Yeah I recently just joined a BJJ gym I know very little you're right when you mention the size because I was able to overwhelm my smaller opponent there were four rounds different opponents I had two matches skip the third round and on that fourth round I actually got beat by the guy beat the first round who had the first round had more matches than me and still won my stamina gave out and I tapped even when I didn't feel it like I needed to just from exhaustion how can I overcome and also when I trained with my teacher who is a lot bigger than me when I want to do a leg swoop he was able to swoop my leg instead how was he able to do that like I want to leg swoop him and he took out my remaining leg as I was trying to take him out do you think this could be because he just physically stronger than me and I shouldn't go for leg swoops
I’m a small guy only about 150 pounds and I rolled with a guy who weighed about 230 and I submitted him with a triangle choke. You have to know when to hold them and know when to fold them when it comes to armbars and triangles especially with a bigger guy. If at anytime you feel like he is posturing up when you’re going for that submission.. best thing I did was let it go IMMEDIATELY. Put your feet on his hips and create more distance. He’s naturally going to want to follow you, which will buy you time and a chance for a better angle of that submission. That’s how I defeated the other guy.
Bro, your a 3rd degree red belt. Thanks for this huge tip. I was rolling with a brock Lesnor looking guy today. I couldn't get enough top control to work my magic. And his too strong for arm bars. I would leg lock him but my gyms rule is no leg locks which sucks. Anyways, I'm gonna under hook the fuck out the guy next time. Btw the guy was controlling my head a lot now after I saw this vid I'm gonna protect that. Thanks for the vid much appreciated.
Sorry it took so long to get this one up. I ran into so many obstacles to make and finish this one. I hope it turned out okay despite everything that got in the way :) Also at 3:29 that Patreon image is not supposed to be there lol. I should have proof watched this one final time before uploading. 😩. Lesson learned. Also, I've got my merch store up and running!!! Check it out :) limitless-apparel-22.creator-spring.com/
"Now is not the time to feel bad for yourself." Phenomenal advice. So many people including myself lose precious time thinking about our mistakes during a roll.
I'm a blue belt and I got smashed by a big purple belt with skills and technique. Once he passed my guard, it was gameover, there was no way to keep him off. Sometimes I just tap when he's on top of me bc I couldn't breath. It feels like a car is on top of you. So thank you for the knowledge in this video. I'm going to try to apply it on not get smashed.
Its useless unless they're still white belt, being bigger its always huge advantage ,even my coach blackbelt he s blackbelt , its very often my coach get swept by bigger bluebelt and get smashed
Thanks Armand, I really appreciate that 🙏 I truly love BJJ and want to share my knowledge with as many people as possible, in the best way possible. Glad to see it's been working out so far lol
So many big boys at my gym. I'm always trying to go for triangles, but having watched this video...probably smarter to use less risky attacks while on bottom. Thanks for all the knowledge Jordan, I really enjoyed this one. Can't wait for ON to reopen so I can try it out!
I use triangles on big guys but the choke is the last thing I go for. Get the diamond the attack inverted armlock. To defend the must turn palm up and its a tight keylock. If they resist that the are putting themselves in a triangle, lift your hips and drag the arm-across. If the arm is crossed you don't need a perfect triangle as long as your knee covers their shoulder you can be ankle to ankle and still strangle. If it doesnt hit triangle armlock or two legs over their head armlock. If they bury their arm behind your hip omoplata. Triangle is a guard and a dangerous one
As someone smaller (145 to 150 depending on the week) I definitely needed something like this. All the solutions provided for dealing with someone bigger make a lot of sense. There’s one guy, very nice but VERY big, who is just a little ahead of me skill-wise but is huge and I was stumped for how to deal with his size. I’ll be re-watching and using these tips. Thank you.
This concept based approach is fire,we have a Med student that moved to my gym from Cali and thats mainly what he focuses on, he has made it to Brown belt in 6 years of training and just trashes guys who have been training much longer in the traditional "technique first" with concepts mentioned as an aside way of learning. I like how you emphasize simplicity "there are lots of ways to armdrag,don't overcomplicate it"
My sparring partner last week was 6'7" @ 260lbs. I am 5'11" @ 225lbs. He was able to smash me quite a bit, but obviously everything you are saying makes sense and it's something I will practice. I sit here and watch your videos at least twice all the way through so I for one greatly appreciate you taking your time on these videos because they really do help when we are not always able to get to a mat all day. Also, I did notice that with the bigger guys (bigger than me) that they tend to over extend which often leaves their arms over extended which then makes it easier to attack them even though they are smashing. It's a physical game of chess, love every single thing about it. Good work yet again Jordan.
DEFENSE: 1. Never let someone grab your head: • Your head is a control point that if controlled will lead to you being smashed • Prioritize this over everything as you will not be able to do anything if grabbed (your head controlled). • You must always remember your T-Rex arms. • Control the far arm as this is the arm which does the grabbing. • If your head does get grabbed, give them a reason to let go (off balance them to the side, forcing them to let go of your head as they are forced to post to prevent the sweep). You need to be proactive when you do this, and not allow the opponent to settle his (her) weight. Mistakes happen but don’t feel bad for yourself. You need to get moving and get that grip off you and free your head. 2. Never let someone take an underhook: • If they do get an underhook you must stay on your side with an overhook. 3. Keep their weight off you: • Prioritize guards/submissions which keep your feet in front of your opponent. This will manage the distance for you (not all guards and attacks are created equal when dealing with someone who’s bigger and stronger). • One submission which you may wish to avoid because your feet are not between you and your opponent is the armbar because you lack the ability to manage the distance at this point to keep their weight off you. Unless you extend their arm immediately, it will be difficult dealing with them potentially stacking you and will also be difficult to break their defensive grips. • Triangles too can be risky. You run the risk of the opponent stacking you and clearing the leg (most likely, passing your guard). • This is not to say that you should not try armbars or triangles, just that there are less riskier attacks. • Knees also keep weight off you by acting as a structural frame between you and your opponent. Keeping your knees in front of your opponent will keep them from putting their weight on you by acting as a structural frame. That’s why it’s called a knee shield. You really need to use it if you are a small grappler. OFFENSE: 1. Fight Them where they’re the weakest: • Plan A: Taking the back is the primary way to defeat larger opponents. • Plan B: fighting from top position. • Plan C: Submitted from your guard. 2. Use Underhooks to take the back: • Underhooks prevents the opponent from getting their own underhooks and are essential for attack against big opponents. • It’s hard to move bigger, stronger people; you’re better off moving yourself but it will be hard to move if we are being controlled by the opponent’s grips. • Make them post their hands on the mat so you have room to pop your head out. The only thing stopping you from taking somebody’s back is their arm. Knowing that, if we force them to put their hands on the mat instead of us, we will have a clear path to the back, using an underhook. • Putting their hands on the mat also makes the opponent’s legs light so you can move them to the other side. • While underhooking, you still want to control the far arm so that the opponent can’t control your head or D’arce choke you (sit out counter shown at 5 minutes, 45 seconds). • If your opponent overhooks your underhooking arm, you cannot take his back, but you can sweep instead (for example; knee pick from the dog fight position). 3. Arm Drags: • Arm drags are a great tool for clearing the arm. By dragging their arm to the mat or across the body, the arm in no longer in the way or controlling us. We are free to move ourselves onto the back and attack from there. • There are a lot of way to arm drag but you don’t need to complicate it…literally, just drag their arm to the side. • Often beginners are too underneath their opponent when taking the back and a little shrimp out will help you get into better position. 4. Butterfly Guard: • Butterfly hooks are strong and able to deal with a lot of weight. • You do not need an underhook to do a butterfly sweep but that is the traditional grip and can be used to transition to the back. • They can be performed using a variety of grips and work on bigger and stronger opponents. 5. Load the hips over the center line: • People become light when their hips are directly over or past your hips. • Prioritize Sweep that meet these criteria. The John Wayne Sweep is a great example. • X-Guard is a good example but can be tough to enter into. Having their hips above yours is what makes the X-Guard so powerful. X-guard is a little tough to get to with heavy people but if you can get there, sweeping is just too easy. Watch video, “how to sweep like a black belt” for more in-depth insight.
This video is immense! Whilst the fundamental concepts are simple, the way you breakdown it down is so clear and concise. This is invaluable advice for all levels. So grateful Jordan, thank you. Will definitely look to get your BJJ fanatics vid. 👊
Much needed info! Being on the slimer and lighter side of guys in the gym this video is great for me. I really appreciate your 'broader topics' type videos rather than strict technique (which are still much needed and fantastic) thanks Jordan 👋🏻👊🏻
So worth the wait. Okay, love concepts, no technique to memorize. Drag their arm, have them post on the mat, take their back. Don't let them grab your head. Thank you so much professor. Going to try and focus on these things for the next month, especially against those big guys.
You're a beast, bro. I started BJJ late after the military. I'm a broken vet, but have been able to use your techniques and do well against bigger, younger, stronger, younger guys. LOL. Great, free content! Mahalo!
Great points! I just got promoted to brown and realized that during the almost long hour of rolling I kept getting “jumped” by large partners. Being on my back was brutal. The best position for me was to get in turtle position or my side while I was protecting my neck. It was grueling but that saved me from gassing out. I did use a lot of the strategies that you mentioned but you bring up very important points that as practitioners we tend to forget specially when we’re extremely exhausted.
Awesome vid! I always roll with bigger guys and the knee shield and and sweeps have been improving my survival time but I never knew how to prevent inevitably getting smashed until you talked about head control and back takes, can’t wait to get back in and try this out!
I remember when I first started training. I rolled with this HUGE Hawaiian fellow, probably around 270 pounds of pure muscle. With my minimal knowledge, he easily got on top of me, trapped my arms, and let his pressure smother me. He said "I could just stay like this until you died," which, now that I think about it, would be very scary in a real situation! Luckily, I'm not entirely helpless any more hahaha
I'm the smallest guy at my gym by about 3 stone. It's brutal everyday. Thankyou for this video, I'm back in at 10am and I'm going to focus on this a lot!
Thanks for the video, I really appreciate it! Tips like not letting your opponent control your head are often assumed or go unspoken and those of us who are newer really benefit from the direct instruction.
I love that you teach concepts on top of teaching techniques as well. I think people agree that concepts are much easier to remember and implement. Thanks so much and look forward to the next one! 👊
I noticed that some of these things I already do intuitively, but my offensive game lacks in comparison to my defense. I often feel stuck in side control and that sweeping especially is impossible so this was encouraging to watch! Almost everyone I train with is at least 40 lbs heavier than me and a few are even nearly twice my weight.
I'm a 50 YO 170 pounder and typically just play top with the big guys, but this video has given me a few tools to try and change things up. Funny that my keys to success on the top are exactly what you said the bottom player needs to prevent: head control and far side underhook!
It actually blows my mind how important preventing the underhook and head control is yet its barley talked about. The offense is all the time. Take the back with the seat belt grip, side control with head and underhook etc. The seat belt grip is the same grip as side control but reversed position. Which is something I think most people don't realize haha
Great video again, I have been having trouble with larger opponents and now I have a few thing to start incorporating into my game. Thanks for the great advice.
TIMESTAMPS 0:36 1. NEVER let someone grab your head or underhook 2:44 2. KEEP their weight off you 4:06 3. FIGHT them at their weakest THE BACK 4:38 USE UNDERHOOKS to take their back 5:53 ARM DRAGS 6:27 Butterfly GUARD 7:06 load their HIPS over centre line
Thank you so much for this video! this gives me hope! I live in Toronto ON, if you're ever giving a workshop here please sound out, I would love to attend a session in person!
Great video as usual. I was thinking, we're about the same age. So I've noticed hard sparring (especially with bigger dudes) takes a much larger toll on my body after I turned 30 (33 now). I've had a couple of injuries lately. Maybe you could share something about how you approach injury prevention or just in general what you do to be able to spar hard every week. Possibly a topic for a future video? Cheers
I hear you, I'm 50 and these effing teenagers think we're rolling for Abu Dhabi gold. I keep telling them a billion people in China don't care, but it rarely sinks in.
Exactly, I just tore a meniscus from rolling with a gung-ho teenager. After I heal it up I was thinking either I change sports, or find a smarter way to roll. I imagine just trying to go super slow and tell sparring partners I wanna spar light, but as a whitebelt I have the bad habit of forgetting that and start using strength and speed again... Need to find a better way...!
I love your content. You explain the fundamentals and the importance of basic principles. I am going to start more TH-cam accounts just so I can thumbs up your videos more then once.
So I’ve been doing jujitsu for about 3 weeks and my coach asked me if I wanted to compete in a white belt masters in house tourney at an affiliate school. The tourney is on Sunday and today I just found out that the tourney is no gi. (Needless to say all my training so far has been in the gi lol) but I was rolling with someone 250 today and his top pressure was hard to deal with but I’ve seen your videos before so protecting my head and prioritizing underhooks was a massive help bro. I was a boxer and ex D1 athlete so I have a lot of physical advantages but your tips are helping my game so much. Im impressing a lot of people in my gym with my progression. Thanks for the help. And hopefully I can find a way to win the tourney but if not at least it will be a good learning experience. Great video bro. 🫡
Wow excellent video for us big boys. Now we know what to capitalize on and control the head. Thank you for an awesome video. Footnote: Breaking the defense and offense into different sections was outstanding. In my saved column for sure.
There's a blue belt at my gym who is about 5ft 8 and 117kgs, guy is strong af and heavy. This video was great as its given me some ideas on how to survive against him.
I like butterfly and butterfly half against big guys and if at any point one leg comes up shooting slx through immediately. The butterfly hook even just in butterfly half is enough to keep them off of me enough until I can get slx or sweep. I’m powerlift but am only 165 pounds, one training partner is literally a 280 pound strong man (the one’s that lift anvils and rocks in competitions). I don’t like closed guard as much because big guys use “big man moves” that only work because of the weight difference, but if it ends up there I try to pull the arm across to take the back or go to a scissor sweep type position with the leg across as a frame to keep space. Awesome video!
Awesome video like always... great tips. Getting your opponents hands on the mat to take the back is gold... its obvious but I never thought about it that way.. I just got smashed by some big dudes tonight cant wait to try out these tips..🙏🏻
My buddy from the gym I go to has techniques sharp as a razor blade he recommended your channel now I know why he has all these extra tips and tricks our instructor is amazing combine with your video teaching it has taken him to another level and I know why now
Took mount on a big dude, realized my knees couldn't touch the mat, got rolled and smashed lol. He took his time too, so I had plenty of time to regret my life choices! Thanks for this video!
@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu Very much so! I actually appreciated the lesson as it revealed a gap in my game as it pertains to larger opponents. Thanks to him, I've now been going down the rabbit hole and learning new aspects of Jiu Jitsu. I am in the heavy weight category and still new so I have been neglecting the importance of back takes and arm drags in favor of pressure passing and pushing mount. I look forward to expanding my game!
Always appreciate your uploads Jordan your already the best bJJ channel on TH-cam. Moving back to London soon can't wait to implement your teaching. I have an idea for a video 'how to anaylse your own training to improve' I will record all my rolls it's useful to understand how I can use the footage to become better
Thanks man!! That is a great video idea. In the meantime I suggestion viewing your rolling footage and trying to point out anytime you did or didn't follow one of my 20 tips. I think that would provide a lot of insight!
Apology not necessary Jordan...life happens, and you've given everyone a sizable catalogue of excellent quality videos to digest when you aren't able to upload a video. Thanks for uploading this...the video was great. And to answer your question, well I guess the opponent I think of was only taller than I was. Whilst I had a brief foray Into judo, I was still very new to BJJ, as was he. He was however a wrestler in middle and high school. I didn't know that at the time, and figured I was going to do okay...until he used his wrestling background to totally dominate me. At least he wasn't obnoxious about it afterwards. Maybe that's why I am much more favorable to using the Gi. 😂
Starting to piss off all the bigger guys at my gym lol. Been watching you roll with the biggest guys essentially on repeat for weeks now. I get em mostly with kamoras and kamora traps to back takes...they also hate getting am arm getting stapled down and Americana-ed from side control. Youve basically become my 4th instructor lol
thanks for putting in the hard work so that we're able to make our grappling work a little easier. will be trying to follow these instructions tonight with the big guys!
Glad I found this one. I'm one of the smaller guys in my gym at 5'9" 170lbs. Couple guys north of 200 always get on me, and I struggle to get out from under them. Thanks for this one 🤙
Hello Jordan I subscribed your channel for a couple months. I use many tips and its improve my game a lot. In my gym Im just a little blue belt(around 126 lbs) and there are so many bigger blue and white belt. But since I apply your tips to my own game size isn’t a problem I just want to say thank you for sharing your tips and let others know its work! Ps.Sorry I’m not good at english.
That's it! Thank you! I'm a defense guy myself, have no choice as an older player. I got tapped out 4 times straight tonight by a taller blue belt, n really prude force type. Your video made me noticed that he was totally just controlling my head n adjusting his legs over my head. Thank you! (I'm a 4 stripe white belt, I know I'm reaching blue belt)
Great video! These are super useful details. Will take note and practice them when back to rolling next week! (I'm also from ON, can't wait for the reopening lol)
Thanks so much - this is a great vid and really really helps that you use concepts. Maybe you could even do an individual vid on each area you cover. 🙏🏼🙏🏼👊🏽👊🏽 from London UK
At 5’11” and around 135, there aren’t many training partners in my gym who don’t have at least 20 pounds on me and often 40-50 or more. Being as tall as I am also makes people assume I’m a lot heavier, so it seems reasonable for all the heavier people to want to pair up with me too, so I just accept that and try to find stuff like this video to deal. This content was great.
Started Jujitsu recently and today just finished class number 10 (yes I'm counting all the days). Starting out is rough, but I'm also one of the smaller guys in the class, I'd say 90% of the guys are 6 foot plus and well-built, I am 5 foot 6, average build. Their longer limbs reach me sooner, their bodyweight crushes the air out of me, and on monday I got takedown/slammed twice. Ribs are still in pain. Any tips from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah I recently just joined a BJJ gym I know very little you're right when you mention the size because I was able to overwhelm my smaller opponent there were four rounds different opponents I had two matches skip the third round and on that fourth round I actually got beat by the guy beat the first round who had the first round had more matches than me and still won my stamina gave out and I tapped even when I didn't feel it like I needed to just from exhaustion how can I overcome and also when I trained with my teacher who is a lot bigger than me when I want to do a leg swoop he was able to swoop my leg instead how was he able to do that like I want to leg swoop him and he took out my remaining leg as I was trying to take him out do you think this could be because he just physically stronger than me and I shouldn't go for leg swoops
I’m a small guy only about 150 pounds and I rolled with a guy who weighed about 230 and I submitted him with a triangle choke. You have to know when to hold them and know when to fold them when it comes to armbars and triangles especially with a bigger guy. If at anytime you feel like he is posturing up when you’re going for that submission.. best thing I did was let it go IMMEDIATELY. Put your feet on his hips and create more distance. He’s naturally going to want to follow you, which will buy you time and a chance for a better angle of that submission. That’s how I defeated the other guy.
“The only thing between you and someone’s back is their arm.” That was worth the video right there! 👏
I was hoping someone would quote that! It's such a simple thing no ones really realizes.
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For real, this is my fav part of the video.
Bro, your a 3rd degree red belt. Thanks for this huge tip.
I was rolling with a brock Lesnor looking guy today.
I couldn't get enough top control to work my magic. And his too strong for arm bars.
I would leg lock him but my gyms rule is no leg locks which sucks.
Anyways, I'm gonna under hook the fuck out the guy next time.
Btw the guy was controlling my head a lot now after I saw this vid I'm gonna protect that.
Thanks for the vid much appreciated.
Sorry it took so long to get this one up. I ran into so many obstacles to make and finish this one. I hope it turned out okay despite everything that got in the way :) Also at 3:29 that Patreon image is not supposed to be there lol. I should have proof watched this one final time before uploading. 😩. Lesson learned.
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super great details thz coach jordan
Thank you for taking the time to make this really high quality content. You helped me improve my game ever since I subbed
Don't apologize, the wait was worth it!
thanks guys! Means a lot to me :)
Yes Prof ! I saw this video on the notification list but it was removed. Finally back up. Thank you for the great video !! The tips is GOLD ☺
"Now is not the time to feel bad for yourself." Phenomenal advice. So many people including myself lose precious time thinking about our mistakes during a roll.
Not me, I just mull over them afterwards in shame 😅
I'm a blue belt and I got smashed by a big purple belt with skills and technique. Once he passed my guard, it was gameover, there was no way to keep him off. Sometimes I just tap when he's on top of me bc I couldn't breath. It feels like a car is on top of you. So thank you for the knowledge in this video. I'm going to try to apply it on not get smashed.
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Its useless unless they're still white belt, being bigger its always huge advantage ,even my coach blackbelt he s blackbelt , its very often my coach get swept by bigger bluebelt and get smashed
@littlesheep7 then your coach is either going easy or just not good
You are such an excellent teacher. The humbleness in your narration makes it so much easier to learn from you. Thank you for your content.
Thanks Armand, I really appreciate that 🙏 I truly love BJJ and want to share my knowledge with as many people as possible, in the best way possible.
Glad to see it's been working out so far lol
So many big boys at my gym. I'm always trying to go for triangles, but having watched this video...probably smarter to use less risky attacks while on bottom. Thanks for all the knowledge Jordan, I really enjoyed this one. Can't wait for ON to reopen so I can try it out!
Thanks man! Me too. Just 6 days now, can't wait!
I use triangles on big guys but the choke is the last thing I go for. Get the diamond the attack inverted armlock. To defend the must turn palm up and its a tight keylock. If they resist that the are putting themselves in a triangle, lift your hips and drag the arm-across. If the arm is crossed you don't need a perfect triangle as long as your knee covers their shoulder you can be ankle to ankle and still strangle. If it doesnt hit triangle armlock or two legs over their head armlock. If they bury their arm behind your hip omoplata. Triangle is a guard and a dangerous one
As a kid who trains at adults, my triangle move which is my specialty has been rendered useless due to their strength
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As someone smaller (145 to 150 depending on the week) I definitely needed something like this. All the solutions provided for dealing with someone bigger make a lot of sense. There’s one guy, very nice but VERY big, who is just a little ahead of me skill-wise but is huge and I was stumped for how to deal with his size. I’ll be re-watching and using these tips. Thank you.
These "principles" videos are awesome. So much more useful for a beginner than complicated single technique tutorials.
This concept based approach is fire,we have a Med student that moved to my gym from Cali and thats mainly what he focuses on, he has made it to Brown belt in 6 years of training and just trashes guys who have been training much longer in the traditional "technique first" with concepts mentioned as an aside way of learning. I like how you emphasize simplicity "there are lots of ways to armdrag,don't overcomplicate it"
My sparring partner last week was 6'7" @ 260lbs. I am 5'11" @ 225lbs. He was able to smash me quite a bit, but obviously everything you are saying makes sense and it's something I will practice. I sit here and watch your videos at least twice all the way through so I for one greatly appreciate you taking your time on these videos because they really do help when we are not always able to get to a mat all day. Also, I did notice that with the bigger guys (bigger than me) that they tend to over extend which often leaves their arms over extended which then makes it easier to attack them even though they are smashing. It's a physical game of chess, love every single thing about it. Good work yet again Jordan.
Thanks man!. My pleasure. I'm glad you enjoy them 🙂
I like how these are actually rolling and not just showing the move without it being showed in real action
DEFENSE:
1. Never let someone grab your head:
• Your head is a control point that if controlled will lead to you being smashed
• Prioritize this over everything as you will not be able to do anything if grabbed (your head controlled).
• You must always remember your T-Rex arms.
• Control the far arm as this is the arm which does the grabbing.
• If your head does get grabbed, give them a reason to let go (off balance them to the side, forcing them to let go of your head as they are forced to post to prevent the sweep). You need to be proactive when you do this, and not allow the opponent to settle his (her) weight. Mistakes happen but don’t feel bad for yourself. You need to get moving and get that grip off you and free your head.
2. Never let someone take an underhook:
• If they do get an underhook you must stay on your side with an overhook.
3. Keep their weight off you:
• Prioritize guards/submissions which keep your feet in front of your opponent. This will manage the distance for you (not all guards and attacks are created equal when dealing with someone who’s bigger and stronger).
• One submission which you may wish to avoid because your feet are not between you and your opponent is the armbar because you lack the ability to manage the distance at this point to keep their weight off you. Unless you extend their arm immediately, it will be difficult dealing with them potentially stacking you and will also be difficult to break their defensive grips.
• Triangles too can be risky. You run the risk of the opponent stacking you and clearing the leg (most likely, passing your guard).
• This is not to say that you should not try armbars or triangles, just that there are less riskier attacks.
• Knees also keep weight off you by acting as a structural frame between you and your opponent. Keeping your knees in front of your opponent will keep them from putting their weight on you by acting as a structural frame. That’s why it’s called a knee shield. You really need to use it if you are a small grappler.
OFFENSE:
1. Fight Them where they’re the weakest:
• Plan A: Taking the back is the primary way to defeat larger opponents.
• Plan B: fighting from top position.
• Plan C: Submitted from your guard.
2. Use Underhooks to take the back:
• Underhooks prevents the opponent from getting their own underhooks and are essential for attack against big opponents.
• It’s hard to move bigger, stronger people; you’re better off moving yourself but it will be hard to move if we are being controlled by the opponent’s grips.
• Make them post their hands on the mat so you have room to pop your head out. The only thing stopping you from taking somebody’s back is their arm. Knowing that, if we force them to put their hands on the mat instead of us, we will have a clear path to the back, using an underhook.
• Putting their hands on the mat also makes the opponent’s legs light so you can move them to the other side.
• While underhooking, you still want to control the far arm so that the opponent can’t control your head or D’arce choke you (sit out counter shown at 5 minutes, 45 seconds).
• If your opponent overhooks your underhooking arm, you cannot take his back, but you can sweep instead (for example; knee pick from the dog fight position).
3. Arm Drags:
• Arm drags are a great tool for clearing the arm. By dragging their arm to the mat or across the body, the arm in no longer in the way or controlling us. We are free to move ourselves onto the back and attack from there.
• There are a lot of way to arm drag but you don’t need to complicate it…literally, just drag their arm to the side.
• Often beginners are too underneath their opponent when taking the back and a little shrimp out will help you get into better position.
4. Butterfly Guard:
• Butterfly hooks are strong and able to deal with a lot of weight.
• You do not need an underhook to do a butterfly sweep but that is the traditional grip and can be used to transition to the back.
• They can be performed using a variety of grips and work on bigger and stronger opponents.
5. Load the hips over the center line:
• People become light when their hips are directly over or past your hips.
• Prioritize Sweep that meet these criteria. The John Wayne Sweep is a great example.
• X-Guard is a good example but can be tough to enter into. Having their hips above yours is what makes the X-Guard so powerful. X-guard is a little tough to get to with heavy people but if you can get there, sweeping is just too easy. Watch video, “how to sweep like a black belt” for more in-depth insight.
This channel deserves way more subscribers. Great video can’t wait to apply this in class 👍🏽
Thanks man 🙏 Growing slowly but surely. 100k is my big goal!
This video is immense! Whilst the fundamental concepts are simple, the way you breakdown it down is so clear and concise. This is invaluable advice for all levels. So grateful Jordan, thank you. Will definitely look to get your BJJ fanatics vid. 👊
I totally agree with your comment. 👍
Your detailed descriptions are awesome 🤙
Thank you 🙏
Much needed info! Being on the slimer and lighter side of guys in the gym this video is great for me. I really appreciate your 'broader topics' type videos rather than strict technique (which are still much needed and fantastic) thanks Jordan 👋🏻👊🏻
So worth the wait. Okay, love concepts, no technique to memorize. Drag their arm, have them post on the mat, take their back. Don't let them grab your head. Thank you so much professor. Going to try and focus on these things for the next month, especially against those big guys.
Thanks man! Let me know if it works for you!
lol. It wont be so easy in a roll because the big guys are watching this (great) video too! Also, thanks for posting- it really helped me!
You're a beast, bro. I started BJJ late after the military. I'm a broken vet, but have been able to use your techniques and do well against bigger, younger, stronger, younger guys. LOL. Great, free content! Mahalo!
Thanks man! Happy to help you improve your technique and rolling 🙏👊
Honestly some of the best jiu jitsu videos I’ve found. Great stuff!
Thank you so much 🙏
I'll be buying your fanatics instructional today. And anything else of yours I can find on there. Absolutely love your teaching style, very helpful
Thanks man 🙏
Great points! I just got promoted to brown and realized that during the almost long hour of rolling I kept getting “jumped” by large partners. Being on my back was brutal. The best position for me was to get in turtle position or my side while I was protecting my neck. It was grueling but that saved me from gassing out. I did use a lot of the strategies that you mentioned but you bring up very important points that as practitioners we tend to forget specially when we’re extremely exhausted.
the only jujitsu channel i have notifications turned on for , ty Jordan for the great content
Means a lot to me man! 🙏👊🙂
Awesome vid! I always roll with bigger guys and the knee shield and and sweeps have been improving my survival time but I never knew how to prevent inevitably getting smashed until you talked about head control and back takes, can’t wait to get back in and try this out!
love the arm drag from the bottom. Great tip, great video as always.
Glad you liked it!
I remember when I first started training. I rolled with this HUGE Hawaiian fellow, probably around 270 pounds of pure muscle. With my minimal knowledge, he easily got on top of me, trapped my arms, and let his pressure smother me. He said "I could just stay like this until you died," which, now that I think about it, would be very scary in a real situation! Luckily, I'm not entirely helpless any more hahaha
Haha crazy how much trust we have to place in our partners. Also crazy how defenseless those that don't train truly are on the ground.
I'm the smallest guy at my gym by about 3 stone. It's brutal everyday. Thankyou for this video, I'm back in at 10am and I'm going to focus on this a lot!
Super awesome video, lots of work but you nailed it!! Learned some stuff for me to try next time I roll 😁
Thanks for the video, I really appreciate it!
Tips like not letting your opponent control your head are often assumed or go unspoken and those of us who are newer really benefit from the direct instruction.
I love that you teach concepts on top of teaching techniques as well. I think people agree that concepts are much easier to remember and implement. Thanks so much and look forward to the next one! 👊
4:50 forcing their hands on the mat to take her back 🙌 thank you for this! this is a cold moveee 🥶🤙
As always, solid gold video. Thank you for your dedication to your channel and helping people improve. 🤙🏼
Aaaandd… more gold nuggets! Thanks for doing what you do Jordan!
Thank you!! I just appreciate you and everyone watching the videos I make :)
So much gold in every single video on this channel!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙂
Jordan...this was a game changer video for me...that half guard / knee shield to back take...love it. thanks so much. 🙏OSS
As a 250 lb white belt… I actually learned some great moves in this video to help me in my division too. Great video, man!
Keep up the good work. Oss!
Thanks man 👊
255 lbs White Belt here....same. Great Vid!
You big guys are not allowed to watch this video!
I noticed that some of these things I already do intuitively, but my offensive game lacks in comparison to my defense. I often feel stuck in side control and that sweeping especially is impossible so this was encouraging to watch! Almost everyone I train with is at least 40 lbs heavier than me and a few are even nearly twice my weight.
I'm a 50 YO 170 pounder and typically just play top with the big guys, but this video has given me a few tools to try and change things up. Funny that my keys to success on the top are exactly what you said the bottom player needs to prevent: head control and far side underhook!
It actually blows my mind how important preventing the underhook and head control is yet its barley talked about. The offense is all the time. Take the back with the seat belt grip, side control with head and underhook etc. The seat belt grip is the same grip as side control but reversed position. Which is something I think most people don't realize haha
Love it! Great video BUT still waiting for a video for BJJ as a very large guy
Dude these videos are amazing! Thank you so much! Wishing you continued success in ALL of your life endeavours. Australia.
Great one🎉
Really enjoy your content! especially the principals approach.
Great video again, I have been having trouble with larger opponents and now I have a few thing to start incorporating into my game. Thanks for the great advice.
Thanks man 🙏 Let me know if you notice a difference rolling with the big boys now!
TIMESTAMPS
0:36 1. NEVER let someone grab your head or underhook
2:44 2. KEEP their weight off you
4:06 3. FIGHT them at their weakest THE BACK
4:38 USE UNDERHOOKS to take their back
5:53 ARM DRAGS
6:27 Butterfly GUARD
7:06 load their HIPS over centre line
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Thanks man your crazy good at breaking down small details
Your channel is amazing brother!
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this video! this gives me hope! I live in Toronto ON, if you're ever giving a workshop here please sound out, I would love to attend a session in person!
Thanx Jordan for real. I just joined a bjj club 2 months ago, and you have helped me learn the etiquette and techniques
Great video as usual. I was thinking, we're about the same age. So I've noticed hard sparring (especially with bigger dudes) takes a much larger toll on my body after I turned 30 (33 now). I've had a couple of injuries lately. Maybe you could share something about how you approach injury prevention or just in general what you do to be able to spar hard every week. Possibly a topic for a future video? Cheers
Prolly some test, suss etc will help
I hear you, I'm 50 and these effing teenagers think we're rolling for Abu Dhabi gold. I keep telling them a billion people in China don't care, but it rarely sinks in.
Awesome video idea. I'll definitely do that soon. A lot of people in the same boat I'm sure.
Exactly, I just tore a meniscus from rolling with a gung-ho teenager. After I heal it up I was thinking either I change sports, or find a smarter way to roll. I imagine just trying to go super slow and tell sparring partners I wanna spar light, but as a whitebelt I have the bad habit of forgetting that and start using strength and speed again... Need to find a better way...!
I love your content. You explain the fundamentals and the importance of basic principles. I am going to start more TH-cam accounts just so I can thumbs up your videos more then once.
Haha thanks man! I really appreciate the support and I hope you'll continue enjoying the upcoming videos, too 🙂
Thank you for teaching us and taking the time to make this type of content. Really helps us newbies
Great content, as usual. Will make sure to use tomorrow night. Thanks, Jordan!
Thanks Paul! Let me know if it works for you!
@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu Worked great. Stopped a lot of cross face attempts and worked on winning the grip battles. Thanks Jordan! 🤙👍👊
So I’ve been doing jujitsu for about 3 weeks and my coach asked me if I wanted to compete in a white belt masters in house tourney at an affiliate school. The tourney is on Sunday and today I just found out that the tourney is no gi. (Needless to say all my training so far has been in the gi lol) but I was rolling with someone 250 today and his top pressure was hard to deal with but I’ve seen your videos before so protecting my head and prioritizing underhooks was a massive help bro. I was a boxer and ex D1 athlete so I have a lot of physical advantages but your tips are helping my game so much. Im impressing a lot of people in my gym with my progression. Thanks for the help. And hopefully I can find a way to win the tourney but if not at least it will be a good learning experience. Great video bro. 🫡
Your videos are the best teaching content on TH-cam
Wow excellent video for us big boys. Now we know what to capitalize on and control the head. Thank you for an awesome video. Footnote: Breaking the defense and offense into different sections was outstanding. In my saved column for sure.
Haha nice
Great video. Will watch this one (like others) quite a few times. Thanks
Thanks man 🙏
Awesome video yet again! 👊
Thanks man 👊
There's a blue belt at my gym who is about 5ft 8 and 117kgs, guy is strong af and heavy. This video was great as its given me some ideas on how to survive against him.
Hey Jordan! Love the videos man. I’d love to see a triangle breakdown or a kimura trap vid. Keep up the good work dude
I like butterfly and butterfly half against big guys and if at any point one leg comes up shooting slx through immediately. The butterfly hook even just in butterfly half is enough to keep them off of me enough until I can get slx or sweep. I’m powerlift but am only 165 pounds, one training partner is literally a 280 pound strong man (the one’s that lift anvils and rocks in competitions). I don’t like closed guard as much because big guys use “big man moves” that only work because of the weight difference, but if it ends up there I try to pull the arm across to take the back or go to a scissor sweep type position with the leg across as a frame to keep space. Awesome video!
Me too! I prefer not to be in closed guard agaisnt the big boys but if I am it's scissor sweeps and arm drags all day 🙌
Awesome video like always... great tips. Getting your opponents hands on the mat to take the back is gold... its obvious but I never thought about it that way.. I just got smashed by some big dudes tonight cant wait to try out these tips..🙏🏻
My buddy from the gym I go to has techniques sharp as a razor blade he recommended your channel now I know why he has all these extra tips and tricks our instructor is amazing combine with your video teaching it has taken him to another level and I know why now
Thanks man! That's so cool to hear 😁💪🙏
So much information I’m gonna need to watch this video a few more times
Took mount on a big dude, realized my knees couldn't touch the mat, got rolled and smashed lol. He took his time too, so I had plenty of time to regret my life choices! Thanks for this video!
Haha sorry to hear that man! But a lesson learned lol
@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu Very much so! I actually appreciated the lesson as it revealed a gap in my game as it pertains to larger opponents. Thanks to him, I've now been going down the rabbit hole and learning new aspects of Jiu Jitsu. I am in the heavy weight category and still new so I have been neglecting the importance of back takes and arm drags in favor of pressure passing and pushing mount. I look forward to expanding my game!
Always appreciate your uploads Jordan your already the best bJJ channel on TH-cam. Moving back to London soon can't wait to implement your teaching.
I have an idea for a video 'how to anaylse your own training to improve' I will record all my rolls it's useful to understand how I can use the footage to become better
Thanks man!! That is a great video idea. In the meantime I suggestion viewing your rolling footage and trying to point out anytime you did or didn't follow one of my 20 tips. I think that would provide a lot of insight!
Another tournament this weekend so I’ll be watching this a couple times over the week
Good luck at your tournament! If you need any advice just send me a message on Instagram 🙂
I've been struggling with a few tanks that I roll with so this is super helpful - OSS!
As one of the smaller guys at my gym Im excited to apply these concepts during my next roll session. 👏💪
Apology not necessary Jordan...life happens, and you've given everyone a sizable catalogue of excellent quality videos to digest when you aren't able to upload a video.
Thanks for uploading this...the video was great. And to answer your question, well I guess the opponent I think of was only taller than I was.
Whilst I had a brief foray Into judo, I was still very new to BJJ, as was he. He was however a wrestler in middle and high school. I didn't know that at the time, and figured I was going to do okay...until he used his wrestling background to totally dominate me. At least he wasn't obnoxious about it afterwards.
Maybe that's why I am much more favorable to using the Gi. 😂
Starting to piss off all the bigger guys at my gym lol. Been watching you roll with the biggest guys essentially on repeat for weeks now. I get em mostly with kamoras and kamora traps to back takes...they also hate getting am arm getting stapled down and Americana-ed from side control. Youve basically become my 4th instructor lol
Haha that is awesome!!! Happy to help man 🙏
First time watcher, definitely subbing good Sir 👍
thanks for putting in the hard work so that we're able to make our grappling work a little easier. will be trying to follow these instructions tonight with the big guys!
🙂Thank you for sharing these concepts, so much valuable information in 8mins.
Awesome tips as usual!
Thanks man 🤙
Glad I found this one. I'm one of the smaller guys in my gym at 5'9" 170lbs. Couple guys north of 200 always get on me, and I struggle to get out from under them. Thanks for this one 🤙
Hello Jordan I subscribed your channel for a couple months. I use many tips and its improve my game a lot. In my gym Im just a little blue belt(around 126 lbs) and there are so many bigger blue and white belt. But since I apply your tips to my own game size isn’t a problem I just want to say thank you for sharing your tips and let others know its work!
Ps.Sorry I’m not good at english.
Makes me super happy to hear that!! Great English by the way 🙂
This was extremely helpful! Thanks!
I love your videos. Thank you so much for them. 🤜🤛
Thanks Leon 👊 I appreciate you watching them!
Still loving the videos! Keep up the great work👌🏻👍🏻
Thank you!
Great videos Jordan keep up the good work sir ✌️
Great information. Thank you!
That's it! Thank you! I'm a defense guy myself, have no choice as an older player. I got tapped out 4 times straight tonight by a taller blue belt, n really prude force type. Your video made me noticed that he was totally just controlling my head n adjusting his legs over my head. Thank you! (I'm a 4 stripe white belt, I know I'm reaching blue belt)
Great video! These are super useful details. Will take note and practice them when back to rolling next week! (I'm also from ON, can't wait for the reopening lol)
Thanks so much - this is a great vid and really really helps that you use concepts. Maybe you could even do an individual vid on each area you cover. 🙏🏼🙏🏼👊🏽👊🏽 from London UK
Very helpful Video! Thank you!
Glad you think so! Thank you 🙂
Best jiu jitsu channel
Thank you!!
120lbs here. Can't wait to try these out. Needless to say I'm pretty much the smallest adult at my gym on any given day
Wow such great advice and footage! Thank you 🙏
Thank you for the tips! Gonna be competing this Saturday at a nogi absolute tournament, and will be keeping these tips in mind. Thank you Jordan!
Great video, trying to get my Bjj motivation back on.
At 5’11” and around 135, there aren’t many training partners in my gym who don’t have at least 20 pounds on me and often 40-50 or more. Being as tall as I am also makes people assume I’m a lot heavier, so it seems reasonable for all the heavier people to want to pair up with me too, so I just accept that and try to find stuff like this video to deal. This content was great.
Great content. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for making awesome videos!
Glad you like them!
Great video 👊🏻
Thanks again Jordan. I just lost a tournament to a guy 40lbs heavier than me. This helped a lot
I’m a big guy looking for tips on beating big guys. Thanks for the video.
Awesome! Thx Jordan 🤙
Love your videos !!!!
Love ur videos and how you break it down
Started Jujitsu recently and today just finished class number 10 (yes I'm counting all the days). Starting out is rough, but I'm also one of the smaller guys in the class, I'd say 90% of the guys are 6 foot plus and well-built, I am 5 foot 6, average build. Their longer limbs reach me sooner, their bodyweight crushes the air out of me, and on monday I got takedown/slammed twice. Ribs are still in pain. Any tips from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Killing it bro