How much do other BJJ schools preach flexibility?

[Will Thaxton]

Eddie, did Jean Jacques instill that in you or did you pick that up on your own? You have shown that it is not just for rubberguard.

[Kevin Madsen]

My old bjj school did not stretch at all. Hence my old man ass being sore all the time. My new traditional class stretches for at least 10 - 20 minutes a night. To be fair a good portion of that time is dedicated to stretching out your wrists as if you don't you will not be able to drive to work in the morning (lots of wrist locks).

[D.Stachovak]

At my school we treat flexability as if it were a natually occurring thing and only stretch the neck. My own flexability comes from a past in TaeKwonDo and stretches I got from Eddie's books.

[Josh Passini]

No matter what sport you do flexibilty is key. With JJ it is that much more important.

[Josh Smith]

I train @ a Brazilian Top Team School & they do not work emphasize on flexibility beyond the very very basics of hip & knee stretches..

[Eric Spicely]

I was always taught to stretch and flexibility was key. We were always told our guards would be shit without flexibility. and that was at a Machado brothers affiliate school

[Budo_Jake]

Most people know that flexibility is important but in my experience most bjj schools don't spend too much time working on it. Lots of people work on it through yoga classes on the side.

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

Wasn't really focused on at my old gracie academy. Just the basic pre-class warmup of shrimping, rolling, neck flex exercises, etc.

[Will Thaxton]

its hard to believe something so huge gets missed.

[Harry Evans]

My school doesn't train flexibility formally, but we spend about 10 minutes stretching usually, and our instructor says you should stretch at home A LOT. He recently gave a speech abut how a certain motion is one of the most important in BJJ, and it is all based on flexibility. The motion is when someone is passing your 1/2 or open guard by standing and trapping one of your legs between his. He showed how you wrap the other leg around and inside his armpit to un-kill your trapped leg (similar to Roleta-guard), then post your now un-trapped foot on the hip to recover full open guard. I hope that makes any sense at all