Ancient Secret to get good at brazilian jiu jitsu and all else in life.

[utility59]

How you get good? Keep practicing.

[everlasting0fury]

Very true.

[rodlpz]

I was told by my BJJ instructor, who studied under Rickson, that Rolls Gracie brought a lot of wrestling principles into Gracie JJ and that he learned the Triangle from an old Judo book. Rolls was considered the best in the family at BJJ before his tragic death.

[tongsau]

I call this....Rule #2

[kamikazefighta]

Thanks, Ken. You've just confirmed my own theory about getting better at BJJ. I don't know why I'm the only guy asking the instructor specific questions after class.

[notyorkhakis]

Brilliant video Ken, as always.

[y2taner]

i actully asked my teacher what am i doing wrong when i didnt think i was doing anything wrong and he really helpd me fix my half guard so thankyou

[IntegrationTraining]

common sense is always welcome- thanks :-)

[oscie1]

There are NO ancient secrets here.

[nahuelfantino]

i trained 2 years of bjj online practicing the moves with my girlfriend at home no backgroung and i finished second in my first tournament ever. i can prove it, i still SUCK and want to learn, but i got the basics good, it's a matter of knowing how much to learn per day, and not to overload your brain. EASY

[kenprimo]

@nahuelfantino thank you for your advice brother

[srobeck77]

After 2 years u finished second prolly as a white belt. Thats not impressive at all compared to where youd be at with 2 years of class training + studying videos. Also, besides learning some awesome techniques in a class setting, training for 1.5-2.5 hours is a great aerobic workout.

[nahuelfantino]

@srobeck77 yeah i know, i don't have a bjj school nearby, that's why i did this, if i had a chance i'd go for sure, it's my dream, after i finish college in 2 years i will move to a place where i can train properly

[smats42]

@nahuelfantino good comment. i think learning from videos has an important place in martial arts. if you have no access to a good dojo, then its WAY BETTER than nothing. even if you train at a great dojo, videos can be very helpful. i wish there was a youtube full of videos when i started grappling.

my best wrestling move came from a book. i wouldnt have known how to do it properly without many hours on the mat, but it came from a book, not a live instructor. FYI. peace

[nahuelfantino]

@smats42 Yep. Information now is free and easy to find thanks to the internet. So if you peace yourself you could get the same results. Now im starting to train to an academy, but i always think this way: "If you go to a local BJJ school, you get to train with partners and live teaching from an instructor(+), but maybe he's not THAT good(-); If you learn from videos you won't practice them much(-), but u learn from Draculino, Marcelinho, Fabio Gurgel, Saulo.. (+)" They cancel each other out.

[nahuelfantino]

@nahuelfantino what do you think? @kenprimo?

[jamesellis33]

@nahuelfantino I think it is about not just techniques, but rather understanding how each move corresponds to one another. Knowing how to do the right transitions. I'm doing online with gracie university, but I have a background in martial arts. I created a lesson plan. Bjj is this, submissions, transitions, escapes, its about creating a logic tree, which is not difficult. Understanding how principles work is the key to good bjj. Education in symbolic logic helps. ^^

[nahuelfantino]

@jamesellis33 gracie university is the best way to learn the jiu jitsu basics, if you learn those the way ryron and rener teach it, you'll be able to modify and create techniques, build your style. Keep doing that and pace yourself.

[macnov27]

mat time, is how u get good!

[dsarkissian]

The best way to get better at BJJ is to learn how to learn!

Understanding learning is the best way to get good at anything!

For me this is obvious.

Learn how to learn!

[toothbrushpleasure69]

@dsarkissian If you dont know how to learn how do you learn to learn?

[alan513]

I will thumb up for Zoolander actor. U r my favorite actor.

[undeadpresident]

My question is how can I keep my ribs from popping out of place when I grapple?

[hummurabi2010]

This dude is legit. I always say find your 'body glove' so you can use your personal physical characteristics to get YOUR game better.

[postalmeter]

@DrDankyDoo

Yeah what if their enemy's faking it because that's what they're enemy WANTS him to think?

The best guys simply are better with moves and strategy through experience.

[postalmeter]

@DrDankyDoo

Yep and my dog weighed 50 and practiced with a dog that weighed 100, he got really good LOL

[1sthorseman]

1:29 "mmmkay.." lmao

[GuardianAngel5150]

uhh, Only rolling gets you better @ Jiu Jitsu, and rolling with a legitimate instructor not some idiot. ONLY THROUGH SPARRING can you get better. You cannot get better by watching movies, video's etc... And Jiu Jitsu is VERY complicated. Even for the best practitioners. You sir, are just a moron.

[Breakneckhydra1]

@GuardianAngel5150

Your a moron for calling him a moron because basically what he said in the video was was

"Get a good instructor with good lineage, do alot of rolling / practice, and ask specific questions when you go wrong"

You must be deaf or stupid or something, silly keyboard warrior.

[postalmeter]

@GuardianAngel5150

EVERYTHING's complicated if you COMPLICATE it.

And I've gotten MUCH better through books and videos, watching actual matches etc; I guess you've never trained in sports, since ALL coaches use training-films, watching actual games and fights and matches etc.

YOU are a brain-dead dumbass.

[jh09c2m]

great advice

[spritsengiggle]

It's good advice! Ask questions, break the techniques down, find your own game. :)

[InnocentyInsane]

How to get to black belt... NEVER GIVE UP... A black belt, is a white belt who never gave up!

[InnocentyInsane]

The only way to get good is if you, Practice, spar, study when resting. Practice, spar, study when resting. Practice, spar, study when resting. Practice, spar, study when resting. Practice, spar, study when resting. and repeat. Never give up, Repeat again. Sleep and eat sometime, and keep repeating...

[postalmeter]

@InnocentyInsane

Keep doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. LOL

[y2taner]

what a nice guy

[Gliachi]

that it is easy to much it wouldn't be so fun :)

[cannaBcoin]

Thank you and i will

[profitness1227]

why do you make your point by just doing it,,,,

[berner]

Great stuff Ken. I just started training in BJJ and I'm excited to see how far I can go. If you have room for my two cents, I thought I'd mention that perfect practice yields better results and I don't think there's such a thing as perfect practice. Better practice, which is what your video is helping with, will yield better results.

[LTGhostRiley]

Thank you Ken for the advise. :)

[properjujitsu]

''Jiu Jitsu isn't complicated if you do the techniques correctly''. LOL anyone understand that?! Ask questions is what i learnt from this.... i e nothing! Obviously catering to the typical demographic that studies BJJ

[kenprimo]

@properjujitsu over 78 people, yes

[allaboutthefight]

im taking ur advice ken i have class today and i just have to say that ur philosophy makes perfect sense i thoroughly enjoy watching ur videos especially ur guard passing techniques which i am currently working on with my instructor. Thanks a lot for taking time out of your day to help individuals out like me and i hope to one day be as good as u.

[TheChristianTKDGuy]

"For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction." Its a law of physics but I think this is how people should look at any ground game whatsoever. The principle I think is you must get is you must react with an equal reaction, but the way you react is totally up to you. In other words principles over techniques, its a highly individual art.

[misshippopotato]

@mrdubcrazy untrue, lots of women do it. myself included.

[Porojukaha]

@mrdubcrazy whats with the hate troller? dont you have anything better to do? go back to your world of warcraft game you little girl. FYI theres a phenomena called "fighter fuckers" they are girls, usually insanely hot ones, who hang out at matches (MMA usually) and try to fuck all of the fighters.(bad idea IMO. STDs, staph. eck!) totally a gay mans sport....

[NECC94]

@mrdubcrazy that's why we train BJJ, self defense. Besides I know what you mean. you think that because there is no striking in BJJ it is easy. Well I train muay thai and boxing and BJJ is by far the hardest.

[xGoC]

@mrdubcrazy So you mean... smart people?

[mrdubcrazy]

@xGoC smart people don't think rolling around on the mat is a self defense!!

[xGoC]

@mrdubcrazy Whats your point? If you say youre not scared of being hurt, then youre a messed up human being.

[drshabang]

@mrdubcrazy or, you could stop hanging out with people who're going to stab you??? either way...

[Porojukaha]

@mrdubcrazy Having been mugged at gunpoint, having had knives pulled on me, having been in real street fights, having lived in some of the most dangerous ghettos in the world (i lived in brazil for 2 years in very poor neighborhoods). I dont believe in self defense. Anyone who engages in a real world street fight, or tries to fight off a mugger for $5 is an idiot and will probably end up in the hospital or dead. That being said, ive used jiu jitsu in street fights and its worked for me.

[Porojukaha]

@mrdubcrazy also, jiu jitsu DOES involve pain. lots of it. Ive boxed, ive wrestled, ive done jiu jitsu. Jiu jitsu is the most painful. It makes you such a man, in fact, that i think that people who box with gloves are pussies. Getting hit in the head is hardly painful at all. Its just a shock, its scary. thats all. What hurts is when you get cut or break something, and it only hurts the next day. adrenaline eliminates pain. no one said it was self defense anyways. for me its just a hobby

[sivko23]

Ancient Secret of Bjj = Ask question to your trainer....... wow, what a secret...

[TheDella91]

ancient secret is watching youtube lol

[Cinoh10]

I love your videos & the advice was dead on that's how i learn what i know & teach (w/my system) I wish i was a student of yours too ;-) I will alway's be a student till the day i die....Each One Teach One....ooooS!

[xxpurrfectgirlxx]

good info- by the way, You were great in Tropic Thunder!!

[tillman40]

Ken gave you a jewel right there...make sure your instructor comes from good lineage....

[b34rh34d]

1:30 Mmmkay

[sabakimsg]

Great video!

[chiproc]

so true

[hudas1988]

great tip to everyone that's jiu jitsu. You said a lot of things that instructors should say everytime they end the class. In our gym our instructor dedicates once a one class per week for questions and fixing problems. One thing I would love to add is that people need to write down the lessons. Keep in mind the things you are having difficulty with and keep that in a notebook for when you get back to class the next time you review it and know off the bat what to look for and what not to do.

[Whyisthat101]

The best way to get good at Jiu jitsu is to pay attention, use as much technique rather than strength as much as possible and last but certainly not least, don't grapple with an ego.

[nalon311]

Completely

[pbxgod]

Great advice. Thanks for posting this.

[graciecleveland]

good words

[amato2]

Thanks Ken appreciate it

[ECMarine6]

Thanks Ken...I will grill my teacher.

[geobros]

sorry to disagree Ken but to learn the basics may not be that hard but jiu jitsu is very deep and in your life time you barly scratch the surface... transition movement feeling, technique, its very hard to get it all working both physicaly and mentally at the same time... i train with a few high level black belts and they makes me feel like a white belt

[kenprimo]

I think it is simple, like Relson and Roger say. I think doing it correctly is difficult.

[billysue2]

@geobros you havent disagreed with anything

[postalmeter]

@geobros "transition movement feeling"? What the fuck is THAT shit?

Yeah, ANYTHING is complicated if you COMPLICATE it with that mumbo-jumbo crap and confuse the fuck out of yourself!

No wonder you feel like an idiot.

[Brunovskist]

Couldn't agree more. Of course the other important thing is to train, train, train and keep consistent with it. This seems obvious but I can't tell you how many guys I know of that complain about their progress (or lack of) that only show up for class sporadically.

[ph33ric]

agree 5 stars.

[iwanttofight69]

Is the answer still the same if were talking about mma

[kenprimo]

yeah, why not

[93alvbjo]

too bad people don't question their religion....

[Marlowann]

@93alvbjo Most people who call themselves religious either do indeed question their religion or just don't care too much about it.

[93alvbjo]

@Marlowann what did that have to do with what i said?

[Marlowann]

@93alvbjo You said "too bad people don't question their religion."

I was explaining how truly religious people do indeed question their religion.

[ixoye143]

@93alvbjo Too bad people don't question their disbelief.

[AndrewBranco16]

@93alvbjo too bad no one gives a shit hahah

[93alvbjo]

@AndrewBranco16 true

[jh09c2m]

@93alvbjo Amen

[J0hnFreeman]

i think going to jiujitsu more helps alot, asking questions if you have a question helps most. watching footage, watching instructionals, reading books getting more cardio and strength flexability in will help too and thats everything i can think of lol

[chingon711]

Ask questions = Being more assertive.

[EATMAN888]

thanks for the vids!so what are some good bjj books i can use to supplement my trainning!...oh yea dont forget the video i was hoping that you would do about the importence of self defense!please!

[TheRenegadeAssassin]

Ken, you are the fucking man. Just remind people that fitness is an essential part to what you do. I'm not a mixed martial artists but I have trained in ground fighting before. And I know that if you aren't in good physical condition, it will hinder a lot of what you want to do while on the ground. Keep up the awesome work.

[chavamma]

@TheRenegadeAssassin I Agree With you Physical conditioning is very important, however when rolling, alot of BJJers go all out, Technique is more important than strenght. Don't get me wrong strenght is absolutely important, but strenght without technique is useless. Great Point there. -Kind Regards- ChavaMMA