Posts by Cecil Burch

One of the backbones of my teaching is the “In fight Intent Triage” idea. It is a conceptual/strategic/tactical roadmap that acts as a mental checklist during a fight to ensure…

 What if I told you there was an absolutely guaranteed way to make your jiu-jitsu performance noticeably better in a short time? Sometimes as short as immediately? Would you be…

A couple of years ago,  I wrote a post on the best Forum on the internet, Total Protection Interactive (www.totalprotectioninteractive.com) about what I thought was a good approach to trying…

One of the hoary myths that people will try to use to discredit grappling for self-defense is something along the lines of “I don’t want to be rolling on the…

http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2008/03/09/107-wellington-megaton-dias/ A couple of years old, but still a lot of good stuff in this interview, and you can start to get a glimpse of why Roger Gracie has publicly…

IAJJ endorses only two holsters: the Vanguard 2 from Raven Concealment (http://www.ravenconcealment.com/holsters/vanguard-holster-systems/vanguard-2-holster-full-kit ) and the Keeper invented and made by my good friend, Spencer Keepers. Not only is he a…

On May 4 & 5, 2013, I conducted a seminar in Sacramento at Monster BJJ (http://www.monstergym916.com/). Here are some thoughts from some of those attending, as well as my thoughts…

Here is a link to a nice article about my teammate (who also happens to be my coach’s daughter) and it has some funny (and true stories about my coach).…

The following is an AAR of a course I co-hosted recently in Northern AZ, ECQC run by my friend and one of  my mentors, Craig Douglas. There are some really…

  So here is a factual story about a woman using Jiu-jitsu to save her life. Even though there are a lot of Self-defense trainers who still try to convince…