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Never show solutions to your athletes 🔽

Ever since I started studying learning methodologies in sports, especially ECO/CLA, I’ve noticed something interesting: many of the best coaches in Jiu-Jitsu share principles that are far more similar than people think.

In this case, someone as systematic as Danaher and one of the biggest exponents of ECO in Jiu-Jitsu, @gdsouders, arrive at very similar ideas about how people learn Jiu-Jitsu most effectively.

And it made me realize something important: maybe the problem isn’t the method itself, but our need to turn everything into sides.

A lot of practitioners become attached to one system, one coach, or one philosophy as if knowledge belonged to a single person. But a truly educated mind doesn’t work that way.

Humility in martial arts is not only accepting defeat. It is also accepting that nobody has the absolute truth. Having the ability to listen to new ideas without immediately rejecting them.

Instead of constantly arguing about which method is “better,” we should learn how to observe, compare, and take the best from every teacher.

Because in the end, Jiu-Jitsu evolves through the people willing to keep an open mind.

— Edy Franco

#bjj #grappling #learn #ecological #traditional by @clagrapplingnetwork

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Great positional sparring rounds by @danaherjohn @gordonlovesjiujitsu

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#grappling #jiujitsu #bjj #nogi #ecological #ecologicaldynamics #constraintsledapproach #ecologicalapproach #wrestling #playwrestling #folkstyle #folkstylewrestling by @clagrapplingnetwork

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a year ago

@deandre_corbe explaining game design concepts in his interview @brenveziroglu see the full video on his YouTube channel called BrenVez with over 18K followers!

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#constraintsledapproach #ecologicaldynamics #bjjwhitebelt #nogibjj #nogigrappling #nogijiujitsu #brazilianjiujitsu #bjjforlife #wrestling #ufc #bjj by @clagrapplingnetwork

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A two condition criteria game - you must meet one objective before the other - to develop the skill of bringing both feet to the inside and using this strong connection to destabilize and advanced to either hips or shoulders //

Game play @standardjiujitsu with @sidviciousjj on choose your own game day (game design by me) 09/24/2026
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#bjj #cla #skilldevelopment #gamedesign #coaching taken in Standard JiuJitsu by @clagrapplingnetwork

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FUNDAMENTALS IN CLA - A clip of a full standing to ground class at @accelerateurmartial with @jiujitsu_saguenay.

A lot of coaches ask me about what fundamentals are in the system of training. This clip would be a good example of what fundamental skill in the standing to ground exchange looks like - understanding how to hold somebody down and then on bottom position being able to build height.

One flaw I see from many coaches on game design is pursuing novelty for novelty sake. It’s a traditionalist mindset. We can add progressions on games like these such as modifying the task, round length, partner changes, adding submissions in - but the skill is what I would consider fundamental and must be trained in some way. This way - which I did at @tristargym_mtl many times (Firas calls double leg scramble) - is one of those fundamental positions to build skill.

You wouldn’t be upset if your personal trainer asked you to do a squat, nor would you have expected him to invent the squat. It is the athlete doing the work under your structure that creates progression. This is something even the most experienced instructors cannot comprehend - the athletes doing the work is what is MOST important - not what you are saying and showing them.

It’s a sting to the ego but reality. Practice design and progressions are everything.

@gdsouders created a framework that most CLA coaches are using - it’s our job to continue to think about new problems and add our own insights into our work BUT we cannot forget that the fundamental skills are timeless (and best trained live at varying levels of intensity with different partners)

If you made it this far in the caption - current problems I’m working on are creating hip exposure via the hamstrings, and following/preventing rotation on joint locks. Will be uploading more content soon.

Online 1:1 coaching is available in my bio - please reach out. taken in Saguenay by @clagrapplingnetwork

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Choose Your Own Game @standardjiujitsu with Pedro 09/03/2026 // Chin (?) Heel Hook to Dent Lock (?) to Knee Bar
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#innovation #eco #skilldevelopment #bjj #constraintsleadtocreativity taken in Standard JiuJitsu by @clagrapplingnetwork

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C.L.A 🖕
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#bjj #bjjlifestyle #adcc #nogi #cla taken in Kraków, Poland by @clagrapplingnetwork

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09/3 @standardjiujitsu // Designed my own game to develop creative finishes on the feet
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#bjj #cla #skilldevelopment #gamedesign #eco by @clagrapplingnetwork

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a month ago

🤔 @danaherjohn and @gsppodcastofficial

Checkout the full video on YouTube. Thanks to @darbellay.adrien for sharing this with me 🤝 by @clagrapplingnetwork

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Outside Passing Game Variation // 09/01/2026 @standardjiujitsu game design by @gdsouders
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#bjj #skilldevelopment #cla #gamedesign taken in Standard JiuJitsu by @clagrapplingnetwork

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Training wheels don't teach you to ride. They teach you to pedal.

A partner who doesn't resist does the same thing. The move works, so it feels like progress. You're just rehearsing the easy part. by @clagrapplingnetwork

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Scramble games // 08/25 7pm @blackboxgrappling
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#bjj #eco #skilldevelopment #gamedesign by @clagrapplingnetwork

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