Nice, glad to have someone here that has both. How would you compare it to the RDA DVD? Much of the same stuff? Different spin? I wouldn't mind overlap really. It's always good to get a different perspective, especially when it comes to fundamentals. I left BJJ class not understanding something and later watched on the RDA DVD set the same technique, but with a different spin which worked for me.
I can relate to not having any idea about what I am supposed to do in a move. I have been training for just over a month and lasted about three weeks two years ago. In the interim, I watched a lot of matches on youtube, watched a lot of instructionals and read a lot of posts on this board. This second time training bjj is much easier, one because I am in much better shape and two, because relatively speaking I understand what I am supposed to be doing. Executing what I am supposed to be doing is a different story. I still can't do a forward roll or a backward roll.
I have the two Robson Green Belt DVDs, Robson's Green to Blue 1.0, the RDA Blue Belt DVD, Saulo's two Instructional sets, Saulo's book, Xande's Instructional and a subscription to BJJ Library. I watch all of them. However, I watch them differently now that I am training regularly. When I wasn't training, I watched everything on the dvds. Now I am working on one or two techniques until I can do them and then work on them with a sparring partner. Then I go home and watch them again.
I will usually watch Robson's 2.0 take on the move first. Then I will go over to BJJ library and watch the move there and then go watch Xande's instructional take on the move. The three of them (Robson Saulo Xande) say a lot of the same things but will have some slight variation of the move, hand in a different place, different or additional explanation, etc. BJJ Library often shows the move being taught in class and then Saulo correcting the mistakes he is seeing. I will also say that the the level of teaching from the three is far superior to everything else that I have seen either on youtube or in other instructionals. This isn't a surprise considering the level of achievement.
The one thing that stood out when watching Robson's 2.0 White to Green when working on basic moves like mount escape and side mount escape is that he is teaching better takes on these techniques than you usually see elsewhere and he and Jeff spend time talking about what the opponent will try to do to stop you. The move often seems to take into consideration what the opponent will do and take it away from him.
