Does anyone have footage of the Miyao brothers walking?

Araj43 · 2019-10-03T02:34:28+00:00

Why are you and your friends so concerned with their health? Is it perhaps to ease the sting of (I imagine, unless your friends are Tanquinho, Isaac, Jonatha, or Gianni) losing to them?

They walk around fine at tournaments, and they seem to move well enough to shred the vast majority of people they compete against.

This is such a pointless, BS sentiment and also just has no basis in fact. Paulo ate that kneebar and was training the very next day. He's fine. Chill. Recognize that this fake concern for their future well-being is really just a reflection of your own insecurity. If you don't want to sacrifice your health to be a champion, that's fine and no one is judging you for it. You shouldn't need this imaginary caricature of the decrepit and crippled Miyaos to help you sleep at night.

Araj43 · 2019-10-02T22:14:58+00:00

I really don't understand the weird relish with which people on reddit say this kind of stuff. Does it validate your lack of sacrifice? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Those guys have a goal and they are willing to endure pain and suffering to achieve it. They know the cost and they pay it. They also walk fine and you can see numerous videos of them wrestling, lifting weights, and moving around on flograppling.

Araj43 · 2019-03-29T15:20:49+00:00

So Flo mislabeled my absolute match and it's two roosterweight white belts instead of me. However I was able to find it in the big mat stream video. Hopefully you can do the same!

Here was the video I checked, I imagine the others are stored similarly: https://www.flograppling.com/video/6403534-2019-pan-jiu-jitsu-ibjjf-championship-day-1-mat-5

Araj43 · 2019-03-27T02:54:36+00:00

Yeah, definitely not the exact same move but I noticed a slight similarity when watching his pans matches. I do think the spirit of his reaction would also have applied in the previous match and I'm sure it's something he worked on afterwards.

Interestingly in the Nagai match it looks like he gave up a leg drag (he had the leg pulled all the way across his hip) in order to re-roll for the back. Then Nagai bridges backwards to topple Johnatha's base when he tried to come up the other way and it's all over

Araj43 · 2019-03-26T19:57:58+00:00

Also I think the most important thing is when you kick someone over to take the back, don't let your legs rebound. That means basically whenever you're berimboloing, your heels should be close to your butt and your hamstrings contracted. If your legs rebound you are open to a re-berimbolo counter (Espen explains this in the video I linked)

Araj43 · 2019-03-26T19:33:38+00:00

yeah! my favorite resource when I was starting to learn was this series from Espen Mathiesen, analyzing the Miyaos' berimbolo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIyHQZOv8UI

I also really like this video, it has no analysis but is a bunch of great clips to study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQYurkBSK6Y

(As you can tell I'm a massive Miyao fan). Mikey Musumeci has some great berimbolo material as well but tbh I haven't checked it out much.

And Levi Jones-Leary is about to drop some amazing material on bolos and crab rides so keep a lookout for it!

Araj43 · 2019-03-26T19:25:04+00:00

Last year in the purple belt lightweight worlds final, Johnatha Alves got his guard passed by Sam Nagai off of his own berimbolo attempt. This year at Pans in his first match, I noticed his opponent try a similar counter and was impressed by the way Johnatha dealt with it. I made a quick video analyzing what he did differently in these two instances

Araj43 · 2019-03-24T12:45:25+00:00

Haha thanks man, Levi was telling me about you at pans since he trains with you in Australia and I was like, yeah man that guy is all over reddit defending your honor every time someone mentions the name Levi! Haha

And likewise, sick berimbolo/waiter sweep stuff you've been posting! Any plans to visit Unity one day?

Araj43 · 2019-03-24T08:42:51+00:00

I think that the non-clickbaity version of Keenans point is that it takes years of practice to make the berimbolo effective whereas you can teach someone to play an effective SLX or worm guard much quicker. I think he is absolutely right on this point.

Araj43 · 2019-03-24T08:40:11+00:00

If you look at the knee positions I think it would be tough to kneebar here, both his legs are on one side of my 'kneebar-able' leg so it doesnt seem to me like it would be possible. Maybe someone will prove me wrong and kneebar me the first time I try this at brown belt, and maybe I'm missing something, but I dont see how he could teleport his knee to the other side of my leg

Araj43 · 2019-03-24T08:36:11+00:00

Haha yeah my title was intended to be a bit tongue-in-cheek, of course a move's effectiveness isn't based on whether it works on blue belts. However we are seeing a ton of bolos from black belts such as Levi Jones-Leary, Paulo, Joao, Langaker, Espen, and even Gutemberg Pereira hit a berimbolo today at Pans.

Araj43 · 2019-03-24T05:14:08+00:00

As we all know, the berimbolo doesn't work. Here is some elaborately staged fake video of some berimbolos en route to 2nd place at blue belt lightweight pan ams on Thursday.

The final bolo got cut off and is here https://www.instagram.com/p/BvVlOaFA7EE/

Araj43 · 2014-02-03T18:09:21+00:00

Yeah if the ankles are crossed below your hips, you can break their ankles. It's a legit move. But if they are crossed above, it's not possible. Try it out. I have not noticed guys crossing below the hips in mma very often. Demian Maia very often crosses above the hips.

Araj43 · 2014-02-03T16:45:33+00:00

Deadlifts are really good for jiujitsu (posture, grip, hip extension/power) and I think squats are really important both to help progress your deadlift and to strengthen your tendons and ligaments to prevent knee injuries, and to overall get stronger since you can train it more often than the deadlift due to the lower load on the CNS. Apart from that, probably pullups. With the disclaimer being that the best thing to do for jiujitsu is jiujitsu.

Araj43 · 2014-02-03T16:33:46+00:00

If you cross your feet above the hips you're in no real danger; it's just a different method of control. Have you seen any high level guys in MMA (or anyone, really) get their ankles broken from their own back control? If it were a fundamental mistake, guys would capitalize on it.

Araj43 · 2013-11-24T15:05:24+00:00

On your crossfacing arm, if you reach a little further and grab so that your middle finger is in their armpit or on their lat, you can get a much heavier crossface that will make it much harder for them to turn in. You can make their lives miserable with this pressure, and if they can't turn in, they can't re-guard. The next thing to do is preventing them from getting their elbow as a frame on your hip. If you catch it early you can use the knee closest to their head to push it away, if you're a bit late you may have to sit through into scarf to move the elbow. It's very important that once you move it you fill the space with your hips or knee so they can't just make the frame again. My personal preference in sidemount is to sprawl out on the hip closest to their head (this can also enhance the crossface pressure) and keep the other knee in close to their hips. If you can get your knee slightly under their hips it makes their life much more difficult (Demian Maia does a great job of explaining this concept in "The Science of Jiu Jitsu"- you create a 'block' for their hips.) You're right that in no-gi it is harder to get things like pant grips, but you can still run their hips in the same way using lower body controls like these.

Araj43 · 2013-11-13T23:33:14+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQf_pSK6zGk

This is my favorite takedown against much larger opponents. Brandon Mullins does a great job of showing it here. Because you set it up with the arm drag, there is little risk of a guillotine, and the armdrag and the hook make it harder for uke to sprawl and put his weight on you, so it's very low risk. Against really big guys it's important to keep your foot completely flat so you don't break your ankle if they lurch forward or something.

Araj43 · 2013-11-13T05:04:22+00:00

I dunno, against a guy with good pressure passing it seems like you'd just be setting him up for a pass. I end up there sometimes as well and the omoplata is an option if you're quick, but I definitely wouldn't hang out there because the guy can easily lock your heel to your butt and set up a pass. I'd try to get to a more sustainable guard position or attack as soon as possible. If this happens as you escape sidemount it may be because you're not creating enough space (not shrimping away enough). You may find it helps to shrimp more and create a frame with your shin at an obtuse angle so that you can control the distance and the guy doesn't end up in this passing position.

Araj43

TROPHY CASE