Just Jiu Jitsu

We didn’t release an episode last week because we spent a weekend in a remote cabin in the woods. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your opinion of the podcast, we recorded an episode during our trip. We also have our first guest on the podcast! Claude Doucette, a brown belt at Kroyler’s school, joins us to talk about jiu jitsu and hawks.

If you don’t like episodes with poor sound quality and roleplaying, then do yourself a favor and skip this one.

If you’re always working with the same five to ten techniques because they work well for you, then you aren’t getting better. Learning alternative techniques will help your game continue to evolve. It will make you better prepared to face people of all skill levels. In order to do this you have to be ready to fail. Strengthening your weak areas of jiu jitsu will involve being tapped by many opponents, but the end result will be you adding an effective new skill to your repertoire.

If you want a slick submission that will work in many different scenarios, try the omoplata. If you want a smooth sweep that will setup numerous submissions or beneficial positions, try the omoplata. If you want an all around versatile technique that will make you dangerous, try the omoplata! By now you should understand that this episode is about the omoplata.

All of the topics in this week’s episode focus on recent happenings related to jiu jitsu. Behold, the topics of the week!

We review a submission from UFC ESPN 12

What a would a match between Gordon Ryan and Roger Gracie look like?

Chokeholds and law enforcement

Is it better to know one technique very well, or have an average understanding of many techniques?

While this is still a Zoom episode, we’re back to our old format: a central topic…and a little roleplaying. In this episode we talk about many of the different kinds of guillotines. Kroyler explains the benefits and downsides of each variation and when to apply them.

Enjoy this last Quarantine episode because next we’re back to our old format! This week we discuss:

Being too passing when rolling

Relying too heavily of offense

Size discrepancy in a fight

Human vs the animal jiu jitsu

In an all new addition of The Quarantine Chronicles:

What does training look like as people start to go back to the gym?

Andrew talks about preparing for his purple belt test, which leads to a broader discussion on belt progression.

Which competitors are the most fun to watch?

Andrew tries to get Kroyler to host a gym talent show.

This week in The Quarantine Chronicles:

A new segment is born that pits Andrew and Kroyler against each other in a heated battle of the minds

Kroyler and Andrew’s top 3 combos

A discussion on jiu jitsu movies, or lack of

This week in the Quarantine Chronicles:

Transferring an opponent’s energy/momentum

Reacting to confrontations

Andrew gets a haircut

And more listener questions!

This week in The Quarantine Chronicles:

What kind of long term effect will this prolonged break have on jiu jitsu?

Kroyler talks about his very first competition as a child.

We discuss a John Danaher statement on leg locks.

Also, listener questions!