We’ve had some new people join the Mörning Crüe recently. It occurred to me that I’ve neglected to provide some basics. It’s hard to plan the right lessons when there’s so much variance in the audience. Still, we can’t just leave this out. I’ll start bringing back some warmups to address some basic movements. If the movements in class still feel bizarre to you, check out John Danaher’s Self Mastery series: https://bjjfanatics.com/products/self-master-solo-bjj-training-drills-by-john-danaher. It’s free! It’s thorough (as all of his videos are) and it provides many options for practicing movements by yourself. It was released during the pandemic to help isolated Jiu Jitsu nerds keep their movement sharp. If Danaher is too much for you, this is a decent collection: https://jiujitsulegacy.com/health/strength-conditioning/10-best-bjj-drills-you-can-do-home-alone/.
Everyone needs to have some concept of hip escape. There are plenty of videos saying “Everyone is doing it wrong! Listen to me!” Whatever. Bernardo is doing that a little bit here, but this is good enough:
Why? Why hip escape? Because you’ve been mounted and you need to get the heck out of there:
The technical standup should also be a familiar movement:
A lot of people describe this movement talking about self defense. More directly related to our current purpose is the x-guard sweep: