FlowChart - Systematically Attacking the Scrimmage Beginners Guide to Success by Gordon Ryan

GORDON'S STAND-UP BASICS ON ONE PAGE

This FlowChart is not a substitute for the DVD. It's a study aid to help you learn Gordon Ryan's instructional Systematically Attacking The Scrimmage: Beginners Guide To Success from BJJ Fanatics: you watch the DVD, the FlowChart helps you understand and remember it. The DVD is sold separately on BJJFanatics.com.

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Let me ask you a question. He shoots a single leg with his head inside, and your leg is pinched. What's your plan? And if you can still move your leg? Or if his head is low? Same plan? It shouldn't be.

If you're like all of us, after 4 volumes and almost two and a half hours of instruction, the answers blur together. You need a map to connect all the dots.

(Gordon's answer to the pinched leg, by the way: pull up with the whizzer, push your leg down. It's right there on the chart.)

WHAT YOU GET

One PDF FlowChart covering all 4 instructional volumes (38 chapters and almost two and a half hours of video; Volumes 5 and 6 are rolling footage and commentary):

• 4 sections: Stance & Motion, Distance Management, Gripping and Defend Basic Shots, all branching out from one START (Standing)
• 21 technique cards (12 Moves, 2 Attacks and 7 Defenses) and 10 reactions, linked by arrows: what he does, what you do next
• 6 theory cards with 18 short sections, like Centerline vs. Back Dilemma and Inside Position Wins the Game (the two yellow ones sum up all of Volume 1)
• The volume and time on every technique card and theory section, like "DVD 3 - 29:18", from all 4 instructional volumes
• A color code for Moves, Attacks and Defenses, plus Reactions / Conditions, Positions and Series

It's for you if you have the instructional (or plan to get it) and want to feel confident on your feet in jiu-jitsu: stance, distance, grips and stopping the basic shots. Not for you if you want to learn without the videos: there's no video inside.

ONE START, FOUR PARTS

Everything starts from Standing, and four green labels branch out from it, one for each part of the instructional. Volume 1, all theory, sits on the left, on two yellow cards.

STANCE & MOTION
Where to look, how to stand, how to set up a shot. Look at his collarbones: with your peripheral vision, you can see his whole body. And keep a staggered stance: if he gets to your legs, he has only one. Cards include Head/Hands/Hips (DVD 2 - 03:58) and Stances - Same vs. Opposite (DVD 2 - 14:57).

DISTANCE MANAGEMENT
Three zones: far away, grey area and close. From the first two zones, you cannot reach with two hands high! One hand at a time. Cards include Three Zones (DVD 2 - 23:12) and Overextension (DVD 2 - 27:00).

GRIPPING
Every time your opponent takes a grip, break it and take your grip. When he gets a collar tie, your stance decides: in a same side stance, grip his wrist, tuck your chin, step forward, and clear his collar tie; in an opposite side stance, switch stance. Then expose his centerline or his back. Cards include Basic Ways of Clearing Collar Ties - Same Side Stance (DVD 3 - 19:51) and Exposing the Back (DVD 3 - 32:30).

DEFEND BASIC SHOTS
First the Early Defenses, before he has a meaningful grip on your leg: have a strong posture, dominate the hand fights, get inside position. Then one branch for each of the 3 shots: head outside single, head inside single and double leg. Cards include Defending Head Outside Single (DVD 4 - 08:37) and Hip Check and Sprawl (DVD 4 - 29:20).

EVERY CARD POINTS TO ITS MOMENT

Each technique card gives the volume and the time where the technique starts. DVD 3 - 29:18 means Volume 3, at 29 minutes 18 seconds: Exposing the Centerline.

Want to see Initial Ties again? DVD 3 - 25:02. Don't waste time searching for a technique you think you saw on DVD 3 somewhere...

WHY A MAP?

You might be thinking: "It looks cool, but is it that helpful?"

Yes. It makes a real difference. Hours of video give you the pieces. The FlowChart shows you how they connect: he does this, you do that. That's what you need when he shoots for your legs and there's no time to think.

And it's not just me saying it. A 2018 review of 142 study results, with almost 12,000 learners, found that learning with concept maps beats the other ways of studying it was compared with, in science and non-science subjects alike.

Here's how to get the most out of it:

• Before you watch a volume, look over its part of the chart, so you know where each clip fits.
• After training, cover a branch, say the next move out loud, then check.
• Make it yours: add your own notes on the PDF. The same review found that building the map yourself helps even more.

ON SCREEN OR ON YOUR WALL

The FlowChart is one big PDF page in English: 144 × 60 cm (57 × 24 in).

• Computer or tablet: the best way. Zoom in anywhere and the text stays sharp. It's real text, so you can search it too.
• Phone: pinch to zoom, for a quick look before class.
• Print: go big. Ask a print shop for an A0 poster (A1 or 24 × 36 in at the smallest). On A2 or a home printer, the text is too small to read.

QUESTIONS

Are videos included?
No. The FlowChart is a study aid for Gordon Ryan's DVD, not a substitute: you need the DVD from BJJ Fanatics to learn the techniques.

Can I get a refund?
It's a digital download, so all sales are final (see the Refund Policy). Trouble with the file? Send me a message and I'll sort it out.

HI, I'M MAX

I'm a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt (1st degree). I've been grappling since 2010 and making FlowCharts since 2019: more than 80 so far. Read what buyers say about my FlowChart of Gordon's Systematically Attacking the Guard.

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