I learned the knee cut and a few variations from Helio Soneca years ago when he taught at Carlson's school in Chicago for a short time. Huge part of my game to this day. Excellent drill. Thank you.
"So I determine, as the person trying to improve my skill, what my partner's resistance is so talk to your partner." This is such an under appreciated part of improving in jiu-jitsu for both the person trying to improve their skill and the person helping to provide that sliding scale of resistance.
Not only a great drill, but I feel like your explain the concept in a very simple way. For example, stating to keep your elbow in to stop their knee shield may seem obvious to some, but for a beginner it helps to make this explicit as you did
Hey Willie, the writing says Jita-Kyoei. It translates to the mutual prosperity for self and others, something I try to carry in my training and in life.
That's a great question. The purpose of the "cutting" knee isn't to slide through the guard. The purpose is to push their bottom leg down and away, to clear space for your HIP to pass through the guard and onto their hip. So by having my knee point outward, it allows my shin to push against their bottom thigh and clear that space as described.
Hi professor, I broke my toe in training and have been out for a month now. Wasn’t sure if I should tough it out or wait until it healed for the long term. I would really appreciate your advice on training (or not) with injuries. Thank you!
The smart answer: don't train until it's healed. You'll prolong your recovery. The bonehead answer: do what you can without hurting it more. For a toe injury, you can wear a wrestling shoe and it will mitigate reinjury, but not totally eliminate risk. You MIGHT hurt it and prolong your recovery.
Are you able to easily push the bottom leg down with your arm? Is that because the leg is in a weak position and most of the opponent's strength is in the top leg? Thanks
Yes, because nothing is underneath the leg to support it, and I walk my body in that direction and lean into their leg like a push up. It isn't my arm that's pushing their leg down, it's the entire weight of my body. After the leg is down, then my shin replaces my arm and my bodyweight is still pinning their bottom leg.
Don't you feel in that position the knee cut is guarantee? If i clear the knee shield there is nothing stopping me. Maybe its because i'm not working with people who are very good at countering the knee cut.
Nothing is guaranteed, high level guys have a lot of things they can attempt, and in theory can still recover no matter how deep you are. They can bump you forward and go for a single leg, they can do a sit up escape, they can use two hands to push your knee back into half guard if you get too light, they can use their top arm to punch across your body to break your sleeve grip and turtle, they can pummel in a knee shield or a spider lasso, they can bring their knee to their chest and put their arm underneath it to close off the "knee elbow" gap and force you to overshoot and pass to north south (where they will try to be a step ahead of you in their recovery), etc. A good defender will be combining these techniques in rapid succession. But if you do everything right to counter their defenses early, you have a decent chance of passing. I think that's what this drill is for -- to let your partner attempt some of those things, and then you work on making small adjustments to shut those defenses down before they pick up momentum. Even if you fail to pass, you have a decent chance of making them tired and mentally stressed. If you're a true knee cut master like Lucas Lepri or Leandro Lo, maybe it is guaranteed, lol.
@@jsl8461 ok i hear you, i think my training partners aren't as good. I'm not a knee cutting master but i do work on that move alot. Most of my training partners just go for the underhook. And when i think aboutt it my knee cut doesn't really work on my blackbelt instructor i think he is bumping me forward like you said forcing me to go northsouth. I'll try this chill on top for a bit and melt method.
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I learned the knee cut and a few variations from Helio Soneca years ago when he taught at Carlson's school in Chicago for a short time. Huge part of my game to this day. Excellent drill. Thank you.
"So I determine, as the person trying to improve my skill, what my partner's resistance is so talk to your partner."
This is such an under appreciated part of improving in jiu-jitsu for both the person trying to improve their skill and the person helping to provide that sliding scale of resistance.
thank you! Great idea for situational drilling!
Dom, this is excellent and accessible even with newer training partners. Thanks big dog.
Excellent instruction!
Very effective way to learn concept... Thanks.
That's awesome. Thanks
This is great! Gonna try it soon
Great video Dom!
Not only a great drill, but I feel like your explain the concept in a very simple way. For example, stating to keep your elbow in to stop their knee shield may seem obvious to some, but for a beginner it helps to make this explicit as you did
Hey Prof, thanks for sharing the drill! Can you share more about the history behind the engraving on your belt? It seems like a Judo Motto of sorts.
Hey Willie, the writing says Jita-Kyoei. It translates to the mutual prosperity for self and others, something I try to carry in my training and in life.
Perfect example of learning to surf your partner
When u did the knee cut ur knee went out instead of up towards the shoulder. Why?
That's a great question. The purpose of the "cutting" knee isn't to slide through the guard. The purpose is to push their bottom leg down and away, to clear space for your HIP to pass through the guard and onto their hip. So by having my knee point outward, it allows my shin to push against their bottom thigh and clear that space as described.
Hi professor, I broke my toe in training and have been out for a month now. Wasn’t sure if I should tough it out or wait until it healed for the long term. I would really appreciate your advice on training (or not) with injuries. Thank you!
The smart answer: don't train until it's healed. You'll prolong your recovery.
The bonehead answer: do what you can without hurting it more. For a toe injury, you can wear a wrestling shoe and it will mitigate reinjury, but not totally eliminate risk. You MIGHT hurt it and prolong your recovery.
@@DubiousDom hahaha good advice. I’ll give it some thought.
Thank you sir.
what is the difference between a cut and a slice?
Hi Dom, do you have plan to do any vid related to BJJ traps or sequences? That would be great!
I could do that! Thank you for the suggestion man
Are you able to easily push the bottom leg down with your arm? Is that because the leg is in a weak position and most of the opponent's strength is in the top leg? Thanks
Yes, because nothing is underneath the leg to support it, and I walk my body in that direction and lean into their leg like a push up. It isn't my arm that's pushing their leg down, it's the entire weight of my body.
After the leg is down, then my shin replaces my arm and my bodyweight is still pinning their bottom leg.
Whats up with the white belt lipstick and all that eye liner? Are you guys hiding a boxing gym though?
Don't you feel in that position the knee cut is guarantee? If i clear the knee shield there is nothing stopping me. Maybe its because i'm not working with people who are very good at countering the knee cut.
Nothing is guaranteed, high level guys have a lot of things they can attempt, and in theory can still recover no matter how deep you are. They can bump you forward and go for a single leg, they can do a sit up escape, they can use two hands to push your knee back into half guard if you get too light, they can use their top arm to punch across your body to break your sleeve grip and turtle, they can pummel in a knee shield or a spider lasso, they can bring their knee to their chest and put their arm underneath it to close off the "knee elbow" gap and force you to overshoot and pass to north south (where they will try to be a step ahead of you in their recovery), etc. A good defender will be combining these techniques in rapid succession.
But if you do everything right to counter their defenses early, you have a decent chance of passing. I think that's what this drill is for -- to let your partner attempt some of those things, and then you work on making small adjustments to shut those defenses down before they pick up momentum. Even if you fail to pass, you have a decent chance of making them tired and mentally stressed.
If you're a true knee cut master like Lucas Lepri or Leandro Lo, maybe it is guaranteed, lol.
@@jsl8461 ok i hear you, i think my training partners aren't as good. I'm not a knee cutting master but i do work on that move alot. Most of my training partners just go for the underhook. And when i think aboutt it my knee cut doesn't really work on my blackbelt instructor i think he is bumping me forward like you said forcing me to go northsouth. I'll try this chill on top for a bit and melt method.
what kind of girl comes to jits class with full makeup on?
She's a white belt, give her a break lol