How To Start From Your Knees

[@secretmuse420]

This is gold 🙌🏽 thank you professor

[@ericdelay5269]

The very last part about the inverted triangle was so beautiful. Thanks

[@sochin7777]

Mate, I love your channel and videos. They're helping me a lot as a white belt.

[@arthurcurry2003]

I love that ending technique you showed.

[@KL4life]

Tom your channel, Chewjitsu, and Knight Jiujitsu are the best instructor videos imo!

[@TheDe3th]

Going to work on this tonight during open Mat

[@worldorder2000]

There are a few good teachers on YT and you are one of them just subscribed to learn from you as a beginner.

[@ryanwilkins7080]

Brilliant as are all the demos I have watched by this bloke

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

Thank you! From that bloke Tom (-:

[@craigcrissman4651]

If I could only watch one BJJ youtube channel it'd be this bloke

[@internetpeople1064]

I didn't get a chance to thank you in person at the Dallas Cup yesterday, but I really appreciate your channel. That bait the single leg into the guillotine was nasty. Nicely done.

[@danielquagliaro8853]

THANKS DUDE 👍

[@dradamov]

This has such a powerful Bob Ross type energy but for combat sports xDDD Love it and thank you!

[@MATLOCKE269]

Love your videos! My wife and I have been training for a few months now and I never know how to start rolling. Cheers!

[@DrMakak]

As a whitebelt my favourites are a cheeky armdrag into a RNC or a surf pass. Our coach has shown us a very fun armbar, like a baby-flying-armbar, from the grips you're showing at 6:00. Fun to do, rarely effective

[@markoniksic3630]

Superb video, got recked off my knees today, i needed this vid.

[@FelixFrost]

The charisma on this dude Subbed of course

[@benl734]

thats a money move at the end - boom

[@MrScottearley]

These videos are gold

[@JeanDardet]

That last move woaw

[@amaninthekitchen]

Christina bale u re amazing

[@davebond7380]

Thanks coach Tom I looked at this a year ago but now it's makes complete sense I'm learning to speak bjj I'll try these tonight in the open roll tonight dave Bebington bjj Liverpool uk

[@tinkywinky3680]

Dude, that last combo is killer!!!!!!!

[@atrain670]

I absolutely love your contact, truly helpful for a beginner like myself..

[@bananatune]

You are a legend Tom. Please keep doing more videos!

[@silverfox8801]

What a great bloody channel mate!! 👊👊

[@olegtotsamiy6588]

Hello master Tom from Russia. Thanks for video! I have many problems with open guard and half guard from down. Please, do some video from this position. Sorry from my English ))

[@michaeldibari2851]

Great video man. Thanks !

[@eddieh311]

I'm so grateful for this video! ive been looking for some advice for this.

[@superstylingchick]

Great viseo!I'm going to try to use this in my next BJJ class. Thank you for taking the time to explain everything.

[@eschelar]

This is without a doubt, my favorite video from you Tom. Great one. Especially for beginners.

[@eddiesid1149]

This is ace, thanks from England.

[@flavanationJ]

Love your tilted head explanations 🙏😋🤣

[@glennrudzik1007]

Thanks Coach Tom, very much appreciate from a white belt just starting out!

[@piggybank9899]

Reese is back yesssss

[@mehdifrancoisackerman]

very helpful. Thanks!

[@johnp845]

Coach Tom, great video! Thank you! I like your description of the combat base. Can you please review how best to do arm drag from combat base? Kicking away the opposite knee helps when doing an arm drag, but I have difficulty doing this from combat base. Thank you!

[@brynfrrll]

Thank you Professor Tom!

[@johntaylor6814]

Great stuff as usual 🤙. The last armbar, i call the Rickson armbar. The amount of people i've watched ,especially in the 90's that walked straight into that trap, is staggering!. Keep up the good work Coach. Ur helping the silent majority more than you know and it's MUCH appreciated. I purchased a couple of your Series on your website to give back and was VERY pleasantly surprised to find excellent quality instruction for people who may want to have a deeper understanding or added effectiveness at very reasonable prices. Looking forward to getting some more as they definitely make Trap's & Pathway's to the Submission dotted around your game and once your opponent is on one of these Pathway's or Trap's, there's NO going back for them! 😑😁 ....

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

Thanks for the kind words and support John Taylor. Much appreciated. Happy training and glad you loved the premium courses! (-: Tom Davey

[@Cheyenne23RN]

I have been needing this video sooooo bad!!! Thanks Coach Tom your awesome!!

[@joephalan7512]

This is such a great video. Thank you!

[@shidokanjitsu]

Excellent

[@shahree100]

Simply the best!

[@juraj-ctrl]

At my gym one guy just stands up and the other stays sitting and that is that.

[@glady9784]

IMO that's usually the better idea. It's good to change things, sometimes you start standing, sometimes sitting. Later you both start from the top to practice wrestling etc. Variety = skill

[@qstogg7955]

Your gym sucks

[@yordiquezada9706]

Your gym rocks

[@craigcrissman4651]

@@qstogg7955 more like your gym sucks. Two people kneeling is a pretty useless position to train and is usually only done for space

[@qstogg7955]

@@craigcrissman4651 excuse my gym sucks why is that is it because we train wrestling and judo takedowns regularly? Are you a guard puller or something lol

[@bananapatch9118]

Ha I’m a 59 year old white belt at a Gracie school, and i love it BUT, I can NOT get my butt down close to my ankle without feeling like my knees will explode. I hope to stretch them out over time but for now….it’s impossible. Ideas ? Thx

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

Perhaps start in guard seated to play it safe. In a way it’s a handicap but also a long term blessing

[@heidirosenz]

Just the kind of lesson I’ve been looking for!

[@richardbartholomew542]

Excellent video on a much overlooked aspect.

[@Titanium516]

Love your videos!!!

[@mijalibarbagallo4124]

Awesome professor!!

[@MikeVieira]

A video all should see!

[@gator7082]

Good stuff, I struggle with starting from that position.

[@buckmills4159]

Thanks coach. This is really great stuff.

[@StillRolling]

Nice🤙 it's great when you get 2 heavy weight bulls that might as well be on their feet because they are driving one another across the mat on their knees taking out anyone or anything in their way haha. Love to start on the feet but as you said logistically it's not always the safest. Great topic

[@S0ulbanish3r]

doe you have a standing pass for this samurai guard position? :O so if one beginns from from the bottom and one standing?

[@charmed479]

As usual, an awesome vid. Thank you.

[@Pixiwoot78]

Smart man

[@zaziithebeast4353]

As a first week white belt, ty for saving my big toe/ankles xD.

[@wardrunaragnar5031]

Seeing you both in shorts reminded me that I need to pick up some chicken - thanks!

[@mayo8511]

Great. I'm new and always feel awkward at the start of a roll

[@AlShekh_Eid]

Appreciated

[@gmajororder]

Do you recommend doing sissy squats for knee strength? I’m looking for good bodyweight exercices.

[@fernandotvchannel]

This is Great thanks 🙏🏿

[@Paul-bv8lz]

brilliant!

[@seanferris631]

Where can I get one of those rash guards

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

theyre coming..………..

[@doriandayton9686]

We're you just in Texas for jiu-jitsu world league? I thought I saw you there!

[@internetpeople1064]

He was. I saw him there too.

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

yes took silver black belt superheavy and gold no gi advanced. (-: Professor Tom Davey

[@wouter8533]

2:45 how do you prevent your opponent from getting a guillotine choke? I run in to this problem all the time with my brother, every oppertunity he gets he grabs my neck (guillotine) and from there it's rolling rolling but my fate is sealed.

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

Keep looking up: posture prevents guillotines! And fight their hands!

[@Dank-Boix]

3:40

[@blammblamm]

Why start from the knees in general? I never understood this, since it's just not a natural starting position. Neither in competition nor in self defense.

[@David-bs3rq]

It's definitely better to start from standing when space permits, but a lot more ground is covered when starting from standing, and with a full class, this is not always feasible. And since jui jitsu is mostly a ground game, take-downs are often skipped. Another reason for starting from the knees might be because this is where a lot of injuries occur, so for beginners it is better to learn the ground portion of grappling before attempting take-downs/take-down defense when rolling.

[@blammblamm]

@@David-bs3rq I get that part. Would make more sense to start in guard, side control or any other position you may end up after a takedown in my opinion. I could imagine a start from the knees would enable people to do a modified form of double leg takedown, but I'm not sure.

[@lordsneed9418]

that armbar is so sneaky lol

[@spencerainsworth269]

Newaza

[@Unknown-lj2kw]

Pull guard

[@hackedit4u]

7th!

[@eddietasker9110]

I only start on the feet. We don't have a hugely popular gym, there's about 8 of us on rare occasions. Usually it's 4 of us, so starting on the feet is only logical. Especially since we're an mma gym.

[@juntjoonunya9216]

If not starting standing the only remotely realistic position before you engage in a jj exchange is one or both men on their butts. I always offer them the choice otherwise take butt and work for top position if that's what I want to do

[@meanmach5896]

👍

[@juanpedroperezperez1420]

to start in knees is saffer, is the sames principles has to start in standing but less dangerous is educacional how to put the other one down , when you says is a losing time because you do not put anyone down is not truth a lot of jujitsu competitions start up and no one can put the other one down so is a waste of time to start standing ? if you can not put your adversaire down how can you use all yours jujitsu thecniques . is what happen in ufc if the fighter do not go down your jujitsu is not usefull you have to think in a fighting way ,you pull guard ok if you do not close the guard i will try stand up breaking the grips and now how you to put me down again you have to get up a try to put me down again . in competition a lot of people just sit in there butt ,but in the street this is not the right thing to do . imagine you have trouble with some one and you sit in your butt and say start to figth come here so he will say stand up and now when you try to stand up he can strike you or you can stay in the ground and ask for a beer.

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

This is like chess

[@tomekpukszta]

👊

[@josebatista8597]

sent this to my girl by mistake cause of the title.

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

😂

[@tribalman9668]

People say all the time that starting from the knee is a waste of time. Obviously they forgot that judo and Jiu-Jitsu are Japanese martial art systems and Japanese people eat and socialize sitting on the floor, many of the altercations in feudal Japan started from the knee position and no standing....

[@vivawebmarketing]

On the takedown, don’t i run the risk of getting myself into a guillotine?

[@TheGrapplingAcademy]

Keep that head up to prevent the guillotine with posture! (-: Tom Davey

[@ManofOneGod]

I can't get my head around the whole "sitting and pulling guard" that might be useful on the competition but in real life you'd get your face stomped. Even in the UFC you would but ground kicks are illegal. And Bjj gym that's doesn't have an instructor with at least brown belt in Judo is useless to me. Judo take down and continue bjj on the ground. Not sit on your ass and wait for opponent to walk up to you.