The Importance of Movement in MMA and BJJ Part 1: Body weight

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The Importance of Movement in MMA and BJJ
Part 1: Body weight
This past weekend was huge for Connor McGregor fans. The Irish pugilist became the undisputed feather weight champ and made it look effortless! Now, naturally people want to know more about Connor’s training methods. One of these is body weight movement. He uses animal movements, calisthenics and shadow boxing from different styles of martial arts to aid with his conditioning, agility, coordination and focus. This is one of the reasons why Connor always looks so relaxed in the cage. He has a deep mind and body connection. This is why he is such and effective fighter. When his mind tells his body to do something, it reacts instantly. That is how he is able to pin point his strikes with such great accuracy.
I cant stress how important it is to train in a body weight discipline that teaches body weight movement. Especially if you are a combat athlete. Being agile and coordinated comes in handy in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. On all of my dvds I have touched on movement with both kettlebell and bodyweight. My second dvd, Shadow-Jitsu, voted top 5 mma workouts in the world by fightstate.com, was entirely body weight.
One of the things I specialize in is teaching group classes. Most of the coaches I see teaching body weight movements are only capable of teaching one individual at a time. So how do you teach these type of movement drills in a class environment? You have to develop patterns or what I call flows. You can work endless amounts of patterns with a small amount of space. I touch on some patterns on my Shadow-Jitsu dvd. My third double dvd, Kettle-Jitsu Revolutions teaches the fundamentals of my body weight and kettlebell system. It establishes the foundation for which you can build up to more advanced body weight movement.
To sum things up, training body weight movement is something that every combat athlete should add to their training regime. Do not neglect it! Check out these 2 videos!

 


The Kettle-Jitsu Difference: Why this Kettlebell and Body weight Program Stands out

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The Kettle-Jitsu Difference: Why this Kettlebell and Body weight program stands out.
The fitness industry is more popular than ever. Combat sports like MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are now household names. Because of this we are having a lot of people coming out with different fitness programs. All of them claiming to be effect for combat sports. So naturally people will ask why my system is any different than the others.
The number one reason I feel my Kettlejitsu Program stands out from other kettlebell and body weight programs is that it was developed by me teaching group and private classes, 6 days a week, for the last 7 years at my previous gym SoCal mma and for the last year at Legacy BJJ Burbank. Since I have taught Kettlejitsu so much, I have developed an efficient formula for creating effective kettlebell and body weight routines. When teaching on a regular everyday basis, you have to keep your clients attention. Retention of your students is key to running a gym. Since Kettlejitsu is constantly in evolution, I have developed tons of routines so that my clients never get bored. On my Kettlejitsu71 youtube channel, I have a ton of videos of my bootcamps with me teaching packed classes. On my dvds, I use actual students who take my classes on a daily. I do not hire professional fitness models in my videos. Since I teach daily, I get direct feedback from my students. I can have 15 to 20 people show up to my 5:30am bootcamp. This tells me that im doing something right. When I see a new fitness program come out claiming to do this and that, I google it and the instructor. If there is little info of them on the internet and only videos of them training themselves in their basement, then there isn’t much merit to their claim. Who is actually doing their workouts? In my videos I post on my facebook, web site and youtube, you can see exactly the people I train in my Kettlejitsu bootcamps.
Another reason why Kettlejitsu stands out, is that it contains actual sports specific MMA and BJJ movements. I have fused combat specific movements with traditional kettlebell and body weight exercises. I have seen people claiming to do the same thing, but they are just rehashing the same traditional kettlebell movements that have been around forever.
So Kettle-Jitsu stands out because: 1. Its routines were developed by teaching it extensively for close to a decade. 2. The variety keeps your student’s attention and helps with retention. 3. Because it contains combat specific movements, it engages the practitioner like no other program. 4. I have videos and dvds containing actual students (and combat athletes) who train in my programs to back my claims. 5. I am the only BJJ black belt/BJJ/MMA champion to develop a Kettlebell and body weigh system. Check out this link for my credentials About Joey Alvarado. 6. I actually do the workouts myself. I train with my students 4 days a week. These workouts that Ive developed are like second nature to me. So, I can train and teach simultaneously with my students.
Check out the enclosed video. In this clip, you can see 2 BJJ world champions on the mat. Alberto Crane and Jessica Oliveira. There are also Muay Thai fighter and regular every day people in the video. Remember, you don’t have to be a combat athlete to train like one!

Basic Flying Arm Bar Variation

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BASIC FLYING ARM BAR TUTORIAL
ONNE QUESTION I GET FREQUENTLY BY BEGINNING BJJ STUDENTS IS HOW TO DO A FLYING ARM BAR. SO IF THEY ASK, I LIKE TO SHOW THIS BASIC VARIATION FIRST. ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF IS SAFETY. IF YOU TEACH AN ADVANCE RISKIER MOVE TO A STUDENT WHO MAY NOT BE READY, IT COULD RESULT IN INJURY. THE FLYING ARM BAR IS ONE OF THOSE TECHNIQUES.
IF YOUR STUDENT DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO A BASIC ARM BAR FROM THE GUARD. THEN THEY ARENT READY FOR THE FLYING VARIATION. aLSO, MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A MATTED SURFACE BEFORE ATTEMTING THIS ARM BAR. I HAVE TO CREDIT MY MASTER ROGER MACHADO FOR TEACHING ME THIS ONE WHEN I WAS A BLUE BELT. TIPS: MAKE SURE YOUR LEFT HAND IS GRIPPING YOUR PARTNER RIGHT BEHIND THEIR ELBOW. THE OTHER HAND SHOULD BE ON HIS LEFT LAPEL. RIGH FOOT SHOULD BE ON THEIR HIP. THIS FORCES THEM TO BEND OVER AS YOU SIT DOWN TO SPIN INTO THE ARM BAR.

Check out Legacy BJJ student Fernando Adriano lll hitting this move live at the Irvine open this past weeken!  Instagram arm bar

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