I want to be Bernardo's friend. What amazing humility for a champion to admit he is learning new concepts for the whole world to see. More people should use him as a model. Thanks, dudes!
@@ca1498 check this guard retention seminar xande has on TH-cam, but it's not an easy one. I suggest you purchase firas Zahabi guard retention instructional
In this video not only is there good technique,but it really displays Bernardo's humility. Benardo has proven himself to be one of the best in the world but able to be a student. ALOT of guys wouldn't have been ok with being communicated with like he was.
As a 125lb grappler, it's essential that I always do 2 things: 1)get smaller than my opponent 2)become so compact that I am unflatten-able. This means always having my elbows inside my knees and my knees inside my shoulders and occasionally my neck inside my knees.
A little over into a month into training for me, and I love how supportive the Jujitsu community is, even high class competitors try to help everyone improve, and an amazing practitioner like Bernardo is always learning 😃
Everytime I felt my guard getting passed or was trying to regain guard today I just keep saying "Elegant" in my head. Good things happened from there. Thanks guys! Good instruction as always.
"Pressure makes diamonds", awesome quote. The framing elbow into knee guard posture is paramount. Look at Marcelo Garcia as well for a mastery of this technique. Xande is a legend.
Hey, guys! I'm 54 years old practicing jiujutsu for the first time. These are very good instructions, you guys are great. Thank you, so very much! enjoy your lives! :-)
Not that this needs my validation, but there’s a brown belt in my gym who does exactly this and I have never seen anyone even come close to passing his guard.
Only issue I’ve found with having a guard that is near impassible is that my side control and mount escapes aren’t the best since I don’t get there often. I mean I have some crafty ways to re-guard or do back takes from there but if someone can establish side control or mount on me I’m pretty fucked. -One of those purple belts
Does what? There is no single technique being shown here! When he goes to demo “the diamond” he used many different techniques such as knee shielding, blocking, shrimping & framing.
Thank you so much for sharing this. As a purple belt I’m always trying to work my weaker areas. This has to be one of the best guard retention videos I’ve seen. 🙏🏻
This, along with deep lasso and spider really lets me slow everything down and dictate the pace. They just can't get around you and it create openings.
Watched this video today, and got to meet Xande at an amazing seminar he ran tonight. What an absolutely awesome coach and guy. Thank you Bernardo for passing this knowledge forward and can’t wait to meet you one day. Cheers Brother 🙏🤙
Thank you. Of all the BJJ videos I've seen on TH-cam this one made the biggest immediate impact to my game. Fortunately we were working guard passing today and I remained unpassed :D Once my legs were passed it used to panic and most often game over. Not any more
Thank you so much for this video I feel like something just clicked for me and I understand escapes, guard, bottom position in general from such a simple concept! I look forward to the dvd 😊
This is conceptually so high level I'm struggling to visualize it, even with five years of Jiu-Jitsu under my belt. I'm going to watch this like 7 times, or untill it sinks in 😂
I came here to say. Xande's videos are best! Especially if you are new to jiu-jitsu. It's simple concepts and habits you want to get into early in your jiu-jitsu training. Most instructors teach a move then grapple but don't go deeper. His videos don't teach moves, he teaches 3 or 4 defensive postures that jiu-jitsu game can be built apon.
This is great stuff. It's so simple but, like many things, difficult to master. And unlike some of these whacky methodologies like worm guard or inverted guard, it's transferrable to self-defense jiu-jitsu, no-gi, MMA, or even a real life encounter. And it doesn't hurt that both and Bernardo are excellent conveyers of information. You can be the best in the world but if you lack the necessary teaching and communicating skills, that knowledge will stay trapped in your mind and die with you.
This is golddust, what a privilege to watch this video. The parallels between stand up stance and the half guard was something I sensed existed on an intuitive level and it´s amazing to see it expressed and put into words. Is there a whole series related to this, becuase I would seriously consider investing in it?
Wow Really cool. Seeing concepts like this and understanding this kinda shows Kit Dale is on the right path with his thinking on "concepts vs drilling" . It kinda teaches students to fish vs giving them a fish everyday. Great post!
7:09 z guard to open, knee slice defense 9:38 z guard anticipating pressure 10:15 mount escape 10:59 z guard cross collar and sleeve to side closed guard 11:52 knee slice pass- frame w TOP leg
Thank you guys, this video changed my defensive game totally. And I have just started to grasp the concepts explained! I have only a question, if keeping the elbow on the outside of the shielding knee how do you prevent not to have the knee pushed down together? Does keeping the elbow inside the knee helps???
Pra brasileiro que está assistindo ou quem fala a língua portuguesa o curso do Xande Ribeiro em português num outro canal é muito bom e esclarecedor, você ter acesso ao curso e depois vim ver estes vídeos fica muito mais entendível, porque no curso ele passa os exercícios, dril que precisa fazer pro seu corpo e memória muscular aprender os movimentos. Se tiver em português também no canal do Bernardo vou comprar já tenho o do Brasil, no Pura.
My guard hasn’t been passed since last night around 7:30.
:D too good!
I had a dream last night. My guard was passed. A lot.
🤣
Same 😂
🤣
I want to be Bernardo's friend. What amazing humility for a champion to admit he is learning new concepts for the whole world to see. More people should use him as a model. Thanks, dudes!
Won't you be my neighbor ?
Hes like the jiujitsu muppet
@@timrob0420 whereas, you're just a muppet..
Its insane that Farria beat him and he is there super humble . I love those guys
They both won & lost against each...
@@ca1498 check this guard retention seminar xande has on TH-cam, but it's not an easy one. I suggest you purchase firas Zahabi guard retention instructional
@@orestisnalmpantis liked your comment but Xander is the man,
His framing is awesome
Bernard could do a video wirh me "how to always have your guard passed"
🤣 same here
😹
If you need any pointers I can help. I haven’t retained guard since 2005
We could do a bundle with my forthcoming “How To Get Routinely Finished From The Back,” instructional.
😂😂😂
I watched it twice before I realized he meant elongated when he says elegant. Lol. I use my both hands and get elegant and no give him da wizard!
I feel like he meant to say elegant because at one point he said "diamonds are elegant". Still funny though
I was actually looking for this confirmation. Thank you.
Nonya Bizness no he meant elegant bro...
He meant the posture of an elegant person when is walking around. I think it works better in portuguese.
@@adscarneiro No I think he thinks they are the same word. Doesnt matter Xande is the man!
Its actualyl rare to find a guy this good at competing that also happens to be this good at teaching.
I met him yesterday at a seminar and he is one of the most engaging and entertaining people I have every met.
In this video not only is there good technique,but it really displays Bernardo's humility. Benardo has proven himself to be one of the best in the world but able to be a student. ALOT of guys wouldn't have been ok with being communicated with like he was.
I just love the way these two amazing professors respect each other and are so open to learn.
I got my guard passed every 14 seconds.
hahaha
Half guard G!
That's it!, you're doing better than me.
i feel you bro
@ yeah they are better top pressure guys
As a 125lb grappler, it's essential that I always do 2 things: 1)get smaller than my opponent 2)become so compact that I am unflatten-able. This means always having my elbows inside my knees and my knees inside my shoulders and occasionally my neck inside my knees.
i bet i could pass ur guard
@@jonallen7619😂
A little over into a month into training for me, and I love how supportive the Jujitsu community is, even high class competitors try to help everyone improve, and an amazing practitioner like Bernardo is always learning 😃
fr jiujitsu community is so good
12:50 - 15:00 my favorite part of the video.
Alive back and forth, exchanging ideas and energy.
Everytime I felt my guard getting passed or was trying to regain guard today I just keep saying "Elegant" in my head. Good things happened from there. Thanks guys! Good instruction as always.
Yeah what exactly does he mean by that? Is this a portuguese translation thing? I speak portuguese as well but I'm a little confused by the concept.
@@JK-nh6jp it means leaning back like an elegant lady in a movie with their leg kicked back
"Pressure makes diamonds", awesome quote. The framing elbow into knee guard posture is paramount. Look at Marcelo Garcia as well for a mastery of this technique. Xande is a legend.
I love concepts. They stay in your mind.
Yup! Much more than any techniques you watch a video about and forget all the necessary details afterwards.
@@rexhayabusa It's interesting how 3 years later I see different details in the same concept. Jiu-Jitsu evolves with us.
Hey, guys! I'm 54 years old practicing jiujutsu for the first time. These are very good instructions, you guys are great. Thank you, so very much! enjoy your lives! :-)
Not that this needs my validation, but there’s a brown belt in my gym who does exactly this and I have never seen anyone even come close to passing his guard.
There's a purple at our home school. Same thing. Legit.
I do krav maga so ill pass no problem, haha.
Only issue I’ve found with having a guard that is near impassible is that my side control and mount escapes aren’t the best since I don’t get there often. I mean I have some crafty ways to re-guard or do back takes from there but if someone can establish side control or mount on me I’m pretty fucked. -One of those purple belts
Does what? There is no single technique being shown here! When he goes to demo “the diamond” he used many different techniques such as knee shielding, blocking, shrimping & framing.
@@invictus_They-Them_Nazi_Hunter jumping face stomp!
Great concepts. I give this video 5 diamonds
Underrated comment. LOL
@Tai Chi Tube i like how you both chastised and enabled him. Kudos.
@Tai Chi Tube is your channel satire?
@Tai Chi Tube word up. Take it easy.
@Tai Chi Tube you. Are a douche bag. Go f yourself and find something else to do.
Xande is the one his teaching is simple and truly reliable
Thank you so much for sharing this. As a purple belt I’m always trying to work my weaker areas. This has to be one of the best guard retention videos I’ve seen. 🙏🏻
I’ve watched this about 20 times and will keep on watching it.
I know it’s been mentioned already. But this is pure gold. Thank you!
You two guys are amazing. Humble but amazing warriors. A great example to us all. Thank you for this diamond material!
This is amazing to see two legends work shopping like this. Thank God for the internet.
This concept saves me from getting smashed and having my guard passed. As an older player, it works wonders for me.
This, along with deep lasso and spider really lets me slow everything down and dictate the pace. They just can't get around you and it create openings.
@@christopherpakney8542 Exactly. Plus they work twice as hard to try and pass.
Finally a Jiu-Jitsu master who recognizes what a cute boy Bernardo is.
Between this channel and private lessons with my coach my jits has improved substantially. I hope to meet this legend one day and thank him in person.
White belt here! This video is making the difference for me! Thank you to these two legends of BJJ Bernardo and Xande! Muito obrigado gente.
I didnt even finished the videos and im so impressed on the concepts that Xande explains...its AWESOME!!! its a wow after wow...what a smart guy!!
Watched this video today, and got to meet Xande at an amazing seminar he ran tonight. What an absolutely awesome coach and guy. Thank you Bernardo for passing this knowledge forward and can’t wait to meet you one day. Cheers Brother 🙏🤙
16:58 "No, you don't need to be flexible." [puts his foot over his knee...] :-D
Noticed that as well hahah.
Thank you.
Of all the BJJ videos I've seen on TH-cam this one made the biggest immediate impact to my game.
Fortunately we were working guard passing today and I remained unpassed :D
Once my legs were passed it used to panic and most often game over.
Not any more
Best and most important concept in bjj the diamond strong position. thanks Xande, genius!
Tried this at class tonight. So awesome. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Awesome! About time you get Xande in there. Been waiting for this one.. two of the best to learn from.. thanks bernardo!
These are golden nuggets from the Champ. Bernardo is the BEST!
The Diamond concept 🙏🏻 thank you professors
Thank you so much for this video I feel like something just clicked for me and I understand escapes, guard, bottom position in general from such a simple concept! I look forward to the dvd 😊
Two people disliked, surely a joke.....absolute gold from a master 🙏🏻
This is pure gold. Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏼
Jesus Chist this is mindblowing. Thank you for this channel brother
I used this concept last night sparring, it worked to perfection!!! Thank you!!! I will continue to use this!!!!
And..... I just become the most dominant white belt at my gym!
are you the only white belt at your gym? 🤔
@@DijoevyCrew Yes. Yes I am.
@@rojoification doesn’t make your statement any less false. Keep rolling
Watching KINGS roll.... Like seeing onto the mountain top.
This is the real KingKong vs. Godzilla right there
Two great BJJ minds exchanging ideas. Awesome.
"Open class chuoo times", 🙂 love you man.. such honor..
This is conceptually so high level I'm struggling to visualize it, even with five years of Jiu-Jitsu under my belt. I'm going to watch this like 7 times, or untill it sinks in 😂
What a legend!
This is VERY USEFUL! Thank you professors!
Bernardo is a great teacher because he is an amazing student.
"Pressure makes diamonds", so simplistically true!
Xande Ribeiro my new favourite !
Awesome video. It's great to learn concepts and philosophies from everyone, especially these legends of BJJ.
Xande is a great guy ! I wanna learn jiujitsu from you !
Professors, I can't thank you enough for showing us the Diamond Guard.
Fourteen years! That's incredible.
Awesome teacher!
Xande is such an awesome competitor and teacher. I love his style, definitely one of my favorite all-time.
Xande gets his guard passed but turtles and has amazing escapes from there. Eg: when MG got him at adcc. Xande is 1 of the Greatest. Respect.
Lee Ting yeah Saulo is the same they both really like that running escape and spin back into guard
2 legends!
Awesome video... the mechanics of the movements..
In 20 minutes changes your entire game.
@Lokkain Their frustration can't be measured!
@Lokkain Lost my virginity after learning the stuff in the video.
Absolute living legend. OSS
Thank you for this channel Bernardo , it's greaat
This guy makes sense. Great video
I came here to say. Xande's videos are best! Especially if you are new to jiu-jitsu. It's simple concepts and habits you want to get into early in your jiu-jitsu training. Most instructors teach a move then grapple but don't go deeper. His videos don't teach moves, he teaches 3 or 4 defensive postures that jiu-jitsu game can be built apon.
This is great stuff. It's so simple but, like many things, difficult to master. And unlike some of these whacky methodologies like worm guard or inverted guard, it's transferrable to self-defense jiu-jitsu, no-gi, MMA, or even a real life encounter.
And it doesn't hurt that both and Bernardo are excellent conveyers of information. You can be the best in the world but if you lack the necessary teaching and communicating skills, that knowledge will stay trapped in your mind and die with you.
Brilliant Xande
19 minutes of GOLD
This concept finally makes sense to me. Thank you!
This is so insightfull!
This is golddust, what a privilege to watch this video. The parallels between stand up stance and the half guard was something I sensed existed on an intuitive level and it´s amazing to see it expressed and put into words. Is there a whole series related to this, becuase I would seriously consider investing in it?
I believe you should look for Xande's dvd for a more detailed and break down explanation on the concept for specific positions
Oooohhh !!! I like this one !!!! Surely try it !
Wow Really cool. Seeing concepts like this and understanding this kinda shows Kit Dale is on the right path with his thinking on "concepts vs drilling" . It kinda teaches students to fish vs giving them a fish everyday. Great post!
Many thanks! Cheers from London
Great video! (technique+philosophy)
Amazing!
How to never get your guard passed by Xande: Don't roll with him!
Exactly, he's never passed my guard. #TRUTH
I’m high af and he’s talking about the diamond 💎. That’s crazy and beautiful way to look at the game. I just started jiu jitsu this is amazing.
This helped me tremendously, thank you so much. 🙏
Rapaz muinto legal jiu Jitsu e issu aí sempre aprendendo obrigado por dividir oss
I love how Xande goes "BOW" like Chief Keef when he shows a fast movement
Love this! Been finding myself gravitating to this position a lot. With these concepts, it should help my game quite a bit!
I love how the best of the best always start with "it's actually pretty simple" lol yeah when you th GOAT! Lol great video!
Im gonna keep watching until I get it.
Xande is so kewl man...
Love this!
7:09 z guard to open, knee slice defense
9:38 z guard anticipating pressure
10:15 mount escape
10:59 z guard cross collar and sleeve to side closed guard
11:52 knee slice pass- frame w TOP leg
Thank you guys, this video changed my defensive game totally. And I have just started to grasp the concepts explained! I have only a question, if keeping the elbow on the outside of the shielding knee how do you prevent not to have the knee pushed down together? Does keeping the elbow inside the knee helps???
Amazing 👍
Thank you
I love Xande's game. One of my BJJ idols. OSS!
Thank you for this diamond
I like it. Thank you!
Bernardo's like.. pffft I'ma pass that shit.
My guard is like a tollway you gotta pay to pass it
Hahahaha
Pra brasileiro que está assistindo ou quem fala a língua portuguesa o curso do Xande Ribeiro em português num outro canal é muito bom e esclarecedor, você ter acesso ao curso e depois vim ver estes vídeos fica muito mais entendível, porque no curso ele passa os exercícios, dril que precisa fazer pro seu corpo e memória muscular aprender os movimentos. Se tiver em português também no canal do Bernardo vou comprar já tenho o do Brasil, no Pura.
Bernardo feels really glad that he can pronounce words now more easily portugese now that Ribeiro is next to him.
Legends! 🥋 🔥🔥
Awesome!