BJJ Training Progress, Evolution & Control Points With Chris Paines
From The Sonny Brown Breakdown by Sonny Brown
October 23, 2022 · 1h 15m · Season 2 · Episode 60
About this episode
Sonny Brown interviews Chris Paines about Jiu-Jitsu training, focusing on heuristics, control points, and the importance of context in teaching techniques.
I talk to Chris Paines, who recently released an instructional titled "How to Defend Against Everyone". We discuss his thoughts on teaching and learning Jiu-Jitsu through the use of heuristics focusing on control points and how that can emphasise defensive principles as well as optimising offence. We also discuss the importance of providing context when communicating the techniques of Jiu-Jitsu to learners and how understanding your body dexterity can improve your grappling game.
People in this episode
Host: Sonny Brown
Guest: Chris Paines
Topics covered
- BJJ training
- defensive principles
- control points
- teaching Jiu-Jitsu
- body dexterity
- grappling
Keywords
- BJJ
- Jiu-Jitsu
- training
- defense
- control points
- grappling
- teaching
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: How to Defend Against Everyone
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