Pro’s Guide to Studying Jiu Jitsu & Who to Study! (FOR FREE)
Summary
TLDRThe speaker shares his journey and strategy for effectively studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, emphasizing the importance of structured learning over mindless drilling. He advises focusing on positional games and escapes rather than just submissions, and tailoring study to personal strengths and weaknesses. The speaker also recommends analyzing top athletes' matches to understand key sequences and adapting techniques that suit one's body type and game style. He concludes with suggestions for reliable free resources, urging learners to apply what they learn intentionally to improve their skills.
Takeaways
- 🤼♂️ Learning Jiu-Jitsu can feel overwhelming due to the vast amount of information available, similar to drinking from a fire hose.
- 📚 To study effectively, focus on a structured method that filters out the noise and helps assimilate information into a coherent system.
- 🆓 Utilize free resources and apply them to your learning method for long-term improvement in the sport.
- 👀 Initially, the speaker learned by watching Kit Dale's instructional videos and analyzing techniques on YouTube, but found it unstructured.
- 📈 The importance of focusing on positional game and escapes rather than just submissions was emphasized, as most time is spent getting to submissions.
- 📝 Private lessons helped the speaker identify gaps in knowledge and focus study on filling those gaps.
- 🚀 Studying what you need, rather than what you like, can lead to significant improvements and increased confidence in your game.
- 🧠 Analyzing your own game and identifying areas of deficiency can guide your study plan and maximize return on investment of study time.
- 🌐 Studying individuals with similar body types may not always be beneficial; consider their psychological factors and game style that align with your own.
- 🎥 Watching matches without commentary allows for unbiased analysis of key sequences and understanding the rationale behind techniques used.
- 🔍 Cross-referencing techniques seen in matches with instructionals and other resources can help reinforce learning and application.
- 🆓 Follow specific Instagram accounts and YouTube channels like Jason raal, Brian Glick, John Carlo, and Brandon Reed for high-quality, free content.
Q & A
What is the main challenge beginners face when learning Jiu-Jitsu according to the speaker?
-Beginners often face the challenge of being overwhelmed with too much information at once, similar to 'drinking from a fire hose,' which makes it difficult to retain and effectively use the knowledge.
Why does the speaker discourage beginners from focusing solely on submissions?
-Focusing only on submissions can be ineffective because submissions occur in only about 2% of a match, with the remaining 98% being spent on positioning and setting up the submission. Beginners should focus more on positional control and escapes before diving deep into submissions.
What advice did Josh Alsop give to the speaker that helped improve his learning process?
-Josh Alsop advised the speaker to write down all the positions he knew and identify gaps in his knowledge. This method allowed the speaker to focus on areas where his understanding was limited, leading to more efficient and targeted learning.
What was the turning point in the speaker's training that helped him develop his guard game?
-The turning point came when Luke, from the speaker's gym, advised him to spend six months working exclusively on developing his guard, which became a significant advantage in his training and competition performance.
How did the speaker’s approach to studying change after initially following the methods of athletes with similar body types?
-Initially, the speaker followed athletes like Gordon Ryan and Nicky Rodriguez due to their similar body types. However, he later realized that disposition and style also matter, not just physical similarities. This led him to focus on athletes whose styles aligned with his own strategic approach, like Gordon's slow, methodical game over Nicky Rod’s fast-paced, explosive style.
What is the speaker's current methodology for breaking down matches to improve his Jiu-Jitsu?
-The speaker watches matches without commentary, breaks down key sequences where the match was won or lost, and analyzes why certain moves were successful. He then cross-references these findings with other matches or instructionals and tests them during training to see if they fit his game.
Why does the speaker believe that application is more important than simply gathering information?
-The speaker compares learning Jiu-Jitsu to scientific research, stating that gathering information without applying it is useless. The real value comes from experimenting with the techniques learned and testing their effectiveness in practice.
What advice does the speaker give about selecting specific Jiu-Jitsu matches to study?
-The speaker advises that you should study matches and techniques that are relevant to your own game. For example, if you have a movement-based game, you should focus on athletes with a similar style. Watching techniques that don't fit your style or body type may not be as beneficial.
What are some free resources the speaker recommends for learning Jiu-Jitsu techniques?
-The speaker recommends several free resources, including Jason Raal’s Instagram for detailed match breakdowns, Brian Glick’s YouTube channel for concise, high-level technique explanations, and John Carlo’s YouTube channel for instructional content. Brandon Reed is also recommended for his wrestling-based Jiu-Jitsu techniques.
Why does the speaker emphasize avoiding 'meme' accounts on social media when learning Jiu-Jitsu?
-The speaker advises against following meme or joke accounts because they often provide low-quality, unverified information. Instead, he suggests focusing on reputable sources with proven methodologies, such as the experts he mentioned, to avoid distractions and get better results.
Outlines
🤼♂️ Learning Jiu-Jitsu Effectively
The speaker begins by comparing the overwhelming experience of learning Jiu-Jitsu to drinking from a fire hose, indicating the difficulty in processing the vast amount of information. They suggest that a structured approach is necessary for effective learning. The speaker shares their personal journey, starting with Kit Dale's instructional videos, and emphasizes the importance of not just drilling techniques mindlessly. They discuss the realization that focusing solely on submissions is not effective, as most time is spent getting to those positions. The speaker advises developing a positional game and escaping series to create opportunities for submissions. They also mention the importance of identifying and filling gaps in one's knowledge, and share how they transitioned from watching scattered YouTube videos to a more structured learning approach.
📈 Prioritizing Weaknesses in Training
The speaker discusses the strategy of focusing on weaknesses to maximize the return on investment in training time. They explain how improving in areas of deficiency can lead to significant gains in overall skill and confidence. The speaker then shares their experience of analyzing their game and identifying areas for improvement, such as guard play and escaping bottom positions. They emphasize the importance of studying what is needed rather than what is enjoyable to achieve exceptional results. The speaker also talks about how they moved from emulating athletes with similar body types to emulating those with similar dispositions and approaches to the sport.
🎥 Analyzing Matches for Skill Development
The speaker outlines their current study methodology, which involves watching matches without commentary to form unbiased analyses. They discuss breaking down key sequences in matches to understand why certain techniques were successful. The speaker also talks about cross-referencing techniques seen in matches with instructional content and testing theories in training. They stress the importance of applying learned techniques intentionally to improve one's game. The speaker recommends focusing on resources that provide valuable, actionable information rather than entertainment or filler content.
📚 Valuable Resources for Jiu-Jitsu Study
The speaker concludes by recommending specific resources for studying Jiu-Jitsu, including Instagram profiles and YouTube channels of accomplished practitioners. They highlight the value of learning from those with proven success and a deep understanding of the sport. The speaker advises ignoring social media content that does not contribute to skill development, such as memes and jokes, and instead focusing on the methodology and knowledge shared by experienced practitioners.
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Keywords
💡Jiu-Jitsu
💡Study Methodology
💡Submissions
💡Positional Game
💡Drilling
💡Private Lessons
💡Guard Play
💡Attributes
💡Intentional Practice
💡Free Resources
💡Analysis
Highlights
Learning Jiu-Jitsu can be overwhelming due to the vast amount of information, similar to drinking from a fire hose.
Effective studying involves creating a structured system to manage the influx of techniques.
Free resources are available to help learners apply effective studying methods.
The speaker's initial learning approach was through Kit Dale's instructional videos.
It's important to not just drill techniques mindlessly, but to have a purpose.
The majority of time in Jiu-Jitsu is spent getting to submissions, not applying them.
Focusing on submissions early in training might not be the most effective approach.
Developing a positional game and escapes should precede focusing on submissions.
Private lessons with Josh Alsop led to the realization of gaps in the speaker's knowledge.
Writing out all known positions helped identify areas for improvement.
Studying should focus on areas of deficiency rather than just interests for better improvement.
The speaker's game improved significantly by focusing on guard play.
Studying should be systematic and analytical to find the highest return on investment for training time.
The speaker shifted from studying individuals with similar body types to those with similar dispositions.
Studying top-level athletes should be done by analyzing their matches and key sequences.
The importance of applying studied techniques in training cannot be overstated.
Free resources like Instagram profiles of Jason raal, Brian Glick, and John Carlo provide valuable techniques.
Brandon Reed's standup game is recommended for study due to his wrestling background.
It's crucial to focus on proven methodologies and avoid fluff when learning from social media.
Transcripts
so if you're like Jake and I and you
discover the sport of Jiu-Jitsu you've
gotten to about possibly anywhere
between 2 weeks or 3 months in and
you've realized that learning the sport
the way that you're trying to learn it
is the exact way that drinking from a
fire hose is very ineffective there's a
lot of information flying at you at once
and it can be very difficult to be able
to disseminate and then put that into a
system that works for you so what we're
going to do is teach you how to study
the way that is the most effective and
give you some free resources that you
can readily take from apply within this
method and then use longterm to start to
take out the noise of learning the sport
I'll I'll illustrate what I used to do
with a story uh of how I've learned to
study the sport over a long period of
time and then hopefully that gives you
guys an idea of what the methodology
would be and what does work and what
doesn't work and then we'll give you
some helpful tips to be able to use and
then we'll give you some helpful people
to be able to take those tips and
actually apply them so the way that I
first started learning the sport funnily
enough uh was through kit Dale's
Concepts sort of video the first one
that he came out with when I got into
the sport my best mate Zach and I
started training together and he said I
found out about this guy who got his
black belt in four years it's really
cool he doesn't teach the the typical
method of like drilling or speed
drilling or stuff like that I disagree
with kit the fact that you don't have to
drill I agree with you don't have to
drill mindlessly that's a huge
distinction and so started watching
those videos on a little um course
series and then started to peel things
from YouTube but it was all scattered it
it wasn't very structured it didn't have
an end goal it was basically it was a
white belt looking up how to submit
people faster and that doesn't really
work
because in a round or in a competitive
match you're probably going to have 2%
of the time in active submissions and
about 98% of the time getting to those
submissions so if your study path from
the very beginning is just focused on
submissions which it likely will be
because you're a beginner and that's all
you want to do I would advise against
that and I would leave that further down
the path of your studying Endeavors to
start to formulate uh some sort of
positional game some sort of escaping
series and then turning those escapes
into offense so that you may get
yourself to a position to submit
somebody later on because the gross
majority of time you won't be actually
applying submission holds you'll be
getting your way there and the better
you are at getting there obviously the
more time you'll spend there as a result
but it doesn't work vice versa so that's
the first sort of thing that I realized
the second thing that I realized was
when I started doing private lessons
with uh Josh alsop who that's how Jake
and I met uh he was a quite good purple
belt at the time he's now brown belt
under AJ um he's actually won some
recent competitions which is good for
him uh but he instructed me to write out
all the positions that I knew all the
positions that I had submissions for or
plans for or some sort of blue blueprint
some sort of map and then look at all
the gaps in that information and then
try and study around those to fill in my
uh my limitations in knowledge so for me
when I was first beginning obviously
daras Kimora uh KNE cuts um anything
explosive uh anything where I could
overpower my opponent with strength body
locks um anything of that variety was
was quite deep at that time because
that's what I had a natural proclivity
towards following because of my
attributes and just the way that I was
learning the sport but things like uh
any sort of guard play Reverse Dela
Delah hea half guard anything where I
was on the bottom uh anything where I
was put in a compromised position like
bottom side control bottom mount uh I
wasn't very good at back defense I was
good at doing this it wasn't good to do
at anything else so what that allowed me
to do was actually take an analytical
look at my game and think where is the
where is the biggest return on
investment for my study time all up and
then how am I going to attack that
systematically so I stopped watching uh
Lan Gil's nogee chokes Anthology or
whatever it's called high percentage no
chokes that was my first instructional I
stopped watching that because I was good
at those things relatively to where I
was in the sport at the time and then I
started picking up like half guard
instructionals or how to escape bottom
positions and really it was only when I
started training at Sydney West the gym
that we're in currently when Luke said
to me goes if you want to win trials you
got to develop a guard cuz that'll be a
significant advantage over everybody
else in the heavyweight Vision if you're
able to do that you will be much better
off so for the next 6 months you're
going to lay on your back and you're
going to learn how Guard works and that
was great it was really formative for my
first start first part of my career and
it actually has been a significant
advantage in many of my matches and many
of my trading rounds and so the reason I
tell you guys that story is that you
don't just want to go and study what you
would like to uh if you want exceptional
results you can study what you'd like to
if you want okay results depending on
how you apply the information which will
get to a at the later part of the video
but if you study what you need to do
what you have a stark deficiency within
your rate of um your return on
investment will be significantly higher
than the midpoint that you're already
starting at because of your interest you
might go to here but if you're at a
deficiency you'll go from here to where
everything else is in your game that
relatively is a massive gain and what
that'll do for you is actually raise
your confidence it'll raise your uh
perception of your skill uh it'll raise
your willingness to do that again and
again for other portions of your game
and those things are more valuable than
the gaining skill themselves because
it'll teach you how to continually get
better and how to do [ __ ] that you're
bad at which means that over a long
enough period of time if you just keep
going down that direction you will have
a very good very even killed
well-rounded game that you won't have to
continually do that to you'll just be
tinkering and having curiosity and
having Inquisition about different
positions that you might not have seen
or might not have touched or developed
but you won't have any glaring
weaknesses or huge holes in your game
anymore which is a great thing to Aspire
to then what I what I realized that I I
took out a lot of the huge glaring holes
and weaknesses into my game and then I
was kind of lost for a little bit
because I was like well what do I study
there's nothing super obvious for me to
study at the moment and then what I
started to do is the study methodology
that I use now that I teach my students
uh in my course and what I do is I
select well actually what I used to do
before I did this I used to follow the
attributes of a specific individual that
I wanted to follow so uh obviously
Gordon and I have very similar body
shapes uh Nikki rod and I have similar
body shapes it was obvious to me that if
you focused on the best at what they
were doing for their body type you could
process that into what you should be
doing for your body type but I changed
that a little bit because just because
they look the same as you or look
similar to you or have similar limb
length or something like that doesn't
mean they have the same disposition
doesn't mean they have the same
aggressiveness or assertiveness or all
these other host of other psychological
factors and so even though Gordon has a
similar body type to me our dispositions
are more similar than say Nikki rod and
I uh in the way that we present our game
Nicki Rod's very movement based very
speed based very explosive I I take that
back a little bit where I'm a little bit
more tactful um or at least I try to be
and then Gordon is obviously the further
end of the opposite side of that
Spectrum where he's a lot slower moving
he's a lot more tactile um he's a lot
more effective at slowing the game down
where Nikki Rod is most effective when
he's speeding the game up and so you see
the difference between those very
similar body types and you go okay so
maybe it's a little bit more about uh
who do I want to emulate in terms of the
disposition that suits me better and the
way that I like thinking about the sport
the way that I like doing the sport is
much more situated to way the Gordon
does it like the mental sort of chess
match not to say that Niki Rod doesn't
do that but he's
more he's more trying to speed the match
up and use movement based games where
Gordon is trying to use a smothering wet
blanket type of a game um and you can
see that within the matches that they
have each to their own and so I started
to study a little bit more of Gordon
instead of just studying people who look
like me so if you want to study people
specifically at the the top level let's
say you're a 77 kilo athlete but you're
not very athletic studying Cade and Thai
and Andrew [ __ ] and all those guys may
not be the best for your game studying
Nikki Ryan might a lot better or vice
versa if you're athletic and you're long
and you're wiry uh and you like a
movement based game studying niky ride
might not be great for you it be great
for your Technique but it might not suit
your game better than it would Cade Ty
Andrew so that's the way that I started
to implement that now the actual uh
process of how I break that down is I
watch I watch A Match through without
commentary I don't want to listen to the
commentary to be biased towards what
they're seeing I want to try and analyze
it and see what's happening
and I break down what I believe to be
key sequences where the match was either
won or lost or progressed or regressed
based on the the things that are
happening and then I try and analyze why
that happened it's obviously very
difficult to think uh from a third
person perspective as to why that was
happening it's easy with you're in the
match because you could think about what
you were thinking at the time uh of that
intervention of that technique but
trying to think about why would I be
doing that at that current stage if I
was this person that was involved in the
match has been really really helpful for
me in trying to figure out where they're
navigating to and then I will either
continually break that down into smaller
and smaller chunks where I can find a
specific technique that they're doing
that I've never seen before or an
iteration of a technique that I haven't
seen before then I'll try and cross
reference that data with other matches
uh and if there's an instructional
coming out let's say Gordon's very
useful for this he does an armar finish
because he's got an arar instructional
coming out that's great if you want to
follow that methodology fantastic not
everybody does that not everybody has
that available to them and so the
easiest way to do it is just look up
free matches on YouTube find the the
points of the match where you
specifically think that match went this
way or that match went this way try and
break it down and analyze why and then
come up with a theory of to why and then
test that in the training room the most
important part about studying isn't
actually the gathering information it's
the application of the theory that
you've gathered from that information so
it's just like any scientific study if
you're if you're just Gathering ing data
to run no experiments with it it's
useless and so you have to be thinking
to yourself why am I learning this why
am I putting this into practice why am I
watching this am I watching this to be
entertained or am I watching this to
actually gather relevant data so that I
can use this in my own game why would I
be using this again if you're somebody
like me I wouldn't be watching a 77 kilo
match where they're having buggy
strangle exchanges because that's
something I'm never going to attribute
any time to but I would be watching a 77
kilo match for their passing style
because if you Implement some of their
they're probably the best passes maybe
the 66 division definitely not in the
heavyweights um but if you're watching
them for their guard passing yes you
could find useful things that you start
to implement so that's the way I kind of
do it now I break down matches I look at
the key points I I try and analyze them
to where that would fit my game
specifically and then some fun stuff at
the end that I haven't kind of seen I
want to experiment see if it fits me or
it suits me because you never know until
you apply it like I said before the
biggest most important factor of this is
you actually apply it with intention to
start to use use it because otherwise
it's completely useless if that sounds
like a little bit more of uh an advanced
thing you can start to break it down to
technique by technique basis so what we
said in the start of the video um
keeping promises at the end if you want
free resources that are delivering
techniques on a Day-Day basis uh I've
done this video on Instagram before but
Jason raal is one of the better
resources on Instagram we'll put his
profile up so you can find it he does
all things from leg lock passing uh
other bits and pieces but the reason why
he's specifically significant is because
he does the process of what I just
explained to you for you so if there's a
crazy moment in a match that needs to be
broken down he will actually go and do
it and then post it for free on
Instagram which is really cool so it
might not be the one that you're looking
for but you will get an understanding of
how to do that and then you can take
that in method and then cross apply or
try to cross apply it to all the other
moves that you're trying to learn as
well um Brian Glick is probably the
second best resource for Jiu-Jitsu
specific spefic stuff he does uh quite a
bit of ghee stuff as well he does mostly
nogee I believe and then also adds in
some Judo stuff as well um the way that
he teaches is very concise the way that
he teaches is very specific to um high
level techniques that you know will work
he's not going to show you any rubbish
he's not going to show you any filler or
any fluff and I value that very much so
because he's saving you time on the
front end because he's an authority you
can validate his opinion on the front
end you don't have to think oh well is
this just working or are they just
making a meme video uh he's not like
that whatsoever so you can already just
check the box and say sweet I'm getting
good information he does have a
phenomenal YouTube channel as as well I
would definitely recommend subscribing
to him um if we're talking about free
resources on YouTube We're Going John
Carlo John Carlo has one of the best
YouTube channels um two time ADCC
Champion not much more needs to be said
about Jake's best friend from venmo and
Brandon Reed on Instagram actually got
the chance to meet Brandon at ADCC um
I've met all these other guys I met
Jason at ADCC as well haven't met Brian
but when I go to New York I'm going to
go train with him um he does a lot of
great stuff on the standup portion of
the game and he comes from a pretty high
pedigree wrestling background and then
has adapted that over to Jiu-Jitsu as
well so a lot of those guys um that you
see won't have the best standup if
they're if they're producing cont you
can validate just like with the Brian
Glick example you can validate his
expertise because he comes from a pretty
decent wrestling background and so that
you don't have to think oh is this just
just a sloppy Jiu-Jitsu wrestling
technique or is it a legitimate
wrestling technique for him it's the lad
not the former which is really good and
he's a lovely guy so if you go and
support him that's that's [ __ ] great
so there is the way that I kind of
learned how to study the way that I
actually study the sport the way that I
teach my students how to study the sport
and then some free resource that you
guys can start to implement into your
own game to start to watch that are
validated because they're actually good
resources they're not fluffed they're
not F out they don't post memes and
jokes and whatever else um and that
section is really really important
because a lot of [ __ ] on Instagram is
just absolute trash if I could get my
students to learn one thing out of the
entirety of looking at social media for
Jiu-Jitsu it's that if you could just
not pay attention to all the memes and
not pay attention to all the crap
accounts you'd be so much further focus
on the The Proven methodology that
actually works and so Brian Jason
Brandon John Carlo those guys are four
individuals that are have proof have
skin in the game they've been doing it
for ages they're successful in their own
rights so you don't have to watch
anything else from anybody else you can
obviously if you want to but if you want
to get good I would recommend those
individuals not all the jokes and the
memes and whatever else all right cut
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