Yo Rob! As a black belt I think this is some solid content. I’m going to share this with my students. It’s great to see a beginner approaching jiujitsu with the attention to detail that you are. I think others can learn a lot from your videos. Next time I’m in Vegas I will stop by the old Cobra Kai gym and get in the mat with you and Sim.
Hey man thanks that’s awesome! Ya I feel like this is really helping, because its hard to feel mistakes in real time as a tired white belt, but when I watch Im like oh wow what am I doing haha. Appreciate the nice comment! 🤜🤛
@@robrolls I’m subscribed and am excited to see your progress. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Oh and don’t quit at blue LOL. Good luck buddy.
@@robrolls I just did my first jiujitsu competition a few months ago. I originally got into jiujitsu for MMA so I just never got into sport jiujitsu. In the last 6 years or so I have really started to appreciate sport jiujitsu and now that I teach at a more comp heavy school I have committed to competing so I can be a better coach for teammates. It’s been fun and has really evolved my game for the better.
@@espionage3 oh wow, very cool! Crazy it lead to teaching huh?! It’ll be fun competing i just how different it is from rolling in class. So trying to prepare now 😁
I'm a 33 year old brown belt and I roll a lot like your buddy Andy. So he is doing a De la Riva into Berimbolo inverted back take. So to give Andy a hard time, the lead leg that he is trapping with his calf to ankle area bend your knee a little and rotate it outwards, it will put a lot of pressure on his ankle and make him not want to hook in. As for his other leg that he has on your back hip, control it with your hands, pulling it around to the front of your lead leg. This will give you the opportunity to pass and smash. Oss! Good training!
Great video! Really high quality, with the commentary. Been training for five years now, quick tip, gotta break those grips earlier! You seem to be more focused on preventing the sweep or movement your opponent puts on you rather than preventing the control he has on you (until its too late). Break those grips as soon as you see them. They'll get pretty frustrated....and thats how you know you're doing it right!
Hey thanks Ryan! Yes absolutely, I need to learn how to break some of those death grips, especially on the sleeves lol those are the worst. Sometimes the dead lift works but then they are right on my ankles. Appreciate the feedback brotha!
Nice one at 9:07 you place your left foot outwards on his hip line thats why he is able to take it off,place it inwards thats a more natural/powerful approach
Hey Rob! I'm a white belt as well, been training ~8 months. Been thinking about eventually making some BJJ-related videos -- great to see other people doing it! You said you've been training 10 weeks -- is that total or just for this specific competition?
Great commentary. I’m a no-gi purple belt. Andy moves similar to me. I’m 43, 5’5” at 165lbs so not exactly. I suck at passing guard, so I get people to get in my guard and I sweep to top. That’s how I pass guard. Your movements look good. You are attempting to do things and getting stuck. There are some details and components of techniques I see you are missing. For as long as you have been training it’s great.
Hey right on, thanks for the nice feedback! Today I really focused on breaking collar and sleeve grips immediately and saw an improvement, Andy didn’t get my back today but did finish an ankle lock. I’d love to do more no gi as well. I try to get one class in but difficult with my work sched. I’ll share some no gi soon too, cheers 🍻
@@robrolls Hey I got my blue belt in 2001. Unfortunately I had to quit in 2003. I came back and have done no gi exclusively from early 2020. Finally got my purple belt March 25th of this year. About three months ago things just started to click. It was literally like a light switch. Just keep coming in. By the way blue belt sucks. It’s the worst, don’t quit. Keep being miserable, it will change.
@@ConveyApp Nice man congrats! As long as my body will allow me, I’m going to keep training haha. I feel excited to go to class and learn and I don’t think that feeling is gonna end! Blue belt blues huh haha
@@robrolls I can’t say I got the blue belt blue’s exactly. I had a hard time being left behind by my training partners. Things just weren’t clicking. Finally I had a break through after I got my (3) strips on my blue. I just stopped caring about promotions. At that time the positions, and techniques became the most important thing. I could care less about promotion. 8 months later I got my purple belt. That mindset change was what changed my BJJ. I learned more and made every technique mine. I would work one technique over and over in live rolling for a few weeks. I would get relatively tough mid level white belts in the position I was training and attempt the technique. If successful I would try to do it twice. If not put myself back the position and work it. Then i simplify my options. Work two options from each position. Push one attack another, back to the first. Then what was a game changer for me was getting really good at mediocre positions. My half guard top or bottom is mine. I own that position till it don’t want it anymore. Finally I would start in a fully finished technique then reverse engineer to my favorite position. From a bottom 1/2 guard, I hit a reversal into belly down knee bar. My first “That’s his thing” submission. I hit that on everyone super unsuspecting. So on and so forth. Next thing I know is I’m dangerous everywhere even “bad” positions. My $0.02.
@@ConveyApp Ahhh I hear ya, I can see how that could be frustrating. A younger version of myself would probably get very frustrated because I used to be so overly competitive and hard on myself. now that I’m older and have a better attitude, I feel like I’m in that mindset now of just enjoying the training, learning the most i can before competition, and to just enjoy being a white belt because I’ll never forget it. All I can do is be amazed at how good my training partners are and know that with hard work, I’ll get there as well 💯. Thanks for sharing with me.
Yo on the first roll with the blue belt, stand up and let them hook your left leg. As soon as they do that go back to your knees and you’ll trap his arm. You really don’t even have to have a plan for it. But the next time you stand up they’ll stay away from hooking your leg with their arm because they know you have a plan
On the back takes from the purple belt you could have attacked his legs because he crossed them all you need to do is trap his top foot with your leg and hip up like an arm bar works every time
So if someone is flexible then in general it is good to make him pay for that flexibility- pin and stretch his legs to the mat and add pressure. Be a heavy wet blanket. You are really reaching a lot from top and bottom. Keep arms tight and stay relaxed. Protect your underhooks
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think you are reaping Andy’s knee at 9:00 and so on … you can’t be attacking his foot while having your foot passed his hip line… I’m pretty sure for ibjjf ruleset .. again correct me if I’m wrong
Honestly, I’m not aware of all the rules but I have heard of that one. Andy is usually very helpful but he didn’t mention that I was doing anything wrong there. I need to find out haha
UMA PENAAA eu nao ter dinheiro e nao poder visitar essa academia pra passar o carro nesse faixa roxa kkk sou faixa roxa tbm, mas ele só passou o carro no cara por ser branca. esse joguinho de berimbolo telegrafado, nao cola comigo nao. fora que essas academias da gringa, aparentemente, ela desenvolve atletas somente para um sparring "soltinho". se fosse o nosso " soltinho" daqui do Brasil, iriam passar mal kk
Haha no clue, yt algorithm has a mind of it’s own. That happens with my poker vids too, sometimes 12k views some 4k. I think title and thumbnail are a big part of getting those initial views.
@@robrolls Title and thumbnail are definitely huge, the most viewed youtubers all have similarly catching titles and thumbnails. RUclips users seem to reward this as humans have a tendency to pick things that look "shiny" so to speak.
I was wondering the same thing but this video is what popped up in my suggested so it seems what ever you did in the title or summary got this video to be suggested.
Yo Rob! As a black belt I think this is some solid content. I’m going to share this with my students. It’s great to see a beginner approaching jiujitsu with the attention to detail that you are. I think others can learn a lot from your videos. Next time I’m in Vegas I will stop by the old Cobra Kai gym and get in the mat with you and Sim.
Hey man thanks that’s awesome! Ya I feel like this is really helping, because its hard to feel mistakes in real time as a tired white belt, but when I watch Im like oh wow what am I doing haha. Appreciate the nice comment! 🤜🤛
@@robrolls I’m subscribed and am excited to see your progress. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Oh and don’t quit at blue LOL. Good luck buddy.
@@espionage3 Nice, thanks ! Haha ok I don’t plan on it! And I’m sure I’ll be addicted to competition after my first one lol
@@robrolls I just did my first jiujitsu competition a few months ago. I originally got into jiujitsu for MMA so I just never got into sport jiujitsu. In the last 6 years or so I have really started to appreciate sport jiujitsu and now that I teach at a more comp heavy school I have committed to competing so I can be a better coach for teammates. It’s been fun and has really evolved my game for the better.
@@espionage3 oh wow, very cool! Crazy it lead to teaching huh?! It’ll be fun competing i just how different it is from rolling in class. So trying to prepare now 😁
I'm a 33 year old brown belt and I roll a lot like your buddy Andy. So he is doing a De la Riva into Berimbolo inverted back take. So to give Andy a hard time, the lead leg that he is trapping with his calf to ankle area bend your knee a little and rotate it outwards, it will put a lot of pressure on his ankle and make him not want to hook in. As for his other leg that he has on your back hip, control it with your hands, pulling it around to the front of your lead leg. This will give you the opportunity to pass and smash. Oss! Good training!
Yo thanks Mark! I noticed guys do that to me when i try de la riva that knee comes down immediately and i can’t re loop
Great video! Really high quality, with the commentary. Been training for five years now, quick tip, gotta break those grips earlier! You seem to be more focused on preventing the sweep or movement your opponent puts on you rather than preventing the control he has on you (until its too late). Break those grips as soon as you see them. They'll get pretty frustrated....and thats how you know you're doing it right!
Hey thanks Ryan! Yes absolutely, I need to learn how to break some of those death grips, especially on the sleeves lol those are the worst. Sometimes the dead lift works but then they are right on my ankles. Appreciate the feedback brotha!
White belt here too - thanks for the tip
Exactly, GI is all about grips
Great roll. Thanks for sharing this. Enjoyed watching you trying to understand what caused you troubles.
Thanks! 🤜🤛
Nice one at 9:07 you place your left foot outwards on his hip line thats why he is able to take it off,place it inwards thats a more natural/powerful approach
Thanks!
Danaher impression was on point 😂
Hey Rob! I'm a white belt as well, been training ~8 months. Been thinking about eventually making some BJJ-related videos -- great to see other people doing it! You said you've been training 10 weeks -- is that total or just for this specific competition?
🔥 Nice man! Ya I started training January 28th, but I do have some wrestling experience!
That Shoyoroll Gi is Slick.
Thank you for your content 🙏🏻 well put together and good fun listening to you describe what was going on in your mind as we watch you rolling 💯
🔥Thanks man! 🤜🤛
Great commentary. I’m a no-gi purple belt. Andy moves similar to me. I’m 43, 5’5” at 165lbs so not exactly. I suck at passing guard, so I get people to get in my guard and I sweep to top. That’s how I pass guard. Your movements look good. You are attempting to do things and getting stuck. There are some details and components of techniques I see you are missing. For as long as you have been training it’s great.
Hey right on, thanks for the nice feedback! Today I really focused on breaking collar and sleeve grips immediately and saw an improvement, Andy didn’t get my back today but did finish an ankle lock. I’d love to do more no gi as well. I try to get one class in but difficult with my work sched. I’ll share some no gi soon too, cheers 🍻
@@robrolls Hey I got my blue belt in 2001. Unfortunately I had to quit in 2003. I came back and have done no gi exclusively from early 2020. Finally got my purple belt March 25th of this year. About three months ago things just started to click. It was literally like a light switch. Just keep coming in. By the way blue belt sucks. It’s the worst, don’t quit. Keep being miserable, it will change.
@@ConveyApp Nice man congrats! As long as my body will allow me, I’m going to keep training haha. I feel excited to go to class and learn and I don’t think that feeling is gonna end! Blue belt blues huh haha
@@robrolls I can’t say I got the blue belt blue’s exactly. I had a hard time being left behind by my training partners. Things just weren’t clicking. Finally I had a break through after I got my (3) strips on my blue. I just stopped caring about promotions. At that time the positions, and techniques became the most important thing. I could care less about promotion. 8 months later I got my purple belt. That mindset change was what changed my BJJ. I learned more and made every technique mine. I would work one technique over and over in live rolling for a few weeks. I would get relatively tough mid level white belts in the position I was training and attempt the technique. If successful I would try to do it twice. If not put myself back the position and work it. Then i simplify my options. Work two options from each position. Push one attack another, back to the first. Then what was a game changer for me was getting really good at mediocre positions. My half guard top or bottom is mine. I own that position till it don’t want it anymore. Finally I would start in a fully finished technique then reverse engineer to my favorite position. From a bottom 1/2 guard, I hit a reversal into belly down knee bar. My first “That’s his thing” submission. I hit that on everyone super unsuspecting. So on and so forth. Next thing I know is I’m dangerous everywhere even “bad” positions. My $0.02.
@@ConveyApp Ahhh I hear ya, I can see how that could be frustrating. A younger version of myself would probably get very frustrated because I used to be so overly competitive and hard on myself. now that I’m older and have a better attitude, I feel like I’m in that mindset now of just enjoying the training, learning the most i can before competition, and to just enjoy being a white belt because I’ll never forget it.
All I can do is be amazed at how good my training partners are and know that with hard work, I’ll get there as well 💯. Thanks for sharing with me.
Purp thoughts - "imma take a round off and practice my dlr to bolo's on this dude"
Great video. Subbed to you as I want to follow your journey and progress.
🔥 Appreciate ya!
Yo on the first roll with the blue belt, stand up and let them hook your left leg. As soon as they do that go back to your knees and you’ll trap his arm. You really don’t even have to have a plan for it. But the next time you stand up they’ll stay away from hooking your leg with their arm because they know you have a plan
🔥 thanks for tip 🤜🤛
Awesome I was able to roll with Andy once.. great vibe at this gym..
Good job, keep going on your journey Osss
Thx for the share! Great stuff!
Thanks! 🤜🤛
On the back takes from the purple belt you could have attacked his legs because he crossed them all you need to do is trap his top foot with your leg and hip up like an arm bar works every time
Thanks i did just learn that! I got a white belt with it a few days ago 😄
Excellent to see man, definitely should be doing this as well
Thanks James, ya it is very helpful to watch not only our mistakes, but learning from out opp as well.
At 1:19 Kourtney had the ability to transition to an x-guard. Easier to spot on the outside 😅. Thanks for sharing the video 😊
Thanks 🤜🤛
Right! So easy to see when reviewing the film
So if someone is flexible then in general it is good to make him pay for that flexibility- pin and stretch his legs to the mat and add pressure. Be a heavy wet blanket. You are really reaching a lot from top and bottom. Keep arms tight and stay relaxed. Protect your underhooks
Yoo right on thanks for the tips! I do get my long ass arms in trouble, i need to remember break grips and t rex arms more
fellow white belt! What head gear are you wearing?
Yo! It was called matman ultrasoft wrestling headgear on Amazon 😄
Loved it!
when you take the back at 2:16 you have to be ear to ear, you were way to loose
Right on thanks for the tip 🤜🤛
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think you are reaping Andy’s knee at 9:00 and so on … you can’t be attacking his foot while having your foot passed his hip line… I’m pretty sure for ibjjf ruleset .. again correct me if I’m wrong
Honestly, I’m not aware of all the rules but I have heard of that one. Andy is usually very helpful but he didn’t mention that I was doing anything wrong there. I need to find out haha
@@robrolls all good brother just trying to help out
UMA PENAAA eu nao ter dinheiro e nao poder visitar essa academia pra passar o carro nesse faixa roxa kkk
sou faixa roxa tbm, mas ele só passou o carro no cara por ser branca. esse joguinho de berimbolo telegrafado, nao cola comigo nao. fora que essas academias da gringa, aparentemente, ela desenvolve atletas somente para um sparring "soltinho". se fosse o nosso " soltinho" daqui do Brasil, iriam passar mal kk
Can anyone else see this weird circles and rectangles obstructing the image or am I drunk??
Ya man unfortunately i had to go back and make some privacy edits.. but now I can’t fix the blur areas and now its messed up for good
Dude named Courtney?!
How does this video have so many more views than the others on this channel...?
Haha no clue, yt algorithm has a mind of it’s own. That happens with my poker vids too, sometimes 12k views some 4k. I think title and thumbnail are a big part of getting those initial views.
@@robrolls Interesting. Thanks for the reply!
@@robrolls Title and thumbnail are definitely huge, the most viewed youtubers all have similarly catching titles and thumbnails. RUclips users seem to reward this as humans have a tendency to pick things that look "shiny" so to speak.
I was wondering the same thing but this video is what popped up in my suggested so it seems what ever you did in the title or summary got this video to be suggested.
Can anyone else see this weird circles and squares obstructing the image or am I drunk??
Keep it up. Each week you will "that much harder to kill".
That’s great! I’ll use that as a future title haha!
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