First Principles Escapes: Mount and Knee Ride by Stephen Whittier

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Great content.

Concepts lead to techniques - self defense and art/sport based approach. Professor S. W. always closes this gaps and connects where these connections are sensible and splits them where it they need to be. Always worth to invest(igate)!

Yeah this works.

I’m a big fan of BJJ Fanatics videos by Danaher and Lachlan Giles. I’ve been mostly watching those two since I started Juijuitsu. I heard Mr Whittier on a BJJ podcast and was intrigued by his different approach to learning based on first principles. I watched the whole thing straight thru and it made a difference in my game that night in training. I’ve barely scratched the surface but the slight shift in conceptual outlook and remembering a few highly relevant details instead of trying to recall a specific technique in various situations discussed here seems to make techniques emerge without my consciously recalling them. Which oddly seems both faster and easier. It’s tough to explain but I hope this helps anyone considering buying this. In my opinion the value here is exponentially greater than the cost.