The Grapple Flows Journal
Articles on training methods, technique breakdowns, and the study habits that make what you learn between classes actually stick around.
New post · July 7, 2026
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I spent my first two belts as a generalist with a B-minus version of four guards. Picking one and going deep for six months was the biggest jump my game ever made.
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Dashboard 2.0, Templates, and a Training Profile that personalizes the app. Plus 9 new Pro flow charts from Danaher's Leglocks Remastered, including a Pro-only Full System Map.
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A leather notebook, two years of Apple Notes, a Notion database I tinkered with more than I used — and the embarrassingly simple two-step loop that finally made techniques stick.
Five years of trying every BJJ notes app led to one conclusion: the format was the bottleneck, not the apps. So I built something with the shape jiu-jitsu actually has.
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The post-roll voice memo isn't about being thorough. It's about catching the one detail that would have evaporated by the next session — in the parking lot, in under a minute.
Grapple Flows Pro is live with mapped instructionals from Roger Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Kaynan Duarte, and Ryan Hall. Plus Community Flows, Collections, and more.
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Most jiu-jitsu notes capture the move and lose the decision tree around it. Flowcharts keep the sequence, the fallback, and the return path in one glance — which is why they get re-opened.
A voice memo on its own is just a recording. Wired into a weekly loop — capture, structure, review — it becomes the cheapest training upgrade in jiu-jitsu.
A polish-heavy release: smoother mobile, faster node drawers, better Autoflow transcription, plus a new Discovery tab and a feedback form.