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Also, what media are you using? Youtube, DVD, Books?
I am trying to spend more time studying, I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it!
Have you found ways of studying to make it more effective? (i.e. spend a week on a certain path instead of bouncing around etc????
Thanks ya'll
I watch every episode of MTS, although I tend to fall behind a few months and then watch several of them for a few days in a row. I'm also a member of MGinAction but I only visit it about once a week. It's really hard to watch any instructional content when there is so much more interesting video content all over the web. I visit WorldStar Hip Hop every day -but I only visit MGinAction once a week. I know that is silly, but its the truth...
That said, I do think watching videos helps your game a lot.
I spend 90.143% studying on 10th Planet and the rest on Grapple Arts, you tube. I sometimes check out my MG, Maia and Saulo dvds but I stick with mainly 10p because I have had the most success with it in rolling. I think a good poseable grappling dummy is invaluable when you are first learning a technique by yourself, especially in a clinch based system like 10th P as you can really work on that squeeze in all positions. On a good week I can spend about 20 to 30 hours watching instructionals and hanging out with my dummy.
Depending on what I feel I need to review, pop in either Rubber guard or twister DVD the day before training. Work some positions from there or if I tap to a position i.e. north south, that I wasn't versed in an escape, look one up on youtube and work that. Just like Paul above about 90% on instructionals
I have been focusing on the MTS stuff and more recently the Warm-ups. I kind of spend the month doing whatever is in the MTS and if there is any detailed transitional paths to Rubber Guard or Twister, I follow up in the books and DVD to remember all the extra details. I also follow all of Zog's TWIR stuff, especially the Leg Lock stuff in combination with Alan Belcher's Immunity Course, this has totally changed my game and adds an unorthodox approach people do not expect coming. I also like Zog's 2-on-1 stuff in combination with stuff from a friend of mine who is a wrestler this has added a whole new area to my approach. As his coach said to him: "2-on-1 arm control is always there, take it!". I kind of focus schizophrenically on different areas for a week at a time and move on to others then come back depending how I feel and who I can find to practice with, I feel adrift at sea but calm and peaceful about it. This ads to the unpredictability of how I move and opens alternative paths I find.
In the New Year I plan a lot more trips to my local 10thPlanet gym, now that I have finances and time under control (it's 165km away from my house).
After 20 years of Boxing and Kick-Boxing I also always do at least 2 bag workouts and 1 sparring workout a week regardless.
Additional: I also visualize a path every night as I fall asleep, especially if I am stressed or having problems falling asleep. Whether it is something that I did well or visualizing something I should have done when I made a mistake in the past.
I study the same amount time that I train. So if I train 2 hours I study 2 hours. I think it is only way to improve when we have no black belt and I need also teach our dudes. I need to use time and I think there is no easy way out. I want to study every corner of this puzzle. That is also superfun because there is always new shit to discover. I use MTS, you tube, MG in action, books, dvd:s (just got Eduardo Telles turtle guard dvd and Ryan Halls arm triangles, inverted guard and passing the guard dvd:s) so much to deal with but I am like a kid waiting saturday morning cartoons. I love it. After studying I just start mastering and drilling shit. Yeah and my wife hates when I spend time studying haha..
I try to study footage (Comp, MMA, or instructionals) for at least 2 hours each day. I think it's incredibly valuable. But I also have the luxury of this being my job.
I like to spend at least a couple hours a day on instructionals, and I make sure to check back with the classics at least once a week. As far as type: I've got an embarrassingly huge collection of DVDs, old VHS, and books going back to the late '80s, and now with Youtube and a tablet I can program the meat computer any time I've got a free minute.
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I definitely prefer to watch the longer videos, or even entire DVD sets. I'll take one set and obsess over it. I think it's important with instructionals to hear why a particular person prefers the method they are espousing. We don't get the luxury of feeling or being corrected by the instructor, so the need for them to tell us why and to be able to articulate the details is super important.Quote:
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I don't usually care for the quick videos on YouTube, though there are always exceptions.
For my money, Ryan Hall has the best instructionals on the market. I like Saulo's Jiu Jitsu Revolution sets. Demian Maia has 2 great sets available. All those guys go over theory as well as actual technique, which is crucial when you aren't taking in the material in a class setting.
I prefer to watch instructionals via DVD. I'm trying something new where I'm only watching one particular DVD for 60 days and seeing how it changes my game. I'm only 12 days into Ryan Hall's cross grip/inverted guard instructional and I can tell it absolutely has worked into my style. After 60 days I'll pick an area I want to work on and go from there.Quote:
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I also try to watch some kind of instructional for at least an hour a day. I usually study a particular position for a month at a time and then move on to the next. This gives me plenty of time to really learn and drill new techniques in each position before moving on to the next. This month has been leg lock monthQuote:
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Probably around 6-8 hours a week. For me its just a hobby to stay in shape so I don't need to watch tape like an instructor who owns his own academy would...but for some reason I do anyway. Love for the sport I guess.
I try to watch the MTS as they come out plus any videos that catch my eye or are shared online by friends but rarely pick up on the details. I watch quite a bit on flow wrestling, but I'm going to use the same strategies as above and try to watch one instructional for 3 months and make it fit my game.
Absolutely none any more. And I had a pretty substantial instructional DVD collection (for sale). I made the conscious choice to do private lessons instead and that substitution has made a dramatic difference. Just me...
Jan and Feb are dedicated to MTS and Bill Coopers Escapes lesson. Plus of course training with two of my black belt coaches :D