Matthew...

Thank you so much to @jakeod_essencebjj for having me at @essencebjjperth today for an incredible training session. Thank you to @aussieleglockluke of @sydneywestmartialarts for connecting Jake and I! It was a true privilege to be able to train with Jake - an absolutely masterful practitioner of the craft. “Pattern recognition” was the key theme I learned from Jake; and the first bit I asked to work on were his concepts for passing. I immediately had my mind blown seeing the bottom of the foot controls, and his half guard 2.0. Jake’s signature shin bone break is both painful and frickin awesome. Check out Jake’s instructional on the signature lock - it creates a triple dilemma of - if you try to step through, you still get beat; if you over-retract you open yourself for heel hooks, and if you try to rotate it still works AND they can build height to roll into another heel. Insane. Thank you for having me in your home, teaching me, and training with me. I can’t wait to get back! Since this OZ tour has so many days off, I’m treating this tour as a BJJ and food retreat with some giant sold out arena metal shows in between.