Gracie compatives DVD box, if you don't need it any more

[xo-karate]

Ok - if some one has the 13 DVD's and don't need them, I could use them for a while ( a year).

Just if it's collecting dust on the bookshelf.

[Ueshirokarate]

Ok - if some one has the 13 DVD's and don't need them, I could use them for a while ( a year).

Just if it's collecting dust on the bookshelf.

There is a lot of good content on Youtube.

[xo-karate]

I'd like to test a planned approach. Gracie has a curriculum. Just doing individual YouTube techniques is a puzzle. (I do follow many channels and get techniques, but I want to try a systematic approach for a while.)

[Dobbersky]

I've got a BJJ book authored by 2 Gracie brothers, it runs a syllabus, best thing to format you training etc is to get the book then find the specified techniques on You tube etc.

It's just an idea anyways

[ps1]

I've got a BJJ book authored by 2 Gracie brothers, it runs a syllabus, best thing to format you training etc is to get the book then find the specified techniques on You tube etc.

It's just an idea anyways

If you're talking about Gracie Jiu-Jitsu; Theory and Technique then you have a pretty good book. It's by Royler and Renzo Gracie. They are cousins, not brothers. The techniques presented are ok. However, it does not do a true representation of what you should know by black belt. Actually, I'd say it runs through a pretty solid blue belt curriculum if you go from the first move to the last. In other words, becoming skilled with the moves in the book would make you a solid blue belt.

But honestly xo-karate, it sounds like you're looking for a magic bullet. Some set of moves that, in and of themselves, will make you better at bjj. There is no such thing. This is because BJJ (as any martial art when practiced properly) is more than the sum of it's parts. Let's say, as an hypothetical example, that BJJ has 1000 different techniques. You could go and learn each move and perfect each move, but all your left with is 1000 moves. BJJ isn't about how many moves you learn. Just like any other live activity, it's about strategy, mechanics, timing and the amount of work you put into it. Once you get very good at basic mechanics and have a good idea of what your BJJ is like, then you can begin learning new moves that fit into your scheme or expand your scheme.

For now, stick to fundamentals. They're fundamental for a reason...ie: THEY WORK. They aren't working for you yet because you aren't good at them yet. Come back in 10 years and we'll talk more about this.

[xo-karate]

ps1 - working thru Gracie combative is just opposite of a magic bullet. It's learning basics systematically. Looking for individual YouTube techniques is more like trying to find a magic bullet.

....but in a sense ps1 is right. I am looking to get better and I've tried different approaches and I know one correct answer - it's time and experience. I've done bjj for 8 months and I do understand that it's almost nothing... but wouldn't it be nice to get better faster:-)

[xo-karate]

I will not apply for an official Gracie garage. There is a small catch in the process. You can have a garage for one year and during that time you need to do you blue belt and apply to an instructors course. Instructors course is about 1600$ and in Torrence California. (So that would cost me an other 1600$)

I'll go thru the lessons with some sparring partners as an extra curriculum for my regular bjj class.

[xo-karate]

Dobbersky and ps1,

I'll check the book "Jiu-Jitsu; Theory and Technique".

Gracie university has a free ebook for combatives 36 lessons, but I would like to read more about concepts and principles ( and learn to use them:-)

[Dobbersky]

XO, definitely let us know how you got on, OSU

[xo-karate]

Lessons 1 and 2 done - only 34 to go:-)

(Well the curriculum says that every lesson should be done 6 times, but once is good for me and some repetitions for issues I find more difficult - maybe I'll do the reaction drills that are included in every lesson more often.)