His fighting style is really mma grappling.Also, what's Josh's lineage: Judo, BJJ, catch? This reminded me of Sakuraba having trouble passing everyone's guard.
Started out with Matt Hume and has been training with Erik Paulson (rigan machado bb) for a very long timeAlso, what's Josh's lineage: Judo, BJJ, catch? This reminded me of Sakuraba having trouble passing everyone's guard.
If he didn't wear the shoes or brand himself as a catch wrestler I wouldn't think he does anything that unique for a heavyweight grappler.Props to Craig for his polished technique, his butterfly sweep is crazy, because you can see the set up a mile away and he effortlessly executed because of timing.
I also love Josh’s style because you can clearly see, he’s not doing straight BJJ but incorporates Paulson’s influence from catch.
If he didn't wear the shoes or brand himself as a catch wrestler I wouldn't think he does anything that unique for a heavyweight grappler.
Started out with Matt Hume and has been training with Erik Paulson (rigan machado bb) for a very long time
The scarf choke he applied to Lister wasn’t exactly everyday jiu jitsu, not back then. You could probably find it in a 1930 jujitsu text book but it wasn’t something you saw Saulo bust out.
Barnett’s kneebar against Ryron was also “Catchy” in feel as I don’t know how prevelant Danaher’s system was at the time, unlike now where leg subs are the game. Nobody is saying Barnett hasn’t studied BJJ his whole life, but even his takedown of Ryron was un-bjj like, the tie-up/spin.
Everyone knows everyone cross trains, but you can see Josh’s thinking and approach wasn’t classical BJJ, Ralej even said “He doesn’t react like a BJJ guy” so he’ll be tricky for Ryron.
I get it, the shoes throws people off. but Josh is more catch oriented than simply looking the part.
I didn't remember Josh grappling with Ryron at all! I'm sure I watched it at the time, but now it's completely forgotten. Unfortunately, I can't find it on youtube.
Josh beat Ryron with a toehold not a kneebar.
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Josh also trained catch wrestling with Billy Robinson, the same guy who trained Sakuraba. Hume trained with catch guys in Japan. There isn't anything false about his catch wrestling lineage.
The scarf choke he applied to Lister wasn’t exactly everyday jiu jitsu, not back then. You could probably find it in a 1930 jujitsu text book but it wasn’t something you saw Saulo bust out.
Barnett’s kneebar against Ryron was also “Catchy” in feel as I don’t know how prevelant Danaher’s system was at the time, unlike now where leg subs are the game. Nobody is saying Barnett hasn’t studied BJJ his whole life, but even his takedown of Ryron was un-bjj like, the tie-up/spin.
Everyone knows everyone cross trains, but you can see Josh’s thinking and approach wasn’t classical BJJ, Ralej even said “He doesn’t react like a BJJ guy” so he’ll be tricky for Ryron.
I get it, the shoes throws people off. but Josh is more catch oriented than simply looking the part.
This back mount escape looked (and sounded) brutal.
The inverted closed guard stuff was common before the Danaher craze.The scarf choke he applied to Lister wasn’t exactly everyday jiu jitsu, not back then. You could probably find it in a 1930 jujitsu text book but it wasn’t something you saw Saulo bust out.
Barnett’s kneebar against Ryron was also “Catchy” in feel as I don’t know how prevelant Danaher’s system was at the time, unlike now where leg subs are the game. Nobody is saying Barnett hasn’t studied BJJ his whole life, but even his takedown of Ryron was un-bjj like, the tie-up/spin.
Everyone knows everyone cross trains, but you can see Josh’s thinking and approach wasn’t classical BJJ, Ralej even said “He doesn’t react like a BJJ guy” so he’ll be tricky for Ryron.
I get it, the shoes throws people off. but Josh is more catch oriented than simply looking the part.
That was one of the things i noticed; Craig would look to attack the back several times, but Josh never looked like he was in any major trouble, and would always get to quarter and shuck him off. The detail of pulling one leg across and elbowing the other off is strait out of folkstyle escapes vs leg rides.