Trying My Weird Grappling Style in a Jiu Jitsu Gi Black Belt Absolute Tournament | Kajan Johnson

[@coachkajan]

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[@educatedcanadian7408]

You lost to Matt the guy I learned from. I think you were focused on testing out your shit. What happened to corps guard. Lol. Kajan of old would hsve finished him in 2 minutes

[@educatedcanadian7408]

That hook and sweep he is really good at that. First thing he taught us.

[@veteransowhat5669]

What religion are you, is your great power from your warrior spirit?

[@coachkajan]

@@veteransowhat5669 I’m not sure what religion to follow tbh. I see truth in many similar to the way I see martial arts. I’m kinda just bumbling my way around the earth trying to learn from everywhere

[@veteransowhat5669]

@@coachkajan where are you Master?

[@rcampagna9275]

Love what you’re doing. that you’re testing your theory in real application with no ego attached. very impressive and thank you

[@markzuckerberg3128]

1:21 If slamming is not allowed, they shoulnd't allow people to climb and hang on either. Not only is it not fair, that sh-t is stupid. BJJ is slowly becoming too much of a sport and getting watered down like Karate was in 80's.

[@coachkajan]

Agreed 1000%. In Primal Kombat slamming is completely legal.

[@nasirjones580]

💯 . Also I couldn’t believe that Kajan didn’t get points for the judo throw. No wonder bjj is almost obsolete in mma

[@coachkajan]

@@nasirjones580 ya apparently it didn’t score because he was coming up from the ground and I returned him to it. Definitely a flaw in their system.

[@yamiyomizuki]

I would say it's getting watered down pretty rapidly.

[@danieltalamantes3763]

Bring back daki age 😂😂😂😂😂

[@damonlee5102]

NOT " WEIRD" IF IT WORKS....Staying standing and not WILLINGLY GOING TO THE GROUND...GREAT JOB

[@coachkajan]

👊🏽👊🏽

[@timproc9355]

Perfect style for MMA grappling.

[@Senseichristianhsma]

Love this. Ive gone through quite a few neck injuries over the years and I've come to a similar conclusion. The old masters weren't dumb and there was a reason that simplicity was key. Stay higher than your opponents, and developing a great understanding and practice of kuzushi can take you a loooong way

[@Helicondrummer]

Advantages I'm see so far is that keep such high posture makes it harder for an opponent on bottom to gain controlling grips. As a bjj professor I teach posture as the most important element of guard, so this tracks with that. The down side I'm seeing is that you are keeping your center of gravity high which makes it easier for certain sweeps to be applied. I noticed once you dropped your center briefly to gain balance before coming back up tall. I'm a huge fan of knee on belly so some of your concepts apply to the way I do that. The big difference I see in what you are doing is that you stand more in situations where I would normally drop my hips, but we both keep a strong posture. One of the other advantages I'm seeing is that with your mentality is that even when you are off balanced or swept you aren't accepting it, and have a constant fight to stay in a top position. This is a huge advantage and I have particular drills to teach this concept. With two equally matched fighters the one on top will almost aways win. As a smaller guy I have found over the years that rolling with someone near my level and with them being larger, I'm at a huge disadvantage on bottom. I try to stay on top a s much as possible and keep high knee on belly positions which tends to force them to reach up and expose their arms or opportunity for me to advance position. When I'm with guys closer to my weight class, I'm more likely to go more traditional and smash them in normal side controls, but larger opponents tend to reverse positions on me when I stay tight in the exact same positions that smaller guys wouldn't.

[@ED-yo4qi]

Top notch! "Weird" isn't bad. Sometimes "weird" is "better" when put to the test!

[@coachkajan]

👊🏽💯

[@lordsneed9418]

Such a peculiar , fearless style. A brazen style

[@coachkajan]

Appreciate you 👊🏽

[@shredvansshredquarters]

Had the pleasure to watch your most recent video explaining your style, only to not check the other recent videos and susequently got the backstory and am watching this shit pulling for you sooooo hard dude,

[@SenseiThomascavedweller]

The art of rolling while standing. Genius.

[@backseatsamurai]

This is amazing. Your really onto something here. Quite obvious too. For sport JJ to work, it needs 2 willing participants. Your new style doesnt agree with that supposition and shows in spades how superior it is in many ways. Bravo and its a pleasure to watch this unfold. Ive seen a few of your videos now.

[@coachkajan]

Appreciate you bro

[@arthurhbpo]

whatever he is doing is nothing superior to bjj. anyone beyond blue belt can play that non-combative style, the point is that you won’t get anywhere doing this. and of course bjj needs 2 willing participants, just like any other martial art. that was one of the stupidest things i’ve read recently

[@arthurhbpo]

brazilian jiu jitsu tournaments will look like two guys scrambling themselves, but the bjj teached in most brazilian academies leans towards self defence, referencing punches and direct impact, unlike what we see in the said tournaments. it’s completely disloyal to make that comparison

[@BMRoshon]

The first match you won using bjj

[@BMRoshon]

And you lost the second match. All in a random tournament. Good job. You played yourself.

[@sageofsixpathskakashi3742]

I think if you ever went to a combat bjj competition, you'd DOMINATE with PKG. It just opens the opponent up.... 👌

[@andrewblack7852]

Your idea is full circle and I fully appreciate it!!!! It’s just like Liddell standing the whole ufc back up!! Props, good job and you are a smart person I’d venture

[@DevinFinley]

Really enjoyed the last two videos. That lo fi hip hop is a nice touch.

[@coachkajan]

👊🏽

[@zaalrottunda2804]

We've come so far that practical self defense jiu jitsu is labeled "weird" lmao

[@gregjackson4117]

I feel like this style would allow for more knee bars and ankle locks. It seems like it's easier to transition from a half standing position and catch them off guard.

[@thedabbler8734]

I'm glad you explained a little bit because I kept waiting for a gee choke or heel hook.

[@soul4saken]

You are a style innovator in a time that needs it. I will keep watching to see where this journey goes. Remember, even setbacks are oportunities to further evolve your style so you can gradully close any unforeseen holes in your system.

[@coachkajan]

💯

[@the.wayne.b]

That hip toss in match 1 was perfect man. This style reminds me of what sakuaba was doing in pride, it's definitely different as he stayed on his knees a lot.

[@DanDixonBJJ]

All I saw was a guy unable to deal with x-guard. I was waiting for him to "smash this next black belt" as he said

[@CLINTMANable]

That was JiuJitsu, bro

[@BarChordA]

-grip fighting -headquarters etc guard passing -whizzer > uchi mata -mounted triangle Yeah who would confuse any of that for Jiu Jitsu

[@tonyruanova5466]

hell yes. control class 101. he said ima stand pass today ONLY.

[@alope4217]

That style threw both those guys for a loop.

[@coachkajan]

Yup Primal Kombat for the win

[@alope4217]

We need to learn more about this Primal style.

[@V4nillakid]

Good concepts here for fights. Keep on top, don’t get caught up on staying on the ground with your opponent. When I was a blue belt belt I had a revelation. When I was sparring with someone who was hell bent on playing guard, I would simply stand up lol

[@RomeroXVII]

This is an interesting concept

[@sesimie]

Very interesting. The guard pulling of BJJ really is so sport focused. I'd like to see your style to Sambo and Collegiate wrestlers in a sport setting. Also in nature grappling predators like big cats go for the throat, And hold the prey down till they expire. You can learn a lot of real life truth from the primal combatants in the Animal Kingdom.

[@lordsneed9418]

these are probably the most unusual matches most of the spectators have watched

[@RookCustoms]

What???

[@patrickmcinerney9491]

Why

[@viralsheddingzombie5324]

Do you ever get a submission on the BJJ practitioners, or is your style all defensive?

[@coachkajan]

Was 3 seconds away from subbing first guy. The second guy I needed more time, but if I had it, he would’ve been subbed. This style is pressure over time so if I only have 6 mins it’s not always gonna produce subs.

[@amart23]

That was just non aggressive jiu jitsu. Nothing combat about that. All you did was stall the bottom guy and that looked exactly like most of the black belt matches at ibjjf worlds

[@coachkajan]

Once you know, you’ll know 😉

[@r3mi_righteous]

@@coachkajanin a actual combat situation the opponent would be slept from ground strikes

[@ChokeArtist411]

By stall do you mean “failed to be swept or submitted”?

[@sinclairj7492]

When you’re in a real fight and stay on the bottom, you lose .

[@joaodefreitas8617]

​@@sinclairj7492you mean like Anderson Silva lost the title to chael sonnen from the bottom with a triangle? Ohh wait...

[@rock-n8w]

can you give me 2 movements of this "new" style that are different than the huge repertory of BJJ? I see someone trying no to be swept but very few of submission moves, maybe because i is a match and is difficult to show the new style. sounds to me like this other guy who says he is doing American JJ. I might be wrong

[@tpain6897]

Beautiful jiujitsu

[@dylanmaychoss3199]

Why did the ref push you briefly in that 2nd match I can't find his reasoning

[@jessmcgovan2105]

So what is primal grappling?? Standing grappling? X

[@generallobster]

Your top game is like a giraffe standing on you, and your just stand up recovery from bottom, seems like a real pain in the ass to deal with.

[@user-hx7td9lm5r]

What’s different about your primal vs. regular style?

[@coachkajan]

The hierarchy of moves and positions.

[@josephconnolly8984]

​@tristargymwestcoast can you elaborate or do you have this written down somewhere? This looks and feels a lot like how I try to teach. I use to call it caveman jiujitsu. Start with objectives and gross motor movements focusing on positional feeling over technical checklist

[@wandernstan]

This only works because Gi doesn't allow leg locks. One leg reap and rod is all over. It's not primal if it requires sport rules to work.

[@Don-wl1un]

BJJ only works if you comply. I learned that with what I called bully grappling. ie yanking my arm out and standing up.

[@gundropmusic]

omg is that Matt Kwan of BJJ Mental Models actually working the infamous taint sweep on you??? hahahaaa im dying

[@coachkajan]

Yep, sure is

[@asadullah23200]

What was the ref adjusting at 10:44?

[@coachkajan]

I think he was checking for a reap? No clue but sources have said the refs weren’t very happy with either of us.

[@timproc9355]

foot not supposed to be tangled inside the gi. Like put your fingers inside the cuffs.

[@coachkajan]

@@timproc9355 ahh ok makes sense

[@timproc9355]

@@coachkajan yea weird reaction by the ref he was an hour late on that lol. It’s almost like he wanted you to get swept.

[@coachkajan]

@@timproc9355 apparently the refs were upset with both of us. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@patrickmcinerney9491]

I must be missing something. I watched your brief explanation in another video about hip height and tallness, but how is this a new or weird style? I feel like I've heard plenty of people espouse this stuff, and these werent particularly unusual matches.

[@coachkajan]

You’ll see

[@patrickmcinerney9491]

@@coachkajan that was a genuine question, not a criticism.

[@timothyjackson9790]

The second guy was really driving his feet up your groin man. He definitely knew what he was doing

[@coachkajan]

It’s all good I have Jiu Jitsu balls.

[@bigdogpistolp5898]

🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@coachkajan

[@rbg01]

What are the names of the songs used in this video??

[@KillRoy0351]

Nice reverse cowgirl x guard pass!!!

[@erickovarik4868]

You're in the viod, my friend. You're competing with the system, not the man. Good shit.

[@holden5478]

I like it. Stay standing and try to work back to standing if you can. I like it! I think those lapel grips in the second fight were kind of problematic though. Those can be a real pain to break, especially if you've got someone really good with worm guard. If that becomes a reoccurring issue then just get rid of the lapels and roll no-gi. Keep it up man!

[@tharealchevy]

haha i love that when the guard pullers finally stand up thinking they can chase ur back from the ground and get hip thrown with their momentum of chasing the back

[@tharealchevy]

Other guy worked so hard to get to ur top guard just to sit down back in guard when u wrestle ur way up 😂

[@jorgegallego9672]

Your style looks much better for an mma or real fight situation as most of the time you where in positions where you could destroy your opponents if striking or slamming was allowed. Unluckily, while being more realistic it is hard to get submissions from those positions which is what gets you points in the competition.

[@FR-ty5vn]

How was this not Jiu Jitsu? I saw a defensive approach to guard passing finishing with a triangle choke…second match he was clearly going for sweep points…but I’m only a purple belt so maybe I’m missing it…

[@iamthelizardking6239]

I just discovered this channel and this new style of grappling, you need to go check out Tim Kennedy he had a very similar style of grappling very top heavy head up.

[@jaymystery-i3k]

I have been doing combat grappling for 25 years but this guy made it primal.

[@cms_vhb]

Here are some hints to help others understand better. "I'm not gonna use jiu-jitsu" was stated in the beginning just primal combative grappling techniques. Cambat stems from an old Latin term, 'Batuere', which means simple, 'to fight'. Fight - verb: take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons. Fight - noun: a violent confrontation or struggle. When looking at his very simple sentence structure in his speech, we are left with a lesser archaic definition to the use of the word 'combat'. Due to his choice of words, 'combat' here is used for in this modern moment, a tournament style verbiage. There for changing 'combat' to: take action in order to reduce or prevent (something bad and/or undesirable). In the spirit of competition, these two individuals engaged in a safe competitive form of combat. Making them 'combative combatants'. Combative - adjective: ready or eager to fight; pugnacious. Combatants - noun: a person engaged in conflict or competition with another. The 'primal' aspects to all of this would be the physical dominance one can show during competition. Which was displayed with his control in both matches. A very passive approach

[@ctaeeeee]

Wait you can watch your matches on smooth comp?

[@vik12D]

That's the black belt that's been pulling guard since white belt, and telling you not to stand when you start passing his guard.

[@KachuhzKachCan]

Dude I'm absolutely in love with this style. Too bad i have to wait atleast 8wks to try it out. Had glaucoma surgery yesterday. 😢

[@coachkajan]

Heal up brotha!

[@KachuhzKachCan]

@@coachkajan ty I'll be back in no time God is good. Christos Anesti

[@CYMotorsport]

10:43 that did look like a reap at 1st glance - i assume that's what he was checking to see if you were torquing so a little nudge as to not ruin your position. I've never seen that position naturally held so long either haha he was probably confused if i had to guess

[@coachkajan]

Ya I don’t care about reaps anyway. What a dumb rule.

[@martig1000]

This music fits this show perfectly !!!!

[@timproc9355]

@2:43 The moment he just stood over him and they both paused. I understood he was barely trying and the guy under him knew he was outclassed. Second fight was a fun watch a clash of styles there.

[@jaft30]

In a street situation I could smash a beer bottle and I would instantly become as dangerous as prime Ngannou. You can't remove the sport out of combat sport man, until you create a competition that stops emulating combat and starts integrating every aspect of it: weapons, environment, etc

[@crawfordwice]

Hi kajan. Ive never trained. I was wondering why when your standing and have their leg locked up, why not do a quick spin and dislocate their knee/hip or rip the knee?

[@calumhm]

You generally have to give your opponent at least SOME chance to "submit" ( ie surrender to a joint attack) even if that's quite brief - Hence why they're usually called submissions. Besides, breaking bones doesn't actually earn you a win! That said even at black belt there may also be some joint attacks that aren't allowed at all (usually due due to high chance and/or severity of injury) depending on the comp rules. Roger Gracie once broke his opponent's arm (they wouldn't submit) and still lost by overall points!

[@PwnLinked]

12:30 why did the bottom guy not just roll to his left. Easiest deep half sweep I’ve ever seen

[@coachkajan]

You’d think so right?

[@coltonboxell1960]

Last fight you're getting your weight over a point but he controls where the point is by strong grips. He made you balance defensively and could wait for a misstep to exploit.

[@coachkajan]

With more time, his grips would’ve corrupted and the point I was over would’ve been higher and higher.

[@coltonboxell1960]

​@@coachkajan posture is the king with your style, but his lapel grip was super annoying because even when you stand all the way up it doesn't put much pressure on his hands. He has to put a lot of effort into keeping his legs elevated, maybe it's better to aim to fatigue the core by attacking his foot position? Strip the guard by the toes, rotate the foot inward because he can only go outwards.

[@jenpachi2408]

I like it, in a real fight youre in perfect position to land strikes and or run if need be, it totally neutralizes your opponent and you can still attack subs during your opponents desperation

[@thedogrunner]

Style in the sense of strategy and appearance.

[@Drew-m3m]

I've always love the anti meta, best way to stop guard pulls is stand up jujutsu,

[@brianmoberg9412]

I am curious what makes a knee cut not fit into your style. I feel as though a knee cut could have emerged from an ancient grappling style. It might look different with your goals.

[@DonnyF-mu6ff]

Stalling out blackbelts😮Good job but be the seeker, the destroyer! Good composure, great shape!

[@martig1000]

5.39 Some Sakuraba's tricks :)))

[@BURGAWMMA]

awesome work not playing bottom bjj!

[@kevinmcgann1372]

That was awesome. System is working very nicely! Slightly different rules and you'd tear them up!

[@Ninjaotaku]

It's great your testing it out, on not just saying trust me bro

[@zomer6936]

Greetings! First of all, your work is great, thumbs up! I think you need to add a bit of passing in the style of the Ruotollo brothers, with their leg stomps, I think it feads there. I myself started to pass through junior belts in kind of your style, but at senior belts I switch to pressure passes, but this is more of a psychological moment. It seems that with more weight pressure there is more control. Will work more on that stuff, thank you 😊.

[@Koncs86]

It makes sense… So many attacks are set up with anticipated reactions, so if you react to the same scenario with different actions it will make mounting any serious offense very difficult for your opponents.

[@flanker909]

Worm guard is a bitch, u gotta detangle early. Nice fights.

[@coachkajan]

Is that what that’s called? Pretty cool.

[@Danlovestrivium]

@@coachkajan Yes. Worm guard was developed by Keenan Cornelius and is very, very frustrating because of how powerful the positions can be. But, it obviously only works in a gi.

[@iammarshalljones]

Just watched your latest video with the principles. Can see them working in full effect here.

[@SANFRAN415NORCAL]

No matter how many times he fell to the mat he just stood up 🤔

[@pkealoha76]

This is good. I love seeing it progress!

[@danielregassa9805]

So in other words, this guy is just standing up?

[@lordsneed9418]

why wasn't he able to sweep you around 12 minutes when he got you into the electric chair/splits??

[@coachkajan]

He couldn’t compromise my structure side to side or front to back.

[@jacksypher3403]

Left hand and right foot were posting so he was able to keep somewhat of a base

[@johnnymism]

You can see how for real self-defence, this is very specific and limited . As good as BJJ is, it's too sport oriented now, and in a street situation, options are unlimited.

[@UnskilledGrappler]

Yup. BJJ used to focus on self defense and was fairly effective at least for 1v1. If you train at a modern sport BJJ place, don’t delude yourself into thinking that you’re learning to defend yourself.

[@KodiakCombat]

Unlimited? Nah. Always limitations. Space limitations. Limitations in the ability of the opponent. Strength limitations. Limitations to available improvised weapons.

[@MP-db9sw]

The things this guy would do in a fight with some weirdo on the street would Im guessing just a shot in the dark here but Im guessing they would be and look a little different from what he does against this BJJ BLACK BELT in a pure grappling (gi) competition.

[@erwinvillanueva4784]

I would love to learn it again with this new twist. It's almost mix of both world!

[@patrickvogel3929]

Real fighting and sports don’t mix. Super entertaining though.

[@martig1000]

You are really good !!!

[@BTLtrips]

The splits would have killed me.

[@susickanahousky4119]

really interested in seeing this in more tournaments, especially in some that allow heel hooks

[@nappyheaded]

I like how you dealt with those guard pullers. If I remember correctly didn't Rickson and Royce Gracie criticize guard pulling?

[@jayaguilar2031]

...or is it all on line?

[@gojo-k9b]

i have a question about mixed martial arts.I aspire to be a ufc fighter but all i know is karate im 13 years old and i feel like if i dont make up my mind soon it will be pointless. what should i learn after karate?

[@boneroaster88j7]

Typically people train Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ and Muay Thai but if it's available you should just find an MMA gym if its MMA you want to train.

[@coachkajan]

At our gym, we train all of those and combine it in MMA practises

[@gojo-k9b]

@@coachkajan may i join your gym?

[@yamiyomizuki]

some things to consider. 1 most ufc fighters are in their late 20s to early 30s, so you've got some time. 2 karate isn't a bad base if you train it right. 3 mma doesn't pay all that well compared to most sports. I recall a video of a guy who fought pro recommending that boxing and wrestling should be the main focus, and especially if you already know karate, assuming you really do know it well, then you probably already have good kicks anyway.

[@gojo-k9b]

@yamiyomizuki thank u so much I just genuinely love mma I don't really care for the money

[@TheGujan33]

how to maintain your perfect posture, drive away your opponent's center of gravity, without the latter ever having ours. Putting pressure on your opponent does not necessarily mean chest to chest. What's more, by doing so, once the decisive position is in place, the opponent has a much more difficult time defending the finish. Excellent!

[@sammalama]

Everything you did is still Jiiujitsu, all the movements you did are derived from the fundamentals. You even did a modified Harai Goshi, which is a common Jiujitsu/Judo takedown. Not sure how this is a "new or weird" new form of grappling. I'd love an explanation.

[@Paul-fw5jp]

Beautiful judo throw

[@evanchang3812]

if you can win a trial or even an open that'll be absolutely cool! I think head height has been quite heavily emphasized among the competitive teams in Austin and especially Danaher's people. CJ had been saying "just stand up" for a while but apparently when going for the finish you'll have to close that distance.

[@stasmus1971]

Saw a lot of possibilities to armlock with your legs. Myabe try to master this from a top position.

[@nickcollins5378]

I like that two heels on the package technique that second guy pulled 😂

[@coachkajan]

lol ya pretty funny

[@rileyisaac91]

Primal enough? 😂

[@compulsiveviewingmaterials]

I really enjoyed this!

[@vladx3539]

Dude... you're doing a full split on top of the gu

[@donaldlowe299]

But you have to be a black belt in bjj before you can use your technique?

[@emmanuelvera5189]

Still waiting for the primal part 😅 lol

[@gabrielx36]

What style? Looks like he can't pass x guard. Nothing to see here

[@hamadalrowaie6882]

I can see that this style will shut down jiu jitsu !! Keep up the good work 🖐️👺 five stars !! When you complete the system and you make an instructional video set i'll definitely will get them !! ❤

[@robertjacob9696]

interesting I people say that BJJ evolved into better and stronger, yet it seemed to have evolved into something that couldn't figure out to solve the riddle to solve situations like this. It seems you have to fight knowing their system.

[@ericthomas6356]

This is what happens when you let Canadians compete with civilized folks. And now that you let one Canadian in…… Lord help us…. Haha, beautiful Oguruma for ippon first match btw. Bringing some entertainment to the old game of keep the guard, pass the guard.

[@coachkajan]

Haha doing my best! Isn’t it funny that the move that would win a judo match doesn’t even score a point under ibjjf rules?

[@HoboSammiches]

@@coachkajan Was thinking the same thing and was wondering how you didn’t get 2 for it

[@oconnzi]

@@HoboSammiches He didnt get points because after throwing the guy he landed in his guard. You cant get points if you throw someone but end up in guard. On the flipside, in judo you get points for any throw even if your opponent rolls you through and you end up on bottom. So each ruleset has pro's and cons.

[@SV-bo8yn]

@@coachkajan Not just that, on concrete it'd knock someone out, especially when you land on top of them

[@Confessingjesuschrist]

Im going to try and use your concepts brother.