This will allow him to solidify the escape and get back into a safe position. John is able to perform a bridge and maintain control of his opponent's right arm and right leg all the way through. His elbow also blocks his opponent's knee so the opponent is not able to base. He has also placed his left leg around his opponent's leg in order to prevent his opponent's defense of posting their leg. John has lifted his hip in order to break his opponents posture and make the upa possible. A fundamental movement that is often done improperly. John will utilize this grip to perform an upa escape. It is a 2 on 1, notice how tight John keeps his elbows. Notice the grip he attains on his opponent.

John finds himself in a bottom mount position. He helped me go from frantically fighting for my life in early sparring, to being genuinely confident going into my first fight. I realize how difficult of a task that is, and how big of a commitment he made to helping me prepare. From running sparring, drilling, studying tape, strategy, tactics, to finally following me out to Thailand to corner me against my first ever opponent in MMA, John coordinated it all. We needed to make up a lot of ground in a very short period of time, but at the same time not take to much damage while doing so. Zlink wireless carplayĪlong with that complete deficit in skill, I needed work in grapple box, fence wrestling, and clinch fighting. Our biggest task was preparing me for something I basically had no knowledge, skills, or expertise in, fighting with strikes in the standing position. We started my very first shoot boxing training, drilling, and sparring. He began Jiujitsu at 27 years old, and with his great determination and love for the art has proved me right as an instructor'. The goal of a fundamentals program is mastery of these fifteen fundamental skill. Experience shows clearly that a small percentage of the moves account for the vast majority of success.Īmong beginner students I always see four major roadblocks to progress. I see a fundamentals program as built around. So what are these foundations? We have to go beyond seeing them as a small set of basic moves. This series covers the all important fundamentals of BJJ. Instant access online plus a physical DVD delivered to you by mail. Digital Digital video available for immediate viewing online.

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