History of the Worm Guard - How Anti-Jiu-Jitsu Changed The Game. Unheard Secrets of the System

[@fritzdagger]

Lapel Slayer - the instructional that teaches you how to BEAT all lapel guards is available Now on www.jiujitsux.com - Skip to the last few minutes of this video to see an explanation of this brand new course designed to deworm the world of grappling.

[@StillRolling]

Thus the era of the "Kraken Guard" begins!🐙 kzbin.info/www/bejne/inzVdnRvr5l2bq8

[@jeranmiller]

I feel like a significant part of this is Keenan planting his flag and stating plainly what he feels his legacy as a competitor should be. I respect that.

[@BH-gh6qm]

keenans favorite past time- talking about keenan

[@ALL41BJJ]

I've been playing with the lapel since blue. My training partners are looking forward to this release while I'm looking forward to training with you in San Pedro! Thank you for continuing to be an inspiration.

[@jinbaii]

Summary of video: Keenan is bored that nobody has caught up yet (except maybe Leandro) so he's gonna help you all out. So he can then unveil the next bag of tricks. The anti-anti-lapel 🤣

[@ucevrim]

All the dedicated lapel players of the gyms around the world are the salesman of this instructional and would deserve a % ☺️

[@jsalazarbjj]

I think you missed an opportunity to name it the corn guard. "Now I place my whole foot in the Corn Hole".

[@alek9411]

I feel like this should be the reason you eventually get your coral belt. You added something very major to BJJ.

[@lx_xl2048]

That's precisely his legacy🤠

[@BH-gh6qm]

you get a coral belt for purely time spent as a black belt... it has nothing to do with legacy or innovation. you dont have to compete and win or anything. purely time spent as a black belt

[@ippolea]

Red*

[@nietaki]

Great storytelling, thanks for taking the time to record it!

[@danhendo4664]

There’s a purple belt in our gym who does lapel and squid guard. It’s fascinating to watch him roll.

[@isuckatthisgame]

you're one of the best teachers in modern martial arts history

[@joeyripswell]

LOL Andre’s commercial cuts in at 15:30…. “hey guys! i just shot 6 hours on my favorite guard passes and how to completely shut down lapel guard” awesome haha

[@03poppa]

Keenan's pretty awesome, he has a very skilled analytical mind and very humble in analyzing his own BJJ techniques

[@MrKahunadog]

Aloha Keenan. I matched you on Oahu, Hawaii as purple, I'm thinking Kaiser gym. I gi wrapped your arm for arm wrap arm bar. We stalled out, in butterfly. You were stumped, I couldn't finish the drag for back or arm bar. I also recall you'd video every single match then.

[@yevgenygershman]

I think 'street worm' would be a great marketing tool - a video where you defeat thugs in the street one by one with lapel guard, you would silence a lot of haters.

[@arthurgrillo4314]

lol

[@matthewreed2614]

thug worm

[@abrahamlincoln8542]

"Me and BJJ Scout partnered up" Keenan says, knowing damn well he IS BJJ Scout

[@Funkyfm9]

He is?!? hahaha

[@grantgrant8554]

As blue belt lapel player, I’m highly recommend y’all buy the lapel slayer, because we are coming for ur lapel

[@clarkthesharkbjj]

Thank you keenan for all the useful instructionals and youtube videos for me to study. Im a blue belt trying out lapel guard right now and ive noticed that I can catch other blue belts right now with sweeps and subs since they are used to the traditional positions. Its still a work in progress and im excited to learn all of it. From lapel guard, to lapel passing and worm wrestling.

[@quest808]

This is good stuff. I watch the whole thing when it was an ad.

[@kaikkimoi]

Worm guard was the last nail on the coffin in GI jiujitsu that made me say, ok fuck it, Im doing noGI.

[@adrianboucek]

Yep!!! Or change the uniform. Give everyone some kind of modified Gi and you’ll get a whole new changeover in techniques.

[@Josh-lk1ix]

Can't stand the grab the gi and hold on for dear life. If it happens from time to time, okay, but as a style/game plan? No thanks

[@fritzdagger]

You can just pick up the Lapel Slayer to defeat all worm guards. 🤷‍♀️

[@Josh-lk1ix]

@@fritzdagger Touche

[@Josh-lk1ix]

@@ddwfw I've got a buddy who loves Gi jujitsu and especially using the lapel. It's just not for me

[@manchestermassivepodcast518]

Thanks for sharing, such an amazing story and great insight, i love the lapel guard, worm guard and squid guard game, I was actually having huge success and dominating higher belts as a blue belt using this system on the mats free rolling. Because i had a pro level back ground in mma it actually caught a lot of pure bred bjj guys off guard when we use to roll and i would usually get "wow i didnt expect that from you mate wtf" haha... i am brown belt now and still happily lapelling, worming and squidding my way through rounds suprising people with a look of disbelief...... Oss 💪😂

[@reiynfernandez3526]

So your saying you're the guy I have to blame for making Jui-Jitsu more difficult for me...Thank you very much, Keenan Cornelius.

[@paulz234]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, well done 👍

[@superfatbobtail]

what a humble master

[@Anthony-id6gu]

Would love to see you back competing in the Gi.

[@agustinustheoo]

Respect to you man!

[@esoldado7281]

that's my brain that is exploding 🤯🤯🤯 , dayum man you are such a elite

[@mixxeerr]

Absolutely love this constant innovation…

[@conrad762]

When your anti-meta is so good you gotta invent an anti-anti-meta

[@BrianCimins]

Great work Keenan!

[@brds_83]

Besides all that rickson and helio gracie comment and american jiu-jitsu bullshit, you´re a great chapter in the history of the guard. Your role in the development of jiu-jitsu is undeniable!

[@Ge.no.va13]

Tbh I want to see a collab with Rener Gracie vs Keenan

[@saidneder41]

Keenan is just a pioneer in the new game

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Funny I just realized how crazy jacked up your ears are, man. Respect. Ouch.

[@julianfonseca569]

13:10 what is the guard/technique called

[@sandsand5483]

Mans belt is so worn that he's basically gone from being a black belt to being a blue belt.

[@R3NEGADE_Evony]

I like this bro I’m going to buy the instructional lol white belt here

[@Vscustomprinting]

Sick vid

[@BH-gh6qm]

keenans favorite past time- talking about keenan

[@mikalaconway7568]

I dont think beating somebody with a move they cant beat is cheasy. Maybe using a one time trick to beat someone that falls appart the second time is chease. But i think the fact that you understand how to defeat your system is a true symbol of your mastery of it.

[@dietrich8820]

The Lapel guard the way he does it, to my knowledge is new. Pinning limbs with the lapel, however isn’t.

[@Silence-and-Violence]

Yeah, I think most people realize they can use the lapels to trap limbs and create stress for their partner. I know that I figured out to use my own lapel ends to choke people on my own, without learning actual techniques for it at the time. It is interesting that no one decided to explore the lapel ends from a guard perspective in any deep way until Keenan. I know my very old school Brazilian coach always gave me a hard time when he saw me doing silly or annoying stuff with lapels. Mostly tying up other people's wrists or covering their hand. He didn't like it. I bet that's true for most "traditional" BJJ guys.

[@dietrich8820]

@@Silence-and-Violence I’m pretty sure there were people that did this before Keenan, but I don’t have concrete evidence. The thing about martial arts is there is nothing new under the sun. Keenan is probably the only one noteworthy to do this kind of guard in a competition that allowed it. Judoka use the lapel to tie up limbs and it’s acceptable in dojos. BJJ gyms were my first experiences with people not liking the use of their lapels to trap them.

[@jiujudo1307]

How dare you! Keenan, AKA, Lapel Jiu-Jitsu's "Benedict Arnold!" WHY, Keenan, Why? What's next, Eddie Bravo's "Snap the Rubber Guard" DVD?!

[@shanecarlson7488]

Unlock the lockdown. Short circuit the electric chair. Death star the 10th planet. Unflatten the Earth.

[@shaneshafer2334]

What’s the song at the intro

[@2badmice811]

Dude you moved from Hawaii to Maryland? Bummer

[@billycho566]

Can someone please explain the classic sport jiu jitsu framework

[@ashigaramii__]

If he no tappy, you snappy.

[@mism2897]

@@ashigaramii__ If he no snappy, you tappy.

[@jayfliplee]

Yeah sure man. So typically want you to do in sport / competition context is perform what is called a 'guard pull'. When you successfully accomplish this, the next objective is to work yourself into one of the most devastating BJJ guards, the '50/50' guard. Ideally you want to be in a position on the mat where you have a clear view of the clock, because the next phase is crucial: 'tactical stalling'. You want to do nothing without making it look like you're doing nothing, until there's only 20 seconds left in the match. At this point, you want to execute what is known as a 'sweep'. This will award you 2 points, and there won't be any time left for your opponent to earn any points. In other words, 2 point victory to you, gg, upload footage of your win to KZbin to show the world you're a BJJ ninja

[@markmartin4037]

@@jayfliplee I hate that this is true.

[@martysanchez8894]

Get a girl to look at you the way that girl is looking at Keenan at 13:06

[@dosomething3]

Keenan was seduced by the dark side of bjj.

[@jiujudo1307]

Keenan is American Jiu-Jitsu!

[@JBrooksNYS]

The cheese counter LOL

[@dustin6268]

This may work in a street situation..t shirt or hoodie..any thoughts?

[@fran9023]

Search Keenan Cornelius self defense. He explains how use bjj with t shirts

[@mattconnell3970]

if you are allowed to choke with the gi then you should be allowed to make a noose out of your belt

[@pawelsawczynski894]

Is that means, you stopped competing?

[@kevdunne84]

Keenan is BJJ Scout

[@adamabbas1487]

The issue is that many people have just decided to do exclusively no gi. To be honest learning leg locks and control systems is more interesting than learning a system that only exists because of the sport aspects of bjj and becomes utterly useless in any other scenario.

[@holdenmuganda97]

But the leg lock game only exists because of the sport too. It’s definitely not a good idea in a street fight to be diving on the floor and rolling for leglocks so both aspects of are arbitrary and sport specific.

[@shanecarlson7488]

@@holdenmuganda97 Many people have used the heelhook, kneebar, or banana split-type subs successfully in the UFC. They are of course not as major a component of MMA as the RNC, guillotine, triangle, or armbar, but they are always there as a not-insignificant threat. You cannot deny that lapel guards are less relevant than leglocks for MMA (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHq9g3hvntuWm8U) or in a street fighting scenario (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYbLpJ2KoN50kM0).

[@holdenmuganda97]

@@shanecarlson7488 mma is still not a street fight. They’re valid submissions in their own right but I wouldn’t do in imanari roll into a heel hook on the street. And even tearing someone’s ACL on purpose may seem excessive in court depending on the nature of the altercation. They exist more cause of sport. All combat sports develop aspects that are unrealistic. It’s just the nature of the beast.

[@brianhoppe7303]

It should be added to the lapel encyclopedia.....just saying

[@sally200953]

to counter the counter

[@wingoreviewsboxingandmma3667]

Best guard for mma 😆

[@robertvondarth1730]

Anti ju jitsu is a thing? Cool

[@Seaneskatejitsu]

Yeah ask Michael Chandler

[@adamabbas1487]

About half of the things you learn in jiu-jitsu is both jiu-jitsu and anti jiu-jitsu. That's why world champions who go into mma say you don't even use about 80% of what you learn in most jiu-jitsu clubs.

[@robertvondarth1730]

@@adamabbas1487 That is really interesting Adam, thank you for that. Because I am only interested in self-defense and not sport, because I simply don’t have the time energy or quite frankly talent to dedicate myself to learn sport jujitsu, I’d like to know what that 10% they do use actually is. Apologies For the cliché, but Bruce Lee took on a similar journey of stripping things down to the essential nature as far as Strikingis concerned specifically for himself, he ended up ditching 99% of Wingchun and adopted a streamlined 19th century boxing style instead. Late stage JKD, just before his death down to a handful of very effective techniquesthat work in most situations for self-defense I am interested in stripped down grappling science Negating avoiding or exploiting take down Attempts

[@CountryPup1]

I like eggs

[@arborealmole8079]

Sick

[@tim0te030]

Did he say gubber guard?

[@TheFivezerofive]

The white background is strong for the eyes if you just could change it . The content is great

[@edgyedge7590]

No way dude the white background is a great juxtaposition to the black gi

[@johnmick4980]

I hate people who rip on lapel and worm guards. I think it’s sick as hell that the GI can be stretched and manipulated in infinite ways. It’s way technical and more like a game than no gi is. No gi is lame because everywhere just tries to touch feet.

[@johnmick4980]

@@ddwfw so do you hate the worm guard?

[@jiujudo1307]

@@ddwfw My friend, The Gracie's didn't develop a system. They used Judo. Check out, kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4iwlqxsbLh5aM0 Chadi YT Channel is loaded with great old and new Judo clips.

[@ddwfw]

@@jiujudo1307 I knew it was chadi's channel from reading the first line :) (btw judo shodan here) Ok yes, they learned from Maeda, so they had elements of Kodokan and Kosen judo plus Maeda's teachings, he fought in vale tudo style matches so I'm sure he had put some thought into entering the pocket in a match with strikes. But yes the Gracies did develop their system, GJJ original curriculum is not what they would teach you in judo's dojos. Examples? The heavy use of lead leg front kicks to close the distance against an opponent who can strike and then look for the clinch, or the "taparia", sparring with open hand slaps. Pre WW2 Judo was their root so it was very similar, but the most important thing they did was being able to maintain the self-defense mentality, they never got away from that. Why? the warrior spirit is definitely part of that, but also they didn't have economic problems so they could keep practicing to honor certain warrior ideals rather than winning tournaments. On the other hand, Kano sensei heavily pushed for Judo to be an Olympic sport and a widely accepted part of Japanese culture, for example making it a pillar of physical education in schools. The Gracies couldn't care less about that, they cared about real fighting, and I have to respect that.

[@sergeibelozorov4428]

@@ddwfw excellent take, thank you.

[@OriginalFallofMind]

Although I enjoy gi more because it's way deeper and enjoyable, I think Nogi is probably more realistic in a street fight. I do both in class and it's pretty easy to separate the two. Actually I have adapted some gi stuff to no-gi. Not taking credit for it, I'm sure they already exist, it just comes naturally to adapt things. But don't think if someone has a jacket on in the street that I would default to rear naked. If I can snatch a bow and arrow or clock choke, I'm going for it. 😂

[@mummra7]

i like the scissor counter.....take a scissor out of your gi and cut the lapel.

[@Darren_Tay]

This is one of those things I could never understand about gi rules. If we put our fingers inside someone's sleeve, that's illegal because there is too much control. But, wrapping the lapel or belt around your opponent's limb or body is somehow allowed? The gi game is dominated by DLR, Berimbolos, and lapel guards. I showed some clips of ibjjf matches to some friends and they said (paraphrasing) why are people constantly sitting on the floor, going upside down, and just resting. This new series by Keenan might show effective counters and passing. But, I would argue that the advantage is still heavily in favor of the guard player. This is why even as a Judoka, I started training more in no-gi than gi.

[@michaelcavalry8379]

I understood that the inside sleeve grip is illegal due to dangers getting your fingers twisted. It's more of a safety rule.

[@kenkaz7128]

Will he ever get a red belt as he has influenced the modern game greatly probably not as his not Brazilian....

[@badxradxandy]

Cheese

[@deathofaclown]

hi keenan love u :] the intro is too long

[@anderson8463]

You need too use some gymnastics skills cartwheel or a tumble that would allow the passing of the guard

[@fernandomafaldafreire]

Cheesy...

[@fernandomafaldafreire]

It means "brega"in Portuguese.

[@mattconnell3970]

gi is a lesser form of bjj

[@pekitas]

this was a clear " GOOGLE ME " . Thank you