Introduction

I’m still on my way back from the 2010 Central American and Carribean
Games and boy oh boy am I pissed.

I really don’t have the right to be pissed but I’m pissed anyway.

I had 6 competitors fight this weekend and we lost every single match.

Every one!!!

To say we were out of our league is an understatement.

I have a team of 15 and 16 year olders and some college students who
are home for the summer competing and another dude who is a blkue
belt. For all intents and purposes I have a team full of junior and
cadet level judo players who ARE the best in the country so they get
to compete at senior level competitons such as this.

So although I really didn’t expect them to go out there and man-handle
some adults, I did expect us to take a few matches here and there.

But I had to have a MASSIVE reality check.

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Reality Check
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Because I’m on the service provider side of martial arts and more
specifically, judo in this case, I kinda forgot how freaking expensive
this sport is.

Winning without paying your duues in Japan, Europe, Brazil, and thru
international training camps and competitons is damn near impossible
and to expect to do so is asinine.

I’m no different than any other high achiever… I think I can fix any
and everything. I CANNOT. I can “help” to fix it and advise in the
fixing and quite frankly make some small “fixes” but I can’t fix “it”.

The grind is the grind.

You have to jump in it, love it and learn from it.

You have to learn how to manage a fight, fight a fight, emotionally
regulate yourself and fight no matter if you feel good or bad.

Now here’s what I am very happy about!!!!

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On the cognitive
side, my kids are
SHARP!
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It is a lot easier to fix and repair a car if you have knowledge about
its inner workings and know the make and model.

My kids know, gripping, judo and what is happening to the
strategically and tactically.

They just need the match time and experience to work on “implementing”
what it is that they know.

I was super pleased when reviewing the video that they knew what was
happening to them and could see it. One young man on the team said,
“Dr. Ferguson, everything was just like you said, but it was happening
soooooo fast!”.
I laughed.  I told him, “Unfortunately at this time you all aren’t
able to move that ‘fast’ with each other. You need more, different and
better practice partners to make this adjustments and more
competitions.”

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Decreasing The
Learning Curve
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Going to a tournament and getting beat and not knowing why it
happened, or worse yet, thinking you know and then going home and
training “harder” is a waste of time.

The only problem with this, is that people “think” they know.

Case in point….

I was watching a match this weekend where a young man was standing
“righty”, gripping “righty” and tried to do a left side ouchi gari
with his left leg.

It was some of the dumbest ish I’ve ever seen.

Of course he was thrown for ippon.

After he came off the mat and was in the back warming up area I was
watching his teammate and coach try to corect him on his ouchi gari.
After being fed up with this I couldn’t help myself.  I said, “the
reason why he got thrown was because he was standing righty, gripped
as a righty and sent his left leg in to do ouchi.” I then illustrated.

The coach, then said, “that not what happened.”. LOL

I shook my head and walked off.

They WILL NEVER be able to fix their problems. We will.

I was humbled this weekend. I’m usually a miracle worker of sorts.

This will be a grind from the ground up.

I love it!

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Closing
***********************

I am in the process of re-releasing Judo Sucess Secrets. It will be
here in August.  These emails are setting the tone, foundation and
conversational landscape so that I may answer your question with the
re-release of Judo Success Secrets. Many people are finally
understanding what I mean when I say that being good at judo has
nothing do to with judo. Nothing at all. Its about governing yourself
professionally and KNOWING what to do.

Take care and have a great day.

Dedicated to your success,

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson
2004 Olympian
http://www.GripToWin.com
http://www.UndergroundGripfightingSecrets.com
http://www.NewazaMadeEasy.com

P.S. We made a concentrated and concerted effort to focus on the
technical development of the team in the Bahamas. Now the strength
building phase begins. If you are a member of my eCoaching program,
get ready for a sneak-peek of the Bahamian Strength and Conditioning
Program. Remember, I’m training juniors, not adults ;-).

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Introduction
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You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again.

Getting or being good at judo has NOTHING to do with judo.

Just like running better has nothing to do with running.

Becoming good at judo is a choice that you have to make.

Then and only then can you or will you start to see massive
improvements in your judo.

The willingness to address and attack your sport as a professional
is the most important decision you can make.

Being a professional means a couple of things, one of them is
understanding that professional services are not cheap and “paying”
for what you want is just as much part of the process as “training”
is. Your willingness to invest in your sport is one of the key
characteristics of a “professional”.

If there is one thing that I really stress to my clients and the
athletes under my tutelage it is this…. “Be A Professional At All
Times!” If you do this, you NEVER lose! Never!”

This is only a small part of the invisible judo that will improve
your judo.  You can practice until you are blue in the face, if you
refuse to do the “little things” which quite frankly, have the greatest
impact on your career, you’ll never rrach your full potential.

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What “little things”?
————————-

Well, I’ve  told you for a couple of days now that I am going to
re-release my product “Judo Success Secrets” under my new instant
gratification model. Meaning, you buy today and you access your info
today!

In Judo Success Secrets I literally exposen identify, point out and
show you all of the little things that you are not doing which can
help you, your students or your children achieve judo success.

And its drop dead simple….. Once you know these secrets.

Please read my transmission over the last couple of days and please
read the one today.

Take care and remember…. The little things are really the big
things.

Dedicated to your Improvement,

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson
2004 Olympian
World Class Strength Coach
The Best GripFighting Instructon On The Planet!
http://www.UndergroundGripfightingSecrets.com
http://www.GripToWin.com
http://www.LiveJudo.com

If you haven’t have the opportunity to read yesterday’s transmission, please check it out here: http://www.thejudocrusader.com/?p=1254

If you have…. Let’s begin..

Staying right where you are is so comfortable. And to be honest with
you, that’s why so many do it.

I remember one person telling me how they had to change churches after
going to one for 10 years. I asked them why.

They said, “well, I needed a new perspective. A new way to look at the
philosophical premise which I subscribe to.”

I immediately thought about judo and how so many people fight and
argue about what they think judo is and what they think it isn’t.

The silly thing about such arguments is this - everybody is right and
everybody is wrong.

To me, in my profession, judo is a sport. Nothing more, nothing less.
I am hired and called upon to provide results, and most of the time
immediate results.

I have been accused of providing “quick fixes” and I will admit to
that without hesitation and I’ll tell you exactly why.

When I am hired, more often than not, I am hired for a tournament, a
match, a fight and/or to have a positive impact on an upcoming event.
I don’t usually get 12 and 18 month contracts where people can wait
for results. People come to me because they want to win and they want
to win NOW!

And guess what?

I’m in business because I DELIVER!

One of the best opportunities that I had was an opportunity to train
Taraje Williams-Murray for 3 years from 2005-2008. It was good to be
able to develop a 3 year macrocycle for continuous improvement.

I also have the greatest and most fulfilling challenge in front of me
as the Head Coach for the Bahamian Judo Federation.

This due to the fact that I’m not only coaching athletes but creating
a paradigm shift culturally within and about the sport nationally.

I’m creating a foundation for success by”selling” the parents,
athletes, families and federation on what is necessary for success.

In a year’s time we have created a team that has gone from practicing
judo 2 times a week to practicing judo twice a day for 6 days.

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Let’s Be Honest
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If you are a parent, you know how stressful this can be with the commuting and the travel. But let’s face it. There’s a difference between being a recreational judoka and an elite level judoka.

Sometimes its not the kids that can’t hack it…… It’s the parents  LOL!!

I’m sure you know that my initial attrition rate was high.

Parents thought, and some still do think, that I’m crazy.

People thought such practice was abusive but yet and still they would welcome 2 hour track
practices in 103 degree heat in order for their kids to have a chance
to grab a spot on the Bahamas track and field 4×400 meter team.

Or 4 hour baseball practices in the heat.

Why?

Well….culturally these are acceptable and judo just was not.

But that’s part of being successful in judo.

You MUST sell judo everyday.

You have to sell it to the parents, the kids and quite honestly sell yourself on the idea that you are doing the right thing
for “the program”.

As the National Team Coach, it is also my charge to make sure that the
grassroots program has multiple channels of inclusion and 2 of
exclusion.

Meaning, we must make the grassroots programs available for all and
create activities, teachable moments and learning activities to keep
the students in the program. If they want to remain as grassroots
players they should be able to do so for life. With 2 exit option but
3 real ones. Those are to:
1.) Continue as a grassroots player
2.)Quit
or
3). Move to the elite level program.

The educational process of all of this is difficult but amazing.
Making quality choices so that the practitioners have options is
important as well as educating them on what it means to be a
grassroots level player (club player) and what it means to be an elite level player.

Simply put, you have to change the minds of the parents and the players.

What they thought was “good” before, in terms of being REALLY GETTING GOOD, is not “good” at all.

And then whats even harder to get people to buy into is that we don’t really want to be “good”. We want to be GREAT.

Well, being good sometimes comes with getting kicked in the “teeth” being great….. kicked in the neck!!! LOL

Everybody wants the SUGAR, but nobody wants to eat the s–t!  LOL

Kinda like what they say in church…..”everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.”

WE had to kill and are still killing the old way of thinking about judo…. (for the elite players). WE LEAVE THE RECREATIONAL PLAYERS ALONE!!!!! YOU MUST!!!! (I won’t get into that but I cover that in Judo Success Secrets for the school owners).

Tomorrow’s topic: “How To Develop Effective Judoka: Teaching Invisible Judo”

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Closing
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I am in the process of re-releasing Judo Sucess Secrets. It will be
here in August.  These emails are setting the tone, foundation and
conversational landscape so that I may answer your question with the
re-release of Judo Success Secrets. Many people are finally
understanding what I mean when I say that being good at judo has
nothing do to with judo. Nothing at all. Its about governing yourself
professionally and KNOWING what to do.

Take care and have a great day.

Dedicated to your success,

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson
2004 Olympian
http://www.GripToWin.com
http://www.UndergroundGripfightingSecrets.com
http://www.NewazaMadeEasy.com

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Introduction
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Quite honestly becoming “good” at anything is a pretty easy task.

For example, I’m a good ping-pong player, I’m a pretty decent chess
player, I’m a good runner, a halfway decent grappler and a good
judo player.

GOOD.

Easy!

Now, with that being said, being excellent is another conversation
that includes many variables such as resources, preparedness,
chance, luck, divine intervention, hard work, smart work and a lot
of other things which we just don’t have time to cover (argue
about) in this transmission

What I really want to discuss with you right now and for the next
couple of days are how you can either become or create “Effective
Judoka” by taking or creating a great strategy and getting great
results.

So let’s dive in.

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Talent Identification
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I know you are wondering where this fits in - in our discussion.
Let me start by saying this…. Without This. There Is NO
DISCUSSION.

During my first official meeting with D’Arcy Rahming, the President
of the Bahamian Judo Federation, we sat down and we spoke about
Talent Identification.

Mr. Rahming, a Graduate of world class business school Kellogg
School of Management, understood precisely where I was coming from
and was delighted that I understood that long term sustained growth
of a program begins with a “talent identification plan” and not
“uchimata or osoto gari” .

This is a mistake that many countries make and it is due to some
coaches having a “mat side coaching” mentality and not
understanding the overall picture for effectiveness and sustained
growth.

In the past 6 months the participants in the sport of judo in the
Bahamas has skyrocketed while many other countries have seen a
decrease, sustained or stagnant growth at best.

Identifying talent is the key to success in any organization. I
don’t care if we are talking about Fortune 500 companies or the
National Football League. Talent Identification is key.

Now how that talent is identified is super important as well. Just
as in the National Football League there are some “tangibles” and
“measureables” that coaches and scouts look for we do the same. And
just like with such identification process, there will be some
mistakes made, but there must be a process in place to “tweak”. You
cannot adjust or analyze someting that is not there.

So right out of the gate, we came up with some Standards for Elite
Level Judoka. Now in all seriousness, we had to scrap the standards
as we set them, because they didn’t fit our “pool” of players. We
had to then set Standards For Elite Cadet and Junior Level Judoka.

After that, we had the “round holes” in place. The hard part was
and is pushing all the “square pegs” into the round holes.

Changing the minds of players, parents, coaches and others about
what it really takes to be good at judo was and is difficult. To
some, the training and practice seems like “too much” and in some
cases “abusive”. I guess you could say that about any elite
training program due to the amount of hours which have to be
invested in order to become “elite”.

But, your options are, limited. You either stay in your comfort
zone or operate outside of it.

In my next transmission, we will discuss, “Making A Change: What’s
Required For Success!”

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Closing
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I am in the process of re-releasing Judo Sucess Secrets. It will be
here in August.  These emails are setting the tone, foundation and
conversational landscape so that I may answer your question with
the re-release of Judo Success Secrets. Many people are finally
understanding what I mean when I say that being good at judo has
nothing do to with judo. Nothing at all. Its about governing
yourself professionally and KNOWING what to do.

Take care and have a great day.

Dedicated to your success,

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson
2004 Olympian
http://www.GripToWin.com
http://www.UndergroundGripfightingSecrets.com
http://www.NewazaMadeEasy.com

P.S. If you’ve never experience The Grind, do yourself a favor and
get The Grind today… at least check it out
http://www.TheGrindVideo.com

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Good morning world!

I’ve been up since 4:20am this morning. Getting ready for the 5am training session with the team from the Bahamas.  We had a good one. The first of 4 for the day.

We will train again at 10am and then again at 3:30, but the 3:30 session will be a film session and then again in the evening at 7pm.

Things are going well. The kids just have so much to learn….Heck, we all do. But they are doing great.

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The Biggest Thing
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The biggest thing that I am noticing is this….. some of these kids have a great life.

I mean great.

There personal struggles haven’t been great. Nor should they. As a parent, you want to make sure that your children have things better than you did. It’s not your desire for things to be super difficult for them, thus as a good parent, you also KNOW that they NEED to experience some difficult and trying situations for the development of a well-rounded individual.  Thus, you provide them with a sharpening stone….. a Dr. Ferguson  :-)   or  a sport such as Judo, Football, Wrestling, Hockey, Swimming, etc.

Through these experiences a certain level of, not toughness, but RESPECT is developed for the PROCESS OF EXCELLENCE, not excellence itself.

Excellence is a process. It is a tenet, a principle, a way of life.  The process of being excellent and being an exemplar is really what we are teaching in the Bahamas. Judo is at the forefront, only in name. What we are teaching are life skills.  Medals are won and lost. And quite honestly, there is a great deal of chance that goes into winning. But the one thing that WE cannot chance, is the development of character and quality citizenship. That is not an option. That must get done.

These children will be someone’s wife, husband, father, mother, aunt, uncle, caretaker and overseer one day and we must make sure that the experiences that they receive in this process can and will help them in the their future existence as well and their long, intermediate and short term athletic pursuits.

This the biggest thing and quite honestly the MOST important thing I do as a coach. Coaching for me happens on 2 levels.  Within the sport and without the sport.

Simply put, you need to know how to govern yourself and win, WITHIN the sport and you need to know how to do the same in life, WITHOUT the sport.

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What we’ve been
doing….
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We’ve been doing some base level conditioning work, but the bulk of our time is spent on technique, technical development and the understanding of the anatomy of a judo match and creating a strategic framework for action (gameplan).

We have been spending a lot of time on gripping, grip fighting, grip tactics and gripping strategy and really covering the importance of proper hand invocation and hand placement     There have been many “aha” moments while watching video. Especially when the kids go back and watch “Underground Grip Fighting Secrets” for a third and fourth time. They start saying things like, “That’s what Flavio Canto was doing” or “yeah! That what the guy from Japan was doing in the match in Sydney.”  They are picking up information fast and making an attempt to implement it. It takes time, but we are getting there……….one radori (sparring) session at a time.

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Underground Gripfighting
Secrets
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Closing
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Take care and we’ll rap later.

Dedicated to your Improvement,

Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
2004 Olympics
4-Time National Judo Champion
http://www.LiveJudo.com
http://www.RhadiFerguson.com

P.S. Hear what a National Judo Champion, BJJ Black Belt and BJJ World Champion had to say about the benefits of learning how to grip fight…

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Introduction
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I remember when I was growing up and watching Batman….. yes… I like Batman.

And I’ll tell you why.

Sometimes the stuff Superman did was just too…..well…. too “SUPER”.

It was unbelievable, not real. But my man Batman, well, Batman was a regular dude that really used his brain and his tricks

and know-how to beat the bad guys.

I liked that.

So, as I was saying… I remember when I was growing up and watching Batman and I’d see him pull some weapons out of his tool

belt or push a button on his “Batmobile” car and make some type of secret weapon come out.

I used to really dig that because it really showed me that sometimes you have to have a “secret” weapon in your arsenal, but

hidden from plain view.

Well, that’s what many martial artists have.

My first BJJ coach, friend and mentor of sorts, Lloyd Irvin posted a video the other day where he shared one of the secrets

to his teams successes in Brazilian Jiujitsu Competitions.

You’ll be surprised by what you hear……

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Lloyd Irvin EXPOSES
one of Team Lloyd Irvin’s
Secret Weapons
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Get The Information and
Start Winning More
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Listen, I’d love to “sell” you on this program, but here’s the bottom line. Some people want to be good, some want to be

great, some want to be average and some want to be stubborn and silly. Man, I’m only here to help and share. If you want to

excel. I’m here if you want to have someone to help guide your career, I’m here.

As I said before, I am not here to try to replace your coach, I’m here to enhance your learning and educational experience.

Get the information you need and start doing better today.

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On Another Note
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Make sure you are following me on Facebook.

The Bahamian National Team is in town for 2 weeks and we are training 3-4 times a day and are really getting after it.

Make sure you follow me so that you can get a bird’s eye view of some elite level training.

Take care,

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson

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Read below first

Listen up!

They are pissed!

The judo community is upset with me because I’m exposing the secret of
how the good beat the average.

Some people try to discredit the existence of “specialized knowledge” in judo.

Some people think they”know this stuff already”.

Some people think the gripping and gripfighting is jusr “negative judo”

And some people just, honestly, don’t know what in heck to think, but
they don’t like it just because its trying to be “sold” to them.

Here’s the real deal.

You can practice judo ALL of your life and if nobody EVER explains the
game of judo to you like Jimmy Pedro and I do in Underground
Gripfighting Secrets, the the truth of the matter is this…. You HAVE
little to no hope of becoming great.

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, EVER takes the time to explain, teach,
dissect, breakdown and illustrate the game of grippong like this.
Nobody.

If you want your judo game to “tip” you must learn how to GRIP!

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Take care,

Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
http://www.LiveJudo.com
http://www.BeyondTheRings.com
http://www.GripToWin.com

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• The inside secrets of Left vs. Right
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Listen To What
2 Time Olympian
Taraje Williams-Murray
says about gripping
and strategic preparation
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Take care and have a great day!

Dr. Rhadi Ferguson

I just want to let you know that Underground Grip Fighting Secrets, the video that has changed the grappling, judo and sambo communities, the number one gripping and grip fighting instructional series in the World, will be here tomorrow.

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IMPORTANT INFO
BELOW
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- And, this set is NEW AND IMPROVED.

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so please look out for my email tomorrow, providing you with information on how you can get your hands on Underground Gripfighting Secrets.

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How To Make Your
Judo Game “Tip”
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If you did not read my blog post yesterday of how to make your judo game “tip”, please go here  and read it today: http://www.livejudo.com/?p=567

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New Video
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If you haven’t had a chance to check out my new video of “The Truth About Why Some Win And Some Don’t (just being honest)” please check it out.

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Friendly Reminder
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Tomorrow Underground Gripfighting Secrets will be here!

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Closing
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Take care and have a great day,

Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
2004 Olympian
BJJ Black Belt
World Class Strength Coach
http://www.LiveJudo.com
http://www.RhadiFerguson.com

P.S. Make sure you check out Beyond The Rings…. http://www.BeyondTheRings.com Find out how to make huge jumps in your athletic career. If you are a parent, a coach or an athlete, you NEED this video.

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Introduction
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Often times the solution to a problem lies outside of the problem itself. Thus the expression, “thinking outside the box.”

When we were presented with problems in our youth, more often than not, the answer was within the problem or in plain view. Case in point, if were asked a question in science class, the answer was usually in the text somewhere.

As we got older, the answers were not as readily available and the solutions required skills which were categorized as “Critical Thinking “Skills.”

As we matured some of us became “critical thinkers”, others “abstract thinkers”, others out of the box thinkers were/are categorized as “rebels”, “renegades” and “crazy.”

The truth of the matter is this…. perspective is everything and until you can look at a “problem” differently than you do currently, you may never find the solution.

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Let’s Use BP For
An Example
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The company British Petroleum, also known as “BP” has a problem. There’s an issue which they don’t have an answer for.

And the “thinkers” who are in position and are having a problem coming up with a solution.

Why?

Is there no solution?

Of course there is. The problem is this…. THE RIGHT THINKER has yet to present himself (herself).

See, some people are ill-equipped to make radical changes and to make a huge impact on the lives of others.

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Case In Point
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Just recently, a good friend of mine, Lloyd Irvin became the first and only American to win a team category at the Brazilian Jiujitsu World Championships.

He has, arguably, the best childrens program in the World when is comes to Brazilian Jiujitsu and is a pioneer in the sport.

He took the old way of doing Brazilian Jiujitsu AND DID NOT ACCEPT IT!!!

HE QUESTIONED IT!!!!

From day one HE NEVER accepted the myth that getting a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu takes 8-10 years.  That isn’t written down anywhere, it’s not law, and he never subscribed to it.

He questioned the status quo.

He question it, destroyed it and then TRIED to share it.

While trying to share it, people talked S–T!!!!

Why?

Because that’s what people do.

He went on to Win the World Championships….. with his methods.

He went on to develop some of the best BJJ products…. with his methods.

He trained Olympians, World and National Champions…. with his methods…

and guess what?

He developed the best Juvenile Brazilian Jiujitsu Team in the World in 2010… with his methods.

How?

Why?

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A problem DOES
NOT equal an OPPORTUNITY
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In some conversational circles people want to say, “There’s no such thing as a problem. Problem are only opportunities.”

No!

A PROBLEM is a PROBLEM.

An OPPORTUNITY is an OPPORTUNITY.

A problem needs to be solved and reconciled.

An opportunity can be passed up or taken advantage of.

Now, if your SOLUTION becomes an Opportunity, then so be it.

Which  provides the logical statement.

All Problems have a solution. Solutions can be opportunities. But all problems do not equal opportunities.

Why is this important.

Well, it’s important because your definition of a thing and how you mentally reconcile it, is a huge determining factor of your success.

If you are caught in an armbar…. THAT, my friend is a problem. If you get out. Great. If you get out and can capitalize excellent, but first you need to address the problem.

As I said or hinted to before….. the answer to a problem may, indeed exists outside of the problem.

And more often it does.

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How Did I Fix My Judo
Problem?
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Well, first I identified it as a “Problem”. Then as any engineering major would do…. I classified and identified the “Givens” in the Problem. And  then I made some intelligent assumptions.

After doing that I analyzed the current data available. Some similar solutions and how they were figured out and then I started brainstorming.  Just coming up with some radical, off-the-wall stuf. No idea or option was right or wrong. I just had to get it out. Write it down.

Then I began to observe. I went to different places, different schools and STUDIED DIFFERENT ARTS. Not just martial arts, but arts. Ballet, wrestling, tap dancing, FENCING, chi-na, sambo, Judo, Kurash, Sumo, football, weight lifting, etc.,

I located a couple of “central themes” and a located a “golden thread” that wove the arts together.

Oh yeah, one more thing…. I READ A LOT OF BRUCE LEE’S STUFF.  A LOT OF IT.

Then I actually understood, that the answers to my judo problems actually existed OUTSIDE of judo.

You can practice judo until you are “blue in the face”. That’s NOT going to make you a better judo player.

What will make you better is defining what you are and what you are trying to accomplish.

NOW!!!!!

If you want to be A GOOD JUDO COMPETITOR….. welll

there’s one way to make your Judo game tip for sure!

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How To Tip
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In 2000, author Malcolm Gladwell penned a text entitled “Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference”

He explained how things can begin to ‘tip’ and spin out of control and grow exponentially. Well, that’s what my judo game did once I learned how to grip fight. And all of the things that go along with it, like the understanding of pace, tempo, etc.,.

When I learned how to grip, my Judo game tipped, without the addition of any extra “judo”.

Gripping is a skill that is actually separate from, but also included in judo. Once I figured this out, I  became a better player and once I studied it my coaching skill increased exponentially.

Then not only did I learn it, but I learned how to teach and now teach it better than most persons on the planet.

And that’s not an arrogant statement…. that’s just the confidence that I’ve developed from hours and hours of study and instruction.

And I WANT YOU TO KNOW, GET AND HAVE WHAT I HAVE.

And I want you to do it right away.

I want you to take radical and aggressive action in figuring out your judo problems.

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Your Gi Grappling game WILL TIP!

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Take care,

Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
Olympian
BJJ Black Belt
World Class Strength Coach
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