I did a virtual session with Priit Mihkelson 8/9/2020
The short version If you have the money to learn the art of defensive BJJ with Pritt - do it, you won’t be sorry.
I’ve quietly been becoming a disciple of Priit through his DVD sets and his globe trotter videos on YouTube, a friend of mine showed me his grilled chicken set (bought it for my day) and at first, it didn’t stick with me, I didn’t quite get it. He wasn’t ignoring what they had taught (BJJ community) in the past, but as much as he was putting fire to it. It wasn’t until the pandemic started that I starting re-watching my BJJ sets when I re-watched the Grilled Chicken set and holy smokes I don’t know what I was smoking but not only did it click with me I instantly started using my wife as a dummy to practice my new found secret weapon for guard retention (which doesn’t really describe what the Grilled Chicken is all about)
Fast forward enough time for me to stalk him on social media and reached out to him about a virtual private.
We started off with the session with me drilling the position I had been having the most trouble with. He was patient with me and my partner who was a 3 week white belt. I had to explain to him while also trying to learn what Pritt was asking me to do. He was exceptional.
Overall, the limit of virtual training is that I don’t get to see or feel what the coach is trying to teach, so it takes a keen ear to understand what it is the coach is trying to explain. That’s not a Priit Problem that’s a limitation of zoom training. I will say though that the internet is a great tool. Imagine getting the chance to train with one of the best coaches in the world? The internet made that happen.
Id rate my experience at 5 out of 5. I will reach out to him again for another session. I will need to before he jacks the price from his crazy affordable rates now.