Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain Quotes

“it’s usually a bad one, a negative thought, but we have”
― Mark Johnson, Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain

“After jiu-jitsu, you will appreciate how well the body works without our even realizing or recognizing it. You will, however, have some insight into its extraordinariness when you have trouble wiping your bum because it hurts to straighten your arm. I guarantee at that point and time you will really appreciate what your body can do.”
― Mark Johnson, Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain

“I suspect alligators never get arm-barred; dinosaurs where probably safe from the submission as well, at least the T-rex.”
― Mark Johnson, Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain

“The rule for your hips is simple: if you’re on the bottom, you need to create space; if you’re on the top, you need to take away space. You create space by moving the hips as far away from your opponent’s hips as possible. You do the opposite if you’re on top, you close any distance, you pressure down; you control your opponent’s hips with your own.”
― Mark Johnson, Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain

“If you’re being smothered from someone on top of you, you’ve got to move, if you can’t move, you better pray, and then find a pocket of air (this pocket of air will be hot and humid and almost not worth breathing, but it’s all you got).”
― Mark Johnson, Jiu-Jitsu on the Brain