The Grappler's Diary 2024: Author's Picks
My favorite articles from this year.
This post will be my 161st article for this year.
It’s been a really busy year and much has happened and much has changed.
If you couldn’t tell by the 5000+ word review from the other day, every year at the end of the year, I reflect and reminisce obsessively. Part of the reason why I do this is because I enjoy it, but a big part is because of the growth that I feel it brings me. The easiest way to truly feel done with a year is to put the year under a microscope and review your efforts.
That’s what we’re doing today. These are my favorite articles from this year.
The articles I’m about to share were not all super high-performing articles, but they’re articles that I wrote and am still proud of several months after releasing them.
I hope you enjoy revisiting these 6 articles with me.
Happy New Year!
(A few of these articles are behind the paywall, but you can get a year of paid articles for 20% off if you hit the button below!)
10 Ideas That Will Rapidly Accelerate Your Skill Development
In the time that I have been doing Jiu-Jitsu, my approach to training and improving has changed a lot.
Why You Need to Slow Down to Speed Up
After ADCC last week, I had a heavier come down than I’ve ever had from a Jiu-Jitsu tournament.
How to Get Whatever You Want
This weekend, I’m competing in the biggest Jiu-Jitsu tournament of my life.
The 7 Timeless Training Habits of Highly Effective Grapplers
Improving at Jiu-Jitsu is a never-ending process.
10 Lifestyle Design Lessons That Allowed Me to Train BJJ Every Single Day
I wrote a post on Instagram a while back about a day in my life. I’ll link it at the bottom of this article.
The Little Secret That Top Performers Don't Tell You About
When I was in my early 20s, I loved “the grind”.
There will be a lot of changes with The Grappler’s Diary in 2025, but not many changes with this newsletter.
I’m just going to keep training, learning, writing, and sharing what I learned.
Hopefully, this list gives you something to read today while you’re getting ready to begin the new year.
More stuff coming very soon :)
Over the last 2 years, I’ve been writing notes to myself on the experience of training, competing in, and teaching Jiu-Jitsu at the highest levels of the sport.
I started writing these notes when I was competing in regional shows around the US and I finally finished the book after ADCC 2024.
It was a multi-year project, but A Grappler’s Diary: 151 Notes on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Experience is officially ready for the world.
If you love to train, love to read, want to learn how to get better, and maybe also want to get to know me a little better, this book is for you. Think The Daily Stoic meets Jiu-Jitsu.
151 notes on the experience from someone who’s devoted the last 10 years of their life to it.
This book will be available via ebook and paperback. Pre-order information will be available on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025.
The book will be out on the 13th of January.