BJJ Over 40

Roy Harris Apps

About this app

While there certainly are a ton of instructional videos out there for tournament competitors, this app breaks new ground by focusing on the needs of practitioners who are (a) close to or over the age of forty, (b) have the important responsibilities of family and career waiting for them immediately following class and (c) have major concerns about the frequency and severity of injuries while sparring. For many of these practitioners, Jiu Jitsu is simply a fun hobby used to help them stay in shape, relieve stress, keep their minds sharp, make friends, and have fun!

This instructional app will help students lower the frequency and severity of injuries associated with grappling with other practitioners who are ten to twenty years younger than themselves. It will also help them to accomplish their goals through more efficient and well-timed movements.

Seven areas are addressed on this instructional:

I. Introduction and theory
II. Fundamental movements
III. Defensive postures
IV. Defensive positioning
V. Fundamental techniques
VI. Submission escapes
VII. How to train

Each section builds on top of the previous section!

So, if you are looking for a way to stay active and involved in this great art, and if you’d like to ensure you receive fewer injuries over time, then this app has your name on it!

Here’s a peek at each section:

The fundamental movements section focuses on the most important movements within Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I stress the importance of “Fundamental Movements” because they lay the foundation of the art. When I write the words “Fundamental Movements”, I am referring to a specific group of movements used most often by high-level practitioners. For example, horizontal and vertical hip movements (i.e. various versions of the bridge) are the foundation for any grappling method.

The defensive postures section is designed to be combined with the defensive positioning and fundamental techniques sections. The combination of these three sections will not only lower the frequency and severity of injuries, but they will also lower the amount of energy the “Over 40 practitioner” will put into his or her overall game! This is important because when you become tired or exhausted, you make yourself more vulnerable to injuries.

The defensive postures will show you how and where to place your arms into a position that will make it hard for your opponent to gain any leverage over your arm or body without taking his or her weight off of your body.

Now, even though these postures might feel “defensive”, they are important to the savvy over 40 practitioner who wants to stay healthy and injury-free.

Defensive positioning will show you how to position your body in such a way as to get the opponent to move in a predictable manner (e.g. forcing him to take his weight off of your body so that it will be physically easier for you to escape).

Finally, the defensive postures and positioning, when combined with the ten (10) fundamental techniques taught on this instructional, will lower the amount of force you use to accomplish your objectives. Lowering the amount of energy used to accomplish a specific objective should be the eventual goal for every Over 40 practitioner!

The next section is a very important one: Submission escapes! However, I don’t want you (the more mature and savvy practitioner) to miss the main point of this section. My goal in presenting this information was not just so you could tap less often. Rather, the goal was to help you to lower the frequency of injuries associated with sparring with the young and the aggressive students at your academy. Do you understand this?

In the last chapter, I share with you a few methods of training to lower the amount of energy you expend to accomplish your objectives as well as show you how to get more enjoyment out of your training!

Emphasis: Fewer injuries and more enjoyable training time for Jiu Jitsu practitioners who are more focused on and concerned with longevity!