The Truth About My WEIRD New Grappling Style | Coach Kajan Johnson

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[@mouthguardcomic]

Great video! At 49, I received my Brown Belt. Part of the process was a forty minute gauntlet. I had to wrestle a new person, every minute for forty minutes. I had to stand up at the beginning of each round. For three months prior, I did two-a-days. I exercised twice (cycling, running, walking, weights, etc.) if there was no grappling and on the grappling days, I exercised once later in the day. I trained harder, added more rounds, etc. Everyone told me there was nothing you could do to prepare for it. They were right. I was burnt out at about 12 minutes and took a beating for the rest when the gauntlet took place. I tried to fight my hardest against everyone and ended up getting trounced. Ten months later, at age 50, I had to go through another gauntlet to receive a stripe. However, the whole ten months I prepared differently. I had an epiphany. I would just relax. I have always been good at take downs, so I trained them non-stop. I worked on relaxing and would let them push and pull as they wanted, but waited until they made a mistake and then would take them down.Then I would float on them and submit them only when it was a clear path. (I also worked escapes as much as possible so I wouldn't worry about being trapped or tapped.) My second gauntlet was almost like a dream. On the day of the gauntlet, I helped out with other people's gauntlet and then had my own 40 minute gauntlet. I didn't tire until after 30 minutes and didn't started get beat up until the last three or so minutes. I was only subbed a couple of times near the end. I subbed more people, took more people down and switched the narrative for this gauntlet. I actually had someone come up to me and tell me my gauntlet was "beautiful." Another person told me it was like watching one of those old Judo masters where they had people come up to them and effortlessly controlled and threw them. My wife told me later that people were commenting how I was out there for an hour and was still fighting (I helped with the other gauntlets before mine). I realized I had found the key and the growth that I was looking for. My Jiu-Jitsu was there for me. Going with the flow and being relaxed (and skilled) helped me survive the hell of a gauntlet while still fighting back when needed.

[@coachkajan]

Absolutely beautiful! I would love a test such as this. Thank you for sharing my friend!

[@mouthguardcomic]

@@coachkajan Thank you sir! Not a problem.

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

top top top! if you know you know

[@mouthguardcomic]

@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 Agreed!

[@EagleTrue]

That is smart !

[@Xavier-ww9zy]

What's up with all the God haters? Bro is trying to show us something interesting, and he feels blessed by God. It doesn't run that deep

[@chadwik4000]

They're in the Communists cult bro

[@Specialistkay]

Well, because a large sect of fake Christians have been actively using God's name to blaspheme and spread hate. They worship crosses and flags. Saints and make idols out of sinners. As Christians, we have failed our God. The flocks anger is justified. Hundreds of years of blood and gore in the name of wordly things. All while God being proclaimed the reason why. We failed God and the flocks reaction to God is represented in that. Do better Christians

[@mrrabbit5555]

They are taken by Lucifer.

[@zerozephyr6264]

Because that sounds like the beginning of either mental illness or a cult

[@snartgaming4922]

It sounds a little culty But it's not that weird

[@gabeb940]

Homie only accepts the tap if you accept Jesus Christ into your heart

[@AlexLopez-vm7uq]

😂

[@StephenVTran]

Jesus didn’t tap

[@TheLoobis]

ha ha ha!

[@ivan66755]

I once got to roll with a very stinky purple belt from my gym. I didn't notice the stench until we started rolling. I am a blue belt, and normally I have an alright time with the guy since he is older, maybe in his 50s. My ONLY goal that round was to not let him get any type of chest to chest. I maintained top position the whole time and dominated him. Listening to your idea mase me realize that I was keeping top position AND my head up as much as possible. So yeah, if that ain't PRIMAL, nothing is 😂😂😂

[@poatan187]

Im not even a grappler but yeah this was funny 😂

[@MayGemini1987]

"I once got to roll with a very stinky purple belt from my gym." - I Would Have Forfeited The Roll! He either needs to wash with water and soap or we don't spar.

[@poisonparadox1981]

Two main points in this video Point 1.Control the head control the body Point 2. Gravity works.

[@DragonNegro-cj3po]

"The way God meant us to grapple" is such a funny phrase haha. I'm looking forward to this "revival" of ancient/primal grappling. This really caught my attention. Good luck in your next tournaments!

[@bentinho]

Could've sworn that old school catch was focused on the top as the dominant/most desired position.

[@coachkajan]

Yes I feel if there is one thing it is most similar to it is CACC. Although I believe CACC was underdeveloped on the bottom.

[@julirichmond3]

CACC & Judo, Sambo, are huge compliments to Jiu Jitsu All you have to do is add boxing and Muay Thai. =MMA

[@outergod3961]

One thing I've learned about Catch is that many of the submissions are meant to lead to a pin. I feel its a different way of thinking than Jiu Jitsu submissions.

[@raulsanchezjr4048]

Yes! Catch as catch can is exactly this way

[@jg7923]

Maybe you could make an instructional with bJJ fanatics after you compete against those other styles and explain in-depth what you are referring to about this particular style.

[@coachkajan]

I have my own platform for courses. Eventually I’ll make one on this but not before my team decimates everyone with it first.

[@jg7923]

@@coachkajan Awesome.

[@iamthelizardking6239]

@@coachkajancoach can you sum up exactly what the style is? Like the basic principles of it, I’m still a little lost as to what it is. Thank you!

[@kylerowley1231]

Click bait, don't see what's so different

[@frankiecal3186]

Bro...... discovered some basic concepts of Folkstyle wrestling.

[@josephbreza-grappling9459]

100%

[@musume7723]

He did say in the video that he knows that what he's "rediscovered" has been around forever

[@Arpedzio1]

Nah, bro. God showed it to him. God was just tired of his subpar grappling, so he taught him stuff I see daily at my gym.

[@ianpenney4929]

It seems to me that when blades were the primary consideration in the application of grappling this is how we grappled. “Head up” is actually “head and shoulders up,” this frees you for use with a large bladed weapon. Absolute dominance.

[@jareddias7932]

​@@Arpedzio1God loves him more than the other grapplers 😂

[@Komodokhan148]

You just made a light bulb go off in my head. I've never thought of grappling that way before. I'd love to learn more about your grappling style and adapt it into my own game.

[@coachkajan]

Try it!

[@shalevsaada7596]

Finally someone open minded here

[@wesleythomas2148]

My teacher who teaches his own Japanese jujutsu that incorporates very old school judo and all that it has and karate striking and grappling always says that if you are under someone or hit the ground first in fighting you have lost but also emphasized that it does not mean that the fight is over and we are also taught not to have our backs to the ground if possible despite all the techniques we have learned involving such and to keep our head safe. We rather use many hold downs and pins from the standing position for finishing. He has taught this way for the last 50 years

[@coachkajan]

Amazing. Where do you study?

[@lambosnicko]

But you havent lost. Thats what the guard/open guard is for.

[@zakariaaziz1]

I think a style like this would be extremely beneficial to learn! Can’t wait to see you apply it against all the competition.

[@coachkajan]

Let’s go!

[@DavidPittsChess]

this is old judo mentality excellent sir!

[@AdobadoFantastico]

Not only in grappling but I think focusing on relative head position is also the truth in striking. When my boxing coach gave me some simple heuristics on how to position my head relative to my opponent it really opened up everything. In a few months I was able to pull counter, interact with my opponent's guard, hand fight, and just integrate everything way more fluidly. Skills I tried to understand for several years became way more accessible. I'm not pursuing combat sports anymore but my few years of experience in bjj/judo/wrestling felt like they showed a similar direction to what you're talking about and it really seems like this direction is closer to the truth of how we're built and how we're supposed to use our bodies. Everyone fixates on the patterns they see in outcomes, classifying them, and working backwards from there. You've probably heard about that guy using Ecological Dynamics to explore bjj(Greg...Souders?) and I feel like his experimental process is uncovering a similar set of ideas. Keep it up, I hope your journey takes you to the top!

[@coachkajan]

That’s really cool man. I’ve never heard of Greg Souders but you definitely peaked my interest. Looking him up right now. Thanks for your take and the info!

[@MoreSwoleTheyKnow]

Can you share those head positioning heuristics as it relates to your opponent? I'm interested in getting in striking and would like to learn as much as I can .

[@rico14]

What are the striking heuristics?

[@KodiakCombat]

​@tristargymwestcoast oh man. Enjoy the deep dive. Greg, Scott Sievewright, Rob Cole, Ed Ingamells, Kabir Bath. I'd throw in Priit Mikhelson. His Defensive BJJ is solid and now he's getting into EcoD. Rob Gray too. He's the science guy but has no martial arts background.

[@ciaracet0716]

When you mentioned grappling a snake it clicked: you're a genious.

[@coachkajan]

Happy my ramblings made sense!

[@skunk12]

Genius. 😆🤣😂

[@justas423]

Conclusion: Be a Top, never a Bottom.

[@marklanda6824]

I’m a BJJ brown belt and also a police officer. I love pressure passing and keeping head low, but when fighting on concrete, it may not always the be the best idea. The stuff you’re talking about is very applicable to law enforcement type of fighting.

[@PlacidTanuki]

I think you make some great points, and I am excited to see how your system develops. Now 1 wrinkle in your theory. You make a great observation that we are upright bipeds, and I think that shows where the system can go wrong. As bipeds the strongest part of our bodies are our legs, so attacking high can allow our opponents access to the power of their legs whereas low attacks can compromise the power of the legs. You can see this in NCAA Wrestling where the Double and Single score the most. I am really curious to see how you deal with this problem. Subscribed!

[@mikekassai]

you should look up Glima, its Viking battlefield wrestling. The rules are simple, take your opponent down and the first one to stand up wins. Its all about getting back to your feet after a successful takedown because on a battlefield you have to worry about multiple attackers at all times. its a cool system

[@gbfxtrader]

I agree that a good top game tending towards the pin should be dominant. Especially for self defense

[@coachkajan]

100

[@BOBBOB-tx7ox]

I have been doing the same thing for years, I stay relaxed, I don't fight against what my opponent is doing. Its almost as if your opponent needs you to resist so he can submit, most times no movement on my part, the opponent doesn't know what to do. If I am on top I stay on top I don't try to submit, my position is my submission. I try to exhaust everybody. I don't even sweat, and I don't breathe hard most of the time, some days I train 3 times per day. Some days 18 6min rolls. I can go weeks without being submitted, I may get 1 submission per day out of 18 rolls, and I am not trying to submit it just happens. I give opponents my back, I don't try to escape, I make them escape being on my back.

[@ssmd7449]

So basically you just play defence the whole time ? Man your really boring lol your one of those guys I taped years ago. Had a class mate make a bet he I couldn’t tap him in 5 mins, I actually regret taking that match. He did everything in the book to just be defensive . Finally I locked on his leg and wasn’t gonna do any sub with it. This idiot then decides it a good idea to just jump outta my arms outta nowhere, instead this idiot lands on his knee smashing it out. I regretted it because for me it was just having fun but for him he was just playing defence and trying to escape. In the end he lost the bed and his knee due to his stupidity. He was very bitter after that. Even though he jumped on his out knee and it wasn’t from a move I initiated 🤷‍♂️ Good thing you said you don’t do a lot of movements. Many inexperienced players think a fast move can save them but they end up hurting themselves

[@BOBBOB-tx7ox]

@@ssmd7449 Right now I am experimenting with my body position to stop submissions. While my opponent is has set his mind on submitting me they make so many mistakes and leave space for my escape or I submit them, I am patient. I wish you can see the faces of all the people that try to submit me, they look so confused its priceless. Only really really skilled people can submit me, and they work up a huge sweat to do it, when I am hardly breathing and if they make a mistake, I am fast to submit. Most of the students will not roll with me because it makes them look bad so I am avoided, because their ego cannot handle it. to them its all about tapping. I can roll 18 rounds a day without any issues. When I get tapped because I made a mistake my partner is so happy as if they tapped Rickson. I stay comfortable in all bad positions because of my body position.

[@MassiahProfit]

you’re on to something brotha 💪🏽🔥

[@EagleTrue]

I think you really have something special here. You could revolutionize the grappling game like it has been with leg locks

[@iammarshalljones]

The search for the meta truth is the way.

[@iammarshalljones]

Would like to speak with you. Currently run a communication business with a foundation in martial arts. Your concepts are clear but there is further intrigue. Do you have a link - would pay for an hour of your time.

[@samuelferrell9257]

You sir are on to something. I've been teaching this for almost twenty years now. I came to this knowledge through the practice of multiple different arts and integration of them. One of the things I want to remind everyone is; humans are bipedal and fighting on your feet is always preferable to fighting on the ground. You can still grapple and finish people from a stand up position if you understand how to control a person's center through control of their extremities.

[@mathewrussell926]

My Jiujitsu experience is amateur, no belt. But I recall BJJ purists have a hard time with people who just stand up out of guard, but also know how to stay out of holds. This makes perfect sense.

[@TheMMAKasual]

I appreciate your love for martial arts and you sharing what you learn

[@coachkajan]

🙏🏽👊🏽❤️

[@deana.4660]

I think you're really tapping into something special here, I'm excited to see the development of this system, please keep posting more!

[@TheMartialWay]

Love this and can't wait to explore this further

[@seans4290]

Love to see unique views. Good for you dude, keep pushing the ball down the field

[@heartsfear9216]

i have a Neck Hernia and i love Wrestling Judo and Jiu Jitsu, your grappling style makes me want to pursue my passion again, Subcribed !

[@andrexango]

Same point of view I developed by myself. Anxious to learn more from your perspective.

[@Floridamanjiujitsu]

You are definitely on the path!

[@coachkajan]

Thank you my friend

[@g00n_t-force30]

Hmm I'm genuinely interested to see the results, you got yourself a sub. Can't wait to see how this goes good luck.

[@andreaskasapis]

I completely relate to that had pretty much same injury on the neck as you, same whole arm was numb couldnt even get my head straight for several months. Few months later a friend attempted similar technique to what i did and got hurt (kataguruma) and now he is paralysed from neck down. I had a pretty solid double leg but now dont use it as much bcs of fear getting hurt like that again and low shots in general, everyday i do neck training since that day. Me and my Coach ( also had neck injury) we play this style now and is much more effective in passing, in takedowns and everything. The guy on bottom has to carry your weight at all times which makes it really exhausting. When passing we adopt that deadlift posture and position hands on shoulders, head and hips of the opponent. I come from Sambo background brown belt in BJJ and my Coach is judo black belt, BJJ 4th degree black belt and pro mma fighter. If you are ever in Miami please come by our gym would love to connect these styles and share info. Hope you feel better by now if you want to reach out lmk. Our gym is called MMA monsters. Thanks for sharing this info!

[@coachkajan]

Copy that, I’d love to come and train!

[@andreaskasapis]

@@coachkajan more than welcome when you are down here. Thx for the content!🙏

[@user-jg6jy2cc2j]

Getting paralyzed from attempting a Judo move is crazy. Did he have neck problems before this?

[@ethanbaran6158]

The way you explain the style reminds me of how bears wrestle eachother actually. Gain top position, flip opponent over, or overpower them down, and control while mauling.

[@theghettogourmet6762]

Love it. I've never had any real issues with BJJ, but I've always had issues with it as anything but a supplemental art. Great skill set, super useful, easy to teach and train and great for getting/keeping in shape. With that said it has a lot of shortcomings as well. Namely once you get tied up the winner tends to be the guy who's buddy jumps in first and nobody wants to be ground fighting on a city street with broken glass and shit everywhere. It sucks, trust me. What you're describing seems to address those issues pretty well. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@HaroldBluetooth-uz1zz]

My jujitsu instructors tell me that if you are on the bottom, keep you head either as far away or as close as possible to the person. The middle ground of where people will submit you. Keeping your head away from this middle area helps prevent so many submissions and sweeps.

[@izzygarcialionibabaloipici6293]

I've had great success with sumo techniques in Gi jiu jitsu. It's the major antithesis to BJJ and so sumo is it's natural counter, even in philosophy. You're onto something

[@jtom416]

I'm intrigued for sure

[@joeg7096]

I think the most unique thing I notice about your style is the focus on posting/pushing, distance management, and more outside position. I've noticed a lot of MMA fighters I roll with are intrinsically much better at this because they understand the distance management needed for generating effective ground strikes. The posting/pushing is interesting because I think a huge amount of jiu jitsu is focused on pulling people in, and it goes along that it is indeed very difficult to do jiu jitsu on people that are more stingy about engaging on their terms, just staying high and pushing people away/posting when they try to engage until you get to engage on your terms is really effective(could argue a lot is just stalling and I think thats a problem with jiu jitsu rulesets not having more aggressive stalling calls like wrestling/judo but thats a whole different conversation). The outside position thing I've been thinking about a lot lately myself and observing, especially how you'll notice russian/eastern european wrestlers a lot more comfortable with outside position/ties than the wrestlers of other countries, whereas the orthodoxy in both jiu jitsu and a lot of western wrestling is inside position. Closest thing I can think of to what I've seen you do is there was a pretty interesting little section on one of Danahers takedown dvds, about takedowns for self defense, and he had a whole section covering "Standing vs Ground SVG position" where he pointed out the advantages of just taking someone down and then soccer kicking and/or kneeing them.

[@maxagabon5624]

thank you for bringing this to light. I've thought this as well since I've started a jiujitsu couple years ago but lack the understanding of other styles or grappling it it's entirety to properly execute or theorize it. I think it stems from primarily training with weapons that it always seemed like a better safety and control position of having the best elevation and posture

[@mikekassai]

excellent system, I compete in armored combat/buhurt events (full contact medieval combat with 60+lbs of real armor) and you're basically a dead man when your back in on the ground with all that gear. Shooting for double legs is a death sentence cus someone just has to sprawl and push on your 16lb helmet and now you're a dead man on all fours. So judo and grecco are king in our sport. Armor and weapons changes the grappling game dramatically and seems very inline with what youre describing. you should try it in the future local clubs usually have loner gear if you wanna try it out 👍

[@coachkajan]

Wild! I never thought of the weight of armour in those situations. Even now with all the gear the military uses, I imagine they’d have similar issues. I’d def be down to hit some people with some swords haha!

[@mikekassai]

@tristargymwestcoast its loads of fun, and the armor saves you from alot of head trauma so you can spar heavy without hurting eachother

[@casparbosch5615]

My recent challenge that helped with passing is stay as upright as possible. Never compromising posture.

[@delanchan699]

Im convinced. Been thinking about a more "relaxed and efficient " way of grappling and you came out with this. Just waiting for a program now ✌️

[@joshs8860]

I appreciate your lessons, thank you.

[@movementlovers442]

I am a Bjj purple belt, who had similar if not worse neck injury , end my replacing my C3-C4 cervial disc with artificial replacement surgery 2 years ago. I had just lots of my game , applying similar concept as you mentioned in this video ( lest inverted position, less shooting , more upwritst stand when wrestle...) the problem I'm facing now is the more distance I keep my neck away from others, I open more chance for them to attack the leg ,(shoot / leg lock ) which I also had knee injury history . like to hear what your advices.

[@RAPEDBYBLACKS]

Bro, you are one of if not the only guy thinking outside the box on KZbin. Instead of just being a ‘move database’ you are always providing weird and interesting concepts. PLEASE keep going with this. I troll you a lot but I watch all your shit and you are a very intelligent thinker (when it comes to to grappling ;) ) Develop this and I will buy it. This is what I need, some form of ‘combat grappling’

[@kevinmcgann1372]

Excellent video. Love this channel. Wise combat wisdom in this one. Awesome. Thank you for your work, love it!

[@owenlightbourne8785]

You have impressive martial ability. Can't wait to see more.🙏🏼

[@shangovaanorisham2759]

This is absolutely beautiful

[@lolekbolek676]

Where can we learn more about this method of grappling?

[@bumpdat01]

Some very good points here your on to something putting this together while not forgetting the primal aspect and basics.

[@nottarookieapparelcompany2403]

I had that same neck injury from shooting a double took forever it did come back to almost normal. The fun part is it forces you to come up with a new way to do takedowns or stand up grappling so if you look at it from that perspective it is what martial arts is all about really making it work for you

[@coachkajan]

100

[@Strengtharchive80]

Really interested in learning this

[@simontaylor9362]

Very interesting points, would like to see more.

[@marcusyoung2434]

As a multi-discipline grappler who is raising 2 sons to be as well, I have to say I am intrigued. My personal style is more top down dominate so I want to see this in action. Subscribed.

[@user-fo8ty3kc4v]

Thanks for sharing Kajan. Spine and neck injuries are terrifying.

[@rotorbladesamuai]

Love this, reminds me of some of the stuff the book “Keep Rolling” covers

[@31Corcoran]

Interesting to see how it turns out

[@markzuckerberg3128]

It's cool to see you find your own style. I like when people think outside the box. I teach a takedown class at my BJJ gym. Most takedowns classes are nothing but single leg and double leg takedowns. I got sick of watching beginners shoot in and get front headlocked or guillitoned. So I stop teaching shots. Now I just teach no gi judo takedowns (because gis are dumb) and greco wrestling. It sounds like it's in line with your style. People still like to single leg me. Usually I can just wrap their necks and twist, and choke to defend.

[@jonathanlordmusician4493]

I’m starting this now!

[@johnjune2999]

I'm trying to understand this could you please help me to comprehend this new method please, Your saying keep your body vertical n if your on the bottom on the ground keep your head up higher than your opponent?

[@tmcrg85]

Glad you found something that works for your game you have a right to express your faith in your video good for you

[@theBartasTLP]

Im a white belt but I also discovered that pushing on the back of the head while sprawling would shut down single legs from guys 10x better than me, and they would switch to something else. I also hate fighting from butterfly and half guard and I find just standing up while framing a lot easier. While passing guard going to north south with some leg drags seems a lot more economic than trying bodylocks. Im not good at bjj yet, but I do things you talk about in your video and I feel like I progress faster than other white belts that started with me, I even go toe to toe with some blue belts at times.

[@nothuman-pz3dl]

Always watched, this in particular made me sub. You’re thinking in 4D my friend, ossss

[@kylelemon4230]

Interesting , how would you attack subs if your contraining yourself to basically stand tall? Truly interested

[@Max-ki6df]

Wait heelhooks are not allowed in freestyle wrestling, so that's why everyone was screaming at me

[@sulearningkorean144]

Very interesting concept that I want to try! But one question: is this also effective for smaller people grappling with bigger opponents? I'm 5'2", 110 pounds, and I'm not sure the game you mention is the one I should go for. Happy to hear your thoughts.

[@fran9023]

waiting for those video competing in different styles, hope you system is successful

[@Maxmarvelus]

I had a severe injury and completely re-orientated myself to do this where I am always pushing my arms out, keeping my head up all my Homies would make fun of me and call it sloth style because I had to go slower and was always trying to keep my hands in front of me and keep my head away because it really fucked up my collarbone and spine , I was able to roll with way higher belts. Just trying not to get hurt caused problems for them.

[@peteypablo09]

What does he mean by "higher in the horizontal plane?" Wish I understood that part

[@OvercomingInertia919]

For safety, this is a brilliant strategy. Reduces the number of available risky maneuvers forcing you to stay in the safest positions Edit: I love that you give God credit for the creation. We can only discover and innovate. I also realized it's the same principle in arm wrestling. You always want to be above your opponent's hand and forcing them to hang off you

[@grahamallen104]

I feel this, I have issues with my high crotch and doubles as they damage my neck always. I have developed a more upright judo Greco style that is surrounding preserving my neck, especially with heavier opponents. Good stuff

[@user-yq7xf2ss6e]

Everyone at renzos know these concepts

[@DirtLip]

I feel like this makes sense 100% I’ve always been told my style isn’t like a wrestler or a bjj guy but more of an all around grappler. No one can pin it down but after this video it makes sense and I guess I’ve been naturally doing this style since I started grappling 2 years ago. Comes natural to use the strongest limbs first for pinning and frames and then stack up high with head up for the weight to be directly down and then from their I can work and majority of the time have hands free

[@Todo_fighting]

What styles have you been training?

[@Expoundupon]

Youre out of your mind and I love it.

[@Xavier-ww9zy]

Subscribed. May the Lord bless you on this journey. I'm here to see the challenge

[@user-wk4ee4bf8g]

I'm not a grappler, but this makes intuitive sense. It'll be cool to see how you do in this broad experiment.

[@stocktonhippie6573]

I like it. Please drop some meta basics for this system 🙏🏽

[@BuxomRhino]

I think a lot of things like this come from people trying to get effective fast. Attacking legs make sense to people, tie someone's legs up and they fall down woth a push, can be learned decently in a month. Learning to properly deny grips while gaining your own, how to control another persons whole body woth just head or arm control, gaining and mantaining a dominant position, these things take years to decades to reaply learn. So, in the ruleset of bjj, it makes sense to pull guard, or just do doubles, because if you can spend more time learning ground techneques, you're usually further ahead in the short term than someone trying to first learn to do an effective hip throw. Shintaro once talked avout how to measure progress in judo because you usually wont be landing throws on people until around purple, so how do you measure progress when you dont have something like finding more and more submissions, or spend more time in mount. People want the quickest way to get to winning. Years ago, it was all about longevity. For a person competing at a high level with high stakes, yeah, sacrafice your body, but for a majority of people, i think they should go back to not just winning, but with part of winning being your physical well being too

[@MultiNewman86]

Good vid. Look forward to hearing how it works in Judo. What does 'higher in the horizontal plane' mean?

[@coachkajan]

I’ll make a video talking about it tonight

[@SuperBlake89]

What's the difference between the concepts Firas and Ryan shared with you? They sound like the same thing. Can you explain the key differences between these 2 concepts.

[@christopherspohn8071]

Yes, this happens in ground fighting pinched nerves that take training specific muscles to fix the issue plus using the body different than you did before. My pinched nerve is in my lower back, it seems like i can't fix it, at one point i thought i would be paralyzed. I mean it hurt bad to stand. I learned to do bunch workouts to help the pain. Good luck on the ground fighting journey.

[@user-ci6bb1vp7g]

How are you feeling now man? I’m new to bjj and I do stretches yoga and I’m studying the skeletal muscular system with a free course online that a university offers for free. I have accepted that my body is going to take damage but I just want to mitigate it as much as possible.

[@iaaaiaaa5169]

Go with this creative inspiration. It leads to innovation. I am a BJJ brown belt. I totally agree with all of what you say here and am thinking of implementing this theory, which only in part has come to me, and only gets unnoticed use. It pays to focus on key concepts like this - those little things - which can change anyone's game up from night to day. I respect your work and am a long time fan of Firas. Thanks for this golden post, and good luck...to your opponents - they will need it!!!

[@eriktheconan]

I think it is effective if you are already proficient in the 'B side' grappling as you call it. Many traditional martial arts have passed down the same concepts as the primal kombat system, but down the generations the familiarity with the 'B side' techniques faded. That's why during the first UFC competitions, the ones staying upright or on top were too unfamiliar with the "B side", and had no defense against it. Again, I think your insight is very valuable, but only if you are sufficiently familiar with the B side grappling.

[@Vbmms19999]

Very beautiful and aesthetic style, wondering how your philosophy takes into account the opponent underneath having the positioning to lift you upwards/slam?

[@coachkajan]

Thank you. That’s a good question actually. I think it’s much harder lift the shape that I’m making unless you first corrupt it. When it does happen I turn to goop until I can regain balance and position. I know that’s a little vague but you’ll get it once you see it.

[@ericr2617]

I've been playing with this concept for a while now. My grappling style is more akin to Judo and Greco so I fell into this line of thinking naturally

[@flodeez1065]

Fighting on (pun intended) concrete cemented my desire to spend as much time grappling from top position as possible. Getting beer bottles swung at me gave me super aggressive wrestling and hand Fighting. I was almost a purple belt going through all this. That primal stuff he's talking about is real! ☠️

[@jonathanlordmusician4493]

I adjusted my approach to focus on these ideas yesterday while rolling and it went REALLY well. I almost exclusively go to deep half, so this was a massive shift in my game but it felt awesome.

[@coachkajan]

Love to hear it! Smash away.

[@ademar6289]

How effective would PKG be in MMA ruleset and conditions? I can see the entire top position, head protection and pinning working very well with ground and pound, but it all exposed to leg takedowns.

[@ZionSmith-gj9ow]

I’m not even a grappler but this is very interesting

[@jwedds1]

This would be a good system to train law enforcement in as they want to remain on there and do not want to unnecessarily roll around on the ground

[@mythsandblindspotsinthefig4207]

Amen!! You mentioned God sometimes and rightly so, and what you are saying is about being up and higher is a myth and a blinds pot in jujitsu that you have picked up on! Excellent! For these two reasons, I think you should get my book titled "Myths and blind spots in the fighting arts' world. -After the Bible, it's the next "good book" for you!" -I believe you'll enjoy it to say the least. Wish you the best in the trial run of your theory in the tournaments you are planning; I will say however that making such videos may take away from the element of surprise against them since some may know now what your strategy would be and plan against it. Keep in mind, that the bet strategy in any combat situation, is the unknown strategy.

[@B..B.]

Stand grappling is great. I here just for thumbnail, didn't watched it to the end but standing grappling is great and the thumb made me remember it. Taiji style

[@alope4217]

Go for it!

[@martialgeeks]

Incredible Video

[@HeyoWhatUp]

good stuff. thank you

[@juanmanuelpalacocuartas8487]

I really want to hear more of this

[@08241]

This is realy interestin, looking foreward to your style against an wrestler ❤