The Three Most Critical Concepts of BJJ

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[theodt]

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

[makeitfromnothing]

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.

[armcollector]

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

[AnthonyPolanco]

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

[strahinja]

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

[anarchyartstv]

One of the greatest martial arts YouTube videos of all time

[kevinpasos]

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

[LECityLECLEC]

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

[MK-jrih]

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.

[pamphlex]

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.

[MR-wpdz]

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

[andrewpatrickquinn]

Props to use of the term "a-priori"

[tonyedge]

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!

[soldierviejo]

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

[ninjahmonkee]

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

[lnstantnde]

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

[barnabykent]

Wonderfully clear explanation. Very helpful video. Thank you

[rikunevalainen]

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.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

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.

[ezekielchoke]

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