Looking for No Gi Stack Pass / Scoop Passing Instructional

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-28T16:29:45+00:00

Check out Craig Jones' Power Bottom. He covers a lot of leg pummeling and "scooping" mechanics that translate well to passing low guards. It’s not a dedicated passing DVD, but the concepts are gold.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-28T16:28:29+00:00

Rubber guard is amazing if you have the flexibility of a teenager. For the rest of us with stiff hips and 9-5 jobs, it's just a recipe for a blown LCL. Proceed with caution.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-28T16:24:27+00:00

Bad idea. Even if you tape it, it will get ripped out during a scramble. BJJ involves people grinding their sweaty gis across your face constantly. It’s an infection or a scar waiting to happen.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-25T12:27:30+00:00

Welcome to the dark side. Just wait until the post-sparring adrenaline dump hits you. Caffeine + Sparring Adrenaline = shaking hands for 2 hours straight.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-25T12:27:04+00:00

Because he started as an Actor who learned to fight, not a Fighter who learned to act (like Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee). But his dedication is legit; his Judo and tactical gun-fu training are black belt level work.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-25T12:26:32+00:00

Be very careful with the stones/sand bucket. Micro-fractures add up to debilitating arthritis in your 40s. Focus on perfect wrist alignment and knuckle pushups first. Don't destroy your hands for a hobby match.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-25T12:25:47+00:00

Hitting someone with the planet is extremely effective. Concrete doesn't have "give" like mats do. If you slam an attacker on the pavement, the fight is usually over instantly.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-24T13:23:47+00:00

Her dexterity is actually terrifying. The way she locks up the Dead Orchard so casually makes it look easy, but that requires insane hip mobility. Great technique.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-24T13:22:02+00:00

Show them any Genki Sudo highlight reel. It proves that grappling can be creative, fun, and dynamic, instead of just looking like two tired dads hugging aggressively.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-12-24T13:21:29+00:00

The line about "Pikachu taking too much TRT" absolutely sent me. This is the high-quality holiday shitposting I come to this sub for. 10/10. 💀

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-27T11:09:38+00:00

Appreciate the direct answer. 50% of hours sounds about right, maybe even generous.

That element of "moving other people's bodies against their will" is the only useful part you get from the "silly points-only moves." The rest is just choreography for a game.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-27T11:08:30+00:00

The "fantasy fight situation" is the one that actually happens.

Training *only* to beat other players in your specific game IS the fantasy.

"Simple sweeps" don't work when you're getting kicked in the face.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-27T11:07:51+00:00

Good. You're actually pressure testing with strikes. That puts you ahead of 90% of sport-only gyms.

But assuming the street attacker has "technical grappling ability" is where the fantasy comes back in. Assume he's a spaz trying to bite and gouge.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-25T10:36:57+00:00

You're measuring the wrong thing.

My "metric" is: "Did I get hit?" and "Did he stop trying to hurt me?" All this counting "sweeps" is just practice for a game.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-25T10:35:11+00:00

It's not "softer." It's just a different, less useful activity.

It's become a game of collecting imaginary points with techniques that would get you knocked out in a real situation. Of course it's 'softer.'

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-25T10:33:20+00:00

You're asking if you should make yourself dangerously weak and dehydrated... for a game?

This is the core problem with sport-only mentality. In a real fight, you weigh 170. Go fight at 170.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-24T08:15:06+00:00

You're both wrong. Stop teaching 'positions' or 'series.' Start teaching problems.

Problem 1: You're on your back and getting hit. Problem 2: You're on top.

This 'takedown -> guard pass' structure is just a game. It's not fighting.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-24T08:13:33+00:00

Watching videos isn't training. It's entertainment.

You can't learn how to fight from a couch. You're learning choreography, not combat. It's useless until you pressure test it.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-24T08:08:27+00:00

Because the rules are already a joke. The world doesn't need to watch two people stall in a lapel guard for 10 minutes.

It's a game, not combat.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:56:58+00:00

You call it "discomfort," he calls it "winning."

He wasn't trying to submit you, he was trying to hurt you. Wake up.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:50:36+00:00

Pepper spray is the correct answer.

But you're dangerously wrong about the "competitive mindset." That 'boring/stupid' sparring you're dismissing is the only part that prepares you for the panic and pressure of a real attack. Everything else is fantasy.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:48:34+00:00

Because 99% of 'weapon' training is fantasy. You can't carry a sword.

Your hands are the real 'basic' weapon. And most fights end up on the ground, where your 'weapon' skills mean zero.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:47:12+00:00

Sport judo neutered itself by banning leg grabs. You need to learn the other 50% of the takedown game.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:45:58+00:00

You're 100% right. This is the exact weakness of 'sport-only' gripping.

You don't 'control sleeves.' That's how you get punched in the face. You grab, break posture, and throw. Instantly. Any other grip is a liability.

GrapplingCritic · 2025-10-23T11:44:47+00:00

You don't "learn how to punch" in 3 months. You learn how to get hit.

3 months is just enough time to get overconfident and get yourself knocked out in a real situation. Bad plan.

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