Aesopian BJJ

I’m Matt Kirtley aka Aesopian, a BJJ black belt. My writings:

• Prescience and OODA Loops: Navigating the Chaos of Grappling
• The Fundamental Principles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• The White Belt Struggle: How to Push Through It
• Concept-Based Learning in BJJ
• Plant-Based Diet Basics for Vegan Grapplers
• Stop Falling for “One Weird Trick” – 7 Good Habits to Build Instead
• The Four BJJ Archetypes – Which Are You?
• Challenging the Traditional Methods of Teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• How to Return to BJJ After a Long Break
• Fight the Funk: Health and Hygiene for BJJ
• The Right and Wrong Way to Think About Belts
• The Right Approach to Earning Your Blue Belt
• Breaking Down Techniques: Reverse Engineering in BJJ
• What to Do When Your Progress Stalls Out
• How Mistakes Define Your Jiu-Jitsu
• Accelerate Your Learning by Turning Drills into Games
• Get More Gains Out of Open Mat
• 10,000 Hours is Not a Magic Number
• The Four Stages of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• How to Maximize Learning Potential Every Class
• The “Thinking 99 Moves Ahead” Myth
• Real Learning is Not All Smiles
• The Balancing of Opposites
• The Four Stages of Learning
• My Personal Code of Ethics as an Instructor
• Adding Unorthodox Techniques to Your Game
• My Rules as an Instructor
• You Learn Even on the Bad Days
• Building Your Gameplan Around Combo Attacks
• How to Fully Develop Your Grappling Gameplan
• Surviving the First Year of BJJ: A Crash Course for White Belts
• 10 Ways to Improve Your BJJ While Off the Mats
• The Four Corners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Are You Playing to Win or to Just Not Lose?
• Are You in a Jiu-Jitsu Cult?

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Matt Kirtley AKA Aesopian writes about how to learn and teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.