Key Takeaways
- A 3-part DVD instructional explaining how to develop mobile hips for BJJ.
- Contains routines and exercises for warming up and cooling down on the mats.
- Features a full routine specific for developing painless and fast hip flexibility.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 8 out of 10.
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BJJ and Salsa dancing are both all about the hips, but dancing doesn’t have 200+ pound people forcing the hips to bend in the direction they’re not meant to. So if you’re a dancer, you can do without the Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD but as a grappler, you need the information contained in this instructional.
The BJJ guard is going to work for you if you give it time and attention, regardless of your eligibility and mobility abilities. However, having hips that can handle a full or even better, extended range of motion is going to turn your guard into the quicksand trap you want it to be for both Gi and No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu.
Is Mobility a Prerequisite For BJJ?
I often end up answering this question, and a bunch of related ones, and my answer is always the same – it does not matter. However, while this is the way I answer most of the time, that is not a one-size-fits-all answer.
To be completely honest, mobility is not required for practicing BJJ, but it does help with it, and massively I might add. If a competitor who is really serious about competition asks me the same question, I’d give a different answer, given how important an optimized body is for the rigors of grappling matches.
The main issue with mobility work for BJJ, be it hips or any other body part, is that people hate doing it. I’ve shared God knows how many different routines and ideas with folks for more than a decade, and only a few have stuck with it. Mobility work is boring compared to grappling because it takes a long time to do it, and requires daily attention.
However, if you like to perform guard “magic” on the mats, like most of the bendy folks from 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, or the Yoga for BJJ guy, then you need flexible hips. While triangling yourself is not a goal for everyone, having hips that can take the full weight of a partner while allowing the rest of your body to reposition is.
In that regard, not many instructionals out there provide information of value on how to get your hips agile enough for BJJ without having to sacrifice years of daily yoga to achieve it. The Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD offers a different way of reaching this goal.
BJJ Globetrotter Joshua Presley
BJJ brown belt, Joshua Presley originally from Canada is now a marauding grappler, who travels the world. During his adventures he merges his love for Jiu-Jitus, always looking for a different spot to train at, and his professional background in physical therapy and fitness, helping all kinds of athletes.
Speaking of his background in mobility and strength and conditioning training, Joshua has worked professionally with many different pro athletes in Canadian and US leagues, including high-profile names from the likes of NHL, CFL, and the NFL. His list also includes professional grapplers, who he seems to be able to help overcome everything, given his constant involvement in grappling.
When it comes to BJJ Joshua uses his knowledge of staying limber to remain injury-free, despite the heavy travel schedule, and makes time to compete as often as possible, His latest conquest was gold at the INJJF New York Open followed by silver at the World Masters.
Through his understanding of how the body works, Presley provides invaluable information to grappling athletes on the specific functions of different body parts, such as the hips for BJJ. This helps prevent injuries and opens up a host of opportunities through increased and improved range of motion. His Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD is a resource you shouldn’t miss, especially if you’re in the Masters divisions.
Hip Mobility for Guard Joshua Presley DVD Review
This particular instructional is not a technical BJJ one, which, I have to say is very refreshing, especially since it doesn’t contain useless strength and conditioning information like most of the DVDs available on the subject.
The Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD is just over an hour long, which is more than enough to deliver all the precious information on how to move your body before and after training so that it can perform better on the mats.
Given the title, most of the information in this Guard Joshua Presley DVD targets the hips and their relation to playing guard in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. While redundant to say, this is a No-Gi instructional.
Part 1 – Warming Up
The first part of the Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD provides a hip-focused warm-up that everyone can modify to fit their own capabilities. Joshua begins by addressing the spine, or more precisely, the lumbar part of the spine, through segmentation exercises.
This approach then releases the hips, so that the moves that follow, such as articular rotations, rocks, and bends do not overload the spine, resulting in tighter hips rather than more mobile ones. Presley explains it all in detail in each corresponding chapter before wrapping up with a recap and ideas on how to structure this warmup.
Part 2 – Base Positions
The second portion of the DVD goes over a few key positions that you probably already know but either do not use, or use incorrectly for hip mobility and dexterity in BJJ.
Namely, this part of the Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD provides the perfect blueprint for setting up and using the Frog stretch and butterfly stretch on their own and in combination as a short but effective hip flexibility routine for grapplers.
Part 3 – After Training Care
The final part of the instructional covers how to approach coll-downs, or, as Joshua labels it, take care of your hips after BJJ practice. Knowing what rolling does to the body, and more importantly, how it feels, he has a great way of winding you down while immediately giving your body some specific stretching so that the hips don’t tighten up from all the guard work.
Developing and Unpassable Guard
I’ll say it again, flexibility does not determine how effective you’ll be in playing guard while grappling, However, it will determine which guards you can use, and that can turn out to limit you if you’re a fan of some particular guards, such as any invited guard, rubber guard or some of the modern lapel guards.
The main task of any guard you play is to keep the person on top in your guard. That means you have them in range for attacks and you can destabilize them to sweep or submit when the time is right. The keyword here is timing, and in order to achieve it, you’ll need to be able to keep the top person in your guard for as long as you want.
This is by no means an easy task, and sometimes, you’ll be using your entire body frantically attempting to keep your guard from getting passed. In cases such as those, hip mobility and flexibility can be the difference between conceding the pass, or recovering and immediately attacking from your guard. because the best time to strike is when your opponent thinks they have you where they want.
The Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD is not just another gimmicky insturctional that promises to get you flexible in X number of weeks. Instead, it provides the building blocks of hip mobility for BJJ that will definitely impact your guard opportunities.
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Loosen Up!
So, if you’d like to develop an impassable guard that still works offensively, checking out the Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD might just be the smartest thing to do. the less complicated the methods, the better for you. As a bonus, Josh is a grappler himself, so in the Intro To Hip Mobility for Guard Players Joshua Presley DVD he provides training methods you can apply on the mats each time you train, taking away your excuse of not having time to perform them.
