If you look at John Danaher’s Instagram bio, you can readily see the word “kaizen”. He proclaims to be living in accordance to kaizen. After quickly looking at a dictionary, we discover that kaizen means betterment or improvement. This is a Japanese concept that is often employed in business settings as a philosophy of continuous […]
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I am a huge fan of Marcelo Garcia, not because I play a similar game nor do I have a similar body type, but due to the fact that his flow while competing is very impressive. The way he transitions from one move to next almost effortlessly and he seems to always have a counter
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In my case, the addiction comes from setting up techniques (submissions, sweeps, takedowns, anything) and actually making them work against a resisting opponent. Even better if it is against someone more experienced, like a higher belt or someone that has been training for significantly longer than me. There is also a lot of satisfaction in
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