FlowChart - Systematically Dismantling Octopus Guard and Other Low-Percentage Moves by Gordon Ryan

GORDON'S OCTOPUS COUNTER SYSTEM 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 Dismantling Octopus Guard & Other Low-Percentage Moves 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. You're on top in half guard. He gets an inside wrist grip on your far arm, then the over back grip. What's your plan? And when he gets the same grips from under your side control? Same plan? It shouldn't be.

If you're like all of us, after 79 chapters and over five and a half hours of video, the answers blur together. You need a map to connect all the dots.

(Gordon's answer in half guard, by the way: reach back crossface, head over his head. It's right there on the chart.)

WHAT YOU GET

One PDF FlowChart of the 8-volume instructional (79 chapters, over five and a half hours of video):

• 5 sections: the Octopus from Half Guard, Half Butterfly and Side Control, then the Buggy and the Darce, with 4 START points
• 57 technique cards (41 Octopus, 10 Buggy, 6 Darce), 32 reactions and 6 positions, linked by arrows: what he does, what you do next
• 1 theory card with 9 short sections, like Over Back Theory and Shoulders vs. Hips
• The volume and time on every technique card and theory section, like "DVD 2 - 07:46", from Volumes 1 to 7 (Volume 8 is rolling)
• A color code for each move (Octopus, Buggy, Darce), plus Reactions / Conditions, Positions and Series

It's for you if you have the instructional (or plan to get it) and want to shut down the Octopus Guard and the Buggy when you're on top, and escape the Darce. Not for you if you want to learn without the videos: there's no video inside.

THREE MOVES, THREE COLORS

The instructional takes on three moves, and so does the chart: each one gets its own color.

Octopus
Three parts: half guard, half butterfly and side control. In half guard and side control, the chart follows him move by move: his grip on your far arm, the over back grip, then what he does next. Same grips, different details: in side control, you cannot use a turking motion to control his legs. Cards include Preventing the Over Back (DVD 5 - 03:43) and Countering a Kosoto Hook (DVD 4 - 15:06).

Buggy
From top side control, two series: Buggy and Near Side Buggy. One line sets the tone: "If you pass to Mount, there is no Buggy." Then head position, hip control and, if he locks it anyway, the late escapes. Cards include Pin the Hips (DVD 6 - 13:52) and Put Them Belly Down (DVD 6 - 30:04).

Darce
Volume 7, a bonus on Darce escapes, gets its own part and START. Caught? Your chest must be pointing in the same direction as his chest. Cards include Following Chest Placement (DVD 7 - 08:00) and Closed Guard Escape (DVD 7 - 15:00).

EVERY CARD POINTS TO ITS MOMENT

Each technique card gives the volume and the time where the technique starts. DVD 2 - 07:46 means Volume 2, at 7 minutes 46 seconds: Reach Back Crossface.

Want to see Recapturing the Bottom Knee again? DVD 3 - 22:52. 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's got the over back grip and you have a split second to choose.

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: 163 × 62 cm (64 × 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 (24 × 36 in at the smallest). On A1 the text gets very small, and on a home printer it's far 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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