¶ The New Order of Jiu-Jitsu
A good martial artist does not become tense but ready . Essentially , at this point the fight is over , so you pretty much flow with the goal . Who is worthy to be trusted with the secret to limitless power ?
I'm ready . Hey , jt , you know when times are good on the mats , you're kicking ass . You're fucking dominating . You are running game on fools , let's go . You're putting it on them , you know . You put it on like pesky blue belts .
You know they're getting stronger and then you're just like fucking shut down , boom , hit my arm , but whatever it is right , suckers no . And you're the menace . He's the fucking thing that people aren't realizing . One day , that person's going to be the big dog .
Oh , one day , that blue belt's going to be a big , scary brown belt and you're going to be a tired black belt and they're just going to be remembering every beatdown you put on them and they're going to go . Hey , old man , this is the new fucking thing , like I'm knocking , yeah .
It's some kill bill shit .
And it's like you're like man . I thought this day would never come . We have that 1% better every day . Just stay ahead , I'll tell you . I'll tell you . I trained with a guy called Ollie . You know Ollie , I know Ollie well .
¶ Ollie's Evolution in Deep Half Guard
Ollie's a great brown belt . Yes , he is Great brown belt . I think I pretty much always had Ollie's number .
I just want to quickly say I think there's been a change in Ollie .
The way he was at purple is not how he is at brown . Yeah , well , he went on this journey of , uh like deep half guard , right , and he just , and we would just fucking smash him .
He pulled deep half guard and then you just fucking smash him from there you know , and then he'd pull deep half guard again and then maybe smash him a bit , but then he got the sweep . You're like , motherfucker the sweep . And then he hit it again and then , nah , smash him . But incrementally he turned that deep half guard into a fucking formidable weapon .
Yes , to the point where if ollie pulls deep half guard on you , you're getting swept . You're done right , and so I've kind of always kept that in mind .
But being that I haven't been training that frequently in recent years , I still just fall back into that same thing of like go on , pull your deep half , and then I'm going to try and like cross collar , choke you or do some shit you know , and , uh , invariably for a long time he would get the sweep , but then I'd be able to like counter sweep and then
fuck him up with something , cause we wouldn't be in the deep half anymore . Sure , anyways , last year I spent a bunch of time coaching Mount to the guys at Vantage and we spent maybe three months on it .
Yep .
And I taught really just like three techniques and we just I just repackaged it in different ways every week for like three months so the guys would get it and we had an armbar in there really nice armbar .
And Ollie has consistently said to me since then , bro , that armbar you taught us and the whole mount thing last year has become such a strong part of my game Like he's really super grateful for it . So nice . Yeah , great , like I love to hear it Right .
And he's like , bro , I'm fucking hitting it on like other brown belts and shit , like I'm I'm mounting them , controlling them . And then he's like , like it's , it's so good , bro .
And you know , and anyway , I went to training last week on like tuesday night , for you know a bit of a one-off and , um , ollie pulled some deep half bullshit on me and uh , but it was a little bit different , had a bit of a different flavor , you know .
And then I noticed like there's a fucking , there was a worm , the hook , he like weaved in a bit of worm guard and I'm like , what the fuck is this ? And then I try , and then he went and I don't know what the fuck he did , but can't sweat me . So
¶ Teacher Gets Tapped by Student
he's on top and I'm like , and I'm like , I'm like he's on top , but I'm like , it's good , I'm gonna fucking get out . And then he mounts me . And then I'm like , oh , shit , I'm in mount . But I'm like , no big deal , right , it's all , I'm gonna fuck him up , that's fine . And then fucking arm bars me .
Oh , with the same fucking armmbar that I taught him last year . Oh , the audacity . And I'm like , bro , you did that so well and he's like thanks , bro , you taught it to me . Thanks , I told you , man , it's been , he was super .
And you know how you get , when you tap the person that you don't get to tap that often , that you become like really appreciative because you're aware of the gravity of the situation . That's huge and I think both Ollie and I at that moment felt , we felt that there had been this transition , a shift .
It was like a universal law that always was ceased to be and it was superseded by a new law and uh , and I and I , you know , and I was like bro , I'm super happy , that was great . Like you know , I try not to make too big a deal of it , cause I'm like , whatever , bro , you caught me .
No , big deal but .
I'm also like bro , you fucking caught me . Well done , it was a good get Like , it wasn't like a . Oh you , you jumped on a straight ankle lock and you know it's tough , but it's great because obviously the lesson it's .
It's the hardest form of you knowing that you did the right thing , as the , as the teacher , in terms of you taught him the lesson well , because he fucking used it against you .
And I had a moment like that at my black belt grading , where two of my most savage students who I've always well , one of them was a student , one of them was not One of them was just a training partner , but a lower rank guy stuff I'd shown them they used on me and they fucked me up Like they they kind of injured me and I was like fuck , do I
deserve this ? Like , is this how I've raised my children ? You know ? Like , are the chickens coming home to roost ? Like , is that what this is Cause ? Is that my karma for teaching them to be savage , tough , unrelenting , mean , bad
¶ Jiu-Jitsu Karma Comes for Everyone
motherfuckers ? And I'm like they were being unrelenting on me . How , how dare they Like I , I deserve this ? Like they learned their lesson ? Well , this is like some fucking kill bill shit . Like , oh , just standing there with the samurai sword cutting people's limbs off . You're like , fuck , it's my time .
Jiu-jitsu , karma's real . It comes for you , it does , and I honestly like I mean I've you know , I've been aware of this , I've accepted this , but still , when it's there in your face , it's like I've spoken about Ari Tabak . For those who don't just run the Rome open or the , but yeah for those who don't just run the one , the Rome open , the Rome IBJJ .
He is on the . Recently there was a Mount Rushmore of like undefeatable guards , Like there's a meme which is uh , uh , your son can't play guard , Send to Australia , Forget for three years Send to . Australia for three years . Forget him . Yeah , you know like .
And it's got Lachlan Giles , levi , ari , tabak and Kaya , no , no , no , old mate with the heel hook , he heel hooked- . Oh , lucas , lucas Cannonard . They are the four faces on the Mount Rushmore of unpassable guards .
Dude , and I remember as it became that and you're showing up and you're like , no , it's going to be like it always was . And it's like , wait , this is different . Wait , I can't pass his guard . Wait , he keeps sweeping me . Wait , I just got tapped mine repeatedly .
You're like , and you and you know , you just have , we're so reluctant to just be able to yeah , and to be able to , like , look at this beautiful thing , but it is so um .
for me , having accepted it , it's not that traumatic , but I but I do know that there's a lot of grapplers out there who need to hear this because they don't anticipate that that point will come someday and when it comes , if you haven't ever thought about it , it can really fuck you up when you're at jujitsu and you get thirsty .
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¶ Accepting Your Students' Growth
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I remember , I remember a black belt that I met back when I was maybe purple or brown and actually met him at the outdoor gym . Lovely bloke Got chatting to him and he was like you do jiu-jitsu ? And I was like yeah , I do . And I was like you . He was like yeah , and I was like , oh , what about you ?
He was like I'm a black belt and I was like whoa , and this was at a time when there wasn't a lot big deal , you know and , um , I was asking what he was doing . He's like um , I'm here like working on the muscle up .
Um , because I keep getting bashed by these young cunts of jiu-jitsu and I need to fucking smash them again , right and I was like , wow , tell me more about that .
And this guy had this , was carrying this thing of like he was in that transition , right , and he was no longer able to be the fucking . He was no longer able to shut the little dogs down .
He was no longer the hammer , nah , and and he and he was , and his , his approach to it was well , I gotta become a bigger hammer , so I can , but he's in his 40s , he's busted up classic black belt , like he was . You know , I'm like , and I told him man , it's not gonna happen . Like , I'll teach you to do a muscle up , but you're not gonna .
You're not gonna stop those young cunts I .
I love that Joey Guy comes to you like how can I be better , joey , give up mate you don't got this .
I'm like fucking accept this .
You are fucked , my son .
Because it's just the law of the jungle fam .
No , to a certain extent . There is a point at which , in the lions , the lion who's the head of the fucking tribe gets ousted by the younger , more dominant lion . Sure , that's what TRT is for . That's right , apparently .
But the young cunts are on the TRT too , bro , you don't want to get a fucking deal with that . No , of course , and this isn't like just giving you green light to be like , just get on the gear , oh well , or yeah , but just be like oh well , I'm fucking . You know the guy's fitter and stronger than me . He's 10 years on me .
No , no , no , Like you can be a savage for a long time and you can strategize and you can place and do all those things .
But let's put a little bit . Any great revenge movie right , Any great revenge saga , the burning desire for the person coming for revenge is so much greater than the person who thinks they've won right yeah , you thought you killed so-and-so no their child .
They fake their own death and they're coming back Right and they've been training in the shadows and you don't know . Ollie has been fucking on one Like . I rolled with him early last year and he was coming at me and I didn't . Did I pass ? I don't know , I don't , it was an even roll . You know like it was .
I mean , I don't even know what his current incarnation and aura level is like right now . He'd been sleeping like a baby ever since he tapped Big Joey .
But I'm saying that what you I think what people have to observe , as the context here is , you have been in a more contented state , which is you got the black belt , you got a business , you got a family like you're in a really good place in your life . I don't know what place Ollie is in , but he is fucking . He's about to have a baby , oh , okay .
It's going to change . It'll all change . I'm biding my time . I know what that first few years is like . You'll come back on him when he's like sleep deprived . Yep , I'm on the uptick . He's not eating , right , you know ? Yeah .
But the context is you've come from a place of not . Priorities are different . His life priority is I gotta fucking tap joey , I'm gonna get that guy I've been , he's been smashing me from , I'm gonna fucking that revenge mentality is such a different level of intent and energy driving force compared to you just being like , ah , you know , I'm good here .
You know , yeah , and I think this is what we you know they talk about mamba mentality and staying hungry , all this stuff , like . I actually feel like maybe he might lull a little bit now . You know he's like , oh , I did it . Oh , thank god I've killed joey , but then no , you did it .
Well , I mean , I'll be there , right , you'll come back , yeah , as soon as he lets his guard down , you know joey will be there . Yeah , I'm fucking , I'm not letting him pull that guard . The reverse de la worm . I'm gonna look watch an instructional on what even the fuck that is he plays reversed . I was like I know that was reverse della worm .
I was like get the fuck out of here , don't even fucking tell me what you keenan , cornelius um , but yeah , no , that's right , you know it's an , it's an undulating thing and and you know you , we , we're patient animals and we bide our time , but , uh
¶ The Law of Martial Arts Succession
, but it is also a thing of beauty , and so I suppose the message here in for the , for the listeners , is there is a time that's going to come , where , where those that maybe you were once dominant over will perhaps become dominant over you , and I think if you cannot accept that that is the the law of things , you will struggle in those later years of
jujitsu . Yeah Right , but if you can accept , then you can continue to enjoy this thing and make it a part of your life going forward . Yes sir , there it is Big . Shout out to Ollie Shout out .