August 31st, 2015
MTS episode 93 “Reverse Alcatraz” is now LIVE!
Hello brothers and sisters I hope all is beautiful 🙂
Mastering The System is the online instructional series of the unorthodox nogi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style, “10th Planet Jiu Jitsu” filmed on location at 10p HeadQuarters in downtown Los Angeles. A few weeks ago I was rolling with a student of mine, and when I mounted him he kept throwing in an unorthodox butterfly hook that felt very strange, something I never felt before, I was a little confused on how to address it because I never felt it before. “What the hell is he doing?” I said to myself in a frustrated fashion. “Wtf?!?” I continued. “Is this a mini stomp i’m dealing with?” “Wtf?”. But it couldn’t be; A mini stomp is executed with the outside butterfly hook; and he’s using his inside hook, plus I’m mother f’ing mounting him!! This can’t be a mini stomp! But what the hell is he doing?!? Whatever it is I’m gonna get on this asap and start using it because its throwin a huge monkey wrench into my mount attacks, and I love dismantling my opponent’s game when they mount me. But then I thought about it for a second and realized I was just experiencing a major case of brain flatulence; He was actually just reverse alcatrazzing me. He was using my favorite mount escape against me. The reason it felt so foreign to me was because very few of my students have mastered it to the point that it’s in their DNA, and ready to fire from their fortress of defensive tricks. “Reverse Alcatraz” was born during my Metamoris training camp, a camp that included a daily dose of 60 minute shark tanks. Jean Jacques would line up 5 to 8 killers and they would all wait in line to jump in on me at 5 minute intervals, all starting on my back, in side control or in the mount. I got crushed hard, especially early in the camp. Within 15 minutes of this hour of death I would be completely spent, gasping for air, and on the verge of vomitization. The reverse Alcatraz became my go2 in rapid fashion when being mounted because it required the least amount of energy as my way to escape. If you know the “regular” Alcatraz well you will quickly figure out why I call it reverse Alcatraz. It really is just a first cousin of the original and works best in combination with it. No move works 100% of the time, especially escapes, but when you toggle back and forth between these 2 mount escapes you might find that you can rely on them consistently, specifically when you don’t have the energy for the traditional hip escape mount defenses, which are also super vital but they do require a certain amount of gas to execute properly that you might not have at the moment. In this episode of MTS, I break down “reverse Alcatraz” to the bone and show you drills that will put this into your bloodstream immediately so that your ass can be saved the next time you’re stuck with some dude mounting you. Enjoy! -Eddie
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August 12th, 2015
MTS episode 92 “Live Drills1” is now LIVE!
Hello brothers and sisters I hope all is beautiful 🙂
Mastering The System is the online instructional series Most MTS episodes are all about breaking down Jiu Jitsu techniques to the core including the set ups, mind sets, philosophies and strategies. Once all of this is understood, drilling aka putting in reps aka piling on numbers becomes the primary focus, all with about 75% resistance from your training partners.
In this episode I will show you exactly how we take the mastery of these techniques to the next level with the incorporation of live drills. I will show you how we quickly infuse techniques directly into our games at HQ. Live drills are a CRUCIAL part of the learning process, they are drills where your partner is resisting 100%.
At HQ, we are heavy on pressure passing and very often do live drills with the chest pass, the fly over pass and the flip over pass. I will show you exactly where to start these live drills and of course I break down all the pieces of these vital passes as well.
I also created a live drill for the electric chair that will take your lockdown game to another dimension. The electric chair has been proven over and over and time and time again in competition, it’s a fantastic sweep to ad to your arsenal and in this episode I will show you the fastest and most efficient way to make that happen.
At HQ we also spend a lot of time on perfecting finishing fights and that means live dead zone drills. In this edition of MTS we go over the honey hole live drill and the truck live drill as well. Two dead zones that are a staple in the 10th Planet system, two spots where the end is near, and 2 positions that a lot of time must be devoted to.
In this episode I also update warm up B1, which was a simple ankle lock flow but has now become 2 intricate leg lock flows that have recently made a gigantic difference in the overall leg lock game at HQ. So grab a pencil, take mad notes, and practice practice practice, thank you for your support! -Eddie 🙂
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July 11th, 2015
MTS episode 90 “X Guard To DOA” and MTS 91 “2 On 1 COP Clinch” are now LIVE!
Hello brothers and sisters I hope all is beautiful 🙂
Mastering The System is the online instructional series of the unorthodox nogi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style, “10th Planet Jiu Jitsu” filmed on location at 10p HeadQuarters in downtown Los Angeles. These 2 episodes are packed with crucial nogi techniques with episode 90 getting wicked with leg locks including the transition from X Guard to double outside ashi aka DOA with emphasis on the distinction between the 3 major leg positions when finishing DOA. If you’ve been paying attention to the evolution of the system it should be no surprise that I committed yet another MTS episode to taking the leg lock game to the highest possible levels in rapid fashion. Although episode 91 gets super deep and detailed into finishing from spider web, the main focus of this episode is my new set up to the COP sweep. The 10p association has dove into the 2 on 1 game Marcelo plays so deep that it made it into the 10p warm up system, so we’ve been hitting it consistently and will continue to do so. It takes time to develop a strong 2 on 1 grip from butterfly guard but once you get to the point where you can control your opponent’s arm for 1 to 2 seconds at a pop you will begin to set up the sweeps that are available to you from this powerful position in live rolling. I will break down how I get into the COP sweep off the 2 On 1 grip. This is probably my highest percentage sweep right now, right up there with the electric chair. Commit to mastering this sweep and I promise you will be sweeping people you thought were un-sweepable. Enjoy and thank you once again for your dedication to the 10th Planet system! -Eddie 🙂
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May 30th, 2015
Hello brothers and sisters I hope all is beautiful 🙂
Mastering The System is the online instructional series of the unorthodox nogi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style, “10th Planet Jiu Jitsu” filmed on location at 10p HeadQuarters in downtown Los Angeles. If you watched the last episode of MTS you know that I’m on a quest to take 10p’s leg lock game to the highest possible level. I’m taking everything I learned from leg lock specialists Erik Paulson, Manny Gamburyan, Max Bishop, Karen Darabedyan, Alan Belcher, Dean Lister and also from my very own 10th Planet in-house leg lock experts like Chris Herzog, Eric Ramey, Victor Webster, Scott Ross, Gerald Strebendt, Shigeki Matsuda, Denny Prokopos, Lauri Karpinnen, Adlai Cleveland, Sean Applegate, Drew Ash plus so many others and of course Nathan Orchard who introduced me to the elite leg lock system that John Danaher created and passed on to students Garry Tonon and Eddie Cummings who are currently wrecking the grappling scene with heel hooks. In this episode I get into using Single Legged X, which is a crucial piece of the leg lock game, it’s an absolute must-learn. I also go over the mini stomp’s transition into the leg game, 1/4 Ashi, which is closely related to Single Legged X. I breakdown what I feel are the 3 main ingredients in the Ashi game and get into a set up, Ashi Dive, which is all about grabbing all 3 ingredients at virtually the same time. In the next episode of MTS I will go even deeper into Danaher’s heel hook system by including one of Cummings favorites set ups from X guard to double outside Ashi. This one is fast becoming one of my favorite techniques. Also in this episode I give the entire 10p association a thorough tune-up on warm ups D “Standing Passes” and E “1/4 Guard”, two of the most technical sets of warm ups. If you are a member of a 10p school, this is a mandatory episode to watch and study, you don’t want to miss this one. Thank you all very much for the support! Enjoy -Eddie
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May 11th, 2015
MTS episode 88 “Leg Locks”
Hello brothers and sisters I hope all is beautiful 🙂
Mastering The System is the online instructional series of the unorthodox nogi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style, “10th Planet Jiu Jitsu” filmed at 10p Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Episode 88 is all about getting heavy with leg locks, extra heavy. Since day 1 of the association, leg locks have always been part of the system, but 10p overall as a system, hasn’t been “heavy” on them, and I personally wasn’t going to them as my first option unless you’re talking about leg compressions, like the calf crank from the truck and the vaporizer. However I always had heel hook fiends as students even as far back as 2003, when 10p was born. Gerald Strebendt and Shigeki Matsuda, both 10p black belts, have always been into leg locks, heavily. But I personally didn’t want to dive in 100% back then, I wanted to set a good upper body clinching example for my Mma students, so I stayed away from heel hooks myself. I felt they were too dangerous in MMA to be the first option. But now, with the rise of the subonly game, I am extremely motivated to get heel hook heavy for myself personally and for the entire 10p association as well. 10th Planet soldiers Denny Prokopos, Chris Herzog, Victor Webster, Eric Ramey, Scott Ross and Nathan Orchard have all been instrumental in the evolution of my leg lock game especially Orchard who finally fully opened my eyes about 10 months ago. Since then I have been studying the leg game like a medical student and passing on all the knowledge to my students at Hq. Now anyone preparing to go against a 10th Planet fighter will not only have to break down the defense to the rubber guard, the twister, and the lockdown game, but now they will also have to prepare themselves for an assault on their legs a well. Thank you for the support and enjoy the episode! -Eddie 🙂
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September 6th, 2014
Here it is guys, EBI 1 is ready for your viewing pleasure. The production is no where near where I want it to be but we are just getting started, we are on a tight budget, so please bare with us. But the most important part of a successful grappling show are the actual matches, and THAT part of the show, if you watch the entire 16 man divisions unfold, I am pretty damn sure even pure mma fans will be fully entertained. The main goal here is to get Jiu Jitsu on TV, and without getting into details, it looks like it’s about to happen, don’t wanna jinx it tho 🙂
There are 2 weight catagories showcased in EBI 1, the featherweights at 145 pounds, same day weigh in and the welterweights at 170 pounds, also same day weigh ins.
In the featherweight division we have Jeff Glover, Geo Martinez and Josh Barnett’s prodigy Victor Henry, plus you will witness the birth of the Hindulotine, an incredibly unorthodox guillotine from the rubber guard. This insane technique was pulled off not once but twice in this show, even a twister was perfectly executed.
In the welterweight division we have Garry Tonon, Richie Martinez, Bill Cooper, and Nathan Orchard. Lots of intense battles going off in this division including 2 crushing upsets. So sit back and watch these 16 man tournaments unfold, I promise, you won’t be dissapointed, thank you for the support!
Part 1 “Featherweights’
http://youtu.be/5A7u8McK-tk
Part 2 “Welterweights”
http://youtu.be/7DL5vSNm0V8
August 18th, 2014
Mastering The System episode 77 is now live. This is one of the most
important episodes in MTS history. I take you from the dangerous spot, being caught on the bottom in half guard without an underhook to the cocoon, where things begin to look better, all the way to the spider web of the rubber guard, the Gogo clinch, to the quite possibly THE best guard submissions in the game, the hazelett and the haze leg. The Gogo clinch has become my main goal from the bottom because it is the best control position for larger, beastlier opponents when playing rubber guard. I personally have not found a better control position for giants than the Gogo clinch. It’s a variation of the Frodo plata and the Lodgoplata, both VERY effective submissions but require long lanky arms, which I don’t have. So I took a little of both of them and modified it and focused more on control than the finish from there. But instead of finishing with any of the Gogo plata variations, I transition to the hazelett or the haze leg because of the lack of defense my opponents have in those submissions. The hazelett and haze leg are straight beast slayers, so far I have not seen any legit escapes, not one. In this MTS you will see how all these giant killer positions synch up to form quite possibly the most important rubber guard path ever. If you only master just 1 rubber guard path, this is the perfect one, it’s the only path I know that works against opponents that are 20 and 30 pounds heavier than you and maybe more, and it’s PERFECT for Mma. Once in the Gogo clinch ZERO punches can be thrown. It’s the path we have been focusing heavily on at 10pHQ and the plan is to have ALL 10p Mma fighters master the Gogo clinch. Enjoy! And thank you all for the support! -Eddie
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July 7th, 2014
That crazy strategy should retire not BJ.
Kill the tip toe boxing stance.
Kill the feet on hips guard.
Kill the flat on the back defensive butterfly guard.
35 is not old. He’s in amazing shape. He didn’t lose because his body is breaking down. He lost the way he did because of that strange strategy. The whole world was confused.
He should stay at 145, and fight a couple of mid level guys to get his confidence back and I truly believe, with the correct/proper training camps, he can still beat some of the best at 145.
And of course I would recommend an offensive clinching guard when on his back. Not one arm bar, Oma plata, Gogo plata, or triangle attempt by BJ. Vitor went after Jones off his back, Pettis went after Benson, Anderson went after Chael, even Tito went after Machida off his back, there’s no reason BJ can’t attack off his back.
Just my opinion, I’ve never done MMA so what do I know, I could be way off. These are just my thoughts, thank you for taking the time to read this 🙂
December 10th, 2012
From sacred plant to the devils weed through good ol’ American brainwash
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