What Every BJJ White Belt And Blue Belt Should Learn And Focus In Jiu Jitsu by Gordon Ryan
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Which belt are you in Jiu Jitsu?
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White belt
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Bernardo is the golden retriever of BJJ
Can she have her own voice? Or his? 🤔
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Defend, Escape, Control, Submit
Gracie
Same message in the old book of the Ribeiros brothers "Jiu-jitsu University"...in brief, that is the Gracie style or way 👍🏼🙏🏼
@@grapplingspirit6878 I also own that book and have been following their curriculum. Defend, escape, guard, passing, submiting. I've started passing guard now and I have to say that each step makes the next one easier. The ribeiro brothers book is awesome
@@grapplingspirit6878 john wrote that book, so yes.
In real life you defend and escape
I dont even need to watch this. The answer is heel hooks.
Exactly
In the gi!
Especially when your under 18😳😳
loool straight up!
Heels hooks and juice
Best advice for white and blue belts. I wasted my first two and a half years focusing on submissions and winning, while ignoring the fundamentals of Jiu Jitsu movement. My pins, frames, bridges, shrimps and hip escapes were shit for the longest time you have no idea lol. Once I cleaned those up, my understanding & performance excelled quickly.
I'm in the same boat as you.
Shrimps not really as good as they make it out to be.
@@kimurajack8364 same loool
@@highspeed_hula1938 it's still very important and a fundamental
@@saltminer4463 basic fundamental that you can only use to get so far. People act like you need to crutch on that shit and it will fuck you in the end.
Wow! What an honor. I had that theory for years and actually took a student for one year and only taught positions and escapes and towards the end of the year threw in a couple submissions. He did his first tournament at 11 months, not one point scored on, and finished most of his opponents.
wax on wax off
*Gordon tells that he woke up this morning* Bernardo: ”That´s amAEzing.”
Jajajajaja
😂😂😂
My Grand Master/Uncle always said "Defense, defense, defense, offense." Learn and refine your defense in order to attack more effectively. Holds true across all Martial Arts.
White-Blue: Garry Tonon's Exit the System Purple-Black: Garry Tonon's Shoot to Kill & Unifying the System He was low-key marketing Garry's DVDs
Really? I was eyeing those DVDs actually because I love watching Gary roll. Exit the system is all about escapes and going into subs from the escapes?
@@koalaofdeath2045 Unifying is prob one of the best I have seen
@@koalaofdeath2045 don’t be fcking stupid and buy those dvds lmaoo. Just go to your gym and roll. You’re doing jiu-jitsu so probably as a hobby
@@poliewill2909 agreed, if it's just a hobby...but if you are competing...the videos are good. Solo drill videos have def helped being stuck at home
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Gordon Ryan "When I started training with John I was very bad at Jiu-Jitsu." That will upset the people who think Tom DeBlass had anything to do with Gordon's greatness.
tom was never my actual coach
@@gordonryan3494 Is this actually Gordon? Say something that only Gordon would say.
@@gordonryan3494 I know but many people think he was.
@@gordonryan3494 *STITCH DURAN WAS NEVER MY FRIEND*
@@jesse5167 hahahahaha
After about two months of training and going through the same thing (learning new positions or subs every class and then getting thrown to the wolves) I started working with my Sensei and the higher belts at the gym to exclusively situationally roll with me, literally just escaping. Escaping side, mount, guard etc. My mindset is to become a "purple belt" in specific escapes before I get my general blue belt lol. I don't need to know how to spar sloppily right now. I need to know how to escape bad situations with some level of competency, and survive. Then I can feel comfortable focusing on ending the fight. The way I see it, I have 10+ years to be competent (generally) in the entire spectrum of BJJ. If I dedicate my first two years to understanding in great detail, and with great execution, the way to escape from the worst positions, I still have 8 years to learn how to sweep, transition, trick, submit etc. I'm not rushing to get to the end, and many people want to rush to submit. I want to rush not BEING submitted easily.
A friend of mine took semi private lessons with Rickson Gracie a long time ago and this is how he taught. Lots of drills of escaping and maintaining positions.
Great advice. This is why I love jiu jitsu university by Saulo Ribiero, White Belt- Survive, Blue Belt - escape, Purple - Guard, Brown - finish
by john* he wrote it
Im a purple belt and I made sure I listened to this!
Im turning 50, I was a blue belt but because of kids and injury I wasnt able to train for the last ten years, This is so inspiring!! Plus I only live an hour away from Bernardos academy..lol
This is very helpful advice. As a white belt, I don't really know how all these instructions are supposed to gel together, or how to create a "game". Now I feel a lot better focusing just on defense and escapes right now.
Thank you for providing this insight. I just started and rely on knee shields and scissor sweeps a lot. Gracias por tu servicio hermano!
It's odd, but this is what my coach taught. He taught us as white belts, very little in regards to submissions. It was defense, escapes, and positional control. In that order.
my coach does this too, he said dont even focus on subs for right now white belt is mainly defense
I think this is an awesome way to train. You get the confidence to escape while you're partner gets hidden reps with attacking submissions. Win/win. It's also a great way for higher belts to get solid rounds with lower belts. Personally it keeps my ego in check. Great vid as always!!!
That is one of the greatest advice I got. Focus on escapes from pins and submissions.!! OSS
Damn, I really needed to hear that...awesome advice. I now know what my focus is going to be when going to open mat.
I could not agree more. I've learned escapes because that gives me the confidence to try more stuff.
I started doing Jiu-Jitsu a month or two ago I'm never afraid to try something new even if I get submitted i have to keep pushing forward if something doesn't work try something different. It's been helping me. Even though I can get into a bad spot but I still keep going.
They talk about competitions.
This was gold! TY!
Thank God for Gordon ryan 🙌 much love fam
As your belt change colors, you really appreciate the fundamental even more. I remember in white belt days I was focusing on flying and fancy stuff
Great and usefull as usual!
Excellent words by Gordon.
This is precisely what Saulo Ribiero laid out in his book Jiu Jitsu University. 1. White belt is belt of survival - escapes/defense 2. Blue belt is belt of attacks 3. Purple belt is focused on guard 4. Brown belt is passing 5. Black is re-reviewing all fundamentals from a black belt perspective Obviously a practitioner will not ignore positions and should familiarize themselves or at least be exposed to higher level techniques in the beginning, but this is the general path of study I teach my students based on the ideology or Saulo's methods.
In his book, white belt is survival, blue belt is escapes.
Interesting, my black belt told me that when u reach black belt u learn bjj all over again. Had no idea what he meant
I’m just listening to Lex Friedman podcast with John Danaher as a guest and he’s just explaining this exact thing! Really insightful, thank you!
I mean…..every damn teacher needs to hear this. Such great advice.
I'm a 4 stripe white belt. I've spent the last 3 years on my back learning to escape bad positions. I'm at the point now where I'm extremely comfortable on my back, in mount, in side control, and am even creating decently high percentage submissions from the bottom. My game is usually start from the bottom and focus on some sort of sweep/reversal and then dominate the top. My most recent competition followed this to a t for my first round. Second round I underestimated his top game, and I was too comfortable on the bottom. I think it's time I start being more aggressive to start out on the top.
First off, anything with Bernardo is great, he's a great bjj'r and has such a positive happy attitude, I could listen to him all day. Second, if Gordon Ryan is giving advice it's 100% worth listening to. As a 'larger' guy, getting to mount or side control has been doable, but once there I'm like a rabbit in the head lights, unwilling to risk my position for a submission and pinning for the full round. I then get mad with myself because I didn't take the risk. Moral, give it a go, lose the position, work on the escapes, get back to the top position and GET BETTER!! Great advice.
Nice point about re-comping your jiu-jitsu at 3:30.
HUUUUGE HONOR!
Great advice
absolutely I had to ask my coaches to teach me from this order because theyre always so fast to try to teach you crazy submissions
That makes soooo much sense, but it’s hard because in order to keep new members in the Jim you have to teach them submissions or they will just lose interest.
ive been going to fundies for 2 months. constantly drilling mount escape and side control escape. everytime im in mount i have no idea what to do, because all ive learned is how to escape. glad to hear its reinforced.
Glad to see that I am not the only one :D
Sooo Right… Great words
Crystal clear and super nice to know. Now defense is not boring it becomes the staple to success. It feels funny to hear Bernardo request to click to grow his channel, this video has 622K views now!
Such a great guy. I wish I started bjj 30 years earlier
I feel building confidence on your back is definitely one of the most important aspects of not the most… I mostly train defense (so on my back) and even sparing with people back to back for 3 min rounds, bigger than me I have yet been submitted. My top game I’m confident in cause even doing 4 3min rounds with people heavier on top of me they usually gas out before me… I have very good cardio and pretty strong l.
Great videos!
This is great. As a bigger guy, I have got into the habit of getting on top and holding people down. I will make an effort to start in bottom position and work on sweeps ect.
Gracias Gordon!!!!! Oss!!!!!!
When will Gordo or John release an instructional on their favourite escape techniques? That does seem to be missing from the lineup (pin escapes have been covered very well).
I feel like all i did was escape (always getting pinned) and stuffed up attacks. I don't think I spent enough time working on attacks. I spent to much time defensively. My problem was I was too confident that I could survive getting choked (I would actually bait for triangles and other chokes) and was lazy by only starting to defend at the end. Basically spent too much time on my back defending. Was only when I got my purple that I realised being on your back was a lot harder than being on top. I agree with Gordan, but also think you don't want to do what I did, it took a long, long time to progress when you roll defensively from white through to blue
This is great
Thanks 🙏🏿
Honestly, “Soobscriibé” has to be my favorite thing today
You've gotta keep things fun though in the beginning too. We're emotional creatures, not only learning machines.
@Austin Hajdok Endocrinologists would probably disagree with that.
Escaping from bad positions against people who trained longer than me is actually very thrilling. Last week was the first time I was able to escape mount against better guy and it felt amazing.
Huge honor! I've been rolling with a brown belt regularly my first 18 months. I've been defending constantly. Doing my first comp soon
How’d it go??
@@zrixzy2805he definitely died
In admiration
So much truth here.
Gracias por los subtítulos ✨🤘
good advice
Amazing
This is straight-up the structure of the Ribeiro book.
Beat me to saying the exact same thing.
@@unknownspectre really? don't you mean Mastering Jiu Jitsu from Renzo Gracie?
This the "BJJ University" book, do you recommend?
Everyone needs the Saulo Riberio book on their shelf. I love reading it and find new details every year.
@@KMSchriver Agreed. Best book for the beginning BJJ student.
Thank you guys!
My instructor said pretty much the same thing to me literally two days ago.
As only a blue belt, For whatever reason I can see escapes and outs more then submissions. One of my “moments” was a brown belts asking me how I was defending his head and arm choke. It was no gi so he didn’t know my belt.
Gj with the vid
2 of the most dominant players in BJJ - Roger Gracie and Gordon Ryan, both recognized the importance of submission escapes.
I'm so lucky to have a bjj coach that teaches this way
Yes, I agree, we all should learn how to escape from bad positions so we don't get submitted. But I think we should learn some basic submissions, so when we are attacked, we can recognize their movement patterns so we don't let it happen. In the recent couple of weeks I stopped focusing about going for submissions for maintaining superior position or at least a better control of my opponent. Partners ask why don't I go for a submission, which is of course reasonable thing to do, I simply aim to get better at pinning them down in side control or mounted position. I don't wanna rush it, because then I made mistakes. #positionb4submission
I love it
Gordon :“Hi guys”. Bernardo: “that’s amazing”
This pretty much sells Danaher's new Positional Escapes instructional as the starting point. It was released today, and this vid was released 3 months ago. Well-timed marketing
He goes from first day on the mats to picturing yourself in mount. Assuming I can get to mount 🤣
I’m glad I’ve done it completely out of order just like the best in the world 🌎
Sounds like good advice. This guy seems to know what he is talking about.
Huge onor.
I live this whitebelt scenario
Wow so i naturally was on the correct path cause im a wrestler meaning i rarely don't get guard or mount positions and i remember saying shit first focus on defending and escaping Bjj attacks then learning and perfecting a few individual attacks and then moving through all subs plus always putting myself in bad positions to escape and work out of them cause like in boxing you learn more from these positions then your dominant ones.
Yupp, dominating is "easy" when you aren't scared of failing, and when have control of the situation. You won't have that if your defense sucks, and it'll be very hard to dominate if your opponent has control and defense :P
Control as well should be focused greatly in blue but Gordon got it on the money .
In my utmost humble opinion. “ Nothing more rewarding than getting ones thesis validated by those who exceeds oneself in excellence” Appreciations for sharing your invaluable insights with all of us. An honor to be able to observe, listen and learn. Sincere regards. Fellow Martial Artist. Tom Framnes. Norway.
I think learning escape and defense is even more salient if the person has a background in a standup art.
Agreed!
this is the best way for the whole bjj gym, because the problem with beginners is, that they mostly hold you and if you go to attack them, they have no idea on how to defend, so nobody learns anything. But if from beginning the person was tought how to defend themself and couple of submissions, they will be better at bjj and even better trainingparter for the advanced grappler. Maybe it would even be good to show every class always at the same day an submission and the defense, so everybody knows how to do it. I would like to know, whats your oppinion to warm up, how long should it take? 20min or even 40min? Warm up with drills or with pure cardio? Feel free to share your opinion on this topic:
Still a white belt but I do a good job defending and escaping! After getting positions I want though, I don't know how to submit because I don't know much submissions yet.
That's ok, because that's your job as a white belt. So many white belts don't know how to escape or attack, because they try everything or just spar. All this means is that you're an excellent white belt, and when you get to higher blue/purple you will be one of the best in your dojo (unless everybody practices the way you do, then your dojo will do very well in competitions lol).
Good points. But if everyone learned the defense the day they learned the sub, students would get frustrated as they will now have less chance of submitting someone right from the start.
Thank you Professor!!
I’ve been doing Jiu jitsu for a month and a half now, may have done 10-12 classes in this time and all I’ve been focusing on is my defense for now and my confidence level has grown so much just by not getting my ass handed to me (like in the first few classes) that it keeps me coming back to the gym to get better. Really good advice.
Yo that’s me rn haha, my main thing is defense and escapes and I put up a fight now. Getting frustrated I can’t seem to do any submissions
How’s it going so far ?
As a former wrestler this is how we trained. Drilling escapes, scrambles & counters first. If I was going to wrestle someone known for a particular technique the coach would set up scenarios where we would START with escaping or countering that technique for 10 minutes straight to get comfortable with being in an "uncomfortable" situation. This way we wouldn't panic out on the matt.
I learned this from Jiu-Jitsu University by Saulo Ribeiro. I keep giving newbies, at my gym, this advice. No one really listens though 🤷♂️
Good
I never look at it like I might get caught, because I need to have full awareness in the moment. Going with the flow is my favorite way to roll. I am but a humble white belt though, so I know not a damn thing 🤣 Figure if I do get caught it’ll annoy me enough I’ll try to make sure it won’t happen again!
Ty sirs
I've never seen a white belt scared of trying an attack because they may lose position or get submitted, in fact I've seen the exact opposite; 99% white and blues attempting submissions whenever they get the slightest chance instead of taking the time to secure positions and do proper technique instead of rushing
why are you watching the short term progress of white and blue belts? tell me why there's guys winning adcc without a single sub. its because of a poor training program early on and they arent confident in their escapes
85% of white belts aren't attempting mounted triangles or armbars from Mount.
@@gordonryan3494 Because elite, world class competition is a lot harder to submit? I'd think this would be pretty obvious.
I agree with that definitely! Defense first then offense. Try not to be like beginners who get obsessed with offense, especially ones that are narcissists.
Very very based comment. Bunch of narcissism
I'm glad you agree
He even explains a bit like Danaher 👍
My first BJJ class was awful. I jumped into a class where I was being taught a complicated submission and I left feeling like I was the worst person to ever grapple.
To be fair, no matter what dojo you go to, if its your first day you need to expect to just be dominated, even if it's just situational rolling. And, really, expect to be dominated until you actually get good at escapes, which takes a while.
I swear he was describing me talking about be scared to try the submission
If someone told me or if I figured out this advice back in 2014. 7 years late.
Escaping bottom in Gi is very hard against a level above no Gi much better with some sweat
"Guys, today Guorduan is gonna explain.." 😂 never gets old
At my most recent comp i noticed my guard passing and sweeps are weak, i lost on points, and my defense was strong. We concluded i need to focus on my passing and sweeps, to help me accumulate points, as apposed to relying on submissions from guard, as I've been doing. Any thoughts?
You really answered your own question, competition highlighted your deficiencies so that's what you should focus on
Gordon, Please consider writting a book on your journey to Master of Jiu Jitsu.
Good slapping technique.