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Erik Paulson has trained under roughly 45 coaches, holds credentials across catch wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Filipino martial arts, and more, and became the first American to win a Shooto World Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n After nearly two decades running a full-time combat team, coaching five nights a week and running weekend seminars on top of it, Paulson eventually handed the program over to another coach after his athletes started pushing back on the standards he set.<\/p>\n He shared the rules for his BJJ academy:<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind giving the team away and letting someone else coach. But here\u2019s the deal. Number one, profanity. Watch your mouth. Number two, show up on time. Don\u2019t show up late. Don\u2019t show up stoned. Number three, run. Stay off your cell phones. When you walk in the door, phones are off. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n According to Paulson, the athletes didn\u2019t respect the rules:<\/p>\n All (of them are) defiant. And then I walked in, I go, \u201cListen, I asked you guys not to. And now I\u2019m commanding that you don\u2019t do any of these things. So, I\u2019m just going to say one more time, this is not allowed. If you do it, your time is limited.\u201d<\/p>\n The ongoing defiance ended things for good, though:<\/p>\n I just go, \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I don\u2019t want this in my school anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n I started practice 25 years ago. I trained some of the best athletes in the world and I said, and you guys, you\u2019re demeaning just coming in doing this stuff.<\/p>\n You know, you guys can do that if you want to be that way and do that stuff, that\u2019s fine, but don\u2019t do it in my school.<\/p>\n \n \ud83d\udca5 What if slowing down was the fastest way to win?<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcad Tired of Getting Smashed by Younger, Stronger Grapplers?<\/p>\n It\u2019s not your age. It\u2019s your strategy.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a passionate grappler over 35 who\u2019s sick of getting outpaced, outmuscled, or out-cardio\u2019d by opponents half your age \u2014 this 120 page e-book<\/strong> was made for you.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd13 Unlock the Power of Sloth Jiu-Jitsu:<\/p>\n \n Tired of waking up sore and burnt out after lifting?
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