These macro videos are gold. I played with this in sparring, it was a lot of fun. Thanks! 1a) Stay closer when you're passing - reduces the distance for chest to chest, you're essentially closer to the pass. b) keep your weight over your opponent as you're passing (don't knee cut out to the side) c) use your chest to consolidate the pass - makes it easier to flatten his shoulders. 2) Keep your legs fairly straight - easier to move around, harder to attack your legs. 3) Strong back/neck posture despite leaning over. Makes a big difference if your opponent gets good grips. 4) Don't insist on one pass - adjust to what they're doing. 5) Control your opponents' legs with more than your hands, especially your forearms (+ your hips and legs for various passes, like the "drop down" that JT is using when he's in DLR)
Exactly! Thanks so much for the recap buddy it’s great to have it shortened and written out like that. Hope you have fun playing with these principles and it helps in your matches.
@@JonThomasBJJ yeah I agree it helps me writing it out and maybe others who see it. This will definitely help me going forward, keep up the good work 🙏
This is the style of teaching that really resonates with my learning style. It’s super helpful to learn these foundational concepts so I can be more intentional with my movements. Thank you!
Your content is by far, one of the best around! Beginner, intermediate, to advanced, all your content and instruction is great. I have been training for quite some time and I'm learning from every one of your videos. I've recently began instructing at a small gym and I believe by teaching, it has made me even better. It has forced me to study and understand systems I usually don't use or am not comfortable with. I greatly appreciate all your hard work and the fact you provide all this information for free. Your channel is priceless in my book!
Thanks so much buddy it means a ton! Doing my best to keep the jiu jitsu information high quality and to the point. As I get better at editing and stuff it’s fun too because I can make the videos more entertaining too. Appreciate the support!
You're making some of the best content on the web Jon! Between you're stuff is helpful at the level of Jordan P and Bernardo, thanks so much for the insight!
This is brilliant! I've just started and open guard is really tough to get through. Thank you! Subscribed! You're movements are really smooth and you explain it really well!
Some really great insights here. Bern training for 20 years and it is so interesting and helpful to hear new takes and ways of explaining things to help improve my own game and my teaching of the position.
Very helpful tips. Thanks for making the efforts of making this video and sharing this. I’m still learning, newly joined jiujitsu 2 months ago and I’m enjoying it.
7:55 very true. People get fixated on trying the move they just learned while applying them in the wrong position. It's a bad habit in any tactical situation.
Great video. I love the focus on macro principals. Anyone can memorize a series of movements but these overarching principals are what make those movements really work.
Dry duping your left channel audio and putting on the right channel for your face cam. Really disorienting going from stereo to mono and back again throughout the video.
Completely unrelated to jiu jitsu, this video has great audio. As a mixing engineer, I often see videos that are incredibly informative but sound like crap (given, most people just want to technique and don’t really care about the audio). However, this certainly improves your production quality and makes it easy on the ears to watch video after video. Keep up the great work!
Hugely helpful! Something I took note of this week in class was that I was able to get past my training partner's legs most of the time, but often wasn't able to consolidate the position or finish the pass. I think I was often rounded in the thoracic spine and not focusing on getting chest to chest in side control.
Dude, these "fundementals principles" in any position are what has grown my game the most. I love concepts and principles more than specific technique instruction. Concepts and principals should be the foundational teaching to white belts in my opinion.
@@JonThomasBJJ yes. I love just hearing the principals and fundementals guide lines "if you are playing DLX you always have to make sure your leg stays like this"....it always gave me something to focus on within each position while sparring in my early years, even when I had no other clue how the position worked. With those building blocks of concepts within each position, you are giving somebody a simple thing to keep in mind their next rolls.
DLR* Further, some of the "groundbreaking" principles that made my game jump was seeing the two shoulders and hips as quadrants of the body, and if you're controlling at least two (mix and match the two), you're generally dominating the position. It made my pressure and positional dominance jump in what seemed overnight, just having it explained that way.
Love you Jon wish i could get to meet you and get some training would be AN HONOR keep up the good work i look to your videos to be better im a newly white belt
I don't understand how you can step in close to the opponents body and avoid getting swept. When your foot is close enough to their hands, isn't that prime for an ankle grab and some form or control or sweep?
Regularly watch your videos and am a subscriber. Question about this video: Does this posture make you vulnerable to the balloon sweep? If so, how would you make yourself less vulnerable or what should we watch out for? Thanks!
Not at all, they can only balloon sweep if they have you enough control over you with collar sleeve or double sleeve. Even then I don’t have my weight forward I’m still with weight on my feet I’m just hinged forward not leaning into them. That being said if you get entangled in some specific guard you may need to of course bend your legs sometimes. These principles are not hard laws they are more like guidelines. There is so many variables in jiu jitsu to consider it’s hard to have one rule or position that will work for every situation but generally the straight legs will help a lot. The chest over chest concept for a pass is actually always true though, you will have to finish the pass with their shoulder blades pinned and chest over chest. It’s up to you how soon you will get there before clearing legs.
@@JonThomasBJJ Excellent! Thank you. I'll watch the video again a couple more times. I saw Heath Pedigo mention in a video he used to train with you long ago.
Just discovered your channel. One of the best channels I’ve seen for beginner/intermediate players I’ve ever seen. I’m blue belt and your content is giving me a lot of “ah ha!” moments.
These are some amazing tips Jon. Been training for 7 years and realise through this video how little thought I put into guard passing positioning. Can't wait for te gyms to open again and start applying this! Oss
Hope they open soon for you there buddy, so frustrating when you have ideas you want to work on and can’t do it. This is a really fun concept to play with.
Great vid. Concepts are easier to recall than “moves” are and provide more bang for the buck! I still remember a coach saying “BJJ is a very PROUD sport (so keep your chest out and head up, etc!) Great advice.
It’s not really top heavy weight is still in the feed too heavy would mean you need to actually lean forward on them. This is more like a position you would be in to deadlift. Also you can defend the grip they set on you a lot.
It is unknown why people are standing up and far away when what they are supposed to be doing is the exact opposite. No one told anyone to do this, but everyone does.
I WISH you were my coach bro! You transformed my guard passing with simple concepts. In everything in life concepts understanding WHY you are doing something is infinitely better than Do X when Y happens
Yeah for sure understanding the bigger picture helps tremendously, specific knowledge helps a ton too as sometimes its hard to always apply the principle to find a solution. So you need both principles and broad concepts and specific detailed information.
Second and better comment: as a white belt, these macro videos condense so much info and are really valuable. Next video suggestion that would fall in sequence with this- ok you pass the guard, now how to beat the frames. At least that's where I'm at.
These macro videos are gold. I played with this in sparring, it was a lot of fun. Thanks!
1a) Stay closer when you're passing - reduces the distance for chest to chest, you're essentially closer to the pass.
b) keep your weight over your opponent as you're passing (don't knee cut out to the side)
c) use your chest to consolidate the pass - makes it easier to flatten his shoulders.
2) Keep your legs fairly straight - easier to move around, harder to attack your legs.
3) Strong back/neck posture despite leaning over. Makes a big difference if your opponent gets good grips.
4) Don't insist on one pass - adjust to what they're doing.
5) Control your opponents' legs with more than your hands, especially your forearms (+ your hips and legs for various passes, like the "drop down" that JT is using when he's in DLR)
Exactly! Thanks so much for the recap buddy it’s great to have it shortened and written out like that. Hope you have fun playing with these principles and it helps in your matches.
@@JonThomasBJJ yeah I agree it helps me writing it out and maybe others who see it. This will definitely help me going forward, keep up the good work 🙏
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This is the style of teaching that really resonates with my learning style. It’s super helpful to learn these foundational concepts so I can be more intentional with my movements. Thank you!
Happy to hear it resonated with you buddy! I will definitely be doing more videos like this soon. Let me know if you have any requests.
The same goes for me! It is super helpful
Your content is by far, one of the best around! Beginner, intermediate, to advanced, all your content and instruction is great. I have been training for quite some time and I'm learning from every one of your videos. I've recently began instructing at a small gym and I believe by teaching, it has made me even better. It has forced me to study and understand systems I usually don't use or am not comfortable with. I greatly appreciate all your hard work and the fact you provide all this information for free. Your channel is priceless in my book!
Thanks so much buddy it means a ton! Doing my best to keep the jiu jitsu information high quality and to the point. As I get better at editing and stuff it’s fun too because I can make the videos more entertaining too. Appreciate the support!
Your video is outstanding! Thank you for sharing your secrets!
You are too good at explaining. The best I have found so far.
You're making some of the best content on the web Jon! Between you're stuff is helpful at the level of Jordan P and Bernardo, thanks so much for the insight!
This is brilliant! I've just started and open guard is really tough to get through. Thank you! Subscribed! You're movements are really smooth and you explain it really well!
Thanks a lot! Open guard is for sure extremely complicated to deal with.
Thank you!
Some really great insights here. Bern training for 20 years and it is so interesting and helpful to hear new takes and ways of explaining things to help improve my own game and my teaching of the position.
Very technical and simple to learn
Actually a very good instructional. Thanks, Jon.
Very helpful tips. Thanks for making the efforts of making this video and sharing this. I’m still learning, newly joined jiujitsu 2 months ago and I’m enjoying it.
Thank you! Great advice!
As usual, awesome stuff. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Jon.
No problem buddy, really appreciate the comment and support!
Really appreciate your higher order thinking... very valuable!
No problem buddy, really happy you see the value in it!
Awesome. I'd love more of these fundamental principles. Definitely helps make sense of the reasoning behind the various systems.
Yeah principles can be really useful to function as a guide or reference tool to help get through a lot of situations.
Thanks much! Good content and detail.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it!
Absolutely great material. Subscriber!
Great content much appreciated !!
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy the rest of my content
Nice!!! I cant wait to give these a shot in the gym. Im definitelt guilty of conceding too much distance. Thanks Jon.
no problem hope it helps in training
Excellent video, sir.
Thanks so ouch buddy
Awesome video!
Absolute love this channel and content! Keep it coming!
Thanks so much! New video coming soon
Always great stuff Jon.
Absolute gold as always. Thanks for this and all the other great videos you produce!
No problem buddy really happy to make them, it’s fun for me and helps sharpen my own understanding of the sport.
This is pure GOLD. Thank you Jon, excellent work, and extremely helpful.
no problem happy to help buddy
Good stuff thank you
Great info and detail professor! Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks a lot really appreciate it!
Hi Jon, I hear you're coming to Checkmat Amsterdam in January, I train there so very cool!
yup looking forward to visiting!
Another great video. Thank you.
Thanks so much buddy!
Great details and content as always!
Thanks buddy I appreciate the support!
Amazing
Very nice!!
Thanks!!
7:55 very true. People get fixated on trying the move they just learned while applying them in the wrong position. It's a bad habit in any tactical situation.
Great video. I love the focus on macro principals. Anyone can memorize a series of movements but these overarching principals are what make those movements really work.
Yeah for sure, you need both macro and micro they each serve their place.
Nice Video, can you show more common mistakes for either escaping or attacking various different positions?
Yeah for sure, I’m going to do a big side escape series again soon
Thank you, Jon! Great tutorial! please more videos about concepts and principles with examples
Dry duping your left channel audio and putting on the right channel for your face cam. Really disorienting going from stereo to mono and back again throughout the video.
Yeah sorry about that buddy I’ll fix it next time I must have had the mic on wrong setting.
Completely unrelated to jiu jitsu, this video has great audio. As a mixing engineer, I often see videos that are incredibly informative but sound like crap (given, most people just want to technique and don’t really care about the audio). However, this certainly improves your production quality and makes it easy on the ears to watch video after video. Keep up the great work!
Thanks a lot buddy trying to take all aspects of the production process high quality! Really appreciate the comment and letting me know.
Hugely helpful! Something I took note of this week in class was that I was able to get past my training partner's legs most of the time, but often wasn't able to consolidate the position or finish the pass. I think I was often rounded in the thoracic spine and not focusing on getting chest to chest in side control.
Yeah the neck positioning affected so many things, as well as making your primary focus to always get chest over chest.
Dude, these "fundementals principles" in any position are what has grown my game the most. I love concepts and principles more than specific technique instruction. Concepts and principals should be the foundational teaching to white belts in my opinion.
Yeah principles and packages of techniques so you see how they all fit together, in just opinion are the most important things.
@@JonThomasBJJ yes. I love just hearing the principals and fundementals guide lines "if you are playing DLX you always have to make sure your leg stays like this"....it always gave me something to focus on within each position while sparring in my early years, even when I had no other clue how the position worked. With those building blocks of concepts within each position, you are giving somebody a simple thing to keep in mind their next rolls.
DLR*
Further, some of the "groundbreaking" principles that made my game jump was seeing the two shoulders and hips as quadrants of the body, and if you're controlling at least two (mix and match the two), you're generally dominating the position. It made my pressure and positional dominance jump in what seemed overnight, just having it explained that way.
Can you do a BJJ fanatics on point 4 where you give a couple options on best ideas on how to pass depending on the position of the other fighter?
Hey buddy I’ll probably release my own video series through RUclips or my own website
OK your brilliant.....I needed this so bad.....THANK YOU
I think you meant to say "I want that extension in my cervical spine" not upper thoracic spine.
I love your videos man. They've added very practical technique to my game.
Really timely info. Thank you!
Thanks buddy!
BRO. I haven’t trained in about a year but this is lightbulb shit. GREAT VID!. Gold bro all 3 concepts.
Super Helpful Details…..Thank-You 🙇🏻
Andrew Wiltse would approve of that knee cut ;-)
Ive actually known Andrew Since he was a blue belt.
Thanks very much for this, so much knowledge in 11:46 mins!
I think your audio might be off. I can only hear it in one side of my headphones during the Face recording.
Material was very familiar, especially the way it was presented. Where did you learn this concept from friend? Jujutsu is a small world.
I just found you JT, ya videos are always on point 👍🏽✊🏽🙏🏽!!
Set your audio to dual mono so it comes through both L and R headphones in the direct address segments. And great video!
Very nice..Very specific..find myself in this situation much.
Sub’d. awesome stuff
when did linusttechtips start doing bjj, jk great video brother
Love you Jon wish i could get to meet you and get some training would be AN HONOR keep up the good work i look to your videos to be better im a newly white belt
This guy thinks he’s so smart, but he keeps pronouncing R words as H’s.
I don't understand how you can step in close to the opponents body and avoid getting swept. When your foot is close enough to their hands, isn't that prime for an ankle grab and some form or control or sweep?
Hi Jon… great videos and by far my favourite content. Can we have some more beginner videos.
The forearm approach made sense, hopefully I'll be able to use it on open matt today. Just sub to ur channel jon
Excellent information! Thank you!
The close ups were basically redundant - the sound was great on the matt for some reason, and your explanation there was clear
Спасиб, ничего не понял из объяснений - быстро говорите, зато показано хорошо!
Danaher says. Control the hips and legs first. Then go to the head.
Great video! This guys awesome!😎
Regularly watch your videos and am a subscriber. Question about this video: Does this posture make you vulnerable to the balloon sweep? If so, how would you make yourself less vulnerable or what should we watch out for? Thanks!
Not at all, they can only balloon sweep if they have you enough control over you with collar sleeve or double sleeve. Even then I don’t have my weight forward I’m still with weight on my feet I’m just hinged forward not leaning into them. That being said if you get entangled in some specific guard you may need to of course bend your legs sometimes. These principles are not hard laws they are more like guidelines. There is so many variables in jiu jitsu to consider it’s hard to have one rule or position that will work for every situation but generally the straight legs will help a lot. The chest over chest concept for a pass is actually always true though, you will have to finish the pass with their shoulder blades pinned and chest over chest. It’s up to you how soon you will get there before clearing legs.
@@JonThomasBJJ Excellent! Thank you. I'll watch the video again a couple more times.
I saw Heath Pedigo mention in a video he used to train with you long ago.
Such an importent vidio Thanks!
hey jon what mic are you using for this? it seems perfect for the job
that neck/spine posture is some invisible jiu jitsu :D
Just discovered your channel. One of the best channels I’ve seen for beginner/intermediate players I’ve ever seen.
I’m blue belt and your content is giving me a lot of “ah ha!” moments.
Thanks a lot buddy really happy to hear the content is making a difference. Hope you enjoy some of the older videos I made as well
Very helpful. Thank you!
Like the concepts VS a particular skill!
Another great tip, Thanks for posting
Absolutely love the content an the Vital kimono as well
brother, love these! the straight leg position makes so much sense when you talk about it making the DLR hook harder to get. Oss
Yeah the straight leg positioning when entering helps tremendously!
This is quality info brother!
Damn black belts are so good at this chit
These are some amazing tips Jon. Been training for 7 years and realise through this video how little thought I put into guard passing positioning. Can't wait for te gyms to open again and start applying this! Oss
Hope they open soon for you there buddy, so frustrating when you have ideas you want to work on and can’t do it. This is a really fun concept to play with.
great concept on not entering the open leg in a squat🤙
great video! the concepts are gold
Fucking great videos!!!!
Great vid. Concepts are easier to recall than “moves” are and provide more bang for the buck!
I still remember a coach saying “BJJ is a very PROUD sport (so keep your chest out and head up, etc!) Great advice.
Forearm was new for me
Yeah that one is so powerful!
Mto bom. Grato pelas dicas.
Thank you man you’ve helped me !
Very basic advice, but things I never even thought about. Thank you.
Happy to hear it buddy sometimes the simplest ideas are the hardest to fully comprehend
I think most people like be far away, Couse people can acquire a grip and sweep you right away if you top heavy
It’s not really top heavy weight is still in the feed too heavy would mean you need to actually lean forward on them. This is more like a position you would be in to deadlift. Also you can defend the grip they set on you a lot.
It is unknown why people are standing up and far away when what they are supposed to be doing is the exact opposite. No one told anyone to do this, but everyone does.
I think it’s just a normal response when the legs are difficult to deal with to just back away.
A lot of helpful information in this video! Thanks for sharing. Oss
Thanks happy you liked it, hope it helps you on the mat.
what kind of pass (open guard to back control/mount) is that at 3:30?
It’s a dropping back take attempt, I missed it so transitioned to pass.
Most educational and apt for my current point in my journey! Best bjj instructional I’ve seen! 🤙🏼
I WISH you were my coach bro! You transformed my guard passing with simple concepts.
In everything in life concepts understanding WHY you are doing something is infinitely better than Do X when Y happens
Yeah for sure understanding the bigger picture helps tremendously, specific knowledge helps a ton too as sometimes its hard to always apply the principle to find a solution. So you need both principles and broad concepts and specific detailed information.
Wonderful artistry!
Thank you for the details
Thanks a lot been working hard at updating the quality of editing
Here from the algo. Never seen or heard of you before. +1 so others can find you as well.
Thanks a lot buddy! I have been working at it a while happy to see some new people are finding my channel.
Nice I always say when passing pin the shoulders and hips to the mat it will make it so much easier
Absolutely it’s the most important thing to finish the pass.
Great stuff Thomas 👍
Where's your academy
Second and better comment: as a white belt, these macro videos condense so much info and are really valuable. Next video suggestion that would fall in sequence with this- ok you pass the guard, now how to beat the frames. At least that's where I'm at.
That’s a great idea, I’ll try to start using the suggested end video connecting better.
Yeah just looked through and I guess I'll be binge watching these for a while now 😁 thanks for the work it took to make these.