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Do you have a System and are you Working to Improve it?

Gary Berger — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:00:52 +0000

A friend of mine once said, “the only techniques you know are the ones that you can execute live.”

I’ve known so many people that try to learn every technique under the sun but most of those are irrelevant if you can’t make them work.

The better plan is to build a system and constantly work to refine it only adding techniques that fit into that system.

Then, the battle plan is to funnel them into your system. The way I explain it to my students is “You don’t have to be great at Jiu-Jitsu, you have to be great at YOUR Jiu-Jitsu. And, then make your opponent fight in the arena of your Jiu-Jitsu.’

But, again, rather than learning a lot of random techniques to convince myself that I am very knowledgeable I’m more focused on expanding or refining my system.

The first clip is a technique I use a lot because it’s vital if you play guillotines to stop an educated opponent who understands he needs to pass to the safe side.

And, I still use it all the time. But, because I use it all the time I was able to work out one of the weaknesses of it.

And, that is if I’m really working to drive his head down from the Butterfly guard for a more effective choke then my hooking leg becomes weak and it’s harder to keep connected to his leg.

Therefore, it’s harder to keep the hook and sweep him if he then jumps to the safe side.

So, I’ve developed some techniques to deal with this.

In the second clip, you can see one that I use.

I use my back leg to block and catch his leg so that I can reinsert my hook and complete the sweep.

This is why it’s important to develop your own system and then work to constantly explore it and increase its effectiveness.

Then your combative goal is to learn how to funnel your opponent into your system.

This is a far better use of your time than learning all the “best” techniques from a bunch of random systems which don’t actually fit together.

One final note to understand my system here. Often after, I sweep, I will post my foot on their hip and elevate my hips. This allows me space to readjust my grip and to use gravity into the choke.

But, Frank here is incredibly strong and was doing a good job hand fighting. So, I concede the reversal because I knew that he’d have a harder time fighting my hands on bottom and because he’d have his hips elevated which would mean I could easily sweep him and get back on top if I wanted.

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BJJ Guillotine From Crucifix – Dallas Niles #shorts

Gary Berger — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:00:16 +0000

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3 ways to ESCAPE Side Control in Jiu Jitsu

Gary Berger — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:07:10 +0000

Brandon shows 3 ways guaranteed to help you escape side control to stop you from getting crushed on bottom all the time. Bmac has a few FREE videos available at the link below made especially for those of you struggling to escape bottom positions:
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A Jiu Jitsu Transition From The Back To The Guillotine Choke That You Have Never Seen by Garry Tonon

Gary Berger — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:00:25 +0000

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(Patreon Unlocked) The Guillotine | Concepts & Closed Guard Finishes

Gary Berger — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:31:29 +0000

I’ve again unlocked my Patreon and given everyone a video from my classes.

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Here, I cover some important details and concepts in depth for attacking the Guillotine.

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Guillotine Choke Micro Details | Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood

Gary Berger — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:56:13 +0000

In this video, first-degree jiu-jitsu black belt, Adam R. Stacey teaches some micro details that will help you to finish the guillotine choke.

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My Guillotine Game Explored: Narrated Rolling & Competition

Gary Berger — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:30:02 +0000

I don’t have a lot of videos of me competing and rolling because I was never interested in collecting it much. But, I do have some and I decided to go through them and use them as a tool to review how I do certain things.
In these videos, I will review how I use the guillotine.

It’s not just a submission for me, but a method of control, a way to sweep, takedown, and pass guard and even occasionally as a way to escape positions.

An important concept is not just the power of the guillotine/front headlock but also how the threat of it opens up so many other options for me (most obviously allowing me acmes to the body or forcing an opponent to pin themselves or abandon passes.

I haven’t done this before so the narration isn’t as in-depth as some might like but still I hope it helps.

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