Keenan Cornelius is widely known as the man who introduced a lot of innovation into bjj – perhaps most notably the worm guard.
Anyone who has been to a bjj class pretty much knows that to play Keenan’s style you have to really love the gi. Not only is it advanced but it’s also so grip dependant it’s quite a feat to disentangle yourself once his gi grips set in. This was recently noticed by a bjj redditor:
And promptly Keenan clarified with some very interesting info:
thanks. It can be tough having two extremely different styles but it just works for me. but its definitely hard to transition back and forth. i can always come back to the gi, but going to no gi takes me about three weeks to get comfortable again
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