SOME DAYS YOU FEEL LIKE A HELPLESS TODDLER!!! (BJJ VLOG #32)

[@cardsandcapital]

Fun to watch this one. Seeing the difference between blue and white followed by purple vs. blue was a great contrast. Great job. Hope that knee heals up well for you.

[@robbert7599]

one other suggestion: when rolling with elijah, if he favors putting himself into top half, then check out the choi bar setup. it's a slick way to get a strong clamp on the nearside arm (the one that's trying to crossface you) while simultaneously using a strong knee shield. it kills his chance to kimura you like he has been, and now allows you to attack. i personally switch back and forth from threatening the choi bar to scooping that nearside leg to enter into leglocks. both the choi bar and the leg lock entry use a bit of inversion, but nothing too crazy. i used to hate getting stuck in bottom half with guys like elijah, but now i am the one purposely putting myself there, and my opponents usually dont know how to deal with it. choi bars (or even just entering the legs) are hard to stop if done correctly. oss

[@robrolls]

Yo Rob right on thanks for the feedback! 👊

[@robbert7599]

i didnt rewatch the vid but the purple passed pretty effortlessly at least twice, and on the first one you mentioned a sao paulo pass, did he do it on the 2nd one also? either way, there are tons of youtube vids on how to counter, or at the very least defend, every pass imaginable. just me .02 and is a good way to shore up your defense if it's getting past your guard consistently.

[@Knownprodigy23]

Nice of you to pull him into closed guard. I’ve seen so many white belts make that mistake and get their knees caught up under them. It can be brutal and dangerous if you aren’t flexible

[@adameckhoff7970]

Hi - Purple Belt here. at 5:32 when you pull guard, have you ever considered going right into New Jersey utilizing the Rubber Guard. I mean, you swing your leg over that arm you have omaplata, gogoplata set ups, along with meathook variations, gogoclinch and hindilutines. you can also hit my favorite move, the Carni where you swing that leg over his arm (kinda of like an omaplata) but then you straighten out ur opposite butterfly hook (which stops him from rolling forwards). Great content otherwise, keep it up.

[@robrolls]

Yo Adam thanks for the feed back! Ill be honest i gotta look up most of what you just said lol! I do need to play more instead of getting in my comfort zone, that is closed guard. I need to take a few weeks and just not focus on triangles haha. Thanks in advance will check out those options

[@adameckhoff7970]

@joecrow13 Just because its not common in ADCC doesn't mean you should not consider 10th planet JJ. Also, not everyone is training for ADCC, some people, including myself, just do this as a hobby.