Atomic Smashers

Atomic Smashers starting to ramp up at our new training place

Pedro Sauer. Rickson's best friend. Sauer is a master of escaping side control. Can you see the principles he is using? Now, the woman. Can you notice the difference? What principles she is not following? And, this makes all the difference for defending and escaping side control.

Atomic Smashers? What fundamental principles are being violated here?

Tremendous lesson today from Rickson. Dealing with heavier opponents. When on the bottom. Defending side control. Being mounted. Even in your guard. Do not stay flat. Stay on your side. In bottom side control, you must connect to the ground or you will get flattened out. You must also connect to your opponent. If not, you will get flattened out. No one compares to Rickson. He teaches not by technique but by principle. The very basic building blocks you need to become invinceable. At the highest levels of jiu jitsu, I see very poor technique and principles being violated. And, I see so many principles being ignored by most of the jiu jitsu videos being posted on youtube. And, the instructional videos you can buy, from famous and world champions, not very good. Most folks are ignorant of the principles.

On your side to escape. I wonder who keeps preaching this?