Grit

Grit: firmness of mind or spirit : unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger

Is it born or made?

If you weren't born with it you aren't totally screwed.

10 Ways to Cultivate Grit in Your Training (and your life):

1. Grow your humility.
Grit should come from a good place. Forcing your way may work for a while, but to access the best of yourself, let it be ok to learn from others.

2. Stand up.
Accept the challenge. Get off the wall. Push those around you to go further, to work harder. If you gas out, at least you worked hard enough to gas out.

3. Try.
Actually try. Don't just pretend you are trying by going through the motions. Dig deeper and mean it.

4. Focus on your goal.
Put a target on the thing you are working toward and do not take your eyes off it. Laser sharp focus. Take it seriously.

5. Use your team.
Growing grit alone is ok, but you'll be more successful with your team. If you don't have one, get one. You will all go further by setting your sights on the next level and moving forward together.

6. Lighten up.
You have to. Being too serious leads to frustration and blow ups. Grit is not insanity. If you don't take breaks to laugh or chill out, you will go insane.

7. Train no matter what.
Get yourself on the mat like your life depends on it. If you can't get to the mat (due to extreme travel or crisis) stay close to your practice via video, notes, mental repetition.

8. Don't listen to the maniacal voices in your head.
Have you figured out which voices are crazy and which ones are helpful? If you haven't, take a minute to do it now. Or, wait until you are sparring and tell the one that says you're going to lose to shut the f*%k up.

9. Find a reason bigger than you.
Exactly that. How far will you go just for you? Compare that to how far you are willing to go for someone or something, or your coaches or your team. If the bigger than you reason is more effective, keep reminding yourself what it is and why it matters.

10. Keep going.
Today's hard stuff gets easier and new hard stuff shows up. Whatever is kicking your ass today will lose impact, and larger things will rise up to kick your ass tomorrow. If you keep going, in spite of all the ass kicking, you will grow, you will improve, you will have grit.

-Carey Rockland of Athletistry and Juno Fitness for OTM SF

Noble Iron Fitness

Patrick Jernigan is building an army!

Manager of OTM Fight Shop SF and Owner of Noble Iron Fitness, Patrick is a trainer specializing in hard style kettlebells. He is certified by the Russian Kettebell Challenge (RKC). He is also a Certified Kettlebell Functional Movement Specialist (CK-FMS) meaning: He will analyze your movement patterns and imbalances before you start training to ensure that you build a powerful foundation from day one.
















Hard style kettlebell training is an intense strength and conditioning method ideal for MMA fighters. It combines explosive heavy lifts, intense core stabilization and full body movement. Two 60 minute kettlebell sessions each week will give you a significant physical preparation advantage.


Patrick teaches 5 classes each week at:
Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu San Francisco
1166 Howard Street at 8th
M-W-F from 7-8 AM and T/TH 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Free for Ralph Gracie Academy Members,
$10 for non-members. All levels welcome
Private training is available

Women's Only Grappling Camp!

Leticia Ribeiro is leading a 3 day Women's Only Grappling Camp December 9 - 11, 2011 in South San Francisco hosted by the Sweaty Betties.

Click here to go to their Facebook Event Page
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This grappling camp is open to women from all area schools and it is a great opportunity to improve your game and your competition preparation.

Learn more about Leticia Ribeiro:
• 6x World Champion
• 2x World NoGi Champion
• 3x Pan American Champion
• European Champion
• 6x Rio De Janiero State Champion
• 5x Brazilian National Champion

Thank you Sweaty Betties for putting together this training camp!

WE HAVE MOVED!!

Hello Fans of OTM Fight Shop San Francisco!

We have moved to a bigger and better location.

Come visit us at our new diggs!

1168 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.447.4132

Fight Hard
Train Hard
Party Hard.

UFC FABER

I am way excited by tonight's card. Hey come by this Holiday weekend!

Sorry I had to post this!!

Ok Junior you proved nice guys can not only win but destroy everything in front of them. Not that Carwin isn't an ok kind of guy because as far as I can tell he's cool and an upright guy a straight shooter if you will. We like him even. But you stop with all the I'm a big powerful guy and I will crush you because you got a big hill to climb talent wise...sorry...maybe you got something we ain't seen, last night would have been a good time to use it.

So I'm saying...I knew it...that's why I have a lot of the Junior Dos Santos walk-out shirts cuz my MMA Jedi senses told me Dos Santos in cruel heartless slaying....same thing would have happened to Brock to. Now the war with Cain will be something all of us can get piss your pants excited for I think. Between that and GSP
v. Nick Diaz ..man I am high on MMA life. Go Train. Go Party. Go Fight hard. And do something everyday to support the sport will ya!!!