Matt Thornton is an amazing instructor. I am very impressed at how he delivers guidance: low-key, but high-value. Besides being a brilliant explanation of the mount, it is an amazing demonstration of how to teach almost any subject. He gets completely out of his own way when he explains things. It is worth watching even if you don't practice BJJ.
@@resonance10 One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. You have a source for claiming he was a piece of shit? I have to assume for now that you are a serious racist if you think that terrorist action against an apartheid state waging a war of violent oppression on the majority of its population make you a bad person.
@@errcoche go follow him on Facebook. It's the reason I unfollowed him. He has this weird theory of how horrible the man was but never once denounced the man before him. I remember when the man Was a Buddhist and lead me to zen Buddhism and the teachings of Alan Watts. Needless to say the man has taken a massive detour in his human existence. His brand of atheism is essentially militant as he trolled the likes of Deepak Chopra on Twitter and has a friendship with creepy Sam Harris; who is another garbage human being. The man is toxic.
@@roninblax OK dude. Thanks. I have read quite a bit of Watts myself and meditate daily ( Vipassana ). I was briefly involved in TM back in the late 80s but the creepiness and "cultiness" drove me away. Chopra is a prize knob in my opinion but trolling people is not very constructive. I am very vaguely familiar with Harris but see references to Dawkins and Hitchens. Not my cup of tea. Always suspicious of the over opinionated. My visual takeaway from the video is the ancient black belt. Strikes me as a massive affectation. I like to use things until they are worn out but there would seem to be so much ego in that belt. It needs to be composted. He is a good instructor, no taking that away from him.
@@errcoche I agree that Chopra is a bit of a wanker. Anybody who is a spiritual thinker, as well as a previous guest on Oprah raises a bit of suspicion with me. I have a friend who blindly follows this guru in India. She races about the man being a prophet and a psychic healer. I googled the man's net worth and it's in the billions. Billions! Big bright Red flag hotter than the sun. Not to say that he doesn't have things to say that will improve someone's life. Though I am not religious or believe in any particular faith, I adhere to a code of helping others and being a source of kindness and love to all that I approach..... Until they no longer deserve it. With that said, if faith saves a man from killing himself or anybody else, who am I to tell them that they are stupid? I am merely an electron in the scale of the universe. I do my part in a positive manner and feel that whatever it is that you believe will make a positive impact on the world then all the power to you. Matt has a right to his opinion, as does Trump, but I have a right to my opinion of Matt and for now I find him toxic and arrogant. 🙏🏼 Matt is a great instructor, but my principles take me in any other direction than towards his teaching.
Everything coach Matt Thornton taught me in this short session and much more can be found on his newest BJJ Mastering the Mount instructional here: www.straightblastgym.com/sbgvideos/mount-mastery/ Even more of his instructionals you can find at SBG University: www.straightblastgym.com/sbgvideos/
so good to watch your approach to improving. Incredible how a good teacher can lead you to such dramatic improvement in a short time, especially when the student is aggressive with their application. Watching you learning and applying your new techniques against pressuring opponents is great to watch. Especially with your reflections.
this is bloody amazing. I think this could be the best video you've posted thus far on your channel. To see such a sudden transformation with very limited drilling was bizarre but phenomenal. It was like a 30 minute Martial Arts Journey watching you advance so quickly. More videos like this if possible, doesn't have to be even with grappling, just 20-30 minute masterclasses documenting your improvement. That would be awesome.
This is, without a doubt, one of the best fundamental classes I have ever seen. Professor Thornton does an excellent job of teaching basic techniques, while explaining the principles on why they work. Outstanding video! Thank you Rokas!
I have seen and bought a LOT of BJJ instructionals but Matt is just amazing. His method and explanation is so clear and logical I'm going to sign up to the SBG online education as a result of watching this clip, thanks dude!
@@AstralS7orm yea I dont understand how this isnt being taught ! posittional control is literally 1 of the first classes (lesson 2 or 3 I believe) for beginner gracie academy students (combatives ) so I dont understand how their are coaches out there in the modern Jiu-jitsu community that are not teaching this in the very beginning or promoting students without a full understanding of positional controls from mount it just makes no sense smh.
I have been to several of Matt's seminars, and I can attest that he is just as methodical in this video as he was at those seminars. Very no-nonsense, and very quick to get to the point. I would highly recommend him to anyone. In addition to the names that were mentioned, some current MMA fighters that are part of his BJJ lineage include Connor McGregor and Eryk Anders. Can't recommend him enough.
Awesome video Rokas, it’s great to see Matt Thornton excel your progress. I was a fan since he was teaching the aliveness in Jeet Kune Do and made the switch into BJJ.
I liked this video. There is a lot of good stuff. One of the biggest things about the mount is that you need to know when to bail and transition. When your small you hold for as long as you can before you swing into transitional position. The reason you got turned is becaus you allowed him to get the underhook. For the most part, low rankings belts might push on the shoulders, but high ranking belts push on the hips and knees. They won't give up their arms because of the armbar.
Amazing video. I love this kind of thing where you are forced to unlearn something to accomplish something else. The aikido will add to your jujitsu. But only after you forget the reflexes. Commendable journey, man.
Awesome progress Rokas, it is amazing that you have such great and willing coaches! You're journey has inspired me to start muy thai a few weeks ago, when you left for Portland, which I had been considering a long time! Have fun on your trip!
@@MartialArtsJourney No problem, and I was wondering, how long is the w2w training camp go for? This is some great content for your channel and i'm curious to see how you improve over time! Just this session alone is night and day! P.S: You should show some of your muay thai/striking training for us standup martial artists! (although im absolutely intrigued with how Matt explains bjj so clearly) EDIT: I LOVED 25:56 and Matt's response. Really an amazing mindset as a teacher and environment to be learning around. Thank you for your honesty and perseverance Rokas.
haha! Man... I watched with a smile for the whole thing! This was just amazing! So valuable! Good teaching an patience speeds up the learning process by... damn, a lot!
I think your years in Aikido taught you to learn to translate instruction from mind to body. Your speed of learning as demonstrated in this video shows your Aikido training was not wasted. Having said that, years of bjj would have been more productive. Great video!
I've done BJJ for two years, I'm a blue belt, and really impressed. I'm also annoyed no one ever showed me these things. I'm mostly a guard player and my top game sucks.
Ha! Matt just demonstrated the I-method of learning: Introduction, Isolation, and finally Integration. Then also progressive resistance. This is smart training, the SBG way.
The German Jiu-Jitsu mount is also pretty effective. Basically you go into low mount and hook your legs into your partner's legs and spread your legs. You also cross his arms on his body and lay on that. Put your elbows/forearms in that little nuc between his shoulder and breast cage and you've restricted the airflow. Then pick up his head and do a neck lever if you want. You do have to stop by yourself though, there is no way to tap. It's also interesting how everyone crosses their feet in seiza except you
Rokas- It seems like the Aikido exercises in seiza don't give an aikidoka any advantage in going naturally to a base when rollin in BJJ. Do any of the aikido principles like pulling and turning when pressed, irimi toward the blind side, or the balance breaking seem to be carrying over at all? Also, have you found any of the tai sabaki useful in the striking sparring there? Thanks
Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing this rokas! Do you have a link to the sbg university? I would like to go there and maybe start training with the online courses as there are no sbg gyms here in germany. Regards!
Great stuff! Very envious of such training! Watch out for that habit of yours to keep trying to grab the back of the head, which was interfering with your ability to properly 'post' and going against what the teacher was showing.
Thats very very similar to gracie combative positional control (with high swim) and with reflex development drill ! Dont look down on Aikido. It was created with the prevailing context AT THE TIME. Samurai time,sword fighting thus, nikkyo technique.It has value and respectable. Some or even most of the principles of Aikido overlaps with ju jutsu (yes thats japanese where jui jitsu was derived ,someone just gave it a different spelling - then they say jui jitsu means gentle art but its root came from ju jutsu where it means pliable,soft etc - its the same. Bottomline jui jitsu came and IS ju jutsu. Thats a fact )
Matt Thornton is an amazing instructor. I am very impressed at how he delivers guidance: low-key, but high-value. Besides being a brilliant explanation of the mount, it is an amazing demonstration of how to teach almost any subject. He gets completely out of his own way when he explains things. It is worth watching even if you don't practice BJJ.
@@roninblax Source please.
@@resonance10 One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. You have a source for claiming he was a piece of shit? I have to assume for now that you are a serious racist if you think that terrorist action against an apartheid state waging a war of violent oppression on the majority of its population make you a bad person.
@@errcoche go follow him on Facebook. It's the reason I unfollowed him. He has this weird theory of how horrible the man was but never once denounced the man before him. I remember when the man Was a Buddhist and lead me to zen Buddhism and the teachings of Alan Watts. Needless to say the man has taken a massive detour in his human existence. His brand of atheism is essentially militant as he trolled the likes of Deepak Chopra on Twitter and has a friendship with creepy Sam Harris; who is another garbage human being. The man is toxic.
@@roninblax OK dude. Thanks. I have read quite a bit of Watts myself and meditate daily ( Vipassana ). I was briefly involved in TM back in the late 80s but the creepiness and "cultiness" drove me away. Chopra is a prize knob in my opinion but trolling people is not very constructive. I am very vaguely familiar with Harris but see references to Dawkins and Hitchens. Not my cup of tea. Always suspicious of the over opinionated.
My visual takeaway from the video is the ancient black belt. Strikes me as a massive affectation. I like to use things until they are worn out but there would seem to be so much ego in that belt. It needs to be composted.
He is a good instructor, no taking that away from him.
@@errcoche I agree that Chopra is a bit of a wanker. Anybody who is a spiritual thinker, as well as a previous guest on Oprah raises a bit of suspicion with me. I have a friend who blindly follows this guru in India. She races about the man being a prophet and a psychic healer. I googled the man's net worth and it's in the billions. Billions! Big bright Red flag hotter than the sun. Not to say that he doesn't have things to say that will improve someone's life. Though I am not religious or believe in any particular faith, I adhere to a code of helping others and being a source of kindness and love to all that I approach..... Until they no longer deserve it. With that said, if faith saves a man from killing himself or anybody else, who am I to tell them that they are stupid? I am merely an electron in the scale of the universe. I do my part in a positive manner and feel that whatever it is that you believe will make a positive impact on the world then all the power to you. Matt has a right to his opinion, as does Trump, but I have a right to my opinion of Matt and for now I find him toxic and arrogant. 🙏🏼
Matt is a great instructor, but my principles take me in any other direction than towards his teaching.
An EXCELLENT video, Rokas. One of your best. Special thanks to Matt Thornton. A worthy joint venture, so I'm glad he was able to do that with you.
Thank you!
It's like a free mount seminar... Thanks guys!! ͡◉ᗢ ͡◉
Everything coach Matt Thornton taught me in this short session and much more can be found on his newest BJJ Mastering the Mount instructional here: www.straightblastgym.com/sbgvideos/mount-mastery/
Even more of his instructionals you can find at SBG University: www.straightblastgym.com/sbgvideos/
so good to watch your approach to improving. Incredible how a good teacher can lead you to such dramatic improvement in a short time, especially when the student is aggressive with their application. Watching you learning and applying your new techniques against pressuring opponents is great to watch. Especially with your reflections.
this is bloody amazing. I think this could be the best video you've posted thus far on your channel. To see such a sudden transformation with very limited drilling was bizarre but phenomenal. It was like a 30 minute Martial Arts Journey watching you advance so quickly. More videos like this if possible, doesn't have to be even with grappling, just 20-30 minute masterclasses documenting your improvement. That would be awesome.
Thank you for the idea and encouragement! I may actually do that
Yea please do that rokas :)
@Dorian Ros And your wisdom just deserved yourself a ban
Holy wow!! Its amazing coaching!
I learn a lot from just watching. Dam... I want to roll rightnow!
Brilliant video. I’ve seen thousands of bjj videos of moves but never really the teaching process! This is much better as it explains crucially WHY.
I love the fundamentals, it's the most important aspects and overlooked at times.
Great job Rokas!
I’m already enrolled to get coach Matt’s new Mount instructional. You all should too!
I love the fact you invite us in on your training. Thank you Rokas.
Thank you!
This is, without a doubt, one of the best fundamental classes I have ever seen. Professor Thornton does an excellent job of teaching basic techniques, while explaining the principles on why they work. Outstanding video! Thank you Rokas!
I have seen and bought a LOT of BJJ instructionals but Matt is just amazing. His method and explanation is so clear and logical I'm going to sign up to the SBG online education as a result of watching this clip, thanks dude!
Wow, I'm a BJJ blue belt and some of this stuff even I didn't know! You're getting some great fundamentals.
The sadness - that some coaches don't teach first principles first. :(
@@AstralS7orm yea I dont understand how this isnt being taught ! posittional control is literally 1 of the first classes (lesson 2 or 3 I believe) for beginner gracie academy students (combatives ) so I dont understand how their are coaches out there in the modern Jiu-jitsu community that are not teaching this in the very beginning or promoting students without a full understanding of positional controls from mount it just makes no sense smh.
Please do more, this is phenomenal.
I have been to several of Matt's seminars, and I can attest that he is just as methodical in this video as he was at those seminars. Very no-nonsense, and very quick to get to the point. I would highly recommend him to anyone. In addition to the names that were mentioned, some current MMA fighters that are part of his BJJ lineage include Connor McGregor and Eryk Anders. Can't recommend him enough.
This is such great instruction!
Just from watching this video I can tell that Matt is an amazing teacher🙏
I started practicing BJJ a couple weeks ago. This video is worth gold to me. Thanks!
Awesome video Rokas, it’s great to see Matt Thornton excel your progress. I was a fan since he was teaching the aliveness in Jeet Kune Do and made the switch into BJJ.
Glad you found the tribe.. I've been enjoying these videos. Matt and SBG changed my whole perception of fighting.
Never saw such an informative 30 minutes. Thank you for taking this journey!
Ingenious as usual ; Thanks Professor Thornton for sharing .
Monday I couldnt keep mount at all. Sweep city. Watched this video yesterday and last night didn't get swept at all!!!! Good stuff!
It's crazy how good he is at conveying information, its like the bjj version of Michio Kaku
I liked this video. There is a lot of good stuff. One of the biggest things about the mount is that you need to know when to bail and transition. When your small you hold for as long as you can before you swing into transitional position. The reason you got turned is becaus you allowed him to get the underhook. For the most part, low rankings belts might push on the shoulders, but high ranking belts push on the hips and knees. They won't give up their arms because of the armbar.
Wow Matt is an amazing instructor.
These are savage drills. Matt is a legend.
Absolutely beautiful to watch. Thanks for the upload.
This is good because of the instruction and 3 to demonstrate the instruction. Other videos only have 2.
Amazing video. I love this kind of thing where you are forced to unlearn something to accomplish something else. The aikido will add to your jujitsu. But only after you forget the reflexes. Commendable journey, man.
what a delight to watch, as someone who trains only muay thai but has always wanted to do BJJ
Awesome progress Rokas, it is amazing that you have such great and willing coaches! You're journey has inspired me to start muy thai a few weeks ago, when you left for Portland, which I had been considering a long time! Have fun on your trip!
Wow! Thank you for sharing that! I'm glad to hear about it
@@MartialArtsJourney No problem, and I was wondering, how long is the w2w training camp go for? This is some great content for your channel and i'm curious to see how you improve over time! Just this session alone is night and day! P.S: You should show some of your muay thai/striking training for us standup martial artists! (although im absolutely intrigued with how Matt explains bjj so clearly) EDIT: I LOVED 25:56 and Matt's response. Really an amazing mindset as a teacher and environment to be learning around. Thank you for your honesty and perseverance Rokas.
If this keeps up, this channel should
explode
haha! Man... I watched with a smile for the whole thing! This was just amazing! So valuable! Good teaching an patience speeds up the learning process by... damn, a lot!
This was ace, man! Thanks a bunch! What a jewel!
Awesome to see how much interest you have!
That's the teacher I want.
Matt Thornton is a god when it comes to instruction. I have a ever learned so.mucb in so little time as when I went to my first seminar with him.
Very detail explanation. Thanks Rokas & Mark
Thats what happend to me in 2006 - but i "only" met Mat Thornton digitally through his DVDs... im jealous!!!!
this information is gold, super efficent.and very simple.which b.j.j should be.
I think your years in Aikido taught you to learn to translate instruction from mind to body. Your speed of learning as demonstrated in this video shows your Aikido training was not wasted. Having said that, years of bjj would have been more productive. Great video!
thank you so much for this. Matt Thornton = excellent instruction.
Old school Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Also Rener and Ryron Gracie teach this exact lesson on Gracie University. Good solid fundamentals🤙🤙
Thank u guys. As a white belt I always feel nervous trying 2 stay on top. I’m drilling this tonight at class.
Great Video Guys!!
Practicing this rn with a detached heavy bag. Cant wait to apply these adjustments in class
Thanks so much for sharing this my man! You're an awesome martial artists as usual :)
Thank you!
Awesome! Great stuff. Love your videos. I am someone who has mostly worked in Aikido and Tai CHi.
Thanks for sharing. Seems you have a really good coach. Enjoying your journey :)!
I've done BJJ for two years, I'm a blue belt, and really impressed. I'm also annoyed no one ever showed me these things. I'm mostly a guard player and my top game sucks.
Yes, this is how martial arts should be taught, and I think people are coming to realize this across the spectrum of styles.
Ha! Matt just demonstrated the I-method of learning: Introduction, Isolation, and finally Integration. Then also progressive resistance. This is smart training, the SBG way.
wow, so good! I will check out the videos he referenced on Monday.
Seriously, thanks for all the tips!
This might be the best Brazilian jujitsu video on the Internet
amazing instructor! I basically got a free seminar!
The German Jiu-Jitsu mount is also pretty effective. Basically you go into low mount and hook your legs into your partner's legs and spread your legs. You also cross his arms on his body and lay on that. Put your elbows/forearms in that little nuc between his shoulder and breast cage and you've restricted the airflow. Then pick up his head and do a neck lever if you want. You do have to stop by yourself though, there is no way to tap.
It's also interesting how everyone crosses their feet in seiza except you
I loved this. Would love to see one of these for side control too.
Thank you so much for this video!
As a beginner I’m gonna practice these moves as higher belts try to throw me off!
Wow. Amazing. Hey can you ask Matt if he plans on opening a gym in Brisbane, Australia. I know he has one down in Sydney.
Awesome video Rokas. I really enjoyed it. Danke mein Freund.
Great video Rokas.
Thank you! It was really an amazing experience to witness the change
@@MartialArtsJourney,
I bet you do.
Rokas- It seems like the Aikido exercises in seiza don't give an aikidoka any advantage in going naturally to a base when rollin in BJJ. Do any of the aikido principles like pulling and turning when pressed, irimi toward the blind side, or the balance breaking seem to be carrying over at all? Also, have you found any of the tai sabaki useful in the striking sparring there?
Thanks
Man.......thats some beautiful insights
Thank You! This actually helped me, too.
Glad to hear that!
It waould be great if you help define new kneeling techniques from aikido to prevent them fro. Standing and reattacking
excellent video
Great information!
Thanks for sharing!
Very nice! Thornton has some lucky students.
Thornton is Yoda! Thanks for posting.
One Tribe One Vibe!!!
from bottom to dom top! these vids belong on Grindr!
Absolutely awesome
Perfect example of what not to do to your gi .
But great mount study !
Very good stuff
Great video !!
impressive. thanks!
great teacher
Thank you very much
Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing this rokas! Do you have a link to the sbg university? I would like to go there and maybe start training with the online courses as there are no sbg gyms here in germany. Regards!
Great to hear that. The link is: www.straightblastgym.com/sbgvideos/
Keep It up Rokas! Gogogo!!
This is gold!
Is there more from this instructor?
Awesome. Is the master from the Tritac ?!
Old-school GJJ, straight from the source.
great video, bro please get a boom mic or shotgun mic, it sorely needed on your videos
Great stuff! Very envious of such training! Watch out for that habit of yours to keep trying to grab the back of the head, which was interfering with your ability to properly 'post' and going against what the teacher was showing.
Thats very very similar to gracie combative positional control (with high swim) and with reflex development drill !
Dont look down on Aikido. It was created with the prevailing context AT THE TIME. Samurai time,sword fighting thus, nikkyo technique.It has value and respectable. Some or even most of the principles of Aikido overlaps with ju jutsu (yes thats japanese where jui jitsu was derived ,someone just gave it a different spelling - then they say jui jitsu means gentle art but its root came from ju jutsu where it means pliable,soft etc - its the same. Bottomline jui jitsu came and IS ju jutsu. Thats a fact )
amazing stuff
Very nice!
wow... nice video.
This is free gold
Great vid, but for some reason it was difficult to hear despite the lapel mic :(
The link in the description no longer seems to work for the kickoff site.
Thanks! You can find it here: bjjfanatics.com/products/mastering-the-mount-by-matt-thornton
Man, a 28o pound purple belt. That’s gonna a tough roll.🤣
Second, love this channel 😊
Wow thank you for the hart that means so much I love this channel thank you
And it means a lot for me to hear you like the channel! Thanks
*First*
_Nice vid dude_
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
The part at 06:30 looks very similar to thai clinching, but on the floor.