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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thoughtful, provocative and presents as honest, genuine and concerned for the right reasons (ie. the advancement of knowledge and improvement of health and fitness for all). Well Done Bren.... Five Stars all the way! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Are any of you familiar with the Hip-Hop artist Kool Moe Dee? Broken bone ?? : "Go See The Doctor." RSI ??: " Go See The Doctor." Pinced nerve ?? : "Go See The Doctor." I know that this sounds like the " Chicken or The Egg" . Try to find a competent physiotherapist who isn't a dogmatist. A good sign is his willingness to explain the functionality of the injured body-part AND the willingness to LEARN about your sport, hobbies, job... DON'T do this stuff by yourself. Mostly because almost none of us have enough knowledge of human anatomy. Self-Diagnosis can seriously mess-up your body.

20.00 minutes: What you're referring to as: " becoming instead of trying" is also called "Flow-State." A prominent example of this is the Flamenco. The main reason that the Flamenco is so difficult is that it requires Flow-State. I have NO idea how Flamenco dancers can reach Flow-State on such a regular basis. I am fortunate enough to have reached Flow-State three times in my life and can say that it is a FANTASTIC level of awareness.

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Awesome ❤

I became a mechanical engineer after my time in the Navy and being filipino as well I relate to the Deandre so much on creating that balance of having the funds to support the thing you love whatever hobby it may be. Love seeing this much footage of him talking about his journey

Count me in for a follow up after ADCC!

I would love this approached to be distilled down into a presentation or lecture so we can create our own practices. Please explain to me the game types simply, like if you wanna develop your "capability" play a terminal game where there's an end goal (win condition). capability = win condition. and to develop capacity = continuous game etc. what's capability?? what's capacity? what's the difference ? I mean no disrespect at all here, I just want to understand how to create these games to incorporate it. I desperately want to incorporate this style of training but unsure how. i wish there was a rubric or something.

56:04 some honset feedback. I'm having to struggle through this. So much rambling. Saying the same thing over and over. "Got friends with instructionals..." "Add value..." And it has happened a few other times already. Feel free to say "you don't like it leave." But I feel like this highlights an opportunity as an interviewer and for him in giving an interview. Tighten it up and it'll keep more attention. I'm making the effort to slog through for some nuggets and to give you the algorithm benefit but it needed to be said.

I did the zero and while I found benefits, it didn’t address my knee issues since it didn’t address any rotational movements. Also, I hadn’t realized how guru-esque that guy was. He seems to be very comfortable making absolute statements where it’s dangerous to do so.

30:30 for the rotational fisherman demo

Amazing.. thanks for putting this out

Timestamps would be great

Why not skip the guess work and learn techniques before you play the game?

Spot on… Also, if you have any slightest urge to do something (healthy or at least not damaging), no matter how weird it is, give it a try. Society has so many “norms” that many people (myself included) often think pursuing what our mind and body are calling out for us to do, is wrong… Listen to your mind and body, they will undoubtedly lead you down a better path.

Damn, gettin’ me pumped up 😤

Anybody try this?

noooooooo Bren u hair (>)(<)

54:20 - He is 100% right about the prevalence of garbage instructionals. BJJ Fanatics is a great platform but they've also flooded the market with a lot of gimmick marketing for moves and positions mainly targeted at hobbyist white and blue belts who have a new love for BJJ. No, you don't need to spend $79 on the new "Kill The Squid Guard" instructional by a featherweight black belt champion from two years ago to take your game to the next level, especially when you don't even know how to escape side control.

What an epic interview with Deandre! The guy is super thoughtful, and his story is amazing. Would love to see a post ADCC interview for sure.

Wow such great insights in this video!

Great interview

Smoovv

Shaved head looks good bro, congrats for joining the baldie gang

“Eco Bros” 🤣🤣

Just discovered your channel, great information dude. Thanks for sharing and keep the amazing work. 👊🏼

1:30:43 for rear triangle game design. Great video. Thank you.

Sure...😢

Great listen, any reason why you decided to release in one big video as opposed to segments?

Trash. Get to the point. The whole time I watched this shit...when is the point coming? Idk if it's the arrogance or excitement of being interviewed? Either way! Edit this shit.

I only spent two days at Standard, which isn’t enough to fully grasp all the task-based games and constraints they use in every starting position, but it opened up my eyes to several things I’m doing wrong: - I don’t spar with resistance enough (hands down this was the most eye-opening, especially since I already train almost everyday… they are extremely efficient with their class time) - I’m too satisfied with accepting bottom position and need to wrestle up more - I have a huge skills gap when it comes to “in-between” positions that have no name in traditional BJJ - I get tunnel vision when I spar using the “enter the system” approach or try chaining techniques together, which stunts my ability to problem solve in the moment - I need to re-define what my objective should be in every starting position - I was getting too fixated on Coach Greg’s academic explanation of the ecological approach, and the best way to learn it was to visit and experience it first hand. It’s the easiest way to learn BJJ I’ve ever tried.

Speaking of the training environment, last month when I visited Standard, those mats were the slipperiest mats I’ve ever trained on once they got sweaty. Idk if that’s intentional or a coincidence, but it made it extra hard to wrestle up. Wrestling up seemed easier when I got back home on our mats that don’t have that glossy finish.

Thanks for sharing this! Great stuff!

Right...sure... right... sure... right...sure... right...sure. This interviewer is awesome.

Great!!

Thank you for speaking to the samurai

I saw you in the back of Deandre's Trials matches, this video is great hope more is coming in the future

awesome stuff, any chance for timestamps?

can you cite all the studies you read? would love to read them

i am so excited for that documentary. been working with your ideas for a while now, since ido always seemed too rigid.

This is great, thank you!

Can we get the list of books please brother and the papers too!

Hearing D talk and break things down is awesome and some of the questions asked by Bren were good but man… having “right” “mhmm” “yeah” “sure” said every 5 words Deandre said was incredibly distracting. I don’t consume a lot of videos produced by Bren so I don’t know if he does interviews like this often but if this is one of the first times doing something like this I would consider studying other personalities that do longer form interviews to get a good grasp on how to keep the flow of a conversation going without having to say “right” “mhmm” “yeah” “sure” every few seconds. Hope ya don’t take offense as that was not my intention, just trying to provide some constructive criticism.

Really liked the way Deandre distilled the types of games and some of the benefits, e.g. continuous games for capacity. Deandre talks about not having a lot of conscious thought during training around 2h:10m. I have first hand experience of the quieting of the mind that comes from this type of training. I used to have so much chatter going on in my brain when I trained and after a short stint training at Standard, it just disappeared. Plus my Jiujitsu improved by leaps and bounds. Standard is like a crucible time-machine. Thanks for this interview to both Bren and Deandre. It felt like I got to listen in on a personal and beautiful heart to heart between two friends.

Commenting on the reupload as well in case it helps you somehow in the algorithm. Interview is amazing! Thanks again!

Saw the shory on IG. Just so you know its driving at least me here. Looking forward to all of this.

Exciting !!

Reupload? Why?

I am so excited for your project to come to fruition.

First! Awesome interview!