Josh Stockman – Grappling With Yoga

Description Of Grappling With Yoga

YOGA AND STRETCHING ARE THE KEYS TO LONGEVITY IN JIU-JITSU

• Increase your flexibility
• Add years to your Jiu-Jitsu
• Feel better after training
• Minimize soreness
• Reduce inflammation

What you’ll learn in Grappling With Yoga

COURSE CONTENT

Volume 1

• Intro
• YOGA BREATHING
• WARMING UP
• Table Top
• Cat/Cows
• Large Joints
• Bear Pose
• Downward Dog
• Hanging Forward Fold
• Mountain Pose

Volume 2

• MINI SUN SALUTATION
• SUN SALUTATION A
• Plank Pose / Yoga Pushup
• Upward Dog
• Traveling Forward
• Step Back Vs Jump Back
• Intro To Vinyasa
• Props
• Yoga Flow 1
• Cresent Lunge
• Warrior A
• Warrior B
• Supported Side Angle Pose
• Side Angle Pose
• Revolved Side Angle Pose

Volume 3

• YOGA Flow 1
• Yoga Flow 2
• Complete Yoga Flow 2
• BALANCING POSTURES
• Hamstrings Stretch 1 (Double Grip)
• Hamstrings Stretch 2 (Big Toe Grip)
• Hamstrings Stretch 3 (Cross Grip)
• Tree Pose
• STANDING STRETCHES
• Half Moon Pose
• Forward Fold 1 (Big Toe Grip)
• Forward Fold 2 (Standing On Palms)
• Forward Fold 3 (Heel/Ankle Grip)
• Forward Fold 4 (Crossover)
• Forward Fold 5 (Split-Legged)

Volume 4

• Entrance Straight Foot Lock
• Botinha Straight Footlock
• Butterfly Sweep To Straight Footlock
• Closed Guard To Straight Footlock
• 50-50 Entrance From Guard
• Adjust From 50-50 To Straight Footlock
• 50-50 Entrance From Kneebar Attack
• 50-50 Coming Up To Straight Footlock
• Reverse Grip 50-50
• Counter To 50-50 Pass
• Footlock From Passing Guard
• Footlock From Half Guard

About Josh Stockman

Josh Stockman is about as flexible as any circus performer you’ve seen. He can put both legs behind his head with ease like BJ Penn in his prime, he can do splits, and all sorts of crazy poses any 20-year-old wishes he could do but believes he never could – let alone people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. They all can get a lot more flexible though – and Josh understands the key. When you stretch, you aren’t making your muscles longer as many people believe – he explains: “if that were the case, when you weren’t stretching, the long muscles would be hanging off your body.”

When you stretch, you are training your nerves to relax and not cause muscle contraction. Evidence of this is that surgery patients under anesthesia, with nerves essentially put to sleep, can be put through extreme ranges of motion – just as flexible as Josh. While conscious; however, your nerves and the range of motion they have learned are what is stopping you. They simply need to be retrained to accept a new range of motion as safe and efficient. Stretching his/this way, consistently, 10-15 minutes a day will make you a new person in 3 months.

Josh has developed extreme flexibility through Yoga and has a 10-15-minute program to increase your range of motion, making you more maneuverable and less injury-prone. Early in his BJJ/MMA career a neck injury nearly ended his training. Two bulging cervical discs had doctors telling him to give up combat sports. With all other types of exercise causing pain, he resorted to yoga and began to see improvements. Three years later he sent the doctors the picture below!

What started as a low-impact workout ending up helping his spine and other body parts heal, with increased blood flow, scar tissue breakdown, and proper skeletal alignment. An added benefit was a more open BJJ game with new attack angles and fewer uncomfortable positions.

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