Joker's Training Journal

Joker is a faixa preta (black belt) in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a black belt in Jeet Kune Do with Team McVicker. He is a yellow-white arm band in Dragonleg Muay Thai. He was the chief instructor of Goshin Jitsu, an eclectic martial arts club and has black belts in two different styles of karate. He's fought muay thai, jiu-jitsu, and mixed-martial arts.

3.16.2024

Lerdsila Muay Femur Seminar

I headed to Top Level Gym for a muay thai seminar by Lerdsila in his muay femur style. It was fascinating to watch an elite athlete demon...

5.20.2020

Illinois COVID-19 Reopening and What I Think It Means for Combat Sports

Disclaimer: What follows is not medical advice. The best way to avoid COVID-19 is NOT to train until herd immunity has been established or...

5.06.2020

Commentary on Reopening Combat Sports in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Let me preface this with a little about non-combat sports me. I’m a doctor. An internist by training who now does mostly palliative care wit...

10.07.2019

Midoriyama-jitsu

Wrestling practice today working on set-ups: Kiss the bicep / Steering wheel: From a neck and inside arm tie, drop your weight as you try ...

9.12.2019

Kimura Trap Transition To Rear Mount

These are some notes on some work in progress. Your opponent is in four points and you are controlling the back from the side. Reach across ...

9.08.2019

Fall 2019 Introduction to Wrestling and Notes on the Figure Four

In the Fall 2019 Goshin Jitsu Mixed-Martial Arts introduction to wrestling we started with the pummel. The pummel exchanges overunder positi...

8.18.2019

Fusion Cooking

Today I covered some mixed-martial arts style grappling from the closed guard. The first was a series I picked up from BJJ Mastermind II : ...

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