Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi BJJ/Luta Livre instructional breaking down the bear trap position.
- Covers basic positioning, how to enter, and how to finish calf slicers from the Bear Trap.
- Focuses on teaching the position using context and scenarios you’ll encounter on the mats.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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if you’re after more submissions in BJJ, then you need to think more about baiting people in spots that allow you quick taps, rather than being obvious with your attacks. You can develop these skills the hard way, by figuring out traps by yourself or focus directly on proven, tried, and tested trap systems.
The Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD delivers one such system, which is better than most others simply because it centers around a submission many people dismiss – the calf slicer. There is a reason this position is called the Bear Trap, and you’ll find out exactly why in this DVD.
Figuring Out Compression Submissions
Compresison-based finishes are a rare sight in Jiu-Jitsu. That is pretty baffling, seeing how painful they are when applied properly. In all honesty, setting them up is not the easiest thing in the BJJ world, but, then again, that’s true for all submissions.
For the most part, people are familiar with calf slicers and biceps slicers as the main representatives of compression-based submissions. Both are legal, albeit past brown belt, which is probably another reason why people tend to shun them away, and never really explore them once they have the license to.
The story is a bit different for those open to learning everything since day one, as well as those who only compete under more liberal rules. It turns out that these submissions are the perfect opportunistic moves that can completely change the outcome of a roll or match in an instant.
That said, isn’t it better to be the one applying them, rather than on the receiving end of a super-tight biceps slicer or a nasty calf-slicer trap that’s impossible to get out of? The latter is exactly what you’ll be able to figure out using the material in the Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD.
European Luta Livre Pioneer Nicolas Renier
Renier has been involved in grappling more than most people who are reading this if not all. He is a black belt in BJJ and Luta Livre, having won a ton of different grappling championships throughout the years. His competitive efforts also include several impressive ADCC performances, which not many people can claim to have achieved.
Grappling since he was a kid, Nicolas Renier started training and competing in France which led to him quickly excelling through the ranks. In his 20s he opened the NRfight Club team in Paris and kept leading by example, competing more than any other European grappler at the time.
Presently only focused on teaching, the 37-year-old has a unique style that blends together Luta Liver and BJJ. Obviously, his forte is No-Gi, and for anyone who doesn’t have access to him, his instructions, which are quite a few, are the next best thing. The The Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD is probably one of his best.
The Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD Review
This highly informative Nicolas Renier calf slicer DVD only has two volumes, but in them, it contains literally everything you’ll need to figure out and start using the position. The total running time is just over an hour and a half.
Part 1 – What’s the Bear Trap?
Once you find out about the Bear Trap position in BJJ, it’s going to become one of your most trusted ‘ace in the sleeve’ options. The opening part of the Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD does an excellent job of explaining exactly what the position is, and how you can use it in BJJ.
While the positional introduction is short, Renier provides an incredible number of details once he shares his first setup. I appreciated this because he explained the position with context to grappling rather than in isolation – a mark of a great instructor.
The first application is the butterfly guard, which is often the main launching pad for intentional Bear Trap entries. Interesting butterfly half guard and closed half guard setups follow suit, also containing an exemplary level of detail.
Part 2 – Bear Trap-Based Attacks
The second portion of the instructional moves away from the essentials, as Renier offers plenty of attacking opportunities that you have at your disposal from the Bear Trap. interestingly enough he shares defensive advice first, which only helps reinforce the principles of proper finishing that follow it.
Providing much more than just calf slicers and toe holds, Renier shows how you can use the Bear Trap to reliably sweep and take the back, without any risk of the opponent slipping out, on account of the constant leg lock threat.
The Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD comes to a close with more application of the position in specific scenarios, such as using it to deal with a De la Riva rather than passing, and most importantly, using it during leg lock exchanges, when people counter and try to escape your initial Ashi Garami attacks.
Why Trappers Have it Easy in BJJ
If you like to focus on submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, then the best way to ensure you get them is to start looking at the setups for the submissions from the standpoint of a trapper. I know that many people use the term ‘submission hunter’, but as cool as that one sounds, being a ‘submission trapper’ is much more efficient.
The concept of traps is nothing new in grappling. In fact, most of the top-level grapplers operate based on this concept for every offensive move they make, from submissions to sweeps and passes. At the highest levels of grappling, though, the trappers usually need to herd their opponent into their trap, which makes it seem as if they’re attacking.
That is where the essence of the art of trapping in BJJ lies. As long as you can keep working, rather than just waiting, appearing as if you’re constantly trying to do something, only to end up trapping your opponent in another, is a foolproof way of not just succeeding in BJJ, but also being able to roll for a very long time.
One aspect of trapping that’s often overlooked is using the highly uncomfortable Bear Trap position. As you’ll see from the Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD, it offers a lot more than just calf slicers and back takes.
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Bait and Trap!
It won’t take long to go through the instructions laid out in the Bear Trap Nicolas Renier DVD. Once you do, you’ll be itching to try them out in your academy. However, if there is one piece of advice I can give you on applying what you learn from this DVD, it is to exercise patience and don’t overplay your hand. Wair for people to fall into your Bear Trap rather than trying to hit them on the head with it. After all, that’s how traps work, right?
