If you train BJJ, there is a big chance that you have a learned some techniques from a BJJ video instructional. Here’s a list of the top ten best instructional’s: https://www.bjjee.com/gear-review/top-10-best-bjj-instructional-dvds/.
My friend Kenneth from BJJ Canvas, wrote a good article analyzing BJJ instructionals:
Source: BJJ Canvas
“You look around and you will see many BJJ instructionals put out by renowned Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioners. Often, they have high production values and they’re filled with content. Most of the content is even great.
However, there’s generally a focus on quantity over depth and enjoyment.
This has led to hours and hours of content, and it’s actually difficult to absorb it all. You have to work quite hard to reap a significant benefit from the investment, and that’s not even counting the effort that will be required to drill.
No, right now we’re just focusing on the effort required to just sit through those hours upon hours of demonstrations and explanations.
Most of the instructionals follow the same format. There’s a short introduction, then a random set of small sequences is shown. There’s rarely a larger narrative. Instead, it’s just an assortment of marginally connected pieces.
Of course, there are exceptions, but the bulk of the BJJ Instructionals follow that pattern.
What we’re going to do here is compare and contrast. I’m going to highlight a few different formats that I’ve seen. Hopefully, we can find aspects that can be taken from each in order to find a better way to make learning BJJ from video more effective and enjoyable…”
