Not bad bud. Next time you’re put in side control, if you turn, turn toward him. That was when you shrimp away, you can get a knee in and claim guard to create distance
As BJJ 3rd strip Purple belt : you did pretty well against a bigger guy : When he had you on your knees there is a move we call sit through which would have given you a chance to take his back . When he got mount on you ; your only chance would have been to choose a knee and shrimp out and you a chance to take his knees and even take him down . Keep up the good work; love your work ,great job
I have trained Kajukenbo, gracie jiu jitsu, boxing mma. Since I was 19. 25 years later, after every single fighting experience possible... I don't care what anyone says this guy is right on the money. His interviews are legitimate. Debates on tactics and strategy are correct. Thoughts on training are solid. This channel is literally the best martial arts channel period.
8:10 - As soon as he raised his right arm to get over your head, you could have released your right hand and come around his back by ducking your right shoulder and posturing your head up under his right shoulder. If you timed it right, his falling weight would have prevented him from turning fast enough to catch you, and his right hand couldn't have held his grip on your pants. 8:28 - As you collapsed to the floor, you wanted to bring your right knee between the two of you. 8:35 - Buggy choke. 8:41 - Rather than wrapping your right leg over his leg, you could have scooped under the other way, and used his own leg like a spatula to turn and sheer his post away, breaking his connection to the ground and turning your hips out from under him.
Bridge when you are trying to escape. If you understand trigonometry, a 30 degree angle has a SIN of one half. This means your opponent's pins are half as effective or your escapes are twice as effective when you are bridging at a 30 degree angle...both are mathematically true. The weight class is an issue, however. Your best bet going against bigger guys is to let them gas out before going in for an attack IMHO. Bigger guys tend to gas faster from my experience. Getting to that point is rough because they can toss you around a bit...weather the storm. Let them attack and you work on defending the onslaught. If you can get them in your guard, make them work/struggle for every movement while you lay comfortably on your back getting rest. Make them have to move your weight and theirs to do anything. Before you know it they will be out of breath and you can move in for the finish. You did have an opportunity to get in half guard. That is a pretty good defensive position. Another time your attacker was reaching in for a choke while you were in turtle...this was a good opportunity to pin his arm to your chest and roll into a soto makikomi. Land the makikomi and you would end up in an ura gatame...which you can basically stall the rest of the time out in that position. You did have a couple opportunities. Great stuff as always, Sifu. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for posting this video. I love to see people cross train outside their primary arts. I train judo & BJJ. I know I need to add some striking, and have been considering Kenpo. As a striker, I think you could benefit a lot by practicing grip fighting. We do this a lot in judo. As a striker it helps a ton being able to prevent grips, break grips, and gain dominant grips when your opponent has a hold of you. I know you have been taking JJJ, and I am sure your instructor could help with this. Once on the ground, try to never turn away from your opponent. You want your arms and legs (frames) in pointed towards your opponent. This is an important fundamental for defense & escape. Otherwise, great job being willing to expose yourself to some grappling. Keep up the great content. I enjoy your channel.
I'm pretty good at Striking, but I'd be more afraid to fight someone good at Judo, than BJJ. I respect all martial arts, but even Master Eddie Bravo said that BJJ is not very good when it comes to Street Fights....I'd be more concerned with someone slamming me on the concrete in a few seconds, rather than someone taking 2 minutes to setup a Key Lock. Alot could happen during that time in a street fight..
My big point with BJJ guys, they always want to go right to the ground. Fine in sports, REALLY bad idea otherwise, you can't see who else might be coming and you can't run away, if the guy has friends or just bystanders decide to intervene, you're going to get blindsided while you're rolling around on the ground. Self defense isn't about 'winning' or 'submitting' its about getting home in the same condition you left in. Run away if at all possible, nothing you'll gain from fighting someone is worth risking your life. If you can't, never fight 'fair', fight to win, there aren't any rules, no 'illegal' tactics, fingers in the eyes, throw dirt, spit in their face, bite, pinch, whatever it takes.
One big mistake was when the big guy got you to the ground, you shrimped the wrong way exposing your back and neck. Don’t worry because now you know. In the streets that could become deadly.
Awesome! Dan Sensei rocks the BJJ action! That big guy was being nice to you. He could have turned up the heat I’ll bet, but depending on what the circumstances are would dictate the different fighting strategies you could have employed. 1) It was a testing scenario in a school. So everyone must yield somewhat to insure the safety of everyone involved. Knowing he was bigger, you never let the bigger guy get on top, or behind you. You needed to take back control to win. You could have tried to sweep him into a turnover, then arm bar or choke. 2) If it were a street scenario, you never let the guy get a hold of you. Or let him on top, or behind you. Certain death. You could have grabbed a chair and beat him like a rubber piñata on Cinco De Mayo 🎉 You did great Dan Sensei! Looks like a great time to me! 😁🥋👍
He was DEFINITELY being nice to me. This guy is no joke to fight against. Nicest guy in the world, but I wouldn't want to piss him off. He once kicked one of the hanging hanging bags so hard he bent and broke the metal chain. He's also the only guy who was able to move me with kicking drills holding the shield. At that time, I had one of the best bracing stances but when he kicked, he'd lift me off the ground. I had very little chance of out grappling him lol.
Experience is the only thing that would’ve helped you there. That said, frames are your friend against bigger opponents. Angle yourself to keep the weight off you as much as you can. Just got a BJJ open mat, and have someone just drill escapes with you
Wrestler/Catch Wrestler here: Big Heavies are susceptible to ankle picks. Move their center of mass just slightly, circle, then snatch the ankle. No need to penetration step....Arm Drag then snatch ankle...Keep doing it..
The only advice I have for you is right before you hit the ground...keep your feet under you, I do RyuKyu Kempo, many of our techniques are "stand up" grappling. I also did wrestling in high school and we were taught to sprawl on top of the opponent, if he is going for the takedown then you are higher than him, stay on top.
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Super begginer here but here is my honest advice based on what I saw in that video. But I myself am the biggest guy at our gym and this stuff also works on me so this could easily help you. Note however a lot of this stuff doesn't work 100% of the time in sparring and will take considerable effort just like anything else but these are the methods I use and they yield good results against higher grades who are going easy on me. Okay so what happened was you fell and went immediately into turtle position against the larger guy, and you were then tossed on your back. You never want to end up in these positions when fighting a BJJ player full stop, it gives them complete control over you 100% of the time. I've never been in those sorts of positions and not been tapped soon after it's basically a death sentance and you realize it pretty quickly. And in most BJJ rolling sessions you spend your time really trying your best to avoid ending up in such positions. When you fell down like that try to get as far away from him as you can to avoid being put into side control or a turle position. One way to do this is to essentially "walk" on your opponants legs in a shrimping motion to maintain distance. When someone is ontop of you, the best way to get them off is to use your legs to push them of their center of ballence either push your legs up towards your head to get them to fall off ballance above you allowing you to be able to escape out from the side or you can shrimp to push them off you to the the side giving you a chance to escape. This is easier said then done most advance BJJ practioniers will be able to get you on your back or in turtle pretty easily and absolutely dominate you, but in a sparring match like that the best solution is to simply get up and away. Another method to try although in this instance might not have been possible could be to pull your legs out from under him and wrap them around him forming what is known as your guard, your legs are essentially your shields and will protect you from any advancements made by him. From here you can knock him off ballance up towards you like I said earlier and perform a triangle choke by crossing your arms over each other using one arm to grab your the lower back park of your opponants clothing while the other hand crosses over their throat, you then lie back down on the floor and essentially chokeout your opponant. This though a begginer move is still a bit complicated and I reccomend looking up videos on youtube to see how it's done, I want to make a final note though this is all the stuff I have learned doing jiu jitsu for about a month and I'm still getting my ass beat, however, I want to note especially because of my size and consistency of training I'm starting to get better and am beggining to slow the advancements of my attackers down before they tap me. However they still kick my ass every time and it's something you need to get used to in BJJ and Judo.
Thank you for this, I actually really appreciate hearing the side of things from the larger guy's perspective. You give a lot of great tips here, thank you.
Always enjoy your content It looked like you were trying to double leg him from the front headlock when he snapped you down but it’s usually not to do that from such a compromised position would have been better trying to sit out or regain your posture. After that you let him pass from front headlock and he you gave up your back but you did a great job bucking him off because he didn’t have any hooks or good control but it’s important to get your hips and posture back instead of falling to your side. Always try to shrimp towards your opponent instead of shrimping away creating frames to make space in order to get your guard back or try to get up. You did a good job getting half guard when he was trying to mount but again try to get under hooks and shrimp towards him using frames to get up. Obviously against a big guy all this is really tough but using these adjustments and creating the space can really help
Manage your distance, grapplers are taught to be no more than an arm's length away from an opponent before they shoot to avoid telegraphing a takedown. I would also defend grips to try to avoid throws. If you end up on the ground like you did with your sparring footage, keep your arms tight so your opponent can snag an arm for an arm attack. For example, your training partner had an arm triangle that he passed on. I would also try to defend those headlock grips to minimize guillotine, Darce and anaconda attacks, and if breaking those grips doesn't work frame against your opponent's hips to push away from your attacker and break his grips. Your opponent looked like he could have had a guillotine, but he never adjusted his position, including throwing his outside leg over your back to keep you from rolling out of his attack. I transitioned from Kyokushin to BJJ nearly 4 years ago to try to round out my self defense, and mostly for exercise.
It’s definitely hard grappling a much larger opponent, my advice is to lift more weights, don’t let them get control of your head, learn a double leg. If you’re on top of your opponent then he’s worried about your weight not visa versa
I remember a guy once told me he thought karate is weak. I asked why he said that. He explained to me when he was a little kid. A girl kicked him , and she was going to kick him again. However, he grabbed her kick. So,I explained to him. He was a kid. I told him to up to full contact karate fighter,kickeboxer or thaiboxer would tear him apart. Another thing, I said to him that one techique is not going to work everytime and all the time. What do you think mr.dan?
I think your answer to him was correct. They were just kids, but if he thought it was weak...funny how she landed the kick the first time. He was just ready for it the second time. Again, just kids. Nothing works every time and all the time.
We say osu for everything; we use a Joe Rogan t-shirt; we try to recruit you for our cul...i mean, our gym every time we see you; we have STRANGE names for our moves like neon bellie, Queijo-Katana and Grannie Rolls and we eat açai every day. /s
I'm a Blue Belt in BJJ and you held your own very well against that bigger guy. I probably don't have any pointers you haven't heard already, but from what I saw: 1) When your opponent sprawls and brings you down, get into a turtle position with your hands and elbows tucked in and close to your neck to prevent chokes 2) At 8:29 you could have lifted your arms (possibly, I can't see where they actually are from this angle) and held onto his right bicep and bring up a knee shield, or shrimp away. 3) 8:46 It looks like your opponent was trying to isolate your left arm and go for a submission from there. Usually when that happens to me, I try to be quick and get my other arm over while there is some gap between. and protect my arm or whatever else from being attacked. Since I'm a tall and skinny person, I always have trouble against people bigger and more muscular than me. My advice would be to keep your distance, stay calm (I always get anxious and a little intimidated against bigger and muscular people), and wait for openings to execute your strategy. Great sparring match against him, you held on very well, great job Sensei Dan.
You can use you could have did a lot more sleeps you could have straightened for a submission or two a lot of stuff you could have done you were just rolling around you didn't know where you was you had a little bit of experience but yeah remember defense and offense sometimes your defense is your
I like the designs on the t-shirts, but I want to wear it under my gi or to work in the kitchen. Would you ever be making a workout style shirt, something that doesn't just soak up the sweat? They're great to wear on the coach.
If you're going up against that you just you guys and you don't know what the industry fight or whatever you got to look at distance management is he getting closer because most guys strike they strike you know you're striking you got a strike where your hands and feet are long at is this person trying to get me in a clinch is this person trying to ask you for my legs and I told her cuz I don't what is he more leaning towards you meaning is his feet back but his head's forward more forward towards you and that's how you can tell like a good wrestler they're staying for you low to the ground for double legs and single leasing even if you guys don't just stand straight up they get down pretty low and they're looking to shoot they're going to grab you and defend that is don't get don't don't play that game do you ever heard of that game green light red so if you plant green or red light if too close you want green light green light is where you're out
I don’t understand the purpose of this video. Sounds like you are afraid of bjj. Just train in it for a while and all your questions or fears will be solved.
That is not at all what I'm saying. It had nothing to do with fears or questions, but helping people keep a keen eye during a confrontation they can't escape from. I'm not afraid of BJJ, I have a tremendous amount of respect for it, but this video is meant to be a warning to those who brush it off and how to maybe identify if an opponent knows it. If you're fighting someone who you think is a grappler, the game plan changes a little bit.
I'm sorry but triggered and being woke are not the same thing. Anyone can be triggered, I've seen these reactions from all political, religious, and social corners.
A BJJ school just opened up here not to long ago and I've been meaning to check and see if they offer an adult beginners class, I'm 54 and looking to add something different to my bag of tricks. The few times I've ever been to the ground with someone is when I worked in corrections and they were under the influence.
I started at 46. Hardest day was the first day. The school was super welcoming as I think most are. Schools need students to keep the lights on and everyione starts somewhere. I hope you check it out. Be well!
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth ~ Mike Tyson. An antidote to grapple is a striking art. A BJJ has nothing against a good boxer or a knife fighter while they are standing, especially the latter. This is not to say that JJ is useless, far from it. It just behooves for a BJJ/JJ practitioner to cross-train in any striking art and blades...and be humble. I see a lot of arrogance and false sense of confidence coming from BJJ guys, so much so, it is really a cringe factor.
To beat BJJ just see red and stand up. Seriosly though - if you don't know, you don't know. If you get pulled down and don't know Turtle, then escape - you wont. If you don't know how to go from side control to full guard, you won't Or mount escapes. The positions you were in would be considerred basic standard positions in BJJ and they are they type of situations in BJJ you learn how to deal with. What you did good was you appeared calm and you appeared to be trying to impliment something - but you just didn't know the technique. I think you should start taking some BJJ. I know if you lived near me and came to our school we would love to have you. Thank you for another enjoyable video.
As always, love your videos and insight. I have just started BJJ training and find it helpful and humbling:) By the way, you may not remember this, but a while ago I wrote to you and said I was pursuing my black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu in my early 60s. Well, I finally earned it (two failed attempts, but 3rd time is the charm!). I currently teach verbal and physical self-defense at my university (I'm a comm professor by day) and at domestic violence shelters in Orange County, CA. Keep up the good work--appreciate your positive and helpful perspective.
Oh yeah! That is awesome my friend! Especially since you didn't get it the first two tries you still pushed for it. Very admirable spirit. I appreciate the kind words and what you are doing is a gift for others. Keep up the great work!
All strikers need to know how to sprawl, shrimp, pummel, and frame as a bare minimum. All grapplers need to know how to guard, jab, slip, and throw a basic front kick at a bare minimum. I trained solely in striking through my teenage and early adult years never thinking I needed grappling because “you don’t go to the ground in teh streetz br0”. And then I sparred with some real grapplers and realized I wasn’t gonna be able to stop them. So I signed up for wrestling and BJJ and dove in. The only way to defend against grappling is to learn how to grapple. I’ve never met a grappler than thought they were too good to learn striking but I’ve seen too many of the inverse(I used to be that guy) and it’s a super dangerous mentality. Complete martial artists can and need to do both.
For what it's worth, it might be worth exploring some wrestling (Collegiate / Folk Style) in addition to BJJ to improve at obtaining (and maintaining) top position. BJJ does well on bottom and it's important to develop your guard game and escapes, but when it comes to grappling the person in the top position is almost always enjoying the most advantages in the fight.
I'm not great at anything....I have only dabbled (aka been used by my fighting friends as target practice lol). I think 99% of people haven't even done that. I think most average folks wouldn't stand a chance even with a strict BJJ expert.
Ive done freestyle grappling no belts no rules in from tournaments but I stay more of striking more because Im big on stand up but I adapt to anything when it comes naturally
Not sure if ears are good. Most folks who have those are higher level wrestlers sure, but I know literally hundreds of purple belts (a bjj level where normal people aren’t going to be able to best you on the ground or even standing) and only one or two of those folks have ear issues. mma or wrestling much more likely. But even then a dude or dudette can get to a high enough level to hurt the average Kempo guy without any physical signs.
Totally agree, that's why I said it's not necessarily a sign but something potential to look for. If you DO see cauliflower ears...that person likely has some experience.
@@ArtofOneDojo yes sorry I didn’t mean to make that sound so pointed at you. Cauliflower ears are kind of like the Death Eater tattoo in Harry Potter. If you got it, there’s only one way to get it and it means one thing.
I seen a interview with Steven seagal where he suggests the counter for grapplers "shooting in" is to exploit the open neck/base of the skull that diving in creates....
Hey I'm listening to this what I took jiu jitsu and I also took some boxing kickboxing classes and did MMA for a while my thing would if you're good at the stand-up part still practice it but also plays defense and offense cuz they're the same part of the coin and BJJ and do a little bit of or a little bit a little bit of wrestling a little bit of judo a Little sambo the extent of your BJJ would make you weigh more rounded you don't have to use the submissions but let them and then learn the defenses you start saying Jiu-Jitsu was past past past strike to pass do you still have to straight you cuz you want that guy to go wherever you're going with me and you was rolling and I was on top and you was on bottom and I want you to go somewhere safe I'm in Mount and I want you to go to get back or I'm going to I'm going to hit you with a couple strikes to make you roll through your back for me to get you choked out or for other defense but also practice your offense
I don't understand how someone could honestly think he's encouraging people to get into real fights. I guess people will hear what they want to hear, but whatever the case, great info as always. Thanks for the video.
To beat a BJJ guy you just need to learn BJJ or be better at Wrestlig or Judo. Otherwise, just bring friends or a gun. That's all. If you don't know any grappling arts, you're screwed.
To a degree. A BJJ person against a non grappler is not an automatic win. A highly skilled boxer still stands a great chance against a grappling only fighter. It's just a matter who can land a hit first or get to the ground first.
@@ArtofOneDojo, Put a grappler against a striker, a grappler will win 60% of the time. I myself am more a striker than a grappler but we all know bout this.
@@lionsden4563 It would be fair to say a gun or friends would be a best bet against ANY skilled fighter. By your math a person without grappling has 40% chance. That's still a decent chance if the person is smart.
It's tough to advise what a non-grappler should do against a grappler in a grappling match. 1. Beware of the grappler shooting for double or single leg. Distance is your best friend but the grappler will start to close the distance. Watch for the level change as they abruptly bend at the knees. I would stand bladed which will decrease the ability for a double leg but watch out for the single. The typical novice defences are to sprawl on top like your doing an abrupt burpee, or a guillotine or front headlock. But don't hold those positions if you feel the grappler countering. Let go and stand up again. 2. If the grappler is not good at shooting then they will try to get grips. Do your best to fight off the grips because they are setting you up for underhooks, or an arm drag, or a wrestling collar tie in order to take you to the ground with a throw. Pummeling is far too advanced for this discussion on what a non-grappler should do against a grappler. As the grab attempt comes, parry it away. If they do get a grip on your clothing then the easiest counter is use both your hands overtop of their wrist and abruptly yank down and move away like you're trying to give them a self induced rope burn. 3. Once you're on the ground you have to stay relaxed. Easier said than done. Try not to be flat on your back. Try to get on your side which will not give them as much as a stable base. Do what is called "t-rex" arms by bringing them close to your chest to prevent Americana and armbar set ups. Protect your neck by having your palms protecting them. If it's a fight situation and you are mounted then you must bear hug them hard and bury your head in their chest to prevent getting punched. Don't let them get a stable base or they can attack (Position before submission and stabilize is the BJJ motto). If you feel them trying to attack make subtle changes even if it's a tiny shift by using little bridging hip bumps or moving from one side to another. Attacking a moving target is germane in grappling as well as striking. But don't exhaust yourself by making wild thrashing movements. Just tiny little movements to upset their balance and base and so you can feel an opportunity to bridge escape. I think shrimp escape is far too advanced for how to get out of the mount. My advice is try to wriggle inch by inch to get their mass closer to your hips than your chest so you can do a hard bridge and roll. Even if your bridge escape fails, it will usually create a bit of space on the opposite side to sneak a leg out via shrimp escape (even though I said shrimp is too advanced for a novice discussion). 4. If you should practice one move for defence against the grappler, I would suggest the technical stand up (you'll need to do a search for it). Why technical stand up? Because once the grappler takes you to the ground you may have a split second where there is space to do a technical stand up to scramble back to your feet. If the grappler has you in a dominant mount and you can get them to make a mistake and create a space or gap for an escape route then you must quickly use a technical stand up to get back on your feet. BUT The best advice on how to fight a grappler is to learn how to grapple! But they say "Oh but being on the ground with a sweaty opponent and rolling around with them is weird and gross!" -- Get over it! It's martial arts; not an orgy! It's also a very important component of being a complete practical (pragmatic) martial artist to at least know some techniques on the ground. "But I would never go to the ground on da streetz!" -- Well, that might not be your choice if the other guy knows how to grapple and takes YOU to the ground. You better know at least how to escape. "I'm afraid of grappling. It's intimidating!" -- Yeah, I agree. I am too! No one wants the feeling of being crushed and dominated. No one likes being uncomfortable but it's like going to the dentist. It's good for you even though there's pain involved. Finally, don't ever assume that a grappler doesn't know how to strike and vice versa.
Not bad bud. Next time you’re put in side control, if you turn, turn toward him. That was when you shrimp away, you can get a knee in and claim guard to create distance
I appreciate the advice for sure :)
The ears are the most obvious sign of BJJ , since they will be the first thing you notice before their fingers.
The t shirts are a huge indicator. A lot of them wear BJJ shirts exclusively
@@jasonb9562usually a BJJ related t-shirt would indicate white or blue belt. Upper belt outgrow that phase :)
I’ve got a few black belts I’ve trained with that managed to avoid the cauliflower. I have no clue how they did it.
As BJJ 3rd strip Purple belt : you did pretty well against a bigger guy : When he had you on your knees there is a move we call sit through which would have given you a chance to take his back . When he got mount on you ; your only chance would have been to choose a knee and shrimp out and you a chance to take his knees and even take him down . Keep up the good work; love your work ,great job
Thank you, I appreciate this :)
I have trained Kajukenbo, gracie jiu jitsu, boxing mma. Since I was 19. 25 years later, after every single fighting experience possible... I don't care what anyone says this guy is right on the money. His interviews are legitimate. Debates on tactics and strategy are correct. Thoughts on training are solid. This channel is literally the best martial arts channel period.
Definitely helps to know grappling and joint locks, keep it as least violent if possible. Love this
8:10 - As soon as he raised his right arm to get over your head, you could have released your right hand and come around his back by ducking your right shoulder and posturing your head up under his right shoulder. If you timed it right, his falling weight would have prevented him from turning fast enough to catch you, and his right hand couldn't have held his grip on your pants.
8:28 - As you collapsed to the floor, you wanted to bring your right knee between the two of you.
8:35 - Buggy choke.
8:41 - Rather than wrapping your right leg over his leg, you could have scooped under the other way, and used his own leg like a spatula to turn and sheer his post away, breaking his connection to the ground and turning your hips out from under him.
I could feel there were missed opportunities. I was also trapped in my own head at just how much bigger he was. These are great tips, thank you.
@@ArtofOneDojo Absolutely. If you ever wanna be on my podcast, I'd love to have a chat. Thanks for the great videos!
Bridge when you are trying to escape. If you understand trigonometry, a 30 degree angle has a SIN of one half. This means your opponent's pins are half as effective or your escapes are twice as effective when you are bridging at a 30 degree angle...both are mathematically true. The weight class is an issue, however. Your best bet going against bigger guys is to let them gas out before going in for an attack IMHO. Bigger guys tend to gas faster from my experience. Getting to that point is rough because they can toss you around a bit...weather the storm. Let them attack and you work on defending the onslaught. If you can get them in your guard, make them work/struggle for every movement while you lay comfortably on your back getting rest. Make them have to move your weight and theirs to do anything. Before you know it they will be out of breath and you can move in for the finish.
You did have an opportunity to get in half guard. That is a pretty good defensive position. Another time your attacker was reaching in for a choke while you were in turtle...this was a good opportunity to pin his arm to your chest and roll into a soto makikomi. Land the makikomi and you would end up in an ura gatame...which you can basically stall the rest of the time out in that position. You did have a couple opportunities.
Great stuff as always, Sifu. Keep up the good work.
Very interesting tip on the bridge. This is great advice, I appreciate it!
SHRIMP AND SWIM if the heavy is on top.....You got to move....NO MERCY!
Well...."A BJJ practitioner, a Crossfitter, and a vaper walked into a bar, we know because they told us before they sat down".
Thanks for posting this video. I love to see people cross train outside their primary arts. I train judo & BJJ. I know I need to add some striking, and have been considering Kenpo.
As a striker, I think you could benefit a lot by practicing grip fighting. We do this a lot in judo. As a striker it helps a ton being able to prevent grips, break grips, and gain dominant grips when your opponent has a hold of you. I know you have been taking JJJ, and I am sure your instructor could help with this. Once on the ground, try to never turn away from your opponent. You want your arms and legs (frames) in pointed towards your opponent. This is an important fundamental for defense & escape.
Otherwise, great job being willing to expose yourself to some grappling. Keep up the great content. I enjoy your channel.
I'm pretty good at Striking, but I'd be more afraid to fight someone good at Judo, than BJJ. I respect all martial arts, but even Master Eddie Bravo said that BJJ is not very good when it comes to Street Fights....I'd be more concerned with someone slamming me on the concrete in a few seconds, rather than someone taking 2 minutes to setup a Key Lock. Alot could happen during that time in a street fight..
My big point with BJJ guys, they always want to go right to the ground. Fine in sports, REALLY bad idea otherwise, you can't see who else might be coming and you can't run away, if the guy has friends or just bystanders decide to intervene, you're going to get blindsided while you're rolling around on the ground. Self defense isn't about 'winning' or 'submitting' its about getting home in the same condition you left in. Run away if at all possible, nothing you'll gain from fighting someone is worth risking your life. If you can't, never fight 'fair', fight to win, there aren't any rules, no 'illegal' tactics, fingers in the eyes, throw dirt, spit in their face, bite, pinch, whatever it takes.
Once u got the cauliflower ears 90% the bullies will leave u alone
One big mistake was when the big guy got you to the ground, you shrimped the wrong way exposing your back and neck. Don’t worry because now you know. In the streets that could become deadly.
Awesome!
Dan Sensei rocks the BJJ action!
That big guy was being nice to you. He could have turned up the heat I’ll bet, but depending on what the circumstances are would dictate the different fighting strategies you could have employed.
1) It was a testing scenario in a school. So everyone must yield somewhat to insure the safety of everyone involved. Knowing he was bigger, you never let the bigger guy get on top, or behind you. You needed to take back control to win. You could have tried to sweep him into a turnover, then arm bar or choke.
2) If it were a street scenario, you never let the guy get a hold of you. Or let him on top, or behind you. Certain death.
You could have grabbed a chair and beat him like a rubber piñata on Cinco De Mayo 🎉
You did great Dan Sensei!
Looks like a great time to me! 😁🥋👍
He was DEFINITELY being nice to me. This guy is no joke to fight against. Nicest guy in the world, but I wouldn't want to piss him off. He once kicked one of the hanging hanging bags so hard he bent and broke the metal chain. He's also the only guy who was able to move me with kicking drills holding the shield. At that time, I had one of the best bracing stances but when he kicked, he'd lift me off the ground. I had very little chance of out grappling him lol.
Experience is the only thing that would’ve helped you there. That said, frames are your friend against bigger opponents. Angle yourself to keep the weight off you as much as you can. Just got a BJJ open mat, and have someone just drill escapes with you
Tip #1: The person is wearing a BJJ uniform. 😆
DOH! I Should have known!!!!
In a one on one match, BJJ guys (Black Belt) are tough to fight.
Wrestler/Catch Wrestler here: Big Heavies are susceptible to ankle picks. Move their center of mass just slightly, circle, then snatch the ankle. No need to penetration step....Arm Drag then snatch ankle...Keep doing it..
The only advice I have for you is right before you hit the ground...keep your feet under you, I do RyuKyu Kempo, many of our techniques are "stand up" grappling. I also did wrestling in high school and we were taught to sprawl on top of the opponent, if he is going for the takedown then you are higher than him, stay on top.
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Super begginer here but here is my honest advice based on what I saw in that video. But I myself am the biggest guy at our gym and this stuff also works on me so this could easily help you. Note however a lot of this stuff doesn't work 100% of the time in sparring and will take considerable effort just like anything else but these are the methods I use and they yield good results against higher grades who are going easy on me. Okay so what happened was you fell and went immediately into turtle position against the larger guy, and you were then tossed on your back. You never want to end up in these positions when fighting a BJJ player full stop, it gives them complete control over you 100% of the time. I've never been in those sorts of positions and not been tapped soon after it's basically a death sentance and you realize it pretty quickly. And in most BJJ rolling sessions you spend your time really trying your best to avoid ending up in such positions.
When you fell down like that try to get as far away from him as you can to avoid being put into side control or a turle position. One way to do this is to essentially "walk" on your opponants legs in a shrimping motion to maintain distance. When someone is ontop of you, the best way to get them off is to use your legs to push them of their center of ballence either push your legs up towards your head to get them to fall off ballance above you allowing you to be able to escape out from the side or you can shrimp to push them off you to the the side giving you a chance to escape. This is easier said then done most advance BJJ practioniers will be able to get you on your back or in turtle pretty easily and absolutely dominate you, but in a sparring match like that the best solution is to simply get up and away.
Another method to try although in this instance might not have been possible could be to pull your legs out from under him and wrap them around him forming what is known as your guard, your legs are essentially your shields and will protect you from any advancements made by him. From here you can knock him off ballance up towards you like I said earlier and perform a triangle choke by crossing your arms over each other using one arm to grab your the lower back park of your opponants clothing while the other hand crosses over their throat, you then lie back down on the floor and essentially chokeout your opponant. This though a begginer move is still a bit complicated and I reccomend looking up videos on youtube to see how it's done,
I want to make a final note though this is all the stuff I have learned doing jiu jitsu for about a month and I'm still getting my ass beat, however, I want to note especially because of my size and consistency of training I'm starting to get better and am beggining to slow the advancements of my attackers down before they tap me. However they still kick my ass every time and it's something you need to get used to in BJJ and Judo.
Thank you for this, I actually really appreciate hearing the side of things from the larger guy's perspective. You give a lot of great tips here, thank you.
Wearing a martial arts gym shirt or an AGF, NAGA, IBJJF ect. tournament shirt would be a good indicator as well.
Always enjoy your content
It looked like you were trying to double leg him from the front headlock when he snapped you down but it’s usually not to do that from such a compromised position would have been better trying to sit out or regain your posture. After that you let him pass from front headlock and he you gave up your back but you did a great job bucking him off because he didn’t have any hooks or good control but it’s important to get your hips and posture back instead of falling to your side. Always try to shrimp towards your opponent instead of shrimping away creating frames to make space in order to get your guard back or try to get up. You did a good job getting half guard when he was trying to mount but again try to get under hooks and shrimp towards him using frames to get up.
Obviously against a big guy all this is really tough but using these adjustments and creating the space can really help
Thank you, I appreciate the advice. All valid, and wish I had thought of them at the time lol.
@@ArtofOneDojo gotta drill and and live roll from bad positions until you do it without thinking 😁
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Manage your distance, grapplers are taught to be no more than an arm's length away from an opponent before they shoot to avoid telegraphing a takedown. I would also defend grips to try to avoid throws. If you end up on the ground like you did with your sparring footage, keep your arms tight so your opponent can snag an arm for an arm attack. For example, your training partner had an arm triangle that he passed on. I would also try to defend those headlock grips to minimize guillotine, Darce and anaconda attacks, and if breaking those grips doesn't work frame against your opponent's hips to push away from your attacker and break his grips. Your opponent looked like he could have had a guillotine, but he never adjusted his position, including throwing his outside leg over your back to keep you from rolling out of his attack. I transitioned from Kyokushin to BJJ nearly 4 years ago to try to round out my self defense, and mostly for exercise.
Excellent tips, and you're correct about the arms. Thankfully he didn't seize on the many opportunities he had to submit me.
They flop on their back like a turtle and scoot on their tush to fight you.
It’s definitely hard grappling a much larger opponent, my advice is to lift more weights, don’t let them get control of your head, learn a double leg. If you’re on top of your opponent then he’s worried about your weight not visa versa
I remember a guy once told me he thought karate is weak. I asked why he said that. He explained to me when he was a little kid. A girl kicked him , and she was going to kick him again. However, he grabbed her kick. So,I explained to him. He was a kid. I told him to up to full contact karate fighter,kickeboxer or thaiboxer would tear him apart. Another thing, I said to him that one techique is not going to work everytime and all the time. What do you think mr.dan?
I think your answer to him was correct. They were just kids, but if he thought it was weak...funny how she landed the kick the first time. He was just ready for it the second time. Again, just kids. Nothing works every time and all the time.
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Lol. Be nice to guys with cauliflower ear. We need love to.
And respect. Lots of respect.
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I love this!!
I'm a Blue Belt in BJJ and you held your own very well against that bigger guy. I probably don't have any pointers you haven't heard already, but from what I saw:
1) When your opponent sprawls and brings you down, get into a turtle position with your hands and elbows tucked in and close to your neck to prevent chokes
2) At 8:29 you could have lifted your arms (possibly, I can't see where they actually are from this angle) and held onto his right bicep and bring up a knee shield, or shrimp away.
3) 8:46 It looks like your opponent was trying to isolate your left arm and go for a submission from there. Usually when that happens to me, I try to be quick and get my other arm over while there is some gap between. and protect my arm or whatever else from being attacked.
Since I'm a tall and skinny person, I always have trouble against people bigger and more muscular than me. My advice would be to keep your distance, stay calm (I always get anxious and a little intimidated against bigger and muscular people), and wait for openings to execute your strategy.
Great sparring match against him, you held on very well, great job Sensei Dan.
You can use you could have did a lot more sleeps you could have straightened for a submission or two a lot of stuff you could have done you were just rolling around you didn't know where you was you had a little bit of experience but yeah remember defense and offense sometimes your defense is your
I like the designs on the t-shirts, but I want to wear it under my gi or to work in the kitchen. Would you ever be making a workout style shirt, something that doesn't just soak up the sweat? They're great to wear on the coach.
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Eye gauge
Anyone can eye gouge. BJJ guys can do it too.
If you're going up against that you just you guys and you don't know what the industry fight or whatever you got to look at distance management is he getting closer because most guys strike they strike you know you're striking you got a strike where your hands and feet are long at is this person trying to get me in a clinch is this person trying to ask you for my legs and I told her cuz I don't what is he more leaning towards you meaning is his feet back but his head's forward more forward towards you and that's how you can tell like a good wrestler they're staying for you low to the ground for double legs and single leasing even if you guys don't just stand straight up they get down pretty low and they're looking to shoot they're going to grab you and defend that is don't get don't don't play that game do you ever heard of that game green light red so if you plant green or red light if too close you want green light green light is where you're out
This is a better video for explaining how you can tell if someone knows BJJ:
ruclips.net/video/r8q6vTijil0/видео.html
I don’t understand the purpose of this video. Sounds like you are afraid of bjj. Just train in it for a while and all your questions or fears will be solved.
That is not at all what I'm saying. It had nothing to do with fears or questions, but helping people keep a keen eye during a confrontation they can't escape from. I'm not afraid of BJJ, I have a tremendous amount of respect for it, but this video is meant to be a warning to those who brush it off and how to maybe identify if an opponent knows it. If you're fighting someone who you think is a grappler, the game plan changes a little bit.
Tap out is no longer the go to MMA/BBJ ever since WWE of all companies bought Tapout. Now it’s more generic workout gear
Maybe they should consider embracing the Art of One Dojo line :P
If The thing is "triggered" It woke, hence ignore It.
I'm sorry but triggered and being woke are not the same thing. Anyone can be triggered, I've seen these reactions from all political, religious, and social corners.
A BJJ school just opened up here not to long ago and I've been meaning to check and see if they offer an adult beginners class, I'm 54 and looking to add something different to my bag of tricks. The few times I've ever been to the ground with someone is when I worked in corrections and they were under the influence.
I started at 46. Hardest day was the first day. The school was super welcoming as I think most are. Schools need students to keep the lights on and everyione starts somewhere. I hope you check it out. Be well!
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth ~ Mike Tyson. An antidote to grapple is a striking art. A BJJ has nothing against a good boxer or a knife fighter while they are standing, especially the latter. This is not to say that JJ is useless, far from it. It just behooves for a BJJ/JJ practitioner to cross-train in any striking art and blades...and be humble. I see a lot of arrogance and false sense of confidence coming from BJJ guys, so much so, it is really a cringe factor.
To beat BJJ just see red and stand up. Seriosly though - if you don't know, you don't know. If you get pulled down and don't know Turtle, then escape - you wont. If you don't know how to go from side control to full guard, you won't Or mount escapes. The positions you were in would be considerred basic standard positions in BJJ and they are they type of situations in BJJ you learn how to deal with. What you did good was you appeared calm and you appeared to be trying to impliment something - but you just didn't know the technique. I think you should start taking some BJJ. I know if you lived near me and came to our school we would love to have you. Thank you for another enjoyable video.
I think it's basically the same as Crossfit. How do you know if someone does BJJ? They'll tell you. :)
They'll refer to it as 'their' jiu jitsu.
As always, love your videos and insight. I have just started BJJ training and find it helpful and humbling:) By the way, you may not remember this, but a while ago I wrote to you and said I was pursuing my black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu in my early 60s. Well, I finally earned it (two failed attempts, but 3rd time is the charm!). I currently teach verbal and physical self-defense at my university (I'm a comm professor by day) and at domestic violence shelters in Orange County, CA. Keep up the good work--appreciate your positive and helpful perspective.
Oh yeah! That is awesome my friend! Especially since you didn't get it the first two tries you still pushed for it. Very admirable spirit. I appreciate the kind words and what you are doing is a gift for others. Keep up the great work!
All strikers need to know how to sprawl, shrimp, pummel, and frame as a bare minimum.
All grapplers need to know how to guard, jab, slip, and throw a basic front kick at a bare minimum.
I trained solely in striking through my teenage and early adult years never thinking I needed grappling because “you don’t go to the ground in teh streetz br0”. And then I sparred with some real grapplers and realized I wasn’t gonna be able to stop them. So I signed up for wrestling and BJJ and dove in. The only way to defend against grappling is to learn how to grapple. I’ve never met a grappler than thought they were too good to learn striking but I’ve seen too many of the inverse(I used to be that guy) and it’s a super dangerous mentality. Complete martial artists can and need to do both.
Use trapping, hand throws, and foot sweeps. Target their biceps as you would a double ended bag.
For what it's worth, it might be worth exploring some wrestling (Collegiate / Folk Style) in addition to BJJ to improve at obtaining (and maintaining) top position. BJJ does well on bottom and it's important to develop your guard game and escapes, but when it comes to grappling the person in the top position is almost always enjoying the most advantages in the fight.
I'm not great at anything....I have only dabbled (aka been used by my fighting friends as target practice lol). I think 99% of people haven't even done that. I think most average folks wouldn't stand a chance even with a strict BJJ expert.
Ive done freestyle grappling no belts no rules in from tournaments but I stay more of striking more because Im big on stand up but I adapt to anything when it comes naturally
0:01 Getting into an actual fight is stupid, no matter who it is.
Agreed.
Not sure if ears are good. Most folks who have those are higher level wrestlers sure, but I know literally hundreds of purple belts (a bjj level where normal people aren’t going to be able to best you on the ground or even standing) and only one or two of those folks have ear issues. mma or wrestling much more likely. But even then a dude or dudette can get to a high enough level to hurt the average Kempo guy without any physical signs.
Totally agree, that's why I said it's not necessarily a sign but something potential to look for. If you DO see cauliflower ears...that person likely has some experience.
@@ArtofOneDojo yes sorry I didn’t mean to make that sound so pointed at you. Cauliflower ears are kind of like the Death Eater tattoo in Harry Potter. If you got it, there’s only one way to get it and it means one thing.
Love the shirt, where did you buy it?
It's actually one of the shirts in our store! We have a whole collection of color art shirts like this. www.artofonedojo.com/store :)
I seen a interview with Steven seagal where he suggests the counter for grapplers "shooting in" is to exploit the open neck/base of the skull that diving in creates....
Hey I'm listening to this what I took jiu jitsu and I also took some boxing kickboxing classes and did MMA for a while my thing would if you're good at the stand-up part still practice it but also plays defense and offense cuz they're the same part of the coin and BJJ and do a little bit of or a little bit a little bit of wrestling a little bit of judo a Little sambo the extent of your BJJ would make you weigh more rounded you don't have to use the submissions but let them and then learn the defenses you start saying Jiu-Jitsu was past past past strike to pass do you still have to straight you cuz you want that guy to go wherever you're going with me and you was rolling and I was on top and you was on bottom and I want you to go somewhere safe I'm in Mount and I want you to go to get back or I'm going to I'm going to hit you with a couple strikes to make you roll through your back for me to get you choked out or for other defense but also practice your offense
I don't understand how someone could honestly think he's encouraging people to get into real fights. I guess people will hear what they want to hear, but whatever the case, great info as always. Thanks for the video.
Ears, finger tapping are also signs of a Judo player. Look at the Olympic level players.
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This guy is an absolute genius
To beat a BJJ guy you just need to learn BJJ or be better at Wrestlig or Judo. Otherwise, just bring friends or a gun. That's all. If you don't know any grappling arts, you're screwed.
To a degree. A BJJ person against a non grappler is not an automatic win. A highly skilled boxer still stands a great chance against a grappling only fighter. It's just a matter who can land a hit first or get to the ground first.
@@ArtofOneDojo,
Put a grappler against a striker, a grappler will win 60% of the time. I myself am more a striker than a grappler but we all know bout this.
@@lionsden4563 I would agree with that, but to be fair, 60% chance is a big difference between "bring a gun, you're screwed".
@@ArtofOneDojo,
A gun or friends will be your best bet against a grappler. If you don't know how to grapple at all, you're practically screwed.
@@lionsden4563 It would be fair to say a gun or friends would be a best bet against ANY skilled fighter. By your math a person without grappling has 40% chance. That's still a decent chance if the person is smart.
It's tough to advise what a non-grappler should do against a grappler in a grappling match.
1. Beware of the grappler shooting for double or single leg. Distance is your best friend but the grappler will start to close the distance. Watch for the level change as they abruptly bend at the knees. I would stand bladed which will decrease the ability for a double leg but watch out for the single. The typical novice defences are to sprawl on top like your doing an abrupt burpee, or a guillotine or front headlock. But don't hold those positions if you feel the grappler countering. Let go and stand up again.
2. If the grappler is not good at shooting then they will try to get grips. Do your best to fight off the grips because they are setting you up for underhooks, or an arm drag, or a wrestling collar tie in order to take you to the ground with a throw. Pummeling is far too advanced for this discussion on what a non-grappler should do against a grappler. As the grab attempt comes, parry it away. If they do get a grip on your clothing then the easiest counter is use both your hands overtop of their wrist and abruptly yank down and move away like you're trying to give them a self induced rope burn.
3. Once you're on the ground you have to stay relaxed. Easier said than done. Try not to be flat on your back. Try to get on your side which will not give them as much as a stable base. Do what is called "t-rex" arms by bringing them close to your chest to prevent Americana and armbar set ups. Protect your neck by having your palms protecting them. If it's a fight situation and you are mounted then you must bear hug them hard and bury your head in their chest to prevent getting punched. Don't let them get a stable base or they can attack (Position before submission and stabilize is the BJJ motto). If you feel them trying to attack make subtle changes even if it's a tiny shift by using little bridging hip bumps or moving from one side to another. Attacking a moving target is germane in grappling as well as striking. But don't exhaust yourself by making wild thrashing movements. Just tiny little movements to upset their balance and base and so you can feel an opportunity to bridge escape. I think shrimp escape is far too advanced for how to get out of the mount. My advice is try to wriggle inch by inch to get their mass closer to your hips than your chest so you can do a hard bridge and roll. Even if your bridge escape fails, it will usually create a bit of space on the opposite side to sneak a leg out via shrimp escape (even though I said shrimp is too advanced for a novice discussion).
4. If you should practice one move for defence against the grappler, I would suggest the technical stand up (you'll need to do a search for it). Why technical stand up? Because once the grappler takes you to the ground you may have a split second where there is space to do a technical stand up to scramble back to your feet. If the grappler has you in a dominant mount and you can get them to make a mistake and create a space or gap for an escape route then you must quickly use a technical stand up to get back on your feet.
BUT The best advice on how to fight a grappler is to learn how to grapple! But they say "Oh but being on the ground with a sweaty opponent and rolling around with them is weird and gross!" -- Get over it! It's martial arts; not an orgy! It's also a very important component of being a complete practical (pragmatic) martial artist to at least know some techniques on the ground. "But I would never go to the ground on da streetz!" -- Well, that might not be your choice if the other guy knows how to grapple and takes YOU to the ground. You better know at least how to escape. "I'm afraid of grappling. It's intimidating!" -- Yeah, I agree. I am too! No one wants the feeling of being crushed and dominated. No one likes being uncomfortable but it's like going to the dentist. It's good for you even though there's pain involved.
Finally, don't ever assume that a grappler doesn't know how to strike and vice versa.
These are AMAZING points my friend. Thank you for taking the time to put this in such great detail.