Ok just out of intrest, what is the biggest single thing that has improved your jiu jitsu for exapmle, Supliments, training books/dvds, yoga, compertitions, a flow chart, and so on?
Ok just out of intrest, what is the biggest single thing that has improved your jiu jitsu for exapmle, Supliments, training books/dvds, yoga, compertitions, a flow chart, and so on?
Stretching!!!
Training, loving Jiu Jitsu, Yoga, finding 10th Planet, opening my mind to MORE than 10th Planet, never giving up even when told that the Rubber Guard sucks - it doesn't.
eddies philosophy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stretching for sure. I've come a looong way and still a bit farther to go :/
This actually fits perfectly for me as well. Yoink!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay JC Chow
Mind dojo and mat time. Also, attempting moves in live rolling to figure out why I'm doing them wrong and then drilling to fix it. If you just drill and have no idea where the pitfalls are, you aren't really focusing on anything while you're drilling. It's kind of like when you get a guy that is there for the first time and they can't do a freaking armbar to save their lives, despite the fact that you are giving them step by step instruction.
Reps and film
Getting with a good instructor!!! When I say good I don't mean only just a good jiu jitsu practitioner, but also I'm describing the personality factor... I'm big dumb and slow so I need someone who is patient, encouraging, and truly cares about helping me... Brandon McCaghren is that and more and I firmly believe that all his attributes and drilling constantly is making me better and better... If you ever make it to Decatur, Alabama be sure to go train with him @ 10th Planet Decatur...
Constantly trying to learn more and more, finding yoga and stretching and realizing that jiu jitsu, fighting and martial arts never end they are a universe that continues forever so keep learning keep improving....
Derek Stewart
To start learning the 10th Planet System!! I ordered Eddie's DVD set "Mastering the Rubber Guard" while deployed overseas last year because I didn't have a very dangerous game from my back. Now I continue to learn the system and am very confident/dangerous on my back. Still have a long way to go in "mastering" the system, obviously, however, I'm doing well in tourneys and have my first MMA fight in two weeks at the young age of 43. Gotta love 10th Planet!! In addition to 10th Planet, drill repetition, drill repitition, drill repition. The technique needs to become muscle memory so you instictively execute without having to think.
For me, mat time, plain and simple.
I'm a book nerd and a footage nut. Sure every now and then that gives me a tricky angle on a superior opponent or a crazy flash submission. However, for the most part I'm still neck and neck with my peers even though they're still pressing their bread and butter judo scarf hold game.
Injuries n getting older.....crazy right? But it made me more patient, more sneaky n rely more on technique then strength n speed....
mat time, mat time, mat time
Look at tape, YouTube, 10th Planet techniques... anything you can find that you think will fit into your game. Then, drill the shit out of it, until you can do it as just a reflex. Keep looking for new things that work for you, and hang to and work on them, always keeping an open mind. That's probably helped me the most.
1st trip to HQ in 2008 made me realize how Jiu Jitsu should be and gave me a good example how to develop this art for myself.
Information
In this rough order:
- Mastering the Rubber Guard Book
- Mastering the Rubber Guard DVD & Mastering the the Twister Book
- Marcelo Garcia Series 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Marcelo Garcia X Guard Book
- All the YouTube clips of 10th Planet, including the ones that got pulled (which I fortunately have saved)
- Watching every clip of Marcelo Garcia (aka Jesus, the Human Back Pack) rolling and then watching them again. And again. etc
- 10th Planet JJ online
and finally
- Mastering the System
I've seen a lot of instructional DVD's and I've had breakthroughs in understanding and in technique along the way, but never had I been introduced to so much information that was pure genius that complemented each other. Each time I viewed one of the above (especially the Books and DVD's), it completely revolutionized my game and the way I think about Jiu Jitsu.
You could call my style Eddie Garcia: Fast and explosive with a deadly squeeze. (At least I try)
Brilliant i love it when arogant pricks just look down on 10th planet. It does work, its just more complex than other parts of jiu jitsu and the only reason they dont like it is they cant be arse to correct their moves and put time in. Ther is nothing better than getting a 10th planet hater in invisible collar.Quote:
when told that the Rubber Guard sucks - it doesn't.
Training with people who are encouraging, open minded, patient, and always willing to learn. Stretching and reps are huge too.
Having a good coach for one, helped the most. Months of watching dvds and reps. Mostly learning how to turn myself into a student of the game. Break down something and mastering it.
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Originally Posted by David Boron
And just to add to that... getting my butt kicked by bad asses. Matt, David, Londo, Ant, that faggot Jared.
As soon as I go home after practice I hit the computer and figure out what I did wrong in a certain position. What I could of done better, or a different sweep/ sub I could of done.
...And sticking by Rubber Guard, especially when its hated by almost everyone else in the gym. Our top fighter even has a youtube video titled "smashing the rubber guard." Haha you gotta keep your mind open to all ideas. Try it out and perfect it.
books & reps, thers only so much you can learn in a class setting, because everyone wants to open roll instead of putting in reps, in order to get every detail it's better to buy books & do serious reps on your own.
Any and all of my losses. I can sometimes beat someone and not learn a thing, but every time I lose, I have to go back and look at what I did wrong. Why didn't my move work? Why did his? How did I give that up? You can tell I don't train at a jiu jitsu school yet, because my losses don't come often enough, but I will say I never look harder at my game then when I get my ass handed to me. Every loss has caused MAJOR improvements in my game.
You see that a lot Ben, great point, but it's also good to realise that when you are winning, submitting, keeping position, you DO learn stuff.
It's the same as "I stuck my arm too far over when attempting to put my forearm on the throat for a side control escape, and the guy Arm Triangled me. Next time, I won't put my arm as far." You've learnt an important defensive mistake that you will try not to make again.
"I was stuck in a really strong guys headlock when attempting to take the back and couldn't advance any further, but I used my legs to lockdown his knee and twist it, and he gave up the headlock to avoid the tap. In doing so, I was able to take his back and finish him from there." You've also learnt a way of taking a guys back, but you didn't lose, you won by experimenting with leverage, and it worked. It most probably will work again.
Keep an open mind, don't just say winning makes you learn nothing, because it couldn't be further from the truth.
I like to think of it as even if you do lose at a tournament, you still learn stuff, just as you learn when you win too. The mindset that people have where "losing is better" is not good, as you will not strive as much to win competitions, and you should really want to win these things. It just means that losing isn't the worst thing in the world :)
Getting tapped, i HATE losing/tapping but every time i tap i learn, this took me a while to figure out lol@me
It sounds simple, but just showing up to class regularly is the biggest contributing factor to any improvement i've seen in my own training. It's just a matter of getting in the reps.
i also take notes on what i learned that day in class - I keep a little pocket notebook in my bag - i'll write down the technique we went over and when I roll, I usually pick out 1 or 2 things i did well and/or places where i got stuck/tapped. that actually really helps me focus on what i should be spending my time on.
Luckily, the flexibility came very quickly for me. I put in the time and reps and i was very flexible in no time. It greatly improved my performance but i think the biggest factors was me "studying" jiu jitsu. I watched the Mastering the Rubber Guard DVD a million times, and read the book a million times too. Then i was always watching videos online, learning everything i could. I think that was by far the biggest factor for me, especially since i don't train at a legit gym and definitely not at a 10th Planet school :(
Chi sao
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Originally Posted by Ryan Cook
Not that the other guys are not good, but Derek has the experience and the mat time to know the little things that a person is doing wrong.
Other then that, taking small breaks has helped me. Not by leaps and bounds, but I always seem to get a bit better at rolling after a week or so break.
Train with people who are way better than you and be humble.
My instructor, Noah Karbach.
I study tape every night while I am stretching.
Forcing myself to fight hard for top positions rather than relying on my back game.
A quality instructor
stretching
reps
Eddie Bravo
deep squats
and heavy deadlifts
Jay Chow showing me that the 10th Planet stuff I'd happened to read a little about was a lot more than a couple of cool sounding, but unpopular, techniques.
Couldn't be said better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Eisner
you told us it was all your years of chaseing hobo"s and playing with yourelf is what increased your jewy-jitsue powers..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Helton