In this OG Testimonial of the Week (OGTOW), I thought I’d use the time to define to answer the question that I’ve been asked quite a bit over the past months: exactly who and what is an OG?
When I initially created the Wise Grappler and the OG (originally meant “Older Grappler”) concept, it was for what I considered the older and non-traditional grapplers (non-competitive, smaller and weaker grapplers, female, recreational, physically challenged, etc.) at schools around the world that weren’t considered the “top guys” at their gym.
Due to my lack of vision at the time, I never anticipated that The Wise Grappler would grow into a leading grappling and mental mindset training resource for grapplers of all ages. I didn’t
imagine that the information that I provided (thru my email, articles, and training products) would be valued and applied by so many grapplers, even the grapplers considered the “top guys” at their schools.
With that revelation, I was forced to see that just like any othercommunity, there isn’t just one type of OG within The Nation and there is room for all. The thing that I needed to do was to give them something that unifies the older OGs with the hungry, young gun OG. And for a long time, I couldn’t figure it out what thatwould be.
And then one day, it hit me! The one thing that unifies us all within the Nation is what I consider our “old school” approach to grappling. And when I think of the term “old school”, I think of the following traits:
works hard on the mat
doesn’t play around when drilling and doesn’t clock-watching.
leaves socializing for before and after class, not while training.
doesn’t avoid training with partners that have superior technical skills than we do.
isn’t afraid to be submitted and assigns no value to it.
understands that winning and losing have to be learned and are excellent teachers.
knows the value of a good coach and follow their advice.
makes NO excuses when outcomes aren’t in our favor.
give 100 percent effort in both training and competition.
know how to accept victory and defeat.
isn’t afraid to go out and “put it on the line”.
isn’t concerned about failing or what others will say about us if we fall short of their goal.
welcome challenges that take us out of our comfort zone
And other things that I can’t put into this one email so that it doesn’t go too long. To me, everyone in the nation is (or capable) of becoming an “oldschool grappler!” and when I take the space out between the words “old” and “school”, we have another definition for OG that everyone within the Nation can claim: OG = Oldschool Grappler!
And now that I’ve upgraded the definition of what an OG is, I want to show an example of how an OG lives up to it. Here’s a video that was sent to me by OG Nicolai “therealgeeza” Holt some months ago and I never took time out to look at it. Now, I’m glad that I didn’t see it back THEN because it’s exactly what I need NOW to communicate what “Oldschool Grappling” means to me. This young grappler is EVERYTHING that an OG should be! The video is about 6 minutes long.
If you seen it before and don’t think you can gain anything from it, look at it again and so that you can be eligible for a contest that I’m going to put on next week concerning the video. So, check out how an “Oldschool Grappler” gets it done and enjoy!
Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
Let me tell you a story about Grappler X that decides to join a grappling gym after looking at a few MMA fights and a few episodes of TUF. After doing some research and finding the best school in the area (which is where every newbie wants to train), he makes his decision and joins the team.
After a few lessons, Grappler X isn’t too satisfied with his progression rate and decides that he needs something else to make him better. He’s tired of getting submitted in class and isn’t
doing all the fancy moves that he’s seen on cable, DVDs, and in the magazines.
As Grappler X is getting dressed in the locker room one day after class, he hears some guys talking about a cool website where he can go and download all the cool grappling DVDs and a forum where guys get together to discuss grappling techniques. Grappler X decides to check out the sites and he’s completely blown away at what he finds. Finally, the entire encyclopedia of grappling from A-Z is at his disposal and access to grapplers around the world to give him the best advice on how to progress.
Months go by and Grappler X STILL isn’t happy with his progress. He’s knows more techniques than his classmates, but isn’t quite as good as they are. He has a better understanding of advanced techniques than they do, but doesn’t really know how or when to apply them. Since his skills aren’t developing and he doesn’t know what the problem is or how to fix it, he places blame on the obvious target…the instructor and team. If it wasn’t for them, he would be better than he is. So, he decides that the answer is to change schools (from the recommendation of his grappling expert buddies on the forum) where they’ll be more receptive to “his way of learning” techniques. Unfortunately, the cycle repeats itself and Grappler X runs into the same problem, only this time, he loses interest and quits grappling.
This story happens far too often and at every belt level when a grappler reaches that “fork in the road” to decide who’s going to teach them: the instructor they see in person each week or faceless grappling forum experts that dispense training advice, routines and instructional DVD recommendations, mostly while rarely training as much as they advise themselves.
With the abundance of grappling material these days, it’s very easy to fall into self-deception and believe that we can coach ourselves into top-notch grapplers. And the more advanced you are as a grappler, the easier it is to fall into the self-deception trap. And though there may be some exceptional athletes capable of doing it, they are the exceptions, not the rule. It’s the wise grappler that realizes that it’s better to follow a guide that has successfully completed the journey instead of listening to someone who “has an idea” of what should happen along the way.
The bottom line is this: if you want to be the best grappler you can be, listen to the instructors and coaches that know you on the mat (observing your strengths and weaknesses) and avoid the faceless, unproven “experts” dispensing their mat wisdom from the safety of their keyboards and DVD recommendations.
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
Here’s a question for you. With the number of grappling instructional videos and DVDs that are on the market these days to help the typical grappler expand their technical expertise, why is there so little (or no) information on a method to study these training materials to get the maximum benefit?
Initially, I didn’t see there was a need to know how to study instructional or that there was an approach to studying them. That was until I took note of how I study them and how I’ve benefited tremendously since implementing my approach as opposed to the days when I just threw an instructional DVD into the player and watched it until I’d had enough for one day.
So, here’s my approach:
Viewing #1 - Watch the entire video or DVD with two goals in mind: get rid of the “wow” effect that seems to linger around the promise of learning a new move and to categorize every technique on the video into one of three categories (Yes, No, and Not Now).
The ‘Yes” category consists of techniques that can be immediately implemented into my game with little or no disruption to my current game. The “No” category consists of techniques that I have NO CHANCE of implementing based on physical limitations or if implementing a new technique forces me to abandon my current gameplan to implement it (e.g. I stop finishing opponents in my closed guard and let them survive so that I can try to learn a fancy new open guard sweep). The “Not Now” category consists of techniques that you can probably work into your gameplan over the
next 4-6 months to augment what you’re already doing, but it’s not a high priority.
Viewing #2 - Watch the video or DVD a second time two days afterthe first viewing, but ONLY focus on the “Yes” category techniques. Play each “Yes” technique in regular speed, slow motion, and paused. Each one of these speeds will provide you with a view that will give you more detail with each viewing than if you just looked at the moves once and gave in to the “I got it, next move!” mindset. Also, you should close you eyes after each “Yes” technique to visualize it in your head as well as doing a “shadow walkthrough” drill of each technique.
Viewing #3 - Repeat the Viewing #2 routine two weeks later to re-enforce the “Yes” techniques. Pay attention to how many additional details that you pick up with each viewing that you didn’t notice during the past viewings.
Viewing #4 - Review the video or DVD monthly after the third viewing to review the “Yes” techniques and to get your mind prepared for integrating the “Not Now” Techniques into your gameplan. And if you have some slack time and want to put your mind to work, imagine what defensive counters you would do if someone tried to execute a “No” technique against you.
With this routine, you’ll view the video 3 times in a 3-week time frame that will help you internalize the instructional
technique. Does it sound like a lot of work? Absolutely, but that’s why it’ll work for you because 95 percent of the grapplers that own the instructional products WON’T DO IT! And champions do what challengers don’t have time to do.
Remember, there’s no rush when learning from videos or DVDs. In fact, the slower that you digest the information, the chances are greater that you’ll actually learn the technique and be able to execute it successfully in your grappling gameplan.
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
An older grappler (OG) joins a local Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) class that happens to be full of young punk grapplers that think his dream of becoming a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt are a joke and waste no time showing him how he’s doesn’t belong on the team. So, after getting his azz kicked and run off the mat by the young punks, the OG realizes that he needs help and finds help by finding “The 7Survival Secrets for Older and Non-Traditional/Non-Competitive Grapplers. After learning about the benefits of developing the three training areas known as the “Training Triangle”, the OG returns back to class to let those young punks know that he’s nobody’s grappling dummy!
Are you familiar with the term, “The Blame Wheel?” It’s a business
term that describes how people to create a blame association
pattern to rationalize and justify poor performance and failing to
achieve objectives and goals. And if you need a visual description
of the Blame Wheel and how it works, think about the big spinning
wheel that they use on the game show, “Wheel of Fortune”, that has
dollar amounts around the wheel and contestants spin the wheel to
determine what dollar amounts each letter will have.
Well, if we modify that wheel so that it becomes a “Grappling Blame Wheel” and replaced the dollar amounts with reasons (or excuses) why a grappler underachieves, we can see why so many grapplers never get beyond being average on the mat and life in general.
For example, here’s what I think a typical Grappling Blame Wheel for an underachiever would look:
instructor only teaches basic techniques
instructor has lower belts teach classes
school only has classes 3x per week
school doesn’t participate in local competitions
teammates are a-holes and not nice people
teammates don’t want to drill after class
work too many hours during the week to train
can’t get out of house to train due to family commitments
spouse or significant other hates it when I train all the time
not enough time during the day to train the way I should
classes cost too much to train enough to get good
instructional DVDs that will help cost too much
All the reasons mentioned above can be seen as valid reasons for not achieving maximum improvement, but what’s missing from this list? That’s right…the grappler! There is absolutely NO MENTION on the Grappling Blame Wheel of the grappler being:
too lazy to go to class
doesn’t pay attention and misses key technical details
a know-it-all and don’t know when to shut up
doesn’t drill the movements outside of class
rather spar so that you can brag about who you’ve tapped
doesn’t want to be anyone’s drill partner, especially when you’re tired
never ask your instructor how to practice at home or when on travel
always looking for “free gold” and too cheap to invest in a product or instructional DVD that will help
That would be a more accurate Grappling Blame Wheel and more closer to the truth as to why grapplers underachieve. For every reason that’s mentioned above, the grappler has the ability to create a workaround solution that will enable them to continuously improve, even if only by one percent each day! Unfortunately, the easiest thing for the grappler to do is to find reasons to justify their mediocrity and accept no responsibility at all.
How do you fix it? Create your own Grappling Blame Wheel and write down every reason (or excuse) that you used in the past to justify why you couldn’t train and see how often your name pops up on the blame list. Once you realize that you’re not as “innocent” as you thought, come up with a plan to workaround all those “reasons” and keep moving forward. And if you don’t know what to do, ask someone who does like your instructor, teammate, or any wise grappler that you may know!
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
The other day, I was having a conversation with one of my students and he wanted to know what gave me the idea of using a folding chair to demonstrate and teach the proper posture for the “Bullfighter” Guard Pass (as he saw in on the OG Clinic DVD) since he had never seen anyone use furniture to teach a grappling concept before. I told him the reason I was able to use the chair to successfully teach the concept of proper body placement and weight distribution was based solely on the fact that no one ever told me that I couldn’t use a folding chair to teach my students. And since no one told me I couldn’t use a chair (or anything else that comes to mind), my teaching was bound ONLY by my creativity.
The motivation for using the chair was to teach my students the proper hand positioning and to show them where the weight should be distributed to neutralize their opponent while doing the pass. The reason I used the folding chair was the fact that they’re light and mobile, which allows me to put several on the mat at one time to create a unique drill for the students that immediately catches their attention and presents them with a simple training tool that most of them have in their homes and workspaces. Once they put their hands on the chair in the proper position, the feeling they feel in their hands lets them know exactly where the weight is being distributed and if their feet and hips are properly positioned for successfully neutralize their opponent for a successful guard pass.
The whole idea of using a folding chair seems so foreign to many grapplers (of all experience levels and ranks), but that’s one of the reasons that so many grapplers can’t improve outside the traditional setting or without black belt level instruction. They lack the imagination and creativity required to help them learn, understand, and to teach grappling techniques and concepts outside of the traditional setting that you see in lots of training academies, grappling books, and instructional DVDs.
Would I consider myself an innovative genius for using chairs (among other things) as training props? Well…yes and no! I am innovative because I haven’t seen anyone else doing it and no one’s accused me of stealing it from someone else…yet! At the same time, I know that I don’t own the patent on training creativity and quite certain that there are TONS of non-traditional training methods being used in gyms around the world that teach grappling concepts that are unknown to the masses.
THAT’S what I consider “thinking outside the box” in grappling. So, if you’ve got some “crazy” idea that helps you or your students understand a grappling principle, keep up the good work and continue to think outside the box. And if you think using a folding chair as a guard passing training tool was cool, wait until you see how I use a stationary bike seat and an umbrella in my OG Shadow Grappling DVD, which will be available within the month!
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
Have you had a time during your training where you felt really good about your performance and when it was promotion time, you didn’t get promoted? Did you find yourself analyzing the person that got the promotion and comparing them to yourself, with them not being as good as you with each comparison?
If you haven’t experienced this feeling, you’re either very new to grappling, a great liar, or a completely ego-less grappler (which I have yet to meet in 11 years of grappling). It’s natural for all of us to look around the gym and compare ourselves with our classmates and their skills. And at the same time, those comparisons can be counter-productive to our grappling progress.
Generally, when we notice someone else moving forward, we get anxious and start questioning why we aren’t progressing at the same rate. And if we can’t come up with what we figure out are rational reasons (e.g. they’re younger, stronger, more athletic, trains harder, takes more private lessons, etc.), we then settled into what I call “rank envy mode” and start challenging the decision behind their promotion and why we were overlooked. And “rank envy mode” has been known to make students go after newly promoted guys to embarrass and prove to everyone how the wrong person got promoted. Rank envy mode has also been known to make some grapplers change schools or quite grappling completely.
The biggest problem with comparing ourselves with our teammates around us is the presumption that everyone should learn a new skill and progress at the same pace, regardless of how each of us learns and processes new information. There is no standard pace for learning and progressing. Each of us has an internal rhythm that drives us to determine and achieve goals based on how important they are to us. So, a person with lots of non-grappling commitments demanding his time shouldn’t expect to progress as fast as a person with no commitments and lots of time to train. And at the same time, two people with identical external commitments won’t progress at the same rate if achieving grappling perfection is more important to one person than the other.
What’s the solution to training comparisons and rank envy? The best solution is to leave the evaluation to your instructors and to keep training. If you trust your instructor’s judgment and consider them a good instructor, let them determine when it’s your time to move up to the next belt level. You’re at the school to become proficient at grappling, not evaluate your teammates’ performance or determine if promotions are being handed out fairly.
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
The other day, I received an email from one of my newsletter subscribers that decided the information didn’t provide any value to him. That’s fine with me because I understand what I have to say isn’t for everyone. But what got my attention was the feedback that he left in the comment section for me. He commented that the information was “too basic” for him.
Initially, I wasn’t sure how to react to that comment. Most times, I just thank people for the feedback and wish them luck with their future training endeavors. But this time, I decided to do something different and I sent him a thank you email that included a question. And the question that I posed to him was:
“You said that the information was “too basic” for you. Does that mean that you’re implementing everything now that you’ve read and consider basic and, if so, what were you hoping to find when you signed up for the emails?”
I’m hoping that he responds to the question because I’m curious to read his answer…but I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for an answer that probably won’t be sent. But I wonder if he’s REALLY doing everything that he read so far that he considers basic. It’s possible that he could be, but I wouldn’t bet my kid’s college fund on it!
When I read that comment, I see a guy that’s having some training problems that are common to OGs, thought he could get some help, and apparently didn’t hear what he thought would be the answer. It’s very possible that my answers could be basic, but is it possible that the solution to the problems only require basic answers? And if he’s properly executing all the basics that I’ve laid out that he considers “too basic”, why would he be looking at my website for answers to problems he’s not supposed to have?
I’d like to say that’s the first time I’ve heard a comment like this, but it’s not and that’s something I’ve never been able to fully understand. I’ve attended many training sessions (grappling and business-related) over the years and I’ve never heard someone that was considered successful in their field make a statement that a proven operating principle was “too basic” for them to master. And for those that are “anti-basics” proponents, their success is usually short-lived (e.g. dot com investors from the late 1990s).
Comments that proven training concepts are “too basic” consist of a mixture of inexperience, ignorance, and maybe a lack of exposure to successful people that are considered champions in their field. I wish the OG the best of luck. With that attitude towards the basics, he’ll need it!
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
Let me say for the record that in professional football, I’m a Washington Redskins Fan. And last season, the Redskins had to play a game against the New England Patriots. Now, what made this game so important was the fact that the Redskins’ Defense was ranked in the top 5 for the entire NFL and the talk around DC was that the Patriots hadn’t played a top-ranked defense this year. So, the town was set to see the Patriots take their first loss of the year
at the hand of the Redskins.
What ended up happening was a Redskins’ beatdown from the Patriots by the score of 52-7. Now, part of me was shaking my head trying to figure out how “the best practice that the Redskins had all season” (that was the week before the game as described by the players) turned into such a one-side butt-kicking. Well, I understand that in competitive sports that everyone (or every team) can (and will at some point) take a beatdown at any moment. But what really ticked me off about the game was the number of Washington Redskins Players that felt the Patriots had shown no class by “running up the score” when it was obvious that the game was out of reach for a Redskins comeback. And the more I heard the players (and reporters) talk about it, one word kept popping up in my mind…disappointment.
I say disappointment because I’ve had the pleasure of being around and training with many martial arts champions (and a few pro football athletes) over the years and the one thing that I’d never heard any of them do was expect mercy from their opponents. Those champions understood that it was a contest to see which person (or team) was superior on that particular day. And they understood that it was their goal to dominate their opponents, hoping to leave a permanent scar on their mental psyche that would make their opponents to never want to tangle with them again. And if the outcome didn’t turn out the way those proud champions expected it to, they took their butt-kicking with pride and expected NO MERCY from their opposition! They didn’t get mad at the end of the contest for getting publicly embarrassed; they took it upon themselves to stop the embarrassment or to store the anger from the embarrassment for payback in the future! They didn’t try to gain support from the media or rationalize the beating they received from the opponent with their fan base. They took their beating, focused on what they could’ve done differently with their preparation, fix the mistakes, and hope for a second chance for redemption in the near future.
I’m not sure where this attitude of “losing with dignity” came from…but it stinks and anyone that thinks losing with dignity is what a real champion would do is completely off the mark. I’m not saying that champions don’t lose because it’s obvious they do, but a real champion would NEVER look down at his opponent and expect mercy or an explanation for why there was a need for such a public humiliation. A real champion would consider it his responsibility to do something to stop the beating during the contest. And if they couldn’t stop it, then they’ll just take the beating without expecting or asking for mercy. And truth be told, a real champion understands that if the shoe was on the other foot, that they would’ve done the EXACT same thing by showing no mercy to their opponents. That’s why champions stand out from the pack of contenders.
If you want mercy, stick to competing in little league and high school events because there’s a place for it. But once you’ve elevated your competition above those venues, you need to know how to finish your opponents once you have them in trouble. And not only should you expect to receive a merciless beating from your opponent some day…but you should be prepared to give one as well. And if this “classless act” doesn’t suit you, then get used to being a contender for the rest of your life!
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
At least once a week, I am approached by some grappler (either by email or in person) asking me the best way to improve their grappling. And every week I give the same advice: show up for class, drill, listen to the instructor’s teaching, and trust us to give you a fundamentally sound grappling base.
That advice is usually taken with lots of enthusiasm and promises of carrying out the instructions. And there’s usually some challenge to wait and see how they perform. And that’s what I do; I watch and wait for them to perform. And the performance rarely happens.
The reason the performance rarely happens is because good training advice was given to and wasted on a Talker, not a Doer! A Talker is the guy that wants to make an impression on his instructors or coaches by talking about all the big things they’re going to achieve on the mats. The Talker wants to be recognized as a “big dog” in training, but won’t put forth the effort to be one. The Talker has 1000s of questions that need to be answered so they can see the “big picture” and take his game to the next level. The Talker needs a different training approach than the one that’s been proven to work. The Talker would rather sit around and talk about how Randy Couture or Quinton “Rampage” Jackson train and how we should “train the way they train” at the gym. The Talker signs up for my emails; but rarely reads them since he already knows “the basic stuff” I’m talking about each week. Last, but not least, the Talker needs to be constantly convinced that the training method he’s being taught by his coaches will work for him, especially when he’s getting contradictory information from the “forum experts” during one of their training debates.
Most grapplers will NEVER be anything more than Talkers and that’s by choice! They have the ability to choose what direction their training will take, just like the Doers.
Now the Doers, those are the future mat animals! The Doers are the ones that take every piece of information given to them; dissect it, analyze it, figure out how it will work for them, and puts it into action! Doers aren’t spending time debating training philosophies or if The Wise Grappler knows what the hell he’s talking about in his emails. Doers don’t determine a resource’s value by the number of emails they receive per week, but by how it benefits them. Doers aren’t worried about getting attention or being the “big dog” at the school. They just train and eventually become one of the team’s big dogs by working harder than the Talker. Doers aren’t asking 1000s of questions so they can debate the answers with their instructors. If it doesn’t contribute to their grappling progress, Doers don’t waste a whole lot of time with it. Doers are offended by hearing “the basics” being repeated to them. They realize if it’s being emphasized, it must be important and should be remembered. And finally, Doers are smart enough to realize that they can benefit from the Wise Grappler’s mistakes. They don’t have to touch a hot iron see if it will burn them, they can learn from The Wise Grappler’s scars!
So, which one are you, Doer or Talker? If you don’t know, take a moment and think about how you train. If you’re not doing everything you can (within your legitimate constraints) to improve, then you’re just a Talker! And if that’s what you are, do me a favor. Keep your voice low while you’re “talking” about training…you’re disturbing the Doers!
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Paul M. Greenhill, “The Wise Grappler”, is the creator of The Wise Grappler System and author of The Wise Grappler Ezine, a weekly ezine that provides grappling and mental mindset training tips for the older (over 35) and non-traditional/non-competitive martial artists. To learn more about “The Wise Grappler” and to sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit his site at www.ihateyoungpunks.com or paul@thewisegrappler.com.
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