Thanks For Rolling S2 E19 - Deandre Corbe & Noah Shaffner
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Sep 5, 2023 Exploring the impact of an ecological learning approach to Jiu Jitsu with Greg Sounders' students, Deandre Corbe and Noah Shaffner, who have found success in competitions. The podcast delves into the transition to new training methodologies, revolutionizing training methods in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, walkout songs in combat sports, and misconceptions of Jiu-Jitsu in a professional environment.
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Training With Real Resistance Accelerates Skill
- Standard Jiu Jitsu's ecological/learning approach forces real grappling exposure instead of high-rep, no-resistance drilling.
- Noah and Deandre realized they improved faster because they trained in realistic constraints and rolled with live resistance early on.
White Belt Beat a Black Belt Without Knowing It
- Deandre surprised himself by dominating a black belt-level partner after about a year of training under Greg's method.
- He describes beating a very experienced grappler in class and then learning the partner was a black belt afterwards, highlighting early practical gains.
Jiu Jitsu Is Exiting The Leather Helmet Era
- Greg frames modern jiu-jitsu practice as being stuck in a 'leather helmet' era driven by spectacle and drill rather than systematic skill acquisition.
- The guests contrast noisy, flashy instruction with focused practice structures like wrestling programs that actually build athletes.