Jiu-jitsu Scientific Paper Review 

This would be huge

I second this.

Lot of BJJ guys don’t really do any ACTUAL STRENGTH training for their legs such as squats etc. Look at Nicky Rod for example, built like a bull, strong as an ox, skinny legs in comparison (no hate he’d maul me)

I would love to see more judo content too

With judo being a more established sport (particularly due to its inclusion in the olympics), a lot of countries will have national training centres with dedicated S&C staff. If you go to most countries in Asia or Europe, universities will have judo teams and the athletes will work with the sports science departments similar to how university rugby teams in ireland and the uk do. Promising youngsters will get put into a talent development program where all their S&C is done for them etc. So if you are a high level judo competitor you will be part of some system that gives you access to very good S&C coaching, which is not yet the case with BJJ (I know some large BJJ teams will have their own S&C coaches, but in general its rarer still I think). If you just compared a local judo club and local BJJ club I doubt you would find that much difference in the level of S&C work.

2x bodyweight backsquat, 2.5x bodyweight deadlift and 1.5x bodyweight bench. That's what they've mentioned would be a good general standard for any athlete, but especially physical sports. I also do muay thai, and it made a huge difference getting my strength up. I feel like at the 5+ year mark, you're often limited more so by general athleticism than understanding of your sport.

2 times a week would probably maintain strength stimulus better, but I am curious too! Maybe once a week is enough for maintenance

@@iFlarsky I mean in general I know that 2x per week is probably better either way but in the video it wasn't explicitly stated and it could be heard as doing 4 sets once a week which would imo not be ideal even for a none strength athlete. But thanks either way

@@xaverdamien3986 It depends what the major exercises are. If they are squat, deadlift, bench and an upper body pull then it is 16 sets a week. That’s probably 2 sessions per week. Sounds appropriate for comp season in non-strength sports.

@@moistmayonese1205 that can't be the reason. I can only imagine that they meant the typical bjj practitioner who wouldn't have a particular season where he has to be primed for bjj. Of course leading up to the competition he would taper of the last 1-3 weeks with even a peaking block possible. Gor building strength 16 sets is a rather small number of total sets for all movement patterns combined even if bjj is a heavy focus.

Are you saying 3 pullups at 140 kg is mediocre strength?

*bmxing not boxing

Bjj is still a sport, it's the entire problem with martial arts in a competitive environment. You have to train like an athlete to reach your potential. Acting like it's mystical is the most annoying thing about martial artists.

@@sikastrength it’s not mythical it’s multi faceted. with all due respect you find it frustrating because you don’t understand the sport, you’re a two stripe white belt. what you think BJJ is today is not what you’re going to think it is in a years time, trust me in that, I’ve been through it. We all go through it. When you’re a sprinter of an Olympic lifter the technique is comparatively simple. And once that technique is in place then S+C takes over. BJJ is not linear, you could make the argument that instead of doing S+ C 3 times a week you’d be better off doing yoga, the improvements in flexibility would improve your guard retention more than deadlifting or doing hill sprits ever could. Your personal game, body type, mindset and even gym could completely dictate what areas you’d be better off training. Carlson Gracie London don’t train the same as 10’th planet London, their styles of BJJ are completely different so their training techniques are going to differ. I’m not being facetious, I’m speaking from experience and the way you need to look at this is, imagine someone who’d been studying S+C for a year in a really basic way started telling you exactly what it is and how you’re doing it all wrong, that’s what you’re doing. You think because you have an understanding of one aspect of the sport then that is the sport. Anyway. I’m not going to keep wasting your time with a message you’re not receptive to, I do genuinely enjoy your content and I’d never be as bold as to try and argue the toss on any other sports or aspects of training as In comparison I know very little about them. Keep up the good work and good luck on your BJJ journey. 👍

Just to add one more thing. I’m in no way shape or form against S+C. I just feel that standard measurements of athletic performance and standardised training doesn’t translate over to BJJ the way it does to more traditional sports.