The second focus point for you is your head position. Super important, hardly ever discussed. The rule is simple: You want to be just slightly lower than your opponent. With a bit of training, this will become a subconscious habit of yours. Keep in mind, that you can't continually lower your head position, as you will end up in a wrestling stance. When you are relatively low, switch to snap down and head and arm lock, or other form of attack. How low should you go? That's individual thing you need to figure out based on your style and your athletecism. You will feel uncomfortably low, and that would be your cue, is the best I can give you without watching you in the video or live.

Upon request from members, I am going to create more content for grapplers in their 40s and beyond. I have created a new class in the classroom tab, and the content there will be updated as we go along. If you share your questions with me, your concerns and challenges, I will be able to shoot even more helpful and relevant content, so please comment or DM me with questions.

I will be sharing a series of videos to help you speed up your wrestling skills even without attending dedicated wrestling classes. Your stance, footwork and hand fighting are the most important parts of your stand-up game, and yet most academies focus on scoring takedowns and points. We are going to do the right thing and prioritise your setups and movement that keeps you safe, doesn't gas you out as much and eventually opens up plenty of takedowns. The core of the practice idea is this: Every round you start in your academy, dedicate your first 30 seconds to a specific task and skill you are working on. Example: In this video, I am asking you to work on hand fighting as a concept, but with a specific task in mind: Do not match the pace of your opponent. Your mind does it automatically, and before you know it, it all looks chaotic; you notice less, you get tired real quick, you miss openings, and you are exposed to takedowns. So your first 30 seconds has its own goal, and the first one I recommend is about the intensity and learning how to slow down your mind and movement(both are connected and influence one another). Tomorrow I will share a different task (You will have 3 in total, all connected, so they can be practised together).