Break down the complexity of BJJ with a simple set of concepts and strategies that create "rules" for your BJJ.

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There’s an interesting process that happens with your body. 

While we prize our thinking minds. 

Our acting body learns much faster on a subconscious level. 

In his book Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell talks about a study done by Iowa scientists. Basically, they did an experiment where they had subjects pick red or blue cards. While the subjects were never told this, 1 set of cards had more risk and greater rewards. 

What they found was, it took subjects around 80 cards or so to consciously realize what was going on (that red cards had greater risks).

But machines hooked up to their bodies (measuring stress, sweat glands, etc) showed that their subconscious figured it out at around 10 cards in. Whenever they pick the red cards their bodies would begin to have a spike in heart rate, sweat more and all the other signs of higher levels of stress.

This “70 card lag” happens in BJJ too, where you’ll probably start doing a lot of things early on without really knowing why. You just do them because the more you train and experiment, the more your body figures things out. 

Eventually the ole noggin catches up and you can articulate what you’re doing. 

But what if you could speed up the process?

Many of us “old-timers” have gone through this process and consciously know the different mechanisms at work on the mats. 

And this is why inside my Rules for BJJ Vol.1 I try to bring some of these undercurrents of BJJ to light. This way you can stop just using them unknowingly, and make them work for you when you want/need them. 

Here’s what one of the members said inside the course area. . .

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“Some of the examples were obvious to me but I had not followed through intellectually to see all the places I was not following this rule. Useful!” - Adrian 

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Adrian was probably already unconsciously doing certain things. But by bringing the concepts and strategies to his attention he was able to skip some of that “70 card lag” that it takes for the thinking mind to catch up to the acting body. 

Here's a little bit of what you'll be getting with Rules for BJJ Vol.1 . . .

• My hip focused adjustment from top of side control to stop flexible guard players from regaining their guard. 

• The “Belly Button Rule” when escaping mount (where NOT to push in order to escape efficiently). 

• A 2nd “Belly Button Rule” for when you’re passing guard. (Fail to abide by this one and you’ll be getting swept quicker than the winning competitor runs to the acai booth).

• A simple idea to instantly create better balance. (This is an ultra-basic footwork concept I learned in wrestling but for some reason, a lot of BJJ gyms don’t teach this.)

• Want to get more choke submissions? I’ll show you how by attacking armlocks and vice versa. (This simple idea will give you a submission threat that is hard to defend.) 

• Gaining “inside control” with the arm position will give you better control of almost any position. (Again, another basic concept from wrestling that very few BJJ gyms teach explicitly.) 

• Why breaking grips slowly doesn’t work. Even if you’re stronger than your opponent.(An olympic Judo silver medalist illustrated this one to me, but it works in both gi and no gi. )

• How to set up a defensive position when someone is passing that prevents you from being flattened out. (This position has a funny name but is incredibly effective.)

• What many people lack with their technique setups. (This concept of balance and off-balancing could send your percentage of success with any technique skyrocketing!)

• An almost-frighteningly way to generate more power with your submissions by using your whole body! (You can drill this one with ANY submission for big results.)

• Demystify sweeps by understanding how to take away points of base. (Once you know this you’ll never need to “memorize” which way to sweep. You’ll know based upon the body and points of base.) 

• A simple adjustment to the way you hold wrist control that will give you a “death grip” that’s damn near impossible to break without burning your own grip out. 

• A concept of holding and taking someone's back that turned me into a high percentage back taker and finisher. (When you understand this idea you’ll start finding ways to get to the back everywhere!)

• The ridiculously simple method I teach to my students for becoming better at armlocks. (I call it, splitting up the buddies. You’ll see what I mean inside the course. It's so simple it even works for my kids students!)

• A controversial tip that has won me more medals at Black Belt than anything else. 

I first discovered this as a White Belt when I had an injury and could only use Triangle Chokes to my “weak side.”

No one else did triangles to that side and so I was able to hit them all the time even though I wasn’t very good from the full guard with anything else for a while. 

As a Black Belt I intentionally pass and attack people’s weak side. I do this by drilling to both sides. Now I know some people will argue and say you should have 1 side 100% rather than 2 50/50. But I can tell you from experience that it’s a damn smart idea.

And this is another tip to understand about this product and any other product. Ultimately you'll always have to think for yourself. Even in this series where I show you some amazing tips to help your BJJ game. Always be willing to think for yourself.

Because had I listened to people telling me to ONLY stick to 1 side, my BJJ game would not be nearly as good as it is today. 

• A breathing tip that will keep you from gassing out when you apply submissions and give you the ability to hold the choke or arm lock longer. 

• My “half guard killer’ grip that will stop a bottom player from sweeping you or attacking your legs from half guard. (When you see this grip and the rule behind it you’ll be floored by how simple it is. And then when you try it in the gym you’ll be amazed at how effective it is!)

• Want to generate more pressure when you’re on top? The very last rule in the series will show you how by focusing on 1 specific area of your body. (I learned this from a World Champion years ago and it’s helped me crank up the pressure on anyone I go against.) 

Ready to start understanding more of the WHY's in BJJ?

If all of that sounds good then lets get started.

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