Tuesday, October 24, 2006

BJ Penn and Leo Viera Training Footage

Some of the best guard work I've ever seen in training. The fact that I'm more or less in between these two guys size-wise is another plus. Two top jiu jiteros working their game, and having a ball.

I need to watch this more and more. As I wrote in a post at the jiu jitsu gear forum, seeing these two reminded me of Mamazinho's guard that time I rolled with him. All hips, thighs, calves and hooks ... So many ways to trap and limit the top guy's movement. BJ's flexibility doesn't hurt. But you can still do a lot of this even without having gumby legs ...

BJ and Leo.