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VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Rick Ellis discusses strategies for accelerating your Jiu Jitsu development.

[robertarcher]

When I get home from class I immediately type a summary of the techniques we went over into my Notes app on my phone. I have notes for weekday, no-gi and weekend classes, and typing those notes makes me think through the techniques to help me remember. I try to be as succinct as possible and for brevity it may only be one technique depending on how succinct I am, but at least I walk away with a takeaway from that class that I can look back on at any time. My goal with the notes is also to allow anyone to read them and walk away with an understanding of the techniques so I try to be as clear as possible.

[NinjaDad]

I was using many of these tips and they are very effective. I unfortunately have to stop training due to neck injuries requiring surgery, but I wanted to thank you for all your amazing videos. Such a different approach to BJJ videos and so valuable.

[kravmagaCDK]

Man that was excellent. Sometimes you can know something but you still need to hear it. I needed to hear this. Thank you 👍🏾

[momentum]

Thanks for sharing. Love your channel!

[gh]

Thanks Rick. I’ve always wished my academy did what Gracie university does which is a full video syllabus on file for every technique taught in class so that you can watch it over and over.

[EliteForceLHP]

Great video! I agree 💯 on the proactive approach. Hope to see you in Costa Rica!

[CoachSteveJandS]

I've heard it said "repetition is the mother of skill" 💪🏼🥋

[danilecashin]

I like to remember concepts based off of what I learned instead of step by step. But your rt I should write it down and keep a Jiu Jitsu journal. Awesome work. Love your content bud. Fireman Dan 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥊🥊🥊🥊

[bobhildebranski]

Thanks for this and all of your work Professor Rick!! 🥋👍🏼

[markpetrovic]

Man, I started training Jiu-Jitsu in 2000 at the age of 17... I trained about 5 to 6 days a week for about 2.5 years. Due to some circumstances that I would rather not get into I had to put my training on hold. I was a blue belt at the time, it took a few years but I got back into training in 2006, trained several days a week for about a year, then at the age of 24 I had to put my training on pause once again in order to take care of my ailing father. I never got back into training after that, here I am at 41... I just started training again in September, my body is definitely not in its twenties anymore and I feel it. Since September I have already sustained two rib injuries... Currently recovering from the second one. I think I have about a week or so left before I'm able to get back on the mat. I feel like I'm not absorbing the training like I once did when I was in my 20's... I want to get back to where I was when I was training 5 to 6 days a week, I was gaining so much ground back then and really just absorbing the knowledge. Now, I feel like it's not as easy for me to take in all of that knowledge. Though I have only been back for a couple months, I could tell that training is definitely not as easy as it once was. Not just the physical but the mental and the absorption of the techniques. Watching your videos has really given me a lot of inspiration, I can't wait to recover from this injury and get back out there...

[ColinMcRaeVIT]

Great video and the visualization stuff is new to me, unfortunately as soon as you mentioned the puppy I lost track of what you were saying for like 30 seconds and had to rewind because I was picturing a little puppy running around my house lol
One thing I would caution against with visualization though is thinking about this stuff right before bed. At least for me, rather than falling asleep that process begins to wake me up and then I can’t fall asleep. Maybe if you’ve been doing Jiu-Jitsu for so many years that it’s just Natural to think about it right before sleeping, but for me having only a few years in or so at this point, it tends to activate my brain way too much and I have to tell myself to shut it down😢

[jasonwyatt]

Bj pen got his black belt in 3 year's

[k]

Could you post a link to the visualization video? I can't find it!

[dougnorton]

For personal reasons I’ve had to drop down to just once a week for a period. It sucks however I’m significantly fresher, more motivated and clearer headed when I attend class. I also find myself visualising and thinking about BJJ more. As a result I’m not noticing much in the way of skill drop off at the moment.