Originally Posted by
RobSchwartz
"It's been working for me" - Ken Primola
Probably because you've been rolling with guys who suck. I can honestly say that I've never seen anyone halfway decent get subbed from closed guard bottom by someone in their same weight class.
As stated before, Ken is actually a very stong black belt. I have seen him do a few superfights and he has very good wrestling...mixed in with good solid basics type jitz. That being said...there is more that meets the eye with this one. Kens school is in the same general area as 10th Planet Bear DE, so my opinion is that Ken is trying to disprove the system (and thus keep his students and attract more). He is clearly attempting to pick apart 10th planet techniques. You can see that his students (who i know and have sparred with and all purple belts) are not familiar with how to properly do the techniques. His students are good jitz guys...10th planet techs just aren't in their vocabulary.
So while these techniques may work on guys who dont practice the system...i can pretty much guarantee that Ken has not sparred with any true rubber guard\lockdown players who practice the system on a regular basis (and do it correctly). Having trained at 6 different schools over the last 5 years I pretty much know everyone in the jitz community on the East Coast. The only guys in this area that do it right are the 10th planet Bear guys...and i dont think any of them have sparred with Ken.
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