Joey Boretski talks to Greg Souders, BJJ black belt & founder of Standard Jiu-Jitsu - well-known for his approach to grappling, based on the Ecological branch of psychology, also known as Ecological Dynamics.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: what's the ecological approach to Jiu-Jitsu?
02:22 – How is the ecological approach different from other approaches in BJJ?
04:00 – Difference between positional sparring and task based games/constraint-led approach?
06:25 – The advantage of the ecological approach for teaching the newcomers
07:20 – Start with the problem first, not the solution
09:17 – „Attribute-driven“ coaching and learning
11:18 – How to scale the constraint-led approach to more advanced students?
14:43 – Pairing advanced with beginner students in task based games
16:46 – The „optimal point of challenge“, the example of Noah
19:02 – Making things hard on yourself, on purpose
21:15 – Your students should be trying to beat you (advantage of task-based games in this regard)
23:27 – Intention vs attention in BJJ
25:15 – The evolving role & approach of a coach
32:02 – The difference between a knowledge teller and a coach, not being able to really „teach“ anyone anything
33:38 – Do John Danaher's students do „ecological training“?
36:34 – What's exactly „ecological approach“ and what's a „constrained-led approach“? Differential learning? Direct perception?
41:40 – Recording and watching your rolls, enhancing your perception
44:02 – The value of instructionals, no such thing as a step-by-step process
46:55 – Difficulty of translating concepts to pragmatic practice design, example of the Double Leg
51:34 – Changing the constraints according to the tournament prep?
54:38 – Specialized athletes, making students immune to novelty
57:31 – Allowing beginners to do Leg Locks (or whatever they want to)
58:10 – Why is no-gi better than gi BJJ?
01:00:00 – Risk of injury in the gi vs no-gi? Is BJJ safe?
01:03:00 – At what point does Greg „intervene“ and show the „proper way“ to do something to his students? What about positive/negative feedback?
01:10:19 – Difference between action capacity and skill?
01:12:31 – Don't understand the terminology? Don't feel afraid to reach out. Book recommendations
01:14:07 – How can a student apply the ecological approach to their own training?
01:18:28 – It's not what you do first, it's what you do next
01:19:04 – Where to find Greg?
