Lets Talk Jiu Jitsu

[TheDarceKnight]

Some random videos I’ve enjoyed recently.

Spoiler

Rafa Mendes 2019


Marcelo Garcia rolling with Demian Maia and Budo Jake



JT Torres rolling up a great black belt


Craig Jones rolling with Carlos Condit in 2020 (taps him with crazy subs at 1:25 and 4:35


Lachlan Giles rolling with fresh partners focusing mostly on 50/50 heel hooks


60 Second Jiu Jitsu hacks from BMac on the arm triangle, marce, and guillotine vs deep half guard

 

[Mowgli]

Great rolls. How Andre rolls with him in a textbook example of how to roll with someone when you’re an elite grappler.

here’s More footage of Josh Hinger (Atos black belt in your video) and Israel working together on the north south choke. And another on the guillotine. I love the idea of Israel learning guillotine and monoplata gems from Hinger and darce gems from Tye and Kade Ruotolo at Atos. If Israel starts having a nasty sub game that’d be awesome.

If he wants to see Jon outwrestled Olympian DC and beat his ass Jones he's gonna need all the prep he can find.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Any of you guys use the punch choke?

It became a top 3 favorite move right before the pandemic. Everyone thinks it’s an Ezekiel but it’s closer to a Von Flue with a slight assist from the 2nd hand to finish it off.

I’ve seen it used especially well on upper belts. They think it’s a bullshyt move since they think it’s a nogi Ezekiel and I’ve seen a few go to sleep from it.

Good highlight of the move in action.

 

[Mowgli]

Some random videos I’ve enjoyed recently.

Spoiler

Rafa Mendes 2019


Marcelo Garcia rolling with Demian Maia and Budo Jake



JT Torres rolling up a great black belt


Craig Jones rolling with Carlos Condit in 2020 (taps him with crazy subs at 1:25 and 4:35


Lachlan Giles rolling with fresh partners focusing mostly on 50/50 heel hooks


60 Second Jiu Jitsu hacks from BMac on the arm triangle, marce, and guillotine vs deep half guard

I study Rafael's pass game. shyt is the best. Jt Torres also. Marcelo obviously. as much as I end up in someone's half guard I really should think about using the darce. I always end up whizzering someone when they come up to the knees.

 

[Mowgli]

Any of you guys use the punch choke?

It became a top 3 favorite move right before the pandemic. Everyone thinks it’s an Ezekiel but it’s closer to a Von Flue with a slight assist from the 2nd hand to finish it off.

I’ve seen it used especially well on upper belts. They think it’s a bullshyt move since they think it’s a nogi Ezekiel and I’ve seen a few go to sleep from it.

Good highlight of the move in action.

this is one of my go-to moves because I love Ezekiel chokes. They say it's unethical in some gyms though because it's not always applied in a training friendly way

mainly because people get to squirming around and your fist ends up on the windpipe or some people just put it on the windpipe.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

If he wants to see Jon outwrestled Olympian DC and beat his ass Jones he's gonna need all the prep he can find.

I agree it’ll be a tough fight. You think it’ll go down? I haven’t looked much up on it recently.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

this is one of my go-to moves because I love Ezekiel chokes. They say it's unethical in some gyms though because it's not always applied in a training friendly way

mainly because people get to squirming around and your fist ends up on the windpipe or some people just put it on the windpipe.

This one should cause no drama. One seen a couple legit black belts go to sleep because they didn’t want to tap. The shoulder closes one artery and the fist hits the other. This one unlike the regular Ezekiel has almost nothing on the windpipe.

 

[KING WILL]

Sorry I'm late. Wanted to give it proper attention.

Love the takedown. Reminded me of Big Nog and Fedor on that kosoto towards the underhook side

I really like the change to pass towards mount at 1:03. I was just starting to think that it might be a good idea to either switch directions, pass to mount, or pop up to try a knee slide or some other type of more upright passing if you were wanting to keep passing to your left. Then bam, you did switch it up. The mount especially is becoming a lost art in pure grappling, so I like that you went towards it. I don't know how it felt in the moment, but if you feel that you can walk a little higher up to your right before trying to mount, that might make the mount easier next time.

At 1:42 there are a couple of ways you could have gotten over that knee without gettng put back into closed guard. I'm sure you know the one where you frame the right hand on the hip and use your forearm and elbow to frame against their left thigh/knee, and possibly even press it down, until you can get your leg over it to force a more smashed half guard.

Another thing I'd even say (that some other upper belts might disagree with) is posting on the knee/lower thigh with your hand and just shoving it down. It's not the best long-term habit, and people down the road will definitely make you pay for opening your elbow by hitting you with kimuras, omoplatas, etc, but as long as you're aware that you're opening your elbow and you do it quickly against other lower belts, I think it's not the worst idea. I think it’s cool to break the rules as long as you’re aware of it. Especially in that position you were in. Just a quick pop with the hand and then it comes right back up.

I'm impressed you got the closed guard open without standing up. Nice work forcing half guard and coming to both feet. When you get put into the semi-X guard, I’m pretty blown away you hit the Marcelo Garcia “leg over pass” at 2:45, and right to the back? Nice work!

good mount pressure. Good finish.

That was a fun match. I’ve noticed a lot of white belt matches end up in the half guard, even if neither person wants it to. It seems like you’re comfortable from top half, which should give you a pretty big advantage over a lot of opponents. People get to half guard on either side of the coin and often get totally lost.

Sorry for the the essay. I love watching rolls and footage. Great work out there!

Hey man..

Thx for watching and giving me a good breakdown!

 

[KING WILL]

They ended up throwing a bunch of us in a bracket together.

I'm guessing wgt and belt is the same, but ages ranging from 21-47.

That's cool tho. Better than facing 1 person in a best 2 out of 3.

 

[KING WILL]

2nd match for 3rd place:



https://youtube.com/shorts/q3epfp6TVqI



I'll upload the 1st match when I hit the crib

 

[KING WILL]

1st match. Still disappointed af.

 

[YoNoSe]

1st match. Still disappointed af.

Good stuff bro. It looks like his sweep and full mount helped him win on points. You did good despite the outcome

 

[KING WILL]

Good stuff bro. It looks like his sweep and full mount helped him win on points. You did good despite the outcome

Yes man.. You nailed it. He won 6-2.

He did a great job keeping half guard. He did the same to win gold. Got taken down, kept half guard, got sweep to mount. Ended up winning 16-2.


I watched the video times. My prof. Told me right after the match. I sat up to high and he flipped me.

Lesson learned. It will make me better.

 

[I AM WE ARE]

I admire you guys no bs bjj is nice but I've fallen in love with catch wrestling
It's so brutal
It's the little subtle differences I like bjj has alot of extra(no disrespect) moves where we're taught to get straight to the point

 

[YoNoSe]

I admire you guys no bs bjj is nice but I've fallen in love with catch wrestling
It's so brutal
It's the little subtle differences I like bjj has alot of extra(no disrespect) moves where we're taught to get straight to the point

Going against wrestlers in bjj really tests your game. Wrestlers come with the fast paced aggression

I can always appreciate a tough roll