There Are Only a Few Dozen of Movements in BJJ • Ft. John Frankl

In this conversation between John Frankl and Matt Thornton, John explains why there are only a few dozen of movements in BJJ and why chasing after new techniques is not the answer.
00:00 There are only a few dozen of movements in BJJ
02:45 Why many people don’t focus on BJJ fundamentals
05:31 How is Rickson’s Jiu Jitsu different?
09:10 How do you explain connection in BJJ?
11:00 Are the legends about Rickson Gracie true?
13:45 Is modern Jiu Jitsu worse?
17:30 What’s John Frankl's training like in Korea?
20:10 John Frankl's training philosophy
23:16 John Frankl's top advice for new BJJ practitioners
24:30 John Frankl's opinion of Jeet Kune Do?
29:20 A major fallacy in BJJ
32:45 Why self defense is often taught without aliveness?
35:00 What’s the intention behind John Frankl's new instructional?
36:30 What do you think about Portland now?
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[@sbgipdx]

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[@HenryAkinsBJJ]

Great podcast! Honored to be part of an amazing team thats committed to passing on and sharing the Jiu-Jitsu I learned from Rickson. Definitely takes a tribe to be able to keep the knowledge alive

[@sbgipdx]

Thank you Henry, it goes both ways.

[@rollinOnCode]

love your stuff henry! thanks for your work and sharing so many insights

[@jasemurray13]

I love that you guys do your best to keep things simple, effective, and nearly universal.

[@sbgipdx]

The overlap between fundamental and universal is huge.

[@alive2910]

Could not possibly think of a better spent 38 min .. thank you Matt and John!

[@seoultrain0]

Professor Frankl laid the roots down of BJJ in Korea and has been so influential in growth of it. Ive had the pleasure to train at his schools in Seoul and am so thankful for the experience.

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

This is an excellent listen. The 99% fallacy idea..wow! This channel is a gold mine. Thank you all.

[@angel-rq4fz]

Lucky those who train with John Frankl and Matt Thornton , they are awesome as all SBG teachers are .

[@commonsense99]

Wow! This is the first time I've ever heard about the setbacks and drawbacks of Brazilian jiu-jitsu self-defense. I've been doing it for decades and I thought wow everything improves innovates but the self-defense looks like it's frozen and freaking time. Thanks for being honest guys I appreciate it a lot!

[@sbgipdx]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stickman33]

Great interview! I sent the link to Morgan Lim, who introduced both of us to Muay Thai.

[@808BJJ_Black_Belt]

Absolutely best advice and knowledge 🙌🏻❤️ thank you very much 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@leebruno1722]

Started with water ended with six full pints of beer on the table! Professor Frankl brews a mean homemade soju by the way. Hope to study under him again one day.

[@xale07]

Really good conversation. Thanks guys!

[@sbgipdx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@veiledallegory]

I agree with the statement about people using things other than Jiu-Jitsu to tap people. In my years in Jiu-Jitsu, I have seen quite a few “crappy” black belts who are still using their strength, aggressiveness, wrestling, etc… to tap people.

[@justinmarkow6117]

John Frankl has an amazing philosophy on learning and training jiu jitsu!

[@sbgipdx]

No doubt!

[@commonsense99]

Love this! Great stuff overall cuz it's Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner for decades. Question I have is what about Marcella Garcia and Gordon Ryan? Aren't they adding new ideas techniques and strategies have you guys checked them out?

[@sbgipdx]

All the time.

[@ahmadmoner]

where to get that seminar/instructional on the thumbnail? thank you

[@robindavis7023]

Thanks.

[@sfcxxv8319]

outstanding!

[@raweriio3306]

Ok so what are the 12 movments then?

[@natethorp4799]

We need hammy on the podcast!

[@RobertMcHalffey]

John kept mentioning someone named Henry. Who is Henry?

[@RobertMcHalffey]

@Ryan Heifferon Right on. Thanks man 👍

[@HenryAkinsBJJ]

Hi Robert 😉

[@RobertMcHalffey]

@@HenryAkinsBJJ lol hey Henry. Nice to meet you.

[@kwak76]

How did John end up teaching in South Korea?

[@sbgipdx]

He is a professor there. John has a PHD in Korean literature from Harvard.

[@angel-rq4fz]

Actually the Kung Fu method of Bruce Lee is called Jun Fan Kung Fu that is well documented in 5 tomes book series , Jet kun Do is a concept like MMA .

[@sbgipdx]

MMA is a sport.

[@Drunkenanarch]

🐵🔥

[@shinka6670]

No offense but Gordon looks more effortless than Rickson did back in the day. He was and is a legend but bjj has evolved and new positions have made it easier to control and dominate the strong non bjj opponents as well as lesser skilled opponents. Mma has evolved to where everyone trains bjj or grappling so you can't really compare the different eras. You could say Gordon has invisible jj since no one can stop it.

[@keepmoving1185]

That’s not what Eddie bravo says!!!! 😂

[@sbgipdx]

To bad for them. XD

[@axelstone3131]

Retroactively repurposing JKD principles for BJJ eh? lol. That’s funny.