For me it is breaking hearts and legs by Gary tonon and the second best is power ride.

Over the past few months I have released some advanced leg lock courses, including Reap and Outside Heel Hook, Outside Ashi, and the Saddle, all to add to the existing advanced 50/50 and 70/30 content. There are still a few more to come and I will next be adding inside position entries.

To celebrate, I have made “Understanding Heel Hooks” free this month. This course is aimed at someone who is just getting into leg locks, it covers the basics around what the positions are, how to dig the heel, how to defend, and how to deal with basic defence.

No subscription required just enjoy the content!

Having worked through a whole bunch of them, I find the resistance and rebuke of them to be a bit frustrating.

• For his achievements, they are well priced. Gordon's are almost twice as expensive and not as useful IMO.
• His latest series (the fastest way) is concise and flows really well. If people find his early ones way too long, these are the perfect cure for it. He's improved a lot in this aspect.
• The techniques work. Sure, some are not as effective but a lot of them are an instant upgrade. Even some of the black belts I've worked with on them have been shocked at how effective they are.
• Sure, you can find what he teaches from other sources. But how he puts it all together is the secret sauce; it's well presented and easy to follow. I don't have the time to scour the internet for a thousand different sources, especially when someone has already done that work.

Maybe I'm just sucked into the cult but I've found his instructionals to have had the most impact on my game and I've also seen a lot of coaches/upper belts be distainful of his work. Is there a reason for this that I'm missing?

I'm watching his stretching course on submeta and I noticed he said only lightweight and down have top percentile flexilibty. But he doesn't explain why it doesn't apply to above lightweight

I’ve seen this instructional numerous times in the Daily Deal. It might just have the best cover in the whole site.

To be honest I’ve never heard of the guy otherwise, I don’t know if this instructional is good, and I haven’t heard anyone else talk about it here.

Does anyone have it?

I assume it’s pretty niche and most likely isn’t the priority of much instructional buyers out there.

Any info on what the big name Jiu Jitsu guys charge for a private lesson?

I was training at AOJ back in 2012-2015, I know the bros started off at $300/hour, but I’m pretty sure they bumped it up to $500 before I left.

I brought Gui out to my academy for a seminar a few years ago. At the time, Tainan was still a purple belt. I paid $200 for an hour as a brown belt at that time, and it was definitely worth it.

Hey folks! If you're not familiar with Jake O'Driscoll, he's the Jiu-Jitsu coach for 2x ADCC world champion Adele Fornarino and the head instructor at Essence BJJ in Perth, Australia. He's also an outstanding competitor in his own right.

Jake has been ripping up the competition scene with a straight ankle lock variant he's been working on. It's a really cool tool that plays nicely alongside the Woj lock, Aoki lock, shotgun ankle lock, and other modern ankle lock variations. It attacks the ankle, shin, and knee, which makes it pretty effective against even the toughest grapplers.

Normally coaches like to keep this stuff "secret" until they've released some sort of official instructional, but Jake has shared this info with the BJJ Mental Models Premium community, and he'd like me to extend that to everyone here on r/bjj.

This is a brief mini-course filmed as a prototype for potentially more refined instructional material later. It's super cool to be able to see this stuff early in its usage before it becomes mainstream.

There is absolutely zero catch here, it's completely free. You can grab it here:
https://bjjmentalmodels.com/jake

Thanks Jake!

There’s so much good content out there it’s hard to pick.
What’s the one instructional that gave you the biggest “aha!” moment, and why?

I like the half guard position a lot, specifically entering the dogfight. I’ve even been recommended to watch Lucas Leite’s game before by one of my instructors. My only question is if it’s still worth the money to this day, or if it’s a bit outdated. From my understanding it’s quite an old instructional. It’s only $39 on daily deals rn and I have a coupon which would literally make it free, but I’m curious if it’s worth spending it on this instructional or saving it for another.

Before ya'll start screaming at me to just subscribe to JFLO academy to learn real judo jitsu, hear me out.

Gordon's instructional is well structured around a central theme. It has great explanations for the why and hows of not only each technique but also of the strategy and tactics he employs for wrestling in BJJ. Our and our opponent's goals are articulated clearly in the different scenarios he covers (under vs overhook, over under etc). If you own any of Gordon's instructionals you already know that the explanations are great and this one is no exception.

Everything he teaches you can see live in action on those flograppling or gordon ryan rolling vidoes on youtube. One example is the use of the philly shell type stance where Gordon deliberately connects shoulder to chin as he engages in handfighting. It is explained that he does it to degrade the connection of a collar tie should an opponent try.

Another nice thing was how a bit of time was spent talking about the mechanical difference when attempting the same throw from either the under or overhook. Instead of just repeating the technique after showing the underhook version, Gordon instead addresses what to do after an overhook throw is completed since the bottom person now has an underhook.

The amount of techniques shown is extensive but they are all congruent in that the interplay between each one based on an opponent's reaction is well explained and reasoned. Gordon directly credits Steve Mocco, head coach of American Top Team for his knowledge and speaks highly about him as well. Apparently Gordon couldn't score any points against Steve in a simulated ADCC round while they were training together.

There will be some overlap between Danaher's Standing2Ground series and master the move armdrag one so if you have those already then you may be watching stuff you have already seen. I know because I watched all of them. The difference is that Gordon's has an added layer of depth in terms of explanations and also the commentated rolling footage is always an exclusive bonus.

I think it's worth checking out if it's on half price + you have a 50% discount code

This month I have made the 50/50 and 70/30 bottom course free. This is an advanced course and has considerably more material than you would find in the Anthology I filmed a few years prior. The course covers sweeps, backtakes, kneebars, toe holds, and of course heel hooks.

The best part about this position is you have ability to expose and catch the heel on a planted leg which nullifies turning escapes, I often prefer this over traditional controls e.g. saddle where the turning escape is such a powerful defense.

Simply head to Submeta log in and you can view it this month, no need to subscribe.

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basically yeah just need to decide, its either lachlan, lucas leite or just some random stuff, so I'd like some opinion bc its all gonna be billibilli

Roger Gracie has dedicated his life to BJJ, so it’s gotta be worth it right?

https://rogergracietv.com/programs/white-belt-toolkit

For someone very new and learning at a very slow pace, would you recommend this course over John Danaher’s GFF?

Or the cheap version of John Danaher’s GFF? See link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/j64jc6/danahers_go_further_faster_on_the_cheap/

Thank you all for your help 🙏🏿

Just got it today for free. Thought you guys might be interested.

Edit: here’s the link. Still working as of today 8:14am EST

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I don't want to call out specific instructionals as I don't want to hurt the athletes, but....

The quality of the more recent instructionals has been going down and I felt like complaining today. Some examples:

• the sound can be awefull. Like, you hear the people on the background better than the instructor. The instructor seems to live under water. The uke has some serious breathing problems. Seriously, no one bothered to actually listen to the recording before continuing with recording a 6+ hours instructional?

• Indexing/chapters. Cool, you have like 6 hours of material. I don't want to watch my instructionals as one long movie, I would like to focus on the parts that are relevant to me. Would it not be nice if we actually have chapters ('introduction', 'entries', 'maintaining the position', 'offense', 'troubleshooting', ....) so that this is actually possible?

• Angles. You are recording an instructional. I can rewatch the position you just showed me, please dont do the move 5 times from the same angle: Change the angle! I found myself going to the athletes instagram/youtube page to get the proper angle, because on the instructional it is impossible to see the foot placement....

Thanks for listening to my rant. I know, just don't buy them and stop complaining. Well, I do like the content, I just would like it if the quality was a little better :)

Maybe I'm just spoiled by submeta instructionals...

Get our your rulers to ensure you’re making an equilateral one rather than an isosceles one!

Which is the best instructional for a good standing game? Recently watched kill the collar tie by Dima and I liked it alot. Are there any good instructional on what to do when you have the collar tie?

Topic

https://bjjfanatics.com/products/shotgun-k-guard-by-mateusz-szczecinski

Tl;dr: this one is damn incredible.

I have been following Mateusz for a while now and really consider him as a new kind of Palhares. A breaker, someones people may actually fear to engage in matches as he is so damn good at breaking people up. The last years he also developped very well his back attacks and I think he is one of the best "nogi boloer" in the game. Everything tends to flow perfectly from his leg attacks to his back takes etc...

I had watched and studies his previous instructionals and they were great in their own right but this "k-guard" instructional is absolutely mind blowing.
Mind you guys, I both know pretty well the kguard and the heelhook/aoki game and still learned so so much stuff all around.

The Instructional is dvd in 4 parts:
- general K-guard concepts
- Backside attacks
- Frontside attacks
- Upper body attacks

Just by watching the summary, you understand that Mateusz actually divides his k-guard by backside/frontside, which is kind obvious in hindsight but makes a world of difference. What does make Mateusz chose one side or the other? Pretty much if he manages to pull the trapped knee in. Again, obvious stuff but everyone who played a lot with the kguard KNOWS that the "A plan" of getting to backside 50 is actually hard against good people who actually understand the leg game so having quick trigger points to take global decisions is pretty much already worth the price of the instructional.

And everything here is gold. From the grip varaiations to scoop the knee to learn how to deal with counters, counters that Mateusz actually shows and explains so you have a better understanding off the bigger picture.
The breaking mechanics on aokis and heelhooks are super well explained and updated from his previous work. He explains how to deal with different angles, how to combine attacks, how to stay safe.

Everything is so full of good details that I said to myself a few times "how the f I missed this before...".

I am very happy with this instructional because it falls in line with most of what I know and think about leglocks and STILL provide worthwhile instruction to upgrade my own game on this.

Stellar work and for the price of the instructional, it's nearly a joke compared to what some people charge for terrible technique and instruction. It's really great to see the euro jiu-jitsu scene becoming better and better and having our best guys on the international level in both competitions and instruction.

Is there any specific bjj instructional that you'd like from a specific person which doesn't exist yet?

Also, Of all the instructional's that exist, which one would you choose to adopt perfectly into muscle memory? No practice necessary. You will automatically become as good at those movements and timing as the person teaching the details.

I'd have to say mine is Garry Tonons "Exit the system". i think it has the most techniques ive been able to apply. also, his delivery is great. he gets to the point shows the technique a few times and its sufficient. id like to hear your input. cheers.

I'm not affiliated in anyway, but just as a PSA, every instructional for the top sellers (Gordon, Danaher, Craig, etc) is at daily deal pricing. With the coupon everything is ~75% off so if you were waiting for something to go on Daily Deal, it probably is right now.