@@Delamthedestroyer Yeah it doesn't matter whether your training partner is posturing up / leaning back... it just works. Next time try grab their sleeve and armbar them right after the scissor sweep, you'll lose all your friends in gym, lol
It amazing that a third degree blackbelt could have his mind blown on such a 'simple' jiu-jitsu movement that many have been doing wrong for DECADES! Love it!
@@joshandpaulie Think he's just showing respect, Bernardo is one of the more successful bjj practitioners of all time, and still respects everyone who steps on his mat. It's just good character, and admiring the teaching methods of other great bjj minds.
As a 65 kilo white belt I started to implement Ricksons tips about upas and power shrimp during rolls. Man, it's so empowering. I simply stopped freaking out about being on the bottom. I actually hunt for an opportunity to reverse. And it's fun. For example, I made an upa and came on top a 90-100 kilo shredded blue belt. I think these moves are essential. And if one masters it it definetely translated into being a good attacker. Because if you're comfortable in being in bad spots, you will not hesitate in trying to attack. The worst case scenario in your homeland.
This is the stuff I love; so many channels are focused on fancy stuff that you rarely find yourself in a position to use…this can be used literally every class, multiple times.
The “invisible” Jiu Jitsu illustrated! I love it. It’s amazing what Bernardo said, ‘2022 and he never seen this before’ that tells you just how far ahead Rickson was back in his day. Mind blowing!
I've been using Henry's, Rickson's, and others' descriptions of the invisible techniques to teach our intro class, and it's amazing how the concepts get people functional WAY faster than just teaching a technique.
This is so important. The amount of lazy unintentional bridges that people do blows my mind. The fundamental warmup techniques are so crucial yet people work to get a couple stripes then never work to improve them from there. Or skip the warmup completely and the instructor doesn’t tend to set a high bar.
I’m a 50 year old BB and these teachings were common in the Northeast with instructors like Renzo Gracie and it’s amazing that people don’t understand this heavy BJJ. This is why Roger Gracie keeps beating everyone he fights. He keeps is simple and really really heavy on top of you.
I see a fundamental principle here that mirrors the Pedro Sauer side escape. It looks like you always have to keep your upper and lower body connected and straight when you shrimp out. Sauer's version tells you to use your outer arm to grab the inside of your outer leg. But what it's really doing is maintaining a connection between upper and lower body. Amazing
This comment is gold, Pedros video (on this channel) really shows you how to bridge the gap between upper body and lower body, so you can learn to do this in a more guided way. Thanks for sharing.
matt thornton and also wim deputter say similar things. to shrimp you want to put sooo much pressure into the shoulder that the hip pops out. the shrimp is the inverse of the bridge
Wow,,, something I keep seeing. Leverage over muscle wins the day. 🤘. Control the hips of your opponent,,, use YOUR hips ( core ) to create space. “I didn’t invent the car,, I invented the Jack” - Helio Gracie
Great stuff, his scarf hold instructional was awesome for because I train judo and bjj at separate gyms. Scarf hold, also known as kesa gatame, has become a position that doubles as a submission with a few tips from him.
@@HenryAkinsBJJ if this is actually you I am absolutely honored (Wayne’s world “we’re not worthy!” Honored). I train judo and am a brown belt with Tarek Moneir (former Olympian) so obviously I know kesa gatame’s value. I’m also a bjj blue belt under Paulo Santana (world champ) and even though bjj doesn’t like kesa gatame with your help (IF that is the REAL you) I have been “taking souls.” When you tap someone (especially a higher belt) is as if you took their soul! They get VERY upset and almost angry! Funny because I’m a powerlifter and strong at under 165 pounds (515 deadlift) but have tapped to a 3 stripe white belt after a failed triangle attempt against a 280 pound strong man (who throws hammers, picks up anvils) and although having 4 years judo experience and over a year bjj when he subbed me with pressure from kesa gatame I didn’t get butt hurt!
@@thedopesickshow seems like the higher the belt that gets tapped from scarf the more angry they get because its an assuption in BJJ its an easy position to get out of. Ive actually noticed some very high level grapplers starting to use this position now
@@HenryAkinsBJJ Josh Barnett subbing Dean Lister really opened my eyes and made me take another look, I bought your instructional the day after I saw that. Also UFC fight Aleksi Oleynik has multiple wins in mma from the scarf hold as a submission, but he uses a modified grip at times and it becomes sort of a neck crank/chest compression combo.
Amazing to see, but I don't quite get how to transfer the energy from your leg into your shoulder. Any extra tips from anyone? Some drills or smt to do on your own? Or is it a matter of strengthening the one-legged bridge?
Great concept. It would be more beneficial to those of us with skeptical minds if Henry would demonstrate the technique against full resistance from Bernardo from a proper side control the same way that he did with the rear naked choke escape.
Just try it and keep training. Next you’ll be wanting him to try it against fully resisting current world champions. Hip escapes aren’t that complicated dude
smashmusique it isn’t complicated enough to be a total skeptic about a basic, bio mechanically sound movement. We aren’t talking about inverted guard and rolling back takes or matrix guard which need rigorous pressure testing before they’d even be considered to be viable. We are literally talking about the most fundamental movement in jiu jitsu and the strongest muscle group in the human body. It’s a good detail but it is still very basic and most intermediate guys should be able to do this either consciously or not. Hip escaping using both legs is actually just wrong and nobody does it at a decent level. This is one of the correct ways to do it and it’s extremely fundamental and basic.
I rolled with my coach (I’m a 3 month noob), and he somehow found a way for me to not even be able to shrimp at all. It wasn’t tight control, he just had crazy good posts in the right spots. It was friggin nuts.
ok.... I gotta be honest. the faces and noises you be making when the dudes be demonstrating techniques on you was throwing me off at first 😂 but the questions you ask with thorough description of different situations has taught me the essence of jujitsu....helped me understand how to THINK 💯
The technique is nice, but I'm not sure the same mechanics will work when your opponent has his knees and feet on the ground (like in a proper side control). When he's standing up and putting his weight on top of you (as Bernardo does in the exercise), it's actually easier, because it's just the weight that you have to deal with, and the pressure comes from above. When he has his hips low to the ground, he can actually use his legs to frame against your shoulder, and the pressure comes sideways (instead of from above). If you try to do the bridge then, your power is redirected into the ground (which doesn't happen when he's standing up). I have tried the technique as shown, and I can actually bridge when people are pushing their entire weight into my shoulder, but I can't do it when people are doing a proper side control (even when they are not very heavy), because they can also use their legs in the same way to keep me in place. The problem of a good side control isn't weight, but pressure from the toes and legs. As others have also wondered: let Bernardo do a proper side control on Henry, and I'm wondering if he's still able to do it.
WOW true story i was trying to do a mount escape we were covering in class 2 hands on the hip and sneak out under but i didnt do it right and i did the shrimp they are talking about. at the time i had ZERO idea what had just happened as the mounted opponent sprung into the air! i didnt know how that happened now i do....
If you're dragging your hips across the mat when you shrimp...you are 100% doing it wrong. Just like in the video here, a bridging movement should be part of every shrimp. I first saw this explained in a video with Keith Owen (RIP) several years ago. I did a bunch of miles of junk shrimps!
Ini eastern martial art, this is an application of chi... If they knew good english then, there would be less misconception of applying proper bio mechanics & mistaking it with something of the jedi kind.
@@wlbernie I love guys like him. They won't learn any of this stuff and think they know it all, then get smashed. Everytime I show someone any of this stuff and they blow through it, it just makes it that much more fun to dominate them.
I'm becoming obsessed with this man's jiu jitsu. It's on another level.
Thanks! Glad you're getting so much from the videos
@@kennylovesbjj Tried his variation of the scissor sweep for the first time rolling last night and BAM I'm in mount thinking 'well that worked..'
@@HenryAkinsBJJ I truly am. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks for sharing this stuff.
@@kennylovesbjj what is that ?
@@Delamthedestroyer Yeah it doesn't matter whether your training partner is posturing up / leaning back... it just works. Next time try grab their sleeve and armbar them right after the scissor sweep, you'll lose all your friends in gym, lol
It amazing that a third degree blackbelt could have his mind blown on such a 'simple' jiu-jitsu movement that many have been doing wrong for DECADES! Love it!
Bernardos mind is blown by everything. It probably helps get views. People like reactions.
@@joshandpaulie Think he's just showing respect, Bernardo is one of the more successful bjj practitioners of all time, and still respects everyone who steps on his mat. It's just good character, and admiring the teaching methods of other great bjj minds.
As a 65 kilo white belt I started to implement Ricksons tips about upas and power shrimp during rolls. Man, it's so empowering. I simply stopped freaking out about being on the bottom. I actually hunt for an opportunity to reverse. And it's fun. For example, I made an upa and came on top a 90-100 kilo shredded blue belt. I think these moves are essential. And if one masters it it definetely translated into being a good attacker. Because if you're comfortable in being in bad spots, you will not hesitate in trying to attack. The worst case scenario in your homeland.
This is the stuff I love; so many channels are focused on fancy stuff that you rarely find yourself in a position to use…this can be used literally every class, multiple times.
Our school in Holland where I follow the classes is from a black belt under Rickson, Harold Harder and this is the way we been taught shrimpin.
The “invisible” Jiu Jitsu illustrated! I love it. It’s amazing what Bernardo said, ‘2022 and he never seen this before’ that tells you just how far ahead Rickson was back in his day. Mind blowing!
I struggled with this when I started with Jiu Jitsu. And now after all these years I can confidently say...I still struggle with this.
😂
I've been using Henry's, Rickson's, and others' descriptions of the invisible techniques to teach our intro class, and it's amazing how the concepts get people functional WAY faster than just teaching a technique.
Glad you like the video and the details I share
Learning so much from him!!! Please more with henry!!!!
Glad you are learning so much from these videos!
This is so important. The amount of lazy unintentional bridges that people do blows my mind. The fundamental warmup techniques are so crucial yet people work to get a couple stripes then never work to improve them from there. Or skip the warmup completely and the instructor doesn’t tend to set a high bar.
Yes! Another Henry Akins video!
I love finding small tweaks to fundamental movements. This can be used multiples times in almost every roll. Thanks for the lesson!
That's the journey, perfecting the basics!
Henry is full of magic knowledge!
Thanks Zandig!
That's revolutionnary, i mean it, what he just unveiled now will change jiujitsu forever.
Glad it was so.profound for you. One of the first moves we learn in bjj but so few take the time to master
Simple and one of the best BJJ vids I’ve seen in awhile!
I’m a 50 year old BB and these teachings were common in the Northeast with instructors like Renzo Gracie and it’s amazing that people don’t understand this heavy BJJ. This is why Roger Gracie keeps beating everyone he fights. He keeps is simple and really really heavy on top of you.
I see a fundamental principle here that mirrors the Pedro Sauer side escape. It looks like you always have to keep your upper and lower body connected and straight when you shrimp out. Sauer's version tells you to use your outer arm to grab the inside of your outer leg. But what it's really doing is maintaining a connection between upper and lower body. Amazing
Glad you found the video helpful!
This comment is gold, Pedros video (on this channel) really shows you how to bridge the gap between upper body and lower body, so you can learn to do this in a more guided way. Thanks for sharing.
matt thornton and also wim deputter say similar things. to shrimp you want to put sooo much pressure into the shoulder that the hip pops out. the shrimp is the inverse of the bridge
"inverse bridge" good to way to see
Baby bridge
Thanks for the mention man 😊
Yes. As a instructional hoarder, I attest Matt and Wim are the only two teaching that concept.
There is a force.. it is invisible.. it is kinetic energy.
Thank you I was stumped when they say get to your side on not flat on your back in the side mount and now I know the technique
Wow,,, something I keep seeing. Leverage over muscle wins the day. 🤘. Control the hips of your opponent,,, use YOUR hips ( core ) to create space.
“I didn’t invent the car,, I invented the Jack”
- Helio Gracie
Bernardo is on my Jiu-Jitsu bucket-list to meet you !!!!!you and your videos are amazing keep up the great work thank you my friend.
ive been applying some of Henrys techniques when sparring ,and they genuinely work
Great stuff, his scarf hold instructional was awesome for because I train judo and bjj at separate gyms. Scarf hold, also known as kesa gatame, has become a position that doubles as a submission with a few tips from him.
I second that.
Heck yeah! Glad you're taking souls!!!
@@HenryAkinsBJJ if this is actually you I am absolutely honored (Wayne’s world “we’re not worthy!” Honored). I train judo and am a brown belt with Tarek Moneir (former Olympian) so obviously I know kesa gatame’s value. I’m also a bjj blue belt under Paulo Santana (world champ) and even though bjj doesn’t like kesa gatame with your help (IF that is the REAL you) I have been “taking souls.” When you tap someone (especially a higher belt) is as if you took their soul! They get VERY upset and almost angry! Funny because I’m a powerlifter and strong at under 165 pounds (515 deadlift) but have tapped to a 3 stripe white belt after a failed triangle attempt against a 280 pound strong man (who throws hammers, picks up anvils) and although having 4 years judo experience and over a year bjj when he subbed me with pressure from kesa gatame I didn’t get butt hurt!
@@thedopesickshow seems like the higher the belt that gets tapped from scarf the more angry they get because its an assuption in BJJ its an easy position to get out of. Ive actually noticed some very high level grapplers starting to use this position now
@@HenryAkinsBJJ Josh Barnett subbing Dean Lister really opened my eyes and made me take another look, I bought your instructional the day after I saw that. Also UFC fight Aleksi Oleynik has multiple wins in mma from the scarf hold as a submission, but he uses a modified grip at times and it becomes sort of a neck crank/chest compression combo.
Henry has been around along time 🙏
I'm definitely considered old school by many, training since 95... 27 years
I've trained with everyone out there and Henry akins explains things better than anyone.
Thanks Spencer!
Spencer King Fisher??
Love this guy. This channel has so many good coaches but I really appreciate Henry’s focus on all the details that make the basics so effective.
I have a big problem with this video, and thats I didnt find it sooner. henry is Such a great teacher!
Thanks James!
My coach's coach. Henry is rad.
Thanks Mickey!
The simplicity of BJJ. Easier said than done for a beginner like me, but amazing to see Henry and Bernardo go through it.
OMG - it just sunk in... Beautiful explanation , thank you!
Amazing to see, but I don't quite get how to transfer the energy from your leg into your shoulder. Any extra tips from anyone? Some drills or smt to do on your own? Or is it a matter of strengthening the one-legged bridge?
Awesome technique professor Akins
Thanks!
Great concept. It would be more beneficial to those of us with skeptical minds if Henry would demonstrate the technique against full resistance from Bernardo from a proper side control the same way that he did with the rear naked choke escape.
Or... you could just try it yourself to see if it works.
Just try it and keep training. Next you’ll be wanting him to try it against fully resisting current world champions.
Hip escapes aren’t that complicated dude
@@prandz420 it's not about being complicated. Bernardo himself said he didn't know that detail. he didn't learn that.
smashmusique it isn’t complicated enough to be a total skeptic about a basic, bio mechanically sound movement. We aren’t talking about inverted guard and rolling back takes or matrix guard which need rigorous pressure testing before they’d even be considered to be viable.
We are literally talking about the most fundamental movement in jiu jitsu and the strongest muscle group in the human body. It’s a good detail but it is still very basic and most intermediate guys should be able to do this either consciously or not. Hip escaping using both legs is actually just wrong and nobody does it at a decent level. This is one of the correct ways to do it and it’s extremely fundamental and basic.
That would prove nothing,henry was never an elite black belt, bernardo was so would kill henry.
So simple, yet so good. Awesome.
😊👍
The smallest details matter in this amazing art. As a newb, white belt, so cool learning but especially learning these small details…
I’m trying to save up and get some of his stuff on bjj fanatics. So far everything I’ve seen seems like the price is worth it
It's all worth it.
Beautiful. Thank you so much. Love your channel and @henry!
I rolled with my coach (I’m a 3 month noob), and he somehow found a way for me to not even be able to shrimp at all. It wasn’t tight control, he just had crazy good posts in the right spots. It was friggin nuts.
I’ve often tried to just turn as he mentioned. I’m 290 so I think I can just bulldoze my way out. Driving the leg will make a big difference for me.
Video starts @ 2:21
It's the kinetic chain that is used in all martial arts.
That’s an amazing tip. I love these kinds of insights
This is fantastic.
thanks for the video brother i really appreciate your work
Very helpful, thank you
Thank you
This should obviously be called the JUMBO SHRIMP
OMG! More henry akins!!!!!!! awesome!!!! love your fundamentals and concepts -
Glad you're enjoying the content!
Love the invisible side of it👌bernado seems such a great guy and so humble keep up the fantastic work 👏
ok.... I gotta be honest. the faces and noises you be making when the dudes be demonstrating techniques on you was throwing me off at first 😂 but the questions you ask with thorough description of different situations has taught me the essence of jujitsu....helped me understand how to THINK 💯
The technique is nice, but I'm not sure the same mechanics will work when your opponent has his knees and feet on the ground (like in a proper side control). When he's standing up and putting his weight on top of you (as Bernardo does in the exercise), it's actually easier, because it's just the weight that you have to deal with, and the pressure comes from above. When he has his hips low to the ground, he can actually use his legs to frame against your shoulder, and the pressure comes sideways (instead of from above). If you try to do the bridge then, your power is redirected into the ground (which doesn't happen when he's standing up). I have tried the technique as shown, and I can actually bridge when people are pushing their entire weight into my shoulder, but I can't do it when people are doing a proper side control (even when they are not very heavy), because they can also use their legs in the same way to keep me in place. The problem of a good side control isn't weight, but pressure from the toes and legs. As others have also wondered: let Bernardo do a proper side control on Henry, and I'm wondering if he's still able to do it.
Incredible
Wow this is amazing
Glad you like!
5x world champion Bernardo: "It is already 2022 and i have never seen this." 🤔🤔🤔
It obviously works when the only blocks your shoulder, but a mount is much more than that.
WOW true story i was trying to do a mount escape we were covering in class 2 hands on the hip and sneak out under but i didnt do it right and i did the shrimp they are talking about. at the time i had ZERO idea what had just happened as the mounted opponent sprung into the air! i didnt know how that happened now i do....
👏🏽🔥🔥🥋 this is great knowledge to know .. Ossu
If you're dragging your hips across the mat when you shrimp...you are 100% doing it wrong. Just like in the video here, a bridging movement should be part of every shrimp. I first saw this explained in a video with Keith Owen (RIP) several years ago. I did a bunch of miles of junk shrimps!
I didn’t know Keith Owen had passed. So sad. RIP
I really would love to know how this works against the cross face.
Whoa... I have found the new obsession
glad you found this video so game changing Brian!
invisible jiu jitsu
Man, is it already tjootjousandandtwentytjoo?
Great detail by the way ;)
Master
Power shrimp
genius
Simple and obvious yet I am not doing it. Amazing how there is AWAYS something new to learn in jiu jitsu.
DAM! I never seen it like that.
yep! but the crossface is killing the move unless we deal with it first
It's an honor for me to be the 26th comment.
Ini eastern martial art, this is an application of chi... If they knew good english then, there would be less misconception of applying proper bio mechanics & mistaking it with something of the jedi kind.
you mean shrimping is about knowing how to bridge?! wow!
(sarcastically) :)
Oh let me guess. You’re such a phenom you knew this already. (Sarcasm)
@@wlbernie I love guys like him. They won't learn any of this stuff and think they know it all, then get smashed. Everytime I show someone any of this stuff and they blow through it, it just makes it that much more fun to dominate them.
Faria sounds like Kermit 😂
This video was a huge yawner for me 😴