Stella Davison Wins Judo Nationals Congratulations to Stella Davison, who headed to the US National Judo Championships and came away as a national champion! Stella competed in four matches, finishing each of them via ippon. Even more incredibly, in her final match, Stella dislocated her shoulder, before soldiering on to finish the match victorious. This […]
The Matt Thornton Seminar Tour Continues! This month saw the SBG President head out into the world far and wide to spread more top level BJJ knowledge. On his first stop, Matt headed up to Canada to visit SBG Scarborough. There he continued to provide the tribe with the fundamentals of surviving and escaping from any position. […]
New Podcast with Matt Thornton & John Kavanagh – To Watch Click Here Check out the latest SBG video podcast. This month, SBG President Matt Thornton sits
An essay on the journey through the belt system of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’ originally published in 2004 One of the most common questions I am asked when I travel and teach is this: ”What do I need to work on?” As a coach, you will need to get used to being asked this. It is part […]
An essay on the coaching done by SBGi coaches originally published in September 11, 2005 There are three main principles, which I feel define the curriculum, methodology, and mission of SBGi. The first is Aliveness, and we covered that in depth in the last entry. The second is Adaptability and I will write, in detail, about […]
An essay on the of coaching done by SBGi originally published in October 24, 2005 In the last entry I talked about the core principles I use when coaching. These revolve around the three key areas of material, method, and mindset. Regarding the material, we want to make sure we are working the core fundamentals of […]
Paul Sharp Releases MDOC Series Paul Sharp, SBG’s resident self defense and weapons training expert, has a decades-long background in law enforcement, self defense and
SBG Montana Vlog Launches Back in January, SBG Montana launched their very own vlog; weekly videos encapsulating life at the Kalispell gym run by SBG VP Travis Davison. Alongside the more long form footage, short snippets and clips from the gym, often including words of wisdom from Travis, have been becoming increasingly popular. Not only […]
Originally published in 2004: Some of the questions I get asked about the most are related to Alive drilling methods. So I decided I would
I have traveled, literally, all over the world over the last several years and it has been a great privilege for me to do so. The reason for my travels has been seminars, and regardless of where I am, I always start them the same way. I explain that my main message, the thing I […]
On Dec 3rd 2015, I had the pleasure of giving a talk at Wichita State University. The talk was hosted by Ben Holman, and the Wichita
About Matt Thornton Matt Thornton was one of the early group of American’s to become involved in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, having been introduced to it in 1991. He was also the first person from the State of Oregon to receive a black belt in the Art. As a teacher he produced a video set […]
The ONE Secret Most Martial Arts Instructors DON’T Want You To Know And The TRUTH About Military based Martial Arts, or Self Defense Programs Like Krav Maga in Portland Finding a martial art for self defense can seem like a daunting task. There are hundreds of options available around us from Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Systema, MMA, […]
