The Secret Shortcut to Fast Jiu-Jitsu Improvement - Q&A | KEENANONLINE.com 

Dear Keenan, find your way onto the joe Rogan experience, if love to hear your thought on jujitsu for a solid three hours

Im 62 years young started bjj 2 years ago, almost quit several times due to injuries, pacing myself and taking days in between off has helped me recover from strains and reduces my risk of injuring myself. I sometimes just train and skip rolling especially with the younger crowd but love the art and plan on continuing for years to come. I condition my body with light weight training and yoga for flexibility and swimming for endurance. Ju jit su has helped me stay younger longer thanks!

The secret shortcut: Show up to class!

Can you make the logo a bit bigger? Cant really see it

I'm taking my first jiu-jitsu class this Wednesday! I've been wanting to for years, and i'm so excited to start this journey!

wow.. I could hear Keenan explaining jiu jitsu for hours.. really nice conceptual insights here..

I'm a white belt and I have been really pleasantly surprised by how cool the higher belts are. They want the beginners to lean and make an effort to teach you.

Heard his name around the dojo, had no idea how cool he is. I love his teaching style. Thank you Keenan for being a class act.

Recently I started just picking one technique a month and focusing on that one single technique for an entire month. How to apply it to big guys, little guys, fast guys, different variations of it, different positions I can apply it, combinations with other techniques, and how to defend it when applied on me and how to reverse it if possible. I still do other techniques, but I focus on just one for a month. It has upped my game tremedously. Not that I'm good, I still suck, but it has allowed me to get a lot better. Yes, it doesn't mean you cover as many techniques, but we have a lifetime to learn, hopefully, so there's not rush.

His shortcut was to train at jiujutsu with supportive friends in non-competitive environment while at young age. I think it comes to playfulness, less ego, more fun.

Keenan Cornelius Dear friend, I live in Brazil and I have a social project for 8 years, I give classes for free and now we are building a big shed for the children, it would be possible for you to come to Brazil, we could do a seminar together ... Thank you

What an amazingly helpful principle right there; the idea of making your move instantly after the grips so as to advance the game beyond the grip fighting phase and immediately into the offensive/defensive dynamic. No doubt something Lloyd Irvin taught him. That mans entire game was about being one step faster than your opponent in the context of transitions

Very insightful. Clearly an excellent teacher, particularly impressed with his focus on using technique in a way that works for your body type. Don't hear that much in jiu jitsu class. Seems more a "one size fits all" approach.

I heard and actor once say: It's taken me 20 years to become an "overnight sensation"! There is no pills, magic potions, secret ways to become a good/great player. Hard work and dedication gets you there, hard work and dedication keeps you there. Lastly, remember that there is someone else training as hard or harder than you. Enjoy your journey.

this guy knows what he's talking about

Man, Keenan is such a positive and knowledgeable Jiu jujitsu practitioner. Gives motivation to the lower ranks.

No bs straight to the point🙌🏾

This was probably the best video I've seen of yours recently. I think I have a bias towards conceptual exploration though.

Very enlightening..good teacher!

Really insightful!Thanks alot!

keenan IS amazing

I’m a 43 yr old white belt with one yt stripe n just got my first fractured rib….shyt hurts like hell, but I still do as many drills as I can n No rolling till I’m healed. I’m never giving up OSS 🤙🏿

Love me some Keenan!!

I needed this

grande keenan!

That was the quickest 11 minute video I’ve ever watched. I just started doing BJJ about a month ago and I’m hooked

Keenan's flow roll sounds a lot like what we call positional sparring minus the class setting.

good question, Coach Juan!

great insight and articulation of jui jitsu philosophy

Keenan dropping jewels

well said Keenan

what happened to his show he was doing. it was only 1episode i enjoyed it. bring it back

More videos please!!!

Such Gold

this is like the exact opposite of John Danaher's approach which is like, identify and drill the fundamentals constantly then focus on everything else

thanks coach! from Gracie Barra Paris!

thanx for the talk bruv

I love the title.

It's all about the principles.

Sweet!

Unsubmittable. The guy is a genius.

6:10 That's how I feel right now. I've been going for 1 month now and it's brutal.

Hello brother Kenan saludos desde argentina

Can you explain how you didn't have to work & to just train all day instead??

So the secret is: there is no secret. It's years of practice to calibrate every detail of every technique.

Sou seu fã..........BRASIL.

I got a headache, give me the summary, thanks :D

excellent comments

Keenan what size do you wear in Hyperfly? I'm 6'2 1/2 185ish, and I'm kind of inbetween on the size chart. Not sure to go with A2L or A3. I like a little looser fit, not baggy, but to allow for a little shrinkage. Thanks.

Keenan: Just roll for fastest progress. Also Keenan: deliberate practice is fastest progress.

This video = I subscribed.

Basically practice a lot, study a lot, use proper technique and understand fundamentals.

My professor always tells us this kind of stuff. You gotta KNOW YOUR BODY. Jiu Jitsu is a game of extremely tiny variations of angles.

Where do you train? Is this video on a play list?

Pure gold. Wish the vid was longer!!!

Keenan, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the 'studying' part of BJJ. Many people (me included) tend to go down the rabbit hole acquiring a ton of technique videos and DVDs and overloading with studying. When you say "Studying and rolling a lot is the most optimal", what do you mean by studying exactly? Watching matches and trying to emulate what you see? Only studying things that apply to the few techniques you know now (i.e. mastering a few things)? Constantly studying new techniques? Observing analysis videos like BJJScout? What is the best way to actually study and have it be useful?

Just roll, that is crazy because I was thinking that. I train in Brasil and we roll..... roll a lot... I am a white belt, but sometimes I can hang with the purples and browns. It is hardcore and yes I smash and get smashed. lol Thank you for that information it was very encouraging. God bless!

damn that stopped short

Thanks for reaching me how to make sure no one reaches my pants or butt.

I'm going to disagree with one of the most talented people in the game: I believe flow rolling where you literally let people go to positions with minimal resistance is ok, particularly if it's only a very small part of your game. Because it lets people feel what it's like to get those positions and travel into areas of body movement that they wouldn't ordinarily be able to get to in ordinary rolling scenarios. As long long as it's done with intentionality and you are both aware of what's happening. Good movement training!

Im loving my jiu jitsu class! Have been going for 2 weeks now but i just get frustrated cause I wanna learn everything so quickly. Any advice?

Cus I been training on and off for a couple of years I haven't even earned a stripe but I can submit most other white belts and some new blue belts aha but now I'm taking it seriously for mma

i can only go about twice a week, but its fun. kind of depressed that i cant go more often :(

CLICKBAIT!!!! We asked for shortcuts and Keenan said "Hard work!"

I sparred on my first session. Everyone does. 20mins rolling every session. It’s the only way to really learn

I personally don’t want to shortcut my jiu jitsu it’s fun getting beaten the shit out of and doing it again and again I find it awesome to learn something as beautiful as jiu jitsu this is an art and a show of human expression not mike Chang six pack shortcuts ( still with all due respect to Keenan) I just honestly think it’s better and have fun with it, because I swear I have trained Bjj for about 8-9 months rn and I train 4 times a week about 8-9 hours a week and I have never had a day where I was like fuck I have to go to jiu jitsu btw I’m 17 grind it out enjoy the jiu jitsu journey

Is there a part 2? It cut off mid sentence

I'm a pure virgin white belt in bjj ! I just started and I learn everyday, stay positive and keep looking forward.

"The high lvl isn't the technique the guy knows but how well he can apply it to his body"

Malachy!

9:50 imagine explaining this to your mum who just walks in and have never heard of grappling before

2:30 *Read the title, then jump to here*

"No shortcut for hard work." Booya -

I just started and I’m trying to train everyday but MY body gets thrashed by the end of the week.

is this on the website or just on youtube

I respectfully disagree with the first two minutes. The fundamentals ARE largely about technique (or should be) because the primary goal for a white belt should be to learn to defend his or herself against a stronger, more violent, but unskilled opponent who primarily wants to punch you....think Royce vs Severn (I know...Dan was a skilled grappler, but the analogy stands). Royce’s defense had everything to do with body positioning, endurance (which comes from training and being used to getting smashed and having to defend from the bottom), and timing in terms of when to go in the attack. This had almost nothing to do with his specific athletic ability and more to do with him having the discipline and toughness to stick to what he was taught for so long. That was the lesson the Gracies gave the fighting world by choosing probably the least athletic one of the bunch (at least in terms of appearance if nothing else). Of course, everything I said basically goes out of the window if your focus from the start (white belt) is to beat your training partners with skilled versus skilled sparring. That is certainly part of the journey, but I don’t see that as an end unto itself.

I really wish there were more women involved in jiu jitsu. The men are always so easy on me and I dont get to learn as much with them. *sigh* Where are all the strong women at!!??

Please Mister, tell me what's jiu-jitsu is all about..

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Invisible JJ is the small details involved mastering every technique so you can teach and learn this. This is my 2 cents. Also not true about a guy who rolls will learn as fast as a guy who only studies. This was my major hurdle. Study and drill is too priority rolling is secondary in my opinion because you can roll for years with bad technique and some people learn differently than other so for me I have to drill techs way more than average Joe it feels but that's ok because I know that now. Don't listen. To any one guru, train consistently and ask yourself how can I get better and how do I learn BJJ best constantly

hard work is the only secret , its a secret because nobody wants to hear shit about hard work...

Does this technique also work No Gi?

So basically mat time... 💯

I take MMA classes. Jujitsu is my passion n fascination. However after 6 months my jujitsu isn't clicking. I'm 2 stripe white belt. We do Muay Thai kickboxing jujitsu n wrestling. I struggle with remembering what to do or how to set up finishing jujitsu moves. I get winded very easily. Ugh. Sucks. I find myself going to foot or ankle lock alot n it's very effective. I give my opponent my legs in turn he accidentally gives me one or two legs where I'm able to get the ankle/foot locks. Other than that... I don't remember what to do when grappling

2:35 there is no shortcut 🤔 what about that click bait title tho

I thought this was new vid till I saw 3 yrs comment.

what was he saying right before the video ended?

Jujitsu is a good sport but at first I thought it was so weird fighting on the ground, looks like a bunch of snakes grappling on ground like when it's trying to get it's prey. I thought it was more like standing up, twisting arms, joints etc but I realize it's Aikido that does that kind of stuff.

Anyone else feel plateaued at blue belt? I feel like I've plateaued for almost a year now rolling, even though I've learned and refined a good amount of techniques. any tips?

He’s young

9:17 its going to my pants 🤣

Hi Keenan, I started competing as a grey belt and suddenly everything is going so fast and my coach says I’m up for a blue belt. This doesn’t give me anytime to focus on each position or develop my game as much as I want to before blue belt. Do you think that blue belt is that much different than white belt and will it get easier with time?

This is a lot of industry knowledge, but ignorant of learning science. For example, we know people learn faster when they are consistently on the edge of their ability-- where they're not just relying on what they're comfortable, but also slightly pushing their boundaries into new things. Or Time spaced repetition patterns. Try watching the first 20 hours of learning something Josh Kaufman Another tip, try to get some technique into your mind before going to sleep. We know that memory seems to encode when we sleep.

NOT SO SECRET NOW

i think flow roll are good for newer belts because its slowed down as a white belt my brain get flustered with options

th@nks :)

The best defense to the berimbolo is to punch them in the face when they try it lbvs

Why did atos ask you to leave

i usually critic for no reason but this time i´ll keep my mouth shut

This guy is the shit, he's the shit, he's the shit, he's the shit😍😍