Henry Akins is the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the head instructor or “Professor” at the Rickson Gracie Academy from 2005 to 2008 before resigning due to a back injury.
Inflexible? Unflexible? Non-Flexible? Whatever you call it… In this video we talk about some ways that you can still excel in Jiu-Jitsu even if you are NOT flexible.
To help us out, our Dr Jits is well known Rickson Gracie Black Belt Henry Akins. Known on the jiu-jitsu seminar circuit as the guy who blows minds everywhere he goes, he’s the perfect guy to help us with the flexibility dilemma.
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Henry Akins offers excellent advice on how to develop an effective open guard when you are non-flexible.
The scarf hold position may be one of the MOST EFFECTIVE, yet misunderstood positions in all of BJJ. Often the position is viewed as risky in jiu-jitsu, but yet this method of control is a staple in the arsenals of so many other grappling arts. The stigma of the kesa gtamae/ scarf hold ends here.
Steal souls with incredible details on entries, methods of control, adding pressure, and finishing from the scarf hold position.
Discover the huge effectiveness of jiu-jitsu’s most misunderstood position with the highly sought after instruction of Henry Akins.
