Someone famous in BJJ (too lazy to look up who) said that most of BJJ is anti-jiujitsu. By the time you make it to purple belt, everything you're learning is to prevent other people who know jiujitsu from beating you (anti-jiujitsu), and finding away for you to get past their anti-jiujitsu.
Completely agree! I get overwhelmed at times dealing with all the "new" techniques. I focus on core principles such as elbows tight, good posture, pressure established base. And surprisingly most of the time that is all you need.
Foundation and Fundamentals are the key to everything. I think you can learn a lot of cool things that are amazing, but in the end if the foundation is not right it is hard to perform. My language arts teacher once said, "Learn the rules like their second nature, and then you can break them."
9:02 Good advice. I'm a new BJJ white belt and did a little light rolling with an experienced and strong brown belt last week. I'm starting to see now how he kept getting me submitted. Also rolled with a good purple belt who, although he tapped me twice, wasn't nearly as good (or strong as the brown belt was at breaking my base. 👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽
Yet another pearl of wisdom.Congrats on hitting the 3 K subs as well. Have you noticed an upswing in student and seminar Inquiries and enrollment since you have started putting up more videos?
+Joe schmoe sure, but that wasn’t the ultimate intent. The goal is to try to help practitioners with the “mindset” of jiu-jitsu and the propagation of the traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu we practice and teach. But yes, Prof Dave and Prof Jack are pretty booked up with their commitments to year-end. I’m too busy to travel to do any seminars for the rest of the year, as well. We’re now booking seminars, and training “vacation” appts for next year. The only things we all have a few select time slots available for, are 1-on-1s here at the academies.
+Izzy Matt does the technique work gi, no-gi, and vale tudo? Also, if executed correctly, will it work on all belt levels? If not, discard it, or if not, don’t prioritize the technique (use only as a “play around” technique).
I'm almost 63, about to retire and make a 3 hr drive to Louisville, 3 times per week to begin GJJ training in a certified school (nearest one to my home). Am I too old to begin the training?
Can't get enough of these vids Brother! l would love to hear your thoughts extensively on relaxation in jiu jitsu... such a big thing that I had troubles with as well as being uncomfortable in spots when rolling. Can you hit on these?
Quick question, what is the make of the Kimono you are wearing in the opening bit about the seminar? I'm on the lookout for a gi with a subdued look (not a bunch of patches, etc.) that is tough enough for hard rolling. That Gi looks pretty laid back, but I cannot make out the brand. Thanks.
Ryron after that got demolished by Andre Galvao at the Metamoris stage. Got his guard passed many times. Only thing he could do was survive. Thats how much better new style jiujtsu was by Andre Galvao.
@@KamaJiuJitsu That defensive/survive jiujitsu is shit. Why he even took that match he got outclassed by Galvao. Come on what was the score in the end!! Take Ryrons students to a competition they will get demolished by Galvaos students. You dont know shit about competition jiujitsu. Ryron said after the match something like... I wanted to show my granpas Survive style jiujitsu. Of course you did Because you did not have any changes to do anything else. At the same take you must think that Eddie Bravo vs. Royler was a draw. It was not Eddie won that match by points.
Galvao had nothing. He was gassed. Ryron timed his “start” a minute late. He was coming on like a freight train by the end. Galvao couldn’t even catch his breath until way later while Ryron has a shit-eating grin after it was over. Galvao even said, “if it was competition rules (stop at 10 min mark), he would’ve won.” Won how? By points?! Lol. Eff points. Like i said, Ryron timed his start wrong by about a minute. Galvao had nothing left. If there was no time limit, Ryron would’ve submitted him. But alas, the rules were the rules at the end of the day, and it ended up a draw. A “win” by points is not a win unless the rules stipulate it.
@@KamaJiuJitsu You Gracie clan people live in a different world. Go and do your own competition rulesets. Let the rest of the world do everything better. Never seen Ryron compete in any big tounament. He would lose to Galvao in IBJJF, UAEJJF/AJP and even in ADCC.
+Cort Harper Ricardo dela riva is an old school Carlson, Sr student. I think what he employed to cope with opponents and teammates has been enhanced and expounded upon in the modern day by today’s legends of tomorrow. So that technique is kinda both.
Since beginning bjj open guard has been my biggest challenge. And it seems like spider and lasso are the strongest open guard techniques. But I hate that they're so gi reliant/non self defense relevant. What should I focus on as a new blue?
so it is! it was off for a number of years. i didn't remember it was such a good match! Ryron got swept all over the mat. but he did pass at around 4:43 (i said what, minute 5 or 6?) and didn't give up position after that. took him 3 1/2 minutes (lol, i said no more than 30 seconds) to finish him with the choke.
The match is 7 minutes and 46 seconds. However after this match, his opponent trained and became one of the few Americans to win the Worlds as a black belt.
haha! i kid! you know what? it's not a matter of "staying with it to black belt." i've always loved the training. the belt, while nice to have the validation of your teacher, really matters not. even when i believed i would die a lifelong purple belt, i felt lost when i wasn't training and learning. besides, while i was no longer at GM Rickson's school by then, i was happy that if i never got a promotion again, my last promotion to purple was put on me by Rickson. "staying with it" was just my way of life. IMPROVING constantly... THAT'S the hard part. a lot of us who get into a rut of not seeking to learn and get a command of something new end up getting bored or worse, despondent that they are getting passed by people who came in years after they did. i know a LOT of people who came in after me who got their black belts long before me. the first couple made me sick. then i began to feel happy for them, and all was good with me again.
I do bjj for self defence. For me everything I want to learn needs to have a practical use hence I really have no interest in gi specific moves. I will be honest here I am not a fan of gi at all. I train at least 3 times a week in gi classes (our school has 5 a week) and once no-gi. If it was possible I would not train gi at all. Apart from being impractical it leads to injuries, joint issues and long term problems. What is the point of gi if without a gi your game is basically that of a white belt. I roll with a lot of higher belts who are amazing in gi. You will struggle to pass their guard for an entire roll but come no-gi and will easily pass their guard and totally dominate them positionally. I was shocked the first time this happened but now I see it over and over again and it makes me wonder what is the point of gi? It just makes your no-gi game (which is more practical and applicable to a self defence scenario) bad. In my opinion no-gi should be your starting point. When you start bjj you should not even be allowed to do gi for at least a year so you build up some fundamentals based on no-gi. Everything in no-gi can be translated to gi. After a year maybe start doing gi but still the emphasis should be on no gi. In addition to this I would also say that you should start with wrestling as your base. I see this too often in bjj people will not fight for top position and easily accept bottom position. In Wrestling you would never do that. For me bjj is good for topping your wrestling skills off with finishing skills. That is where bjj shines.
I've only ever been attacked by people wearing clothes, therefore I think Gi is more realistic, but I suppose that different climates could change that.
