Instrutor Grapple DVD
- Thread starter ZxcFight
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Not worth it if you have someplace to train and an instructor to teach you. I've got a lot of videos and i enjoy them but I really don't feel like I learn a whole lot from them. They show me the same moves I already know occasionally they will show a new set up but I've never seen a move on a video and gone into the gym and had it be successful without an instructor to physically show me the set up.
I do sometimes see something I liek and bring it up at the gym and get my coach to teach me.
I do sometimes see something I liek and bring it up at the gym and get my coach to teach me.
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blanko
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if you are gonna base your whole game of dvd's then you need sets that explain concepts and philosophies of bjj and you have to stick to them.
whipyourasstyle
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After you spend hours upon hours learning from videos and books please come enter a tournament so I can have an easy win.
Really, books and tapes are an ok SUPPLEMENT to training at a real school with a real instructor.
Really, books and tapes are an ok SUPPLEMENT to training at a real school with a real instructor.
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i would think it would be better spent in attending a gym. a cheap book wouldnt hurt though.
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Piper
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It depends on what DVDs you buy. AND, where you can practice what you learn. You need to get on the mats. The best situation would be to get regular live instruction, and to have DVDs to review what you have learned in class, and add more techniques, and use open mat time and training partners to try the new stuff.
There are some excelent instructional DVDs out there now. I've got many instructionals and have used A LOT of stuff from them, that I wasn't seeing in regular BJJ classes. There is a lot of effective stuff "outside-the-box" of the vanilla BJJ techniques everyone learns.
When you figure most live classes average $125-150/month, it isn't a bad investment to supplement live classes with DVDs you can use as review, and for new techniques.
If you are ever my neighborhood of S.Cal/San Diego, get in touch, I'd be happy to have you visit on my mats and show you some of the stuff.
Good Luck
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