to the entire organizaton.
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A
great quote from SBG_UK black belt Casey Jones
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 "It doesn't matter how many horus you train, how much you
sweat and shout or how many nice motivational pics you have on your wall. If you
are training the wrong things you don't stand a chance when it comes to crunch
time. Use the time you spend finding pictures with nice slogans to get yourself
a decent coach and do what the say, simple."
- Casey Jones
As the philosopher Daniel Dennett
says:
Good
intentions are not enough, you also have to be
right.
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A nice piece on what it's all about
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John Kavangh recently shot a short
video on what Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training means to him, and why
we do what we do. If you don’t know John, he was the second person in SBG to
recieve his BJJ black belt from SBG founder Matt Thornton. He was
the first person to ever recieve a black belt in BJJ in Ireland. He is a
multiple medalist, coaches the most succesful Mixed Martial Arts and BJJ
Academy in Ireland, and one of the most sought after coaches in all of
Europe.
And like all the SBG coaches, he also pretty
smart.
In this short clip he discusses the
egalitarian nature of BJJ, the two qualities
everyone needs to become proficient at BJJ, why you have to fail a
lot to succeed, how the journey changes from white to black belt,
what the refinement process entails, and finally the
meditative state that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can require when it is
done well.
As John says in the video, rather than teaching
you how to avoid adversity, it teaches you how to be comfortable in
uncomfortable situations. And that, is what it’s all about.
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Some
SBG BJJ coaches making their MMA debut
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Within the last two weeks two SBG BJJ coaches made their
MMA debut, and had some impressive wins!
First Coach Amanda won her MMA debut conclusively, and in the process
demonstrated her impressive composure. Those of your familair with the SBG
methodology as it relates to proper Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts
training know that composure, being able to relax under pressure and
allow your body to execute the core fundamentals of the delivery system, is
one of the keys to success. Here is a video of the Coach Amanda Loewen on
route to yet another gold medal at
Grapplers Quest UFC tournament held last month in Las Vegas, demonstrating this
exact trait.
This last Saturday, Mundials BJJ World Champion and
multiple Pan Am gold medalist Coach Ahmed
White made his debut in MMA, winning with an impressive KO in the second
round. Superman punch to a big right hand, it's worth the watch.
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Gunnar
Nelson documentary, 'a calm mind'
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Those of you within the SBG family will already
know who Gunnar (Gunni)
Nelson is. Those of you who follow the UFC, are about to find
out.
Gunnar began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu shortly after
SBG founder Matt Thornton visted Iceland, Matt being the first
BJJ black belt to teach in that Nation. Gunnar recieved his blue and purple belts from Matt, and trained
at the Portland academy, as well as the UK and Ireland SBGs. He
recieved his brown belt from
his current coach, and the second person to ever recieve a BJJ black belt
from Matt Thornton, John
Kavanagh.
On Sept
29th you’ll see Gunnar step into the cage at the UFC, representing his gym, Mjolnir, the SBG affiliate of
Iceland, as well as SBG and the Renzo Gracie academy. In his corner will be his trainer, SBG VP
John Kavanagh, and SBG academies all over the world
will be anxiously tuning in and hosting UFC parties in order to see Gunnar in
action.
It is no secret that Gunni became very good, very
quickly. You will often hear his name mention by John Kavanagh, Karl
Tanswell, Travis Davison, Matt Thornton and the other SBG
coaches, as a prime example of what
SBG BJJ is at it’s
best. The emphasis on perfectly executed fudamentals, the
training philosophy of SBG
which is a carry over from Matt’s early days training with Rickson Gracie, is embodied in Gunni. You won’t see a
lot of fancy movements or “secret” techniques. What you will see is
almost flawless posture, and a calm,
dominating game which isn’t dependent on weight class, or
whether or not it is gi, no-gi or a Mixed Martial Arts
fight. In otherwords, fundamentals.
Anyone who has taken a seminar with Matt
Thornton knows that one of the things he emphasizes when it comes to
getting good at BJJ is the mindset you bring to it. It isn’t so much what you think, but rather how you
think. And ‘how’ athletes like Gunnar Nelson think, is
an enormous part of their success.
This short documentary video was shot at another
Matt Thornton BJJ black belts academy, Karl Tanswell’s SBG_UK, where
Gunni often trains as well. In it you’ll hear Gunni talk about this calm
mindset, and if you’re sharp, you’ll be taking notes.
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Team SBG_UK does it
again!
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Aaron Wilkinson
deomstrates some amazing technical skill and composure in his most recent
win. Watch how Aaron literally moves his opponent to Karl's corner during the
event. Technical skill, athleticism, and class, Aaron represents the future
of SBG.
Enjoy:
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SBG founder Matt Thornton, on being a life long
student
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Coach Matt recently
wrote a new piece on 'Surfing for
Balance'. Here are a few short excerpts:
"...the Greeks had it right when it came to our need for
a balance between the life of the mind and the building of the body. Plato was
after all, a wrestler. The software of a self-programming computer is
indissoluble from its hardware. Exercise absent contemplation and continuing education, or contemplation
and intellectual effort absent exercise, doesn’t seem gratifying in quite the
same way; at least as far as I am concerned.
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You can read the
full article here:
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This year will mark the 20th anniversary of SBG. Yes, as hard as it
is to believe, it has been twenty years since the founding of this amazing thing
we all contribute to.
One thing to remember though, we are just gettings
started.
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See you at
Camp! Sign up now:
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