BJJ Mental Models

Ep. 398: Old Bastard Sweeps, feat. Mike Mahaffey

This week, we're joined by Mike Mahaffey! Mike is a second-degree black belt under Chris Haueter, best known for his Old Bastard Jiu-Jitsu style: a conservative approach built for older and less athletic grapplers. In this episode, Mike explains how to sweep from the bottom by disrupting your opponent's base instead of relying on speed or strength. Topics include: maintaining your base from the bottom, making them carry your weight, fulcrum sweeps, and the scissor and tripod sweeps. Follow Mike Mahaffey: https://instagram.com/oldbastardbjj [https://instagram.com/oldbastardbjj] https://threads.com/@oldbastardbjj [https://threads.com/@oldbastardbjj] Train with Mike Mahaffey at Magic BJJ in Lansing, MI: https://magicbjj.com [https://magicbjj.com/] Get Mike's instructionals on Patreon: https://patreon.com/oldbastardbjj [https://patreon.com/oldbastardbjj] Mental models discussed in this episode: * Theory of Alignment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment] * Direct vs. Proxy Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/direct-vs-proxy-control [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/direct-vs-proxy-control] * Center of Gravity https://bjjmentalmodels.com/center-of-gravity [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/center-of-gravity] * Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi] * Core Mechanics https://bjjmentalmodels.com/core-mechanics [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/core-mechanics] * Kinetic Chains https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains] ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/] Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter] Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database] Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels [https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels] https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels] https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social [https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social/] https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels] Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com [https://enterprize.bandcamp.com/]

Mini Ep. 113: Availability Heuristic

In this mini-episode, we discuss the availability heuristic: a mental bias toward information that is easy to recall. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro] ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/] Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter] Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database] Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels [https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels] https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels] https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social [https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social/] https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels]

Ep. 397: Risk Management in BJJ, feat. Jake Luigi

This week, we're joined again by Jake Luigi! Jake is a jiu-jitsu analyst who made his name studying professional match footage, and he runs OutlierDB, an analytics database for grappling. In this episode, Jake lays out a three-part framework for managing risk: name the worst-case scenario, watch for the key indicators that it's coming, and only attack hard once those indicators are in your favor. Topics include: risk-reward analysis, points of control, grip fighting, terminal positions, and Goodhart's Law. Subscribe to Less Impressed More Involved on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LIMIBJJ [https://www.youtube.com/@LIMIBJJ] Check out OutlierDB: https://outlierdb.com [https://outlierdb.com/] Mental models discussed in this episode: * Return on Investment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/return-on-investment [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/return-on-investment] * Building Your Triggers https://bjjmentalmodels.com/building-your-triggers [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/building-your-triggers] * Double Trouble https://bjjmentalmodels.com/double-trouble [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/double-trouble] * Cognitive Load https://bjjmentalmodels.com/cognitive-load [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/cognitive-load] * Constraints-Led Approach https://bjjmentalmodels.com/constraints-led-approach [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/constraints-led-approach] * Availability Heuristic https://bjjmentalmodels.com/availability-heuristic [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/availability-heuristic] * Points of Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/points-of-control [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/points-of-control] * Terminal Positions https://bjjmentalmodels.com/terminal-positions [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/terminal-positions] * Invariants https://bjjmentalmodels.com/invariants [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/invariants] * Grips Dictate Position https://bjjmentalmodels.com/grips-dictate-position [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/grips-dictate-position] * Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi] * Rotational Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/rotational-control [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/rotational-control] * Goodhart's Law https://bjjmentalmodels.com/goodharts-law [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/goodharts-law] ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/] Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter] Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database] Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels [https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels] https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels] https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social [https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social/] https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels] Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com [https://enterprize.bandcamp.com/]

Mini Ep. 112: Coiling

In this mini-episode, we discuss coiling, or retracting your limbs and neck. It denies access to our body's vulnerable levers and positions us to explosively generate force. Staying coiled is a smart "default" position if you're not sure what to do. But there are times when you need to uncoil, and that is when: #1: there's a productive reason to do so, and #2: you can do so safely and without giving up a lever. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro] ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/] Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter] Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database] Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels [https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels] https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels] https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social [https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social/] https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels]

Ep. 396: Relative Strength, feat. Will Weisser

This week, we're joined by Will Weisser! Will is a jiu-jitsu black belt, co-founder of the competition-tracking site JiuJitsu.net, and author of the new book Scientific Jiu-Jitsu: A Unified Theory of Grappling. In this episode, Will lays out that unified theory: the idea that every jiu-jitsu technique exists to raise your own strength or reduce your opponent's. Topics include: relative strength, frames and misdirection, body alignment, and why being strong works. Get Will's book, Scientific Jiu-Jitsu: A Unified Theory of Grappling: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594390355 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594390355] Check out JiuJitsu.net: https://jiujitsu.net [https://jiujitsu.net/] Follow Will on Instagram: https://instagram.com/weisserwill [https://instagram.com/weisserwill] Mental models discussed in this episode: * Theory of Alignment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment] * Dominant Angles https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dominant-angles [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dominant-angles] * Anatomic Hierarchy https://bjjmentalmodels.com/anatomic-hierarchy [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/anatomic-hierarchy] * Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi] * Controlling the Distance https://bjjmentalmodels.com/controlling-the-distance [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/controlling-the-distance] * Dilemmas https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dilemma [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dilemma] * Kinetic Chains https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains] * Overwhelming Force https://bjjmentalmodels.com/overwhelming-force [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/overwhelming-force] ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/] Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter] Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database [https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database] Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels [https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels] https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels] https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social [https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social/] https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels [https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels] Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com [https://enterprize.bandcamp.com/]