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While watching a video may expose you to some new techniques, it should never be used as a sole training regiment. (duh)
Here's a good example why.
I was into my college's wrestling room to practice some shrimping and basic mobility moves when I noticed these three dudes wrestling around. I watch them for awhile and ask if any of them want to roll. Of course the only one that wanted to was the BIG ONE. I'm 5'8" 150 and this guy had to be around 6'1 at least 190. Anyway, we square off and get into a wrestlers clinch and I shoot a couple times unsuccessfully. He eventully just falls back and pulls me in his guard. He then proceeds to do the WORST ARMLOCK FROM THE GUARD IN HISTORY. I didn't panic and just wiggled my arm around for at least 10 seconds. He was using all his strength, and eventually I wiggled my arm at a weird angle and felt an odd pain, not the usual bottom of the elbow-hyer-extension pain, but from the left side of The elbow, so I tapped out.
You can imagine how mad I was at myself after being tapped out by this big oof with no technique so I offered to roll again. He said he was too tired, so I did some armbar drills with him and showed him how to do it right.
He later told me he was from Guam and the only BJJ training he had was from watching PRIDE. This guy would have been able to submit me a lot faster (I'm only a white belt), but because he had sloppy technique it took longer than it should have.
Here's a good example why.
I was into my college's wrestling room to practice some shrimping and basic mobility moves when I noticed these three dudes wrestling around. I watch them for awhile and ask if any of them want to roll. Of course the only one that wanted to was the BIG ONE. I'm 5'8" 150 and this guy had to be around 6'1 at least 190. Anyway, we square off and get into a wrestlers clinch and I shoot a couple times unsuccessfully. He eventully just falls back and pulls me in his guard. He then proceeds to do the WORST ARMLOCK FROM THE GUARD IN HISTORY. I didn't panic and just wiggled my arm around for at least 10 seconds. He was using all his strength, and eventually I wiggled my arm at a weird angle and felt an odd pain, not the usual bottom of the elbow-hyer-extension pain, but from the left side of The elbow, so I tapped out.
You can imagine how mad I was at myself after being tapped out by this big oof with no technique so I offered to roll again. He said he was too tired, so I did some armbar drills with him and showed him how to do it right.
He later told me he was from Guam and the only BJJ training he had was from watching PRIDE. This guy would have been able to submit me a lot faster (I'm only a white belt), but because he had sloppy technique it took longer than it should have.
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