Doctor Kickass

10/23/2026

PLAYER PROFILE: PHYSICAL THERAPIST × MARTIAL ARTIST
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I asked CHATGPT to make me an 8-bit RPG avatar based on my professional profile.

LV. 16 | SPECIALTY: COMBAT ATHLETE REHAB

My approach to physical therapy and performance is built around understanding how the body moves, adapts, and performs under high risk sporting activities.

The goal is to achieve the tissue resilience necessary to endure the demands of combat sports. Whether you’re recovering from an injury, improving your performance, or trying to stay on the mats for decades to come, we’re playing the long game.

10/22/2026

Passing functional tests does not equal sufficient tissue resilience.

When it comes to return to sport, we often focus on time since injury, strength, hop tests, symmetry, and functional performance.

These are important pieces of the puzzle. But there’s another question we need to ask:

Can the injured tissue tolerate the demands of sport?

Sport requires more than demonstrating function in a controlled testing environment. It requires repeated loading, high forces, rapid changes in direction, fatigue, and the ability to recover between efforts.

An athlete may pass their tests without having demonstrated sufficient capacity to tolerate those demands.

In clinical practice, I use progressive loading and exposure to sport-specific demands to help assess tissue tolerance. The athlete’s response during and after loading helps guide how we progress rehabilitation.

This isn’t a substitute for comprehensive return-to-sport assessment. It’s an additional consideration that deserves more attention.

We shouldn’t just ask whether an athlete can perform. We should ask whether they can tolerate performing, repeatedly, at the level their sport requires.

What are you using clinically to assess tissue capacity and resilience?

10/20/2026

Excited to share that I had the opportunity to contribute as a co-author to The Science and Methodology of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! .book

and I collaborated on the chapter focused on rehabilitation and return to jiu-jitsu following injury — a topic that brings together my work as a physical therapist and jiu-jitsu practitioner.

This was a project we worked on last year, and it’s amazing to finally see it come together in its finished form.

Helping bridge the gap between rehabilitation and the practical demands of returning to the mats is something I’m passionate about. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to a resource dedicated to advancing our understanding of this sport.

Looking forward to seeing this work out in the jiu-jitsu community!

10/18/2026

I’m proud of all the V7 Pullman competitors who competed at the Liberty Events/The Revolution yesterday!

As a coach, I tell my students that the primary goal of competition is development.

Competition highlights the elements of your training that are working well and the areas that need improvement. It gives you an opportunity to evaluate your skills against an opponent who is actively trying to prevent you from doing what you want to do.

But competition is also a skill in itself.
Managing nerves, performing under pressure, making decisions when you’re fatigued, adapting to an opponent, and executing your game plan are all skills that require practice.

You won’t develop those skills exclusively through regular training.

Winning is great. We compete to win. But winning isn’t the only measure of a successful competition, and losing doesn’t automatically mean you failed.

The important questions are:
* What did you do well?
* Where did your training translate to competition?
* What broke down under pressure?
* What did you learn about your game?
* What do you need to work on before your next competition?

Competition is feedback. It gives you information you can use to make your training more effective.

The goal isn’t just to become better at competing. It’s to use competition to become a better grappler. Every competition should give you something to build on, regardless of the outcome.

10/13/2026

Most Common Submissions in the UFC
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In mixed martial arts the ultimate goal is to disable your opponent with strikes, joint locks or strangles. In terms of submissions which ones are the the most common/ highest percentage?

Data collected by looked at the last 25 years of the UFC to determine which submissions were most common.

1. Rear naked choke: 38.5% This strangle variation is
considered the king of chokes for a reason.
2. Guillotine: 17.4%.
3. Armbar: 13.1%. However I could not determine which
position most of these finishes occurred - top or bottom position.
4. Arm Triangle: 7.2%
5. Triangle: 5.9%

The top 3 submissions accounted for 70% of all submissions in the UFC. The list goes from top to bottom for how common the submission was.

Data collected from the UFC Performance Institute looked at what positions most submissions came from:
1. Back Control - 44.6%
2. Miscellaneous ground (scramble) - 21.6%
3. Guard - 7.4%
4. Mount - 5%
5. After a drop to ground - 5.4%
6 Top Half guard - 3.7%
7. Inside guard - 2.1%
8. Side Control - 1.7%

If you want to be a high percentage finisher make sure you are proficient at all of these submission options and understand the optimal position.

10/11/2026

10/08/2026

I cannot tell you how often I talk with jiu jitsu athletes who are frustrated with their medical care. I always advise serious athletes to find rehab providers who actually understand the demands is that sport.

Have you been in this situation before?

Original video Arch NOGI JIU JITSU 柔術

10/07/2026

Don’t missing this opportunity to learn jiu jitsu rehab. This will be on the only course on the west coast in 2027!

10/02/2026

Inspired by BJJ Mental Models discord group