Long-form essays from the Imperial Ground coaching team. Four pillars: longevity, starting out, wellbeing, and movement-as-medicine. New entries land monthly.
Why a martial art that looks intense from the outside is one of the most sustainable training methods available after 35, and how the Imperial Ground curriculum is designed for the next thirty years, not the next thirty months.
Pillar 2 · Starting OutA plain guide for someone who's never trained any martial art, written for the specific reality of being a beginner in this city. What to expect on day one, how to choose between Gi and No-Gi, what's actually in the bag, and the questions nobody asks out loud.
Pillar 3 · WellbeingThe mental-health argument for BJJ has been made, badly, a thousand times. Here's the version we actually believe, about why a community that knows your name and watches you struggle is medicine that no app can replicate.
Pillar 4 · MovementThe grappling positions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are also the positions of getting up off the floor when you're 70. A look at why "training" and "ageing-well practice" are increasingly the same conversation, and what BJJ specifically does that other sports don't.