Gym's Designated Leg Lock Specialist Has Not Passed A Guard Since 2018; Instructor Confirms He Has 'Never Needed To'
A brown belt's entire jiu-jitsu existence has been reduced to one position and one submission. His instructor sees no problem.
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A brown belt's entire jiu-jitsu existence has been reduced to one position and one submission. His instructor sees no problem.
Survey of 3,800 BJJ students finds 96% want more takedown training. The Tuesday wrestling class has 2.4 attendees. Both are brown belts.
After two years and $6,412 in content purchases, local purple belt Blake Morrison is starting to feel pretty comfortable with the basic armbar from closed guard, where his blue belt training partner has finished him for seven consecutive Sundays.
A 14-month NGRI study of 2,400 practitioners finds that using the phrase 'ecological dynamics' in casual conversation correlates with a 94% drop in submission rate and a 340% increase in laminated coaching certificates owned.
The National Grappling Research Institute analyzed 4,800 berimbolo attempts and found a 3.1% submission rate. Every single berimbolo player surveyed still called it 'the future.'
A landmark NGRI longitudinal study tracking 340 practitioners across 12 gyms finds ecological dynamics adherents spend 340% more on seminars, describe their movement literacy as 'profound,' and submit significantly fewer training partners than the control group.
Pinnacle Grappling Academy announces a 'paradigm-shifting approach to jiu-jitsu pedagogy.' The paradigm is positional sparring. The shift is the invoice.
The most dominant submission grappler alive confesses that sleeve grips are his kryptonite. Both sides of the gi debate claim total victory from the same quote.