Erik Paulson's Student Level Instructional DVDs

[CinemaKingdom]

Anyone have Erik Paulson's student level 1-10 instructionals? 1-5 come as a set and take you to an equivalent to purple belt in BJJ and 6-10 take you to an equivalent to brown belt in BJJ. I've seen a little of them, I know this set doesn't have nearly the detail of Gracie University but still shows the techniques clearly and to the point. Anyone want to do a review if you have them?

On a side note, I don't care about the whole debate of if it's better to train in a gym vs instructionals, I just want thoughts from anyone who has these and how good they are (did they make you better at grappling).

 

[BJJ_Rage]

dude, what makes you a purple or a black belt is not the set of thechinques you know, is the efficiency that you have applying those techniques, im all about online training, as long as you get your ass in a gym.

how long have you been grappling?

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

Anyone have Erik Paulson's student level 1-10 instructionals? 1-5 come as a set and take you to an equivalent to purple belt in BJJ and 6-10 take you to an equivalent to brown belt in BJJ. I've seen a little of them, I know this set doesn't have nearly the detail of Gracie University but still shows the techniques clearly and to the point. Anyone want to do a review if you have them?

On a side note, I don't care about the whole debate of if it's better to train in a gym vs instructionals, I just want thoughts from anyone who has these and how good they are (did they make you better at grappling).

well that's what youre gonna get when you state that an instructional video will take you to the equivalent of purple belt in bjj, let alone brown belt.

 

[Steve08]

I was under the impression that you get instructional DVDs to have more stuff to work on in the gym or during private lessons and with drilling partners outside of it, but that's just me.

You're gonna want to ask your brother or whoever to be your grappling partner if you want to actually get good at it.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Everyone has missed the point. I don't care what you think about training off of DVDs. If anyone has these, how good is the instruction? Is the material good?

 

[CinemaKingdom]

13 or 14 years

 

[CinemaKingdom]

well that's what youre gonna get when you state that an instructional video will take you to the equivalent of purple belt in bjj, let alone brown belt.

Student level 1-5 is all of the material Erik teaches for up to purple belt. 6-10 is all of the material he teaches up to brown belt. I don't are about belts, they literally mean nothing to me, I was just simply stating thats how he defines the material on the instructionals.

 

[vcmmafan]

If you have the disposable income I suppose there's nothing wrong with buying the sets but I honestly feel like the gap between Videos and Live Training is similar to the gap between BJJ Books and Videos as far as learning goes.


$169.95 per set....? Each "level" is about an hour long?

Example:
CSW Student Level 6
Running Time: 1 Hour 13 Minutes
Volume 6 focuses on the Butterfly Guard, X Guard, and Standing vs. Ground. There are 7 main areas of focus with well over 37 variations. Prepare for a true submission master class.
Summary:
Butterfly Guard Long Range Entries
Butterfly Guard Sweeps
X Guard Sweeps
Standing vs. Ground Leg Sweeps
Standing vs. Ground Leg Attacks
Free Flow
Butterfly Guard Template

Meh

 

[CinemaKingdom]

If you have the disposable income I suppose there's nothing wrong with buying the sets but I honestly feel like the gap between Videos and Live Training is similar to the gap between BJJ Books and Videos.


$169.95 per set....? Each "level" is about an hour long?

lol, gosh sherdog is useless. Forget it, I'm moving to another forum.

 

[Deleted member 429137]

13 or 14 years

If you've been grappling that long you're going to have to buy a looooooooot of material to find pieces here and there that will help you.

I've been grappling almost six years and have been pleasantly surprised by these:


DVD sets:
Saulo
Xande
Pedro Sauer
Gracie Combatives
Ryan Hall

Youtube:
Trumpetdan
BJJscout
Nic Gregoriades (?) - his vids have been mores useful to me than his book
Henry Akins
Kurt Osiander

I love Erik Paulson and have a lot of his stuff, but have never been able to fit them into my BJJ game. And that surprises me because I started grappling at a CACC-oriented school under Larry Hartsell.

My grappling accelerated once I stopped trying to mesh things and simply started fresh with BJJ, forgetting everything I learned previously. I'm slowly reintroducing stuff I used to do all the time, like leg attacks from back mount.

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

lol, gosh sherdog is useless. Forget it, I'm moving to another forum.

i already told you that's exactly what you were going to get because you dont know how to word an OP in a way that wont get u the most typical responses.

 

[FlexLuthor]

lol, gosh sherdog is useless. Forget it, I'm moving to another forum.

Farewell random.

 

[snakeybizz]

Anyone have Erik Paulson's student level 1-10 instructionals? 1-5 come as a set and take you to an equivalent to purple belt in BJJ and 6-10 take you to an equivalent to brown belt in BJJ. I've seen a little of them, I know this set doesn't have nearly the detail of Gracie University but still shows the techniques clearly and to the point. Anyone want to do a review if you have them?

On a side note, I don't care about the whole debate of if it's better to train in a gym vs instructionals, I just want thoughts from anyone who has these and how good they are (did they make you better at grappling).

lol no one can answer the question directly, I had similar responses on another thread

my answer: I don't like them, CSW Student 1 was all over the place, I started doing side control? then a back escape or some shit? didn't like the structure

MGinAction much better imo

 

[KJGould]

They're his 'requirement' DVDs. I suppose it'd be like Roy Dean's 'requirement' DVDs. They're a supplement if you get to train with Paulson or one of his coaches. Paulson only grades students in person anyway.

The first series will seem like they're repetitive, but it's to show a gradual progression from the basics in level 1 through to the intermediate in level 5. You'll get basic closed guard attacks, guard passes against close guard, mount attacks, mount escapes (reguarding and bridges), back attacks etc. You'll also get side control attacks, takedowns, and transitional drills on the ground.

Set 6-10 deals more with different half guards, butterfly guard, x-guard, kesa gatame, north south, and lock flows.

None of these will teach in depth intricacies of these positions and moves, but that's not the point of them. I think he even says in his butterfly and x guard dvds, this is a basic introduction, if you like them and want to work on them, check out Marcelo Garcia etc, but this is the minimum I'd expect you to know and work on.

 

[okiwen]

If you've been grappling that long you're going to have to buy a looooooooot of material to find pieces here and there that will help you.

I've been grappling almost six years and have been pleasantly surprised by these:


DVD sets:
Saulo
Xande
Pedro Sauer
Gracie Combatives
Ryan Hall

Of these, how would you rate them? Some instructors are good but put out a terrible product. I love Roy Deans stuff. Just on the $$ side for me.

 

[Deleted member 429137]

Of these, how would you rate them? Some instructors are good but put out a terrible product. I love Roy Deans stuff. Just on the $$ side for me.

These guys are all top notch. Instruction, video elements, everything.

See for yourself:

Saulo


Xande


Couldn't find a sample of the Pedro DVDs I have.

Gracie combatives


Ryan Hall

 

[okiwen]

Thank you for the time to reply.