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@davidclowery I know exactly where you are by the description.

The thing about living in the south is, you can leave a high security research lab, on the campus of a top tier R-1 research university to go to an appointment with a world renowned medical expert but this will inevitably involve driving down Hog Mountain Rd.

UFC 324 is almost here, and there’s no better time to dive into “Applying an Ecological Dynamics Framework to Mixed Martial Arts Training”! doi.org/10.1080/216406…

@OpenNoteGrapple The person in the left was aspinal before aspinal. And then it all went wrong.

some classic mma-style boxing

This post is so funny JKD isn't even supposed to exist It's a philosophy not a training style Plus wtf is "MMA-style boxing"?

@chrismwojcik And you are fighting against physical decline the entire time. And time always wins.

One really important life lesson that I've learned from Jiu-Jitsu that most people never talk about: You can invest hours and hours of time into something, and you will improve, but you still might not become excellent at it. Some skills will come so easily that you will think you're doing them wrong. Other skills you'll spend so much time on with so few positive results that you will feel like the skill itself cannot be practical. You can improve at everything, but you will not excel at everything. The key is to find what comes easily and work just as hard on it (if not harder) than the things you suck at. This is how you become excellent and something.

@chrismwojcik Let me know if I can help in any way.

@SBGAthens Agreed. I've found it's shifting the way I'm thinking about practicing the sport.

One thing that I have learned from experimenting with CLA in classes that I teach is that it's actually just as much, if not more, work than just "creating curriculum". What are your thoughts on CLA in Jiu-Jitsu?

@chrismwojcik 2035 I’ll probably be dead.

2020: “The gi is dead” 2025: “Traditional instruction is dead” 2030: “Technique is dead” 2035: “Grappling is dead”

@DCGreyMattersUK I assume this is because of the commonality of human phenotypes and the common task demands of most sports?

A useful perspective. There CANNOT be a single optimum movement pattern BUT THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS an optimum template which individuals are best targeting. I have yet to meet a coach who insists on a single model but often encounter sensible moves toward a mechanical model

@MovementMiyagi Purchased

And if you like that blog post, you'll be sure to love this: a.co/d/ch3lgfi

Along with the book being released today, I also put together my annual blog post on the theme for our NFL learning environment for 2025 & what it meant for the players I partnered with as well as for the analyses that are about to ensue for my Movement POW this season: footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/wux…

@DCGreyMattersUK I agree. In my sport we have 5 “gifts” that the athlete can thank their parents for. It’s my job as a coach to help those with the gifts to maximize them and those without to “overcome” them.

An ongoing discussion perhaps. But I call the “natural” stuff gifts. Talent is the attitude, work ethic, drive, etc. hence we discriminate between gifted and talented, assessing and developing the latter in partnership with coaches, parents, schools and sports

@DCGreyMattersUK There can’t be a total answer. To say that EcoD is a complete answer seems paradoxical. Isn’t a theory by definition incomplete?

Mate I’ll agree with that. Posts often read as evangelical! Don’t understand. It offers a good deal. But it isn’t THE TOTAL ANSWER

@kyledupic @ConvoswColeman Eco D doesn’t “do” anything. Coaches coach and coaches use some mix of methods. There will be coaches with great methods that never have the success and coaches with poor methods that have tremendous success.

“But generally, the way we find out things is by, not by getting directly at truth, but by slashing away at falsity.” - Greg Lukianoff (on podcast @ConvoswColeman). EcoD will continue to poke holes in bad coaching so we can do one thing: better serve athletes.

@OpenNoteGrapple We line up by attractiveness

Like, people pay for a place to train, quality instruction, and training partners If you do something that limits your students’ time & ability to get better you’re getting in the way

Lining up at all is a waste of time Just like jumping jacks, running, etc.. Set the training parameters Let your students train Ask if they have questions Anything else gets in the way

@Results_Period Guess it’s been to long since I read it. Ty

Another example of a drill decoupled from the actual game. Cones + air = non-representative = waste of time. Just because big time teams post drills doesn’t = they have any clue on what’s going on. This is not problem solving. “Pedagogical folklore” is what it is.

@__sheeks Sometimes a change of expectations can reignite the spark (l

Lately, I’ve been in a season where Jiu-Jitsu doesn’t feel the way it used to. I don’t love it like I once did & as much as I didn’t want to admit it, I’ve been feeling this way for a while.

@MovementMiyagi @TylerYearby @ShakeyWaits When and where do I get it?

Big news! 🗣️ 'Enhancing Skill in American Football: Revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day' is coming soon! A whole lot of work over the last year went into bringing this to life. This month, it will finally be available! It's time to change the game!

@robbwolf Love to.

@robbwolf I would to chat with you about my new normal with my diabetes and any suggestions you have.

For my 2nd book I looked at blood glucose excursions in VERY healthy HG's and horticulturalists. Despite being on the small side (males about 135 lbs) OGTT of 75-100g of glucose did not produce BG above about 110, there was no crash, and this was clearly a rare occurrence. AND this was in a population with "normal" (remarkably good!?) pancreatic function. This is a part of what informed my recommendation to build meals that do not push BG much above perhaps 115...again, in folks with a functional pancreas. In type 1's, who are managing BG from injected insulin, vs insulin in the beta cells being immediately adjacent to the alpha cells of the pancreas, it's likely advisable to keep carb boluses much more tightly controlled. MANY scoff at this recommendation, saying it's "normal" for folks to see BG in the 140+ range after most meals. Well, that IS common, but I'd ask if that is good for the person and what should be the basis for "normal?" the BG response of a population that is understood to only have about 7% metabolically healthy?

@MovementMiyagi @ShakeyWaits @TylerYearby LFG!

Trying to capture the contents of hundreds of pages which tried to capture years of experience partnering with and studying football players certainly proved difficult. However, I am beyond excited that football coaches everywhere will wrestle with what's inside very, VERY soon!

From the back cover... "In American football, the alive movement problems players interact with in competition are often dynamic and highly complex, containing numerous opportunities for organizing a functional movement solution in a highly adaptable fashion. Despite this, traditional football practices have overemphasized training that looks, feels, and unfolds much differently than what emerges on game day. Many of the tasks and drills prescribed by coaches in training often create a disconnection in the relationship found between the player and the environment and instead focus on the rehearsal of techniques in isolated conditions..."