52 year old white belt here. The biggest issue I’ve had so far is RECOVERY. At only 4 weeks in to my journey, I’ve found that my mind is willing, but the body not so much! Plus, the most frustrating thing for me is that I started at a very good fitness level. Fairly strong. Very good VO2max. But…The soreness in my hip flexors, shoulders, elbows! 2x/week at the moment is about all I can do. I continue to lift, work on mobility. Hopefully this old body can adjust, because I really do love this crazy BJJ thing!

We live in a small remote town of less than 10,000 people. So we started a school or club on our own and just learn completely off of instructionals on BJJ fanatics and such. We roll hard, medal well in comps and invite/ attend seminars as much as we can. Our BJJ gym looks like a crackhouse but we do our best with what we have because we love it. We are black sheeps with no Sheppard.

Best bjj tutrorial video ever.

Isn't that frontflip back take how Jack Greener got paralysed? Lots of weight on the neck if the bottom guy is a beginner and doesn't roll properly? Great video otherwise though.

How is opponent being pushed backwards before sweep?

Man what’s wrong with the white belts at your gym😂😂🤣

When he started talking about "nonconventionally violent opponents" I thought he was gonna warn they might try to bite your dick off. Great info thank you!

came here after islam

Sensational instruction! Very clear, especially when using the gi. Thank you!

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Good, but leads to the bear trap/ham sandwich

was that a clamp at the first escape.

How do you prevent getting choked with both hands below his waist?

God these are good !! 👍🏽

Thanks for sharing, good stuff

No gi seems too slippery for me specially the sweaty partner while gi is sl easier because i have something to hold on to

Mikey Musumeci had Red hair?

Bro sounds exactly like chito Vera

This was like a eureka moment for me. Ive alwayd just assumed you wanted to shoot your arm as far as possible. Seems so obvious now, but what great advice.

I’ve been working with my son on preventing/escaping side control and this video was extremely helpful in that it covers the many things opponents do to maintain the position and how to counter them. Thanks for this resource.

Awesome, I'm a White belt and was looking at different ways to finish from the front headlock position. This choke is awesome 👍🏼

Top level instructions...👍

I wear an A1H in the aeroweave and it has shrunk ever so slightly through time but fits pretty well still. Would you recommend buying a size up in the valiant gi since it shrinks so much?

Blue was great for me...Purple has been 7 years of impostor's syndrome and been injured repeatedly by giant white belts. Found some great take aways from the video. Thank you.

thank you bc it made me realize that no one in my gym stay long enough to even get a purple belt. I’m glad i left that gym they try to have me come back and talk to me. but if someone was a purple belt they didn’t get it at my gym only the professional fighters had a high ranking belt no one else did there were one purple belt the two coaches were black belt and a brown belt and two purple belt students the rest were white belt or blue belt and there was only one blue belt lol. but the boxing there was great i did it for 4 months and had great boxing coaches but the bjj room was toxic and rude but all the boxers in the other room were so respectful and nice. but they barely had anyone doing bjj but a lot of people doing boxing and no one showed up to gi jujitsu besides me and three other people

What happened to your tiktok account???

Great quality 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Are the gi’s made in USA?

Perspective is everything, I'm a 35 year old dad of two who's just doing this for fun, I'm not trying to go to ADCC. I won my last comp but even in my first comp where I didn't medal I was just happy to get out there and compete. In 30 years I'll be able to look back on competing and be glad I did it.

I feel like this is an expansion/extension of Ryan hall’s back attacks instructional from years ago. I mean that in the best possible way. Those videos changed my approach to jiu jitsu. I really enjoyed your instructional and look forward to working with this material.

It’s the training and knowledge you develop within a mindset… you can’t measure those things with a belt or anything else in the physical sense.

Play 100% agree with that

Nice

I’m so glad to see your grappling career from back here in PA. Get em Big Dan!

I find I learn a lot more rolling with people that are weaker and less skilled than me. I get to practice stuff other than defending. Against big guys with more skill, I’m just trying to survive as long as I can.

Training to be good at bjj feels like a really tall order right now lol

God damn that was some nice passes

That’s how Muslims live, Alhamdulillah! Good for you, Big Dan.

Folks get belts for do8ng well 8n turneys or sticking with it and being very knowledgeable

Ok I'm new to bjj cab someone explain to me why us there a difference between wearing the gi and not wearing it?

This is the way

Love it

Zzzzzzzzzz

Nice breakdown! Thanks!

Get em Big Dan!

Does anyone else feel like leglocks are more to counter other grapplers than for self-defense? The positions I would do them from make me open to getting punched in the face if I'm not careful.

Orr its a new school

Kimura guy here also. Will be doing this to everyone at 6am tomorrow

Bull shit

Excellent content and for free! 👏🏼👏🏼