Was interested to know who are some your favourite grapplers, always looking to find new guys to check out their style and see of there's anything you can learn from them :)
Thanks.
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Was interested to know who are some your favourite grapplers, always looking to find new guys to check out their style and see of there's anything you can learn from them :)
Thanks.
Jeff glover
Rafa Mendes
JT Torres
Marcelo Garcia
Bill Cooper
Thank you
Marcelo Garcia
Eddie Bravo
Jeff Glover
Kyle Dake
Jacaré Ronaldo Souza dos Santos
Jean Jacques Machado
Scott Yockel
What are their specialties?
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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge
My picks are always attacking and always exciting to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Carbone
I like watching any grappler who is known for a particular submission or go to move to try and see what they're doing different to see if I can use it in my game.
Marcelo definitely. He is so smooth with his passing and he always looks for the finish. Once he has the back it is game over. He also is the very definition of technique over size. In summary - I LOVE HIM!
Cyborg Abreu, Eddie Bravo, Marcelo Garcia, Jeff Glover, Braulio Estima, Franjinha Miller, Rafa & Gui Mendes, Vinny Magalhaes, and Cobrinha.
IMO there is a really good grappler who is a very underrated grappler, people make fun him a lot yet every single person could learn from because he crushes everyone no one has yet had a proper answer to his style.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Campbell
Of course I am talking of GSP
EVERY single time that guys fights there is a stroke of genius
I watched the GSP Diaz fight and watched basically 5 rounds of gut wrench control and Diaz having 0 escapes from it and I thought to myself god damn that looks powerful and as long as you gable grip below the bottom rib and watch kimuras and get good at switching sides you're pretty safe, like its really fucking annoying and you look like shit when caught in it
My student Kevin won gold at NAGA because on everyone he faced he gut wrenched them they couldn't escape despite there best granby, kimura and kneebar attempts and that counts as side control in NAGA
If you watch his fight with BJ Penn you'll learn some tricks on stopping rubber guard.
He is beautiful to watch, as long as you're studying his controls I think people forget how hard it is to dominate positions on top level grapplers and Daiz is a very skilled grappler and the only thing he could say about the gut wrench was that GSP was cheating and had a spy in his camp which is why none of the escapes worked
This. I've been saying the same thing for a while now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan Brick
Jeff Glover, Cobrinha, Braulio Estima, Shinya Aoki, Eddie Bravo, Marcelo Garcia, Xande Ribeiro, and Kron Gracie.
Jean Jacques, Marcelo and the Nibiru Forum Competition Team :)
+1!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
Nuff said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
Bravo- IMO what sets him apart is thinking outside of the box.its like, "ok....the RNC is an amazing submission...but the guys I'm facing have been defending RNC's sine they were 5....but they haven't defended against twisters, calf slicers, groin stretches, etc." I just think that creative mentality is such a huge contribution to BJJ as opposed to the same old same old battle of who's the best at the same stuff. Eddie is more like, I'm going to hit you with either the unexpected...matter fact, I'm gonna make the unexpected high percentage by making a system. I can go on and on. But simply put, there's a reason I'm. 10p4L'er.
Marcelo- what can't you say about him. Easily the most complete grappler of our time.
Jean Jacques- the god father of no gi. Father of over/under hook fundamentals. Lord of butterfly sweeps. What a great style.
Vinny Mag- I appreciate his open minded ness toward learning and applying all sorts of effective grappling styles.
Cyborg- a big guy that can roll like a little guy. I admire that. I'm partial to his tornado guard.
Glover- what a creative guy. So submission oriented. His deep half work is insane. His darces from everywhere are awesome.
Bill Cooper- same reasons as Glover. Plus, I love his escapes DVD. That DVD has saved my ass like 100 times.
Ryan Hall- friggin weirdo....but the guy is just a scientist. You can tel he brainstorms like 70% Chris day on BJJ. He goes through paths meticulously. And watching him use pure tech on guys who are much stronger is just poetry in motion.
Rafa- if Marcelo didn't exist, I'd say Rafa was the most complete grappler. Only thing that makes Marcelo better to me is that Rafa's athleticism helps him a lot. Marcelo is just genius technique.
Galvao- I can't think of anyone with a better top game.
Telles- another eccentric. I mean, who decides they're going to get ridiculously good at turtleneck up? Yet here he is and his style is ridiculous. I love watching him hi sweeps from turtle.
Imanari- very underrated as a sub grappler IMO. His leg locks are insane. His risk taking is awesome. He's a finisher. And his heel hook counter is amazing (he heel hooks YOU with his taint)
Soneca- I wish I had his accent and omoplatas
Romulo Barral- a basics machine
Keenan also has a fun style (minus when he's facing a Miyao)- kumite. That's it. The kid is a monster.
Within 10th, I do enjoy watching coach Zog roll. It's such a weird thing to observe. It's like finess plus crushing power. Like doing surgery with a baseball bat. It's odd because its so technical, but he def takes the gentle out of the gentle art. Haha.
Scott Yockel has such a fun style too. So much fluidity and technique to his style. He really is like water. I've never seen him stay still while rolling. He always keeps flowing.
Louis Ho is a favorite to watch highlights of. His electric chair is awesome.
Sheesh, the list goes on.
Edited to add reasons why they're my favorites.
Mendes Bros, Bruno Malfacine, Keenan Cornelius, Jeff Glover, Rafael Lovato, Cyborg Abreu (not facing Schaub), Miyao Bros, Marcelo Garcia, Michael Dewitt Jr
Thanks guys :) appreciate all the comments. Going to have fun later YouTubing some of these dudes :)
here's some grapplers that aren't always mentioned that i like
Gokor Chivichyan
Karo Parisyan
Josh Barnett
Dave Camarillo
Any Scott Yockel footage about? YouTube?
Thanks brother
Telles was already mentioned but I like watching that guy.
Gokor has some great instructionals. A lot of skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew "Chewie" James
Hours of footage of Scott: www.youtube.com/10thplanetrochesterQuote:
Originally Posted by Martin Campbell
Buuuuuucheeeechaaaaaa!!
Thanks funnily enough I typed his name wrong, found the 10th planet Rochester page :) awesome stuff, love it.
oh yeahQuote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
One of the most awkward players I watch is Telles, love his turtle guard and octopus guard very cool and applicable to No Gi and MMA
Dean Lister - Doesn't need medals or trophies when he takes home your legs and ankles
Shinya Aoki - Dem rainbow spats tho
Dave Camarillo - Great mixture of Judo and Jiu-Jitsu
Jimmy Pedro - Got grips for days
Travis Stevens - A beast in both the arts
and of course..
Master Eddie Bravo - it wasn't until I joined a 10P School and began to understand the system and how it's a constant evolution and that the students can have a profound effect on its growth, that I realized that jiu jitsu is how I can define myself.
10th Planet:
Eddie Bravo (duh)
Louis Ho (inspirational)
Brian "Barncat" Debes (inspirational and i love the leglocks)
Scott Yokel (again, love the leglocks)
Non- 10th Planet :
Marcelo Garcia (duh)
Imanari (I love attacking the legs)
Buchecha (creative and innovative)
Ronda Rousey (drool)
Royler Gracie (hahaha, j/k guys. just seeing if your paying attention!)
Old School Guys:
Jigoro Kano (duh)
Gene Labell (Badass, Funny, Legend, pioneer)
Helio Gracie (inspirational)
Dan Gable (pioneer)
JJ Machado (pioneer)
This Old-School list could go a while...ill stop there
Marcelo Garcia
Rafael Mendes
Cobrinha
Andre Galvao
Bill Cooper
Jeff Glover
Ryan Hall
Braulio Estima
Rafael Lovato Jr.
Buchecha
Gui Mendes
JT Torres
Caio Terra
Leo Vieira
Jacare
http://youtu.be/HddMSKn7s3s
Btw, when I said Iminari heel hooks you with his taint, I wasn't exaggerating.
Btw guys, why not include some of your favorite footage of your favorite grapplers?
Denny
Gokor
Marcello
Caio Terra
first four that came to mind.
I think bjj or grappling or however you wanna label it is the only sport where you can be a fan of both guys fighting at the same time even if they have a rivalry. It's amazing. So much respect.
Also thank you all for the posts guys really appreciate it.
That heel hook was ridiculous!
Miyao brothers
Mendes brothers
Keenan Cornelius
Shinya Aoki
Marcelo Garcia
Caio Terra
Jeff Glover
Vinny Magalhaes
Fav grapplers right now.
All these replies give me a lot of guys to go check out. Thanks.
Eddie goes without saying.
Eddie
Bj Penn
Marcelo Garcia
Dave Camarillo
Rickson