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Grandmaster
A while back, BJJ fanatics had an amazing deal, where you could get 1 of the 8 "Jiu Jitsu For Old Guys" courses for free. I picked up "Submission Escapes" because white belts can still tap me out sometimes, especially the younger white belts. I'm not in the 40+ or 50+ range yet, but it is sometimes difficult rolling with the age 17-23 white belts and their infinite energy and constant movement.
This was a fantastic video series. He starts with an emphasis on simple concepts and foundational skills, such as:
I thoroughly enjoyed the video series. Not only did I learn quite a bit about submission escapes and was immediately able to practice them in live rolls, but also by working backwards through the submission to deconstruct it, I could work backwards through the deconstruction to reconstruct it and learn more about the submissions themselves.
I mentioned above that I wish more submissions were covered, but I understand there's a time limit. My only real criticism of this video is that there are a couple of techniques that we don't see the details because they're blocked from view. Even on techniques where he shows the escape 2-3 times, and then the resident old guy also practices the escape, they're all done from the same angle and miss the same detail. There are other points in the video where they show different angles, so I think they do recognize this for the most part.
Overall, this was an excellent instructional. I am very happy with it. I rate this an S-tier instructional.
Tiers are F, D, C, B, A, S, SS.
This was a fantastic video series. He starts with an emphasis on simple concepts and foundational skills, such as:
- Skill - t-rex arms
- Concept - understand the submission and the details to make it work, and then deconstruct the submission in reverse. For example, if your opponent needs your posture high for an armbar from closed guard, then your goal when threatened with an armbar is to get your posture low.
- He's not going to cover every variation or even every submission, but will cover the majority of them. I believe he did cover quite a bit, but there's also a lot of submissions that he missed. However, with this already being a 3-hour instructional and just part of a larger series, I understand he cannot get quite everything. Also, he does provide the conceptual baseline for how to deconstruct the submissions that were not demonstrated in the series.
- His 80% rule: you should spend 80% of of your focus on defending the submission in front of you, but also 20% awareness of the next submissions you could get caught in. This is especially apparent in the closed guard series of armbar, triangle, omoplata, in which defending one often leaves you open for the next.
I thoroughly enjoyed the video series. Not only did I learn quite a bit about submission escapes and was immediately able to practice them in live rolls, but also by working backwards through the submission to deconstruct it, I could work backwards through the deconstruction to reconstruct it and learn more about the submissions themselves.
I mentioned above that I wish more submissions were covered, but I understand there's a time limit. My only real criticism of this video is that there are a couple of techniques that we don't see the details because they're blocked from view. Even on techniques where he shows the escape 2-3 times, and then the resident old guy also practices the escape, they're all done from the same angle and miss the same detail. There are other points in the video where they show different angles, so I think they do recognize this for the most part.
Overall, this was an excellent instructional. I am very happy with it. I rate this an S-tier instructional.
Tiers are F, D, C, B, A, S, SS.
