BEST BJJ Instructional DVDs & Books

SanoVitae

Any particularly good ones to check out?

While I'm fully aware that the best way to learn via lessons, I'm very unlikely to have the time to roll as much as is usually recommended. So unless I find someone in my gym to roll with during my lunch break, I'm likely to only get 1-2 lessons (most likely 1) per week.

So I'd like to use a DVD to supplement the lessons. I'm not looking to pick up any exotic techniques - just the basics explained really well so I can mentally drill them in between rolling sessions and lessons.

Cheers,

Paul

aFlabbyPanda

I got the Roy Dean bluebelt DVD's recently. They are very good. Other than that my 2 fav sites for online videos are below.

http://austinjiujitsu.com/tech/

http://www.submissions101.com/videos/pages/

Chris89

BrianjG wrote: »

I got the Roy Dean bluebelt DVD's recently. They are very good. Other than that my 2 fav sites for online videos are below.

http://austinjiujitsu.com/tech/

http://www.submissions101.com/videos/pages/

ULLLLL submissions 101

Saulos book, jiu jitsu university is very good.

aFlabbyPanda

Chris89 wrote: »

ULLLLL submissions 101

what?

Doug Cartel

BrianjG wrote: »

what?

Serious LOLs. The only thing that would be funnier would be if you'd recommended Choson Ninja



Paul, I don't want to sound patronising, but are you sure you haven't got the time to do regular BJJ training? Can you make time? (God, that *does* sound patronising. Sorry, I just think it's a question you need to ask yourself.)

Saulo's book is really good though, especially the first two chapters on survival and escapes.

flynny51

Robson Moura, his stuff is floating around the net. Very helpful.

aFlabbyPanda

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Serious LOLs. The only thing that would be funnier would be if you'd recommended

well OK then. do you want to explain what's so bad about the site?

Chris89

BrianjG wrote: »

well OK then. do you want to explain what's so bad about the site?

They have no notable credentials that i know of.

Your man also wears his like, i dunno ninja black belt with his gi even though he has some purple or something off eddie bravo.

aFlabbyPanda

Chris89 wrote: »

They have no notable credentials that i know of.

Your man also wears his like, i dunno ninja black belt with his gi even though he has some purple or something off eddie bravo.

fair enough, never knew that.

Chris89

BrianjG wrote: »

fair enough, never knew that.

I guess theyre doing a good job promoting bjj in some ways, they have a load of youtube hits.

Everyone starting out digs that rubber guard business for a while anyway.

Doug Cartel

10th Planet BS aside, my main problem is that he glosses through the stuff pretty quickly, leaving out a lot of important details.

He also seems to be the main source of info for those guys who come into class wanting to show you some crazy inverted gogoplata when they still can't do a scarf hold.

aFlabbyPanda

tbh I just found the videos handy for watching stuff that I had already done in class. The basics like guard passing, armbars, etc.

Chris89

Doug Cartel wrote: »

10th Planet BS aside, my main problem is that he glosses through the stuff pretty quickly, leaving out a lot of important details.

He also seems to be the main source of info for those guys who come into class wanting to show you some crazy inverted gogoplata when they still can't do a scarf hold.

theres some legit 10th planet lads rolling around in the US, but pretty much everyone nowadays with the internet and all, thought it was the be all and end all for about 2 months.

i got the twister and rub guard book and all.

I think NG-DUCK posted two vids before, one where some lads show about 12 riduiculous techniques in 5 mins, and saulo shows like half of a pass in 10.

Doug Cartel

Chris89 wrote: »

theres some legit 10th planet lads rolling around in the US, but pretty much everyone nowadays with the internet and all, thought it was the be all and end all for about 2 months.

When I said "BS" I wasn't so much knocking 10th Planet, as I was thinking more about how people get all worked up about Ari Bolden's rank.

The Saulo video is a good example. Ari makes nice entertaining, but shallow, videos with cool moves. Saulo drones on and on about where your elbow needs to be when doing some pass that doesn't even end in a sub. Saulo's a BJJ world champion who's coached plenty of other champions. Ari's been in - as far as I know - one BJJ tournament where he performed fairly mediocre.

Chris89

Doug Cartel wrote: »

When I said "BS" I wasn't so much knocking 10th Planet, as I was thinking more about how people get all worked up about Ari Bolden's rank.

The Saulo video is a good example. Ari makes nice entertaining, but shallow, videos with cool moves. Saulo drones on and on about where your elbow needs to be when doing some pass that doesn't even end in a sub. Saulo's a BJJ world champion who's coached plenty of other champions. Ari's been in - as far as I know - one BJJ tournament where he performed fairly mediocre.

I remember reading on either the UG or sherdog that some sport expo (maybe the arnold??) had booked him to do an open seminar or demo or something on the foot of his youtube success, and there was this online petition to get him off of it.

Apparently he doesnt roll with people from outside his school and all.

Anyway, for sure he is getting hits and stuff but its like watching accrington stanley to learn how to play football when you could be watching chelsea.

Barry.Oglesby

+1 for the Saulo books or DVDs. The difference with Saulo's stuff is the detail he goes into. You could literally watch a technique 10 times and find stuff you missed before and it's ALL important.

I always found the SBG ones very good too for simple things like posture. Can't remember what they were called though

One of the boys was saying that Draculihno's ones are very good for simple techniques but I've never seen them myself.

Chris89

My 'problem' with books, is that i usually have forgotten the technique by the time im in the gym.

how do you lads use them?

Barry.Oglesby

Chris89 wrote: »

My 'problem' with books, is that i usually have forgotten the technique by the time im in the gym.

how do you lads use them?

Usually, and this is going to make me sound like a weirdo, I "bring" the book with me.

It's mental I know and some of the looks I get... phew.

Doug Cartel

Chris89 wrote: »

My 'problem' with books, is that i usually have forgotten the technique by the time im in the gym.

how do you lads use them?

Usually I only find them good for stuff I've already been taught, but have forgotten some of the details of, or for seeing variations of stuff I can already do fairly well.

NG-DOC

Saulo Ribeiro - Jiu Jitsu Revolution 1 and 2

and

www.mginaction.com

all you'll ever need

Sid_Justice

matt thornton has a new set of dvds out now/soon, i think john kavanagh has a whole one to himself on it, it would be worth getting a look at, especially if you're starting out (or starting again) in bjj/mma

Pontificatus

Saulo Ribierio - Jiu Jitsu Revolution 1 & 2
Braulio Estima - The Guard

I also get quite a lot from Cane Prevosts blog: http://caneprevost.wordpress.com/

I work in the IFSC and would be free to roll most weekdays. I'm sure there are other BJJ guys around the IFSC too

ryoishin

I have a stack of books in my toilet, I spend enough time there so thats when I do most of the reading.

Usually theres something I need to work on in training eg, side mount escapes so Ill scroll through the books for that and try it in training.

Andrew H

I like to read books as I find it easier to pick up the techniques instead of watching complete dvd's. The best book by far or as I like to call it the Jiu Jitsu bible is:

Saulo Ribierio - Jiu Jitsu University

Websites would be:

www.ILoveBJJ.com

and various subscriptions on youtube:

Jiu Jitsu Matrix, sambosteve, stephankesting, anything by Erik Paulson and SBG etc..

SanoVitae

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm working on getting BJJ classes at SanoVitae, starting in the New Year. I'll keep you posted when everything is confirmed.

Cheers,

Paul

Chris89

I also like Eoinhos series on the inverted toe hold

Ramunas

I found best for me Pablo Popovich and Braulio Estima instructionals are more real and helpfull

Demian Maia has some great stuff

ScareGilly

Chris89 wrote: »

They have no notable credentials that i know of.

Your man also wears his like, i dunno ninja black belt with his gi even though he has some purple or something off eddie bravo.

He's an Aikido black belt, a JJJ black belt, a BJJ blue belt and a 10thPlanetJJ purple belt, he's generally teaching 10th Planet moves so I don't get what the hate is for? He's qualified to do it tbh.

And they have Keith Owens videos on there too, he's a legit black belt..

I get why he gets the hate from coaches and all because of people coming in and thinking they know it all after watching a few of their videos, but in all fairness, it's a decent enough website... For learning 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu moves..

Chris89

He is the reason that new lads are working on their clockwork orange rubberpencil defence after class instead of guard passes.

Don't get me wrong it looks cool and I'm sure it's fun, but It is a system that favours body types rather than skill and you dint see marcello Garcia locking up any mission control.

ScareGilly

Chris89 wrote: »

He is the reason that new lads are working on their clockwork orange rubberpencil defence after class instead of guard passes.

Don't get me wrong it looks cool and I'm sure it's fun, but It is a system that favours body types rather than skill and you dint see marcello Garcia locking up any mission control.

Agreed with the first part...

Anyways, on a side note I found his Mastering The Spiderweb DvD pretty helpful, compared to the other two..

Saulo's book and DvDs are amazing too.. Demian Maia's are pretty good too.