The Three Most Critical Concepts of BJJ 

Stephan, you are one of the most humble and learned BJJ practitioners I know. Thank you for inviting speakers to your RU-vid channel, and never seeming to be intimidated by their knowledge. Thank you.

This guys a great teacher, I wish I had someone to explain it like this when I first started training.

Thank you for all of us who love THEORY! Very helpful, fundamental analysis!

0:41 Base 3:00 Posture 4:30 Structure

All your base are belong to us.

My favorite thing about BJJ is how you can learn something you think is very basic, use it for years, and then someone will break it down to its most efficient form. You will walk away feeling like you just learned a new move. Standing in base was one of the first things I learned in martial arts and I have not given it much thought. The way Rob broke it down in this vid is really good.

These last two videos, along with the free bjj roadmap app, have helped fine tune my game immensely. Thank you!

Props to use of the term "a-priori"

You guys are a very good teaching pair the efficiency of two videos by you guys taught me more jiujitsu than watching 1000 mma fights lol

I've been drilling this version of the technical stand up for the past year during injury layoff. First time rolling again and it worked a treat, and I nailed a single leg take down off it because my posture was right and weight was over my front knee.

One of the greatest martial arts RU-vid videos of all time

The turkish get up, done with a kettle bell is an excellent exercise for cementing these concepts for BJJ

Haha, there goes my modeling career, I love it. Thanks for sharing this.

The body structure / alignment is so you can do this: Engagement of multiple muscle groups to have more leverage to move your opponent or escape (EX. When gripping each other’s wrist: Difference between turning your wrist (your wrist strength vs theirs) and simultaneously engaging your core, through your shoulder, through your elbow, through your wrist- to rotate their grip). Ex2 trying to bench someone off mount vs hip thrust + push. Ex3 Reaching for an ankle vs side crunch

Very informative and explained..I took jujitsu from an airman in 1980 for just under a year..it really was a help all my life and have used it a couple times..however it was the concept of leverage that stuck with me forever!

i know im honing in on a very small detail that doesn't undermine the point being made, but heavy single arm presses are actually done with a lateral lean, i think so that the force vector is directly over and perpendicular to the center of mass.

Hello Stephan, You asked a good question about how someone can know a priori whether any particular movement they are employing has proper base, structure, and posture. Robs answer was essentially there is no way to know a priori but rather a posteriori i.e. mat time/trial and error. I agree with Rob if by knowledge in the specific context in jiu-jitsu he means executing the movement during drilling, live sparring, or fighting. I disagree, however if knowledge has a wider interpretation, since I can have a conceptual understanding of a movement while failing to execute the movement. If you're willing, I'd love to hear back from you about your own view about a priori knowledge of proper base, structure, and posture or possibly Rob's response to my concerns with this view. Best, -InstantNoodle

Thank you very much for the video. Those concepts are very important and necessary to explain in BJJ. Regarding live/dead toes, this works with even matched weight and lighter opponents. If the weight difference is too great, that concept dies and so will your toes.

Wonderfully clear explanation. Very helpful video. Thank you

Great video, thanks guys!

I wonder why they call BJJ 'the human chess'... Beautiful instruction!

9:00 honestly misheard that as "nap time"

Thanks so much to both of you!!

Great tips, thanks guys

This is similar to aikido ground work. I could apply it naturally into bjj rolling in my beginners class. It was relatively easy to get away from bigger opponent with similar foot work. Defending from those postures works fine. A lot of jumping drills and squatting improves your ability to keep a good posture. Nice to notice something common between bjj and aiki-do/jutsu.

this is a great video !

thanks for this video really good

Great video!! Excellent content! Osu 🤙

Priceless video. Amazing content, free! 🤙💪 ...curious for opinions. Is there 1 single component (out of the 3) that trumps the others? i.e. IF one HAD to use these concepts in defence, is it possible to prioritise one or the 3. My thoughts at the minute... To attack ones posture, we need to dismantle the structure (if needed - grips/frames etc) To attack the base, I need to destroy my opponents posture. When Posture and Base do not "exist"... It should be relatively straightforward to reverse or sweep.

Sorry about your modeling career, Rob

This is gold

i love this video

Hello, Stephan Kesting and Robin Biernacki! Please, I'd like to see a video or some videos showing how to escape from close guard(gi) making a point about principals and concepts! Thanks in advance! =]]

"nec plus ultra" is used in French by some people but this is first time I hear it used in english sentence. 👍

Great

all about rob's force production

Why did I pay money for this series when it is just on youtube

This guy knows his bjj science.

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Oss from Boca Raton.Stop by anytime.

Who watches TV shows anymore when you get worth while stuff like this from RU-vid?

Hey Rob this it's me Tande from Marcelo Silveira I know you remember me my brother.

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first yeah

Isn't all this similar to wing-chun?

LIve toes equals half my toes broken lol

Watching in 2024 👏

This is a good video with solid basic old school concepts. But unfortunately his technical stand up is technically wrong. :(

I may get their DVD 📀 jiujitsu for old F#^%s

ha ha, science

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Nerd Assasin

He said "unfortunately, mat time" when asked how to get a feel for how to apply this to various techniques ... your fired bah... lol (Your not supposed to relate to the people looking for quick and easy BJJ, your suppose to disillusion them with the truth ... not the truth that it's gonna take a time investment... you did well with that, but the truth that mat time is the funnest part of BJJ.) I hope it takes a millenia to get my first dan on my white belt, that way there's enough mat time when I get my black belt... okay so it's not like you just stop rolling, there'll be plenty of mat time after too... but that just illiterates the point further, no need to rush through belts if your rolling for life anyway.

sucks I paid money for these when i could have made a youtube playlist...

Jiu-Jitsu is just grown men still playing at being boys, and thinking they can get away with it.

"A priori.... elucidate..." da fak dey say?!

good video. but this Gronk in the black gi bashed systema in another video and this whole video what he is describing is some of the principles used in systema for fighting on the feet and ground. that annoys me