Berimbolo Doesn't Work! Inverted shots fired
Posted Dec 14, 2018, 3:10 PM UTC
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He's explaining why it's not as high percentage as it once was and why it's lost some luster, but he's exaggerating for the views. He's not wrong and it's why Mikey has come out and joked about it because even he can admit Keenan makes valid points. It's like anything in the sport that takes off and then gets countered. I used to be able to catch my brother in straight ankles at will and then the heel hook/leg lock craze took off in the last two years and now I can't catch him in any leg locks to save my life. It's the process and if berimbolos works for you then keep it up.
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Draculino told a great story on his Rolled Up episode about how back in the day when it was first making a buzz spider guard was considered a stallers guard and "ugly jiu-jitsu" as nobody had developed a good passing system to counter it yet. Spider guard, of all things. Nobody can just camp out in spider guard and chill today, you either play it or get smashed.
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What he does not explain is the counter to my Careberimbolo. So I'm still good.
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Getting away before the countdown is over is key for the careberimbolo defense. There's a certain degree of telegraphing.
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I always thought it was the Careberimbolo stare....but I dunno now.
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Berimbolo has always been a flashy little guy or “do this to people worse than you” move, imo. Most people fell into the latter category when the move first caught on, now they don’t. Smaller people seem to have more success with it due to strength to weight ratios and being more readily able to disrupt a standing/based opponent.
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Aren't all moves "do this to people worse than you" moves?
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Not all, some are just something new that is different enough from what other people have seen that you can catch people who are better than you in just about every aspect of BJJ, but they have one specific hole in their game that you happen to be able to exploit in a way that completely dismantles it. Once they patch the hole they then can crush you. Leg locks are an example, the death squad burst onto the scene from nowhere, beating guys that have been training much longer because they had a well-developed system around a concept that most people neglected. I had a similar experience in my gym with a few leg attacks, catching a few brown belts with toe holds and other leg attacks until they learned to hide their feet and not give me any space to move. Now they're back to crushing me.
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If you suck, then yes.
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It's all relative though, isn't it? I can cross choke someone worse than me, but I can't cross choke Roger. Roger can cross choke almost everyone. All moves are basically "moves you do on someone worse than you".
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What about Roger tapping Buchecha? Clearly because Buchecha is “worse”?
So fundamentally cross choking from mount isn’t higher percentage than doing a berimbolo? There are reason certain moves have higher finish rate at the highest level vs. others.
So no, you are wrong.
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Espen Mathiesen did pretty well at Worlds with it
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Small guy berimbolos other small guys... yea, pretty much what I said lol
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He's not that small.
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He literally competes in lightweight, lol. Yea, there’s smaller weight classes, but there’s a reason it’s called lightweight dude... they’re small.
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best part of the video
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I used to think berimbolos were berimBULLSHIT until I rolled with a brown belt who specialized in them (shout out to Moz). He does them so fast and so fucking strong that there is no way to avoid them. Even outweighing him by like 50lbs, knowing it was part of his game, he still did them on me over and over again. This wasn't just me either, I've seen him do it to black belts, anyone who does not specialize in berimbolo defense. I'm telling you, when rolling with a guy like that, it's basically just a game trying to avoid the berimbolo and they can still get it. That first hand experience changed my whole perspective on berimbolos.
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Did Millennials just kill their own thing!? They are ruthless!
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First diamonds, then movie rentals, and now this?? WHERE DOES IT END?!
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Well the avocado industry alone levels out all the others fields we killed.
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Indeed. How does one buy stock in Avocado toast?
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This dude looks like a Ninja/Pete Davidson knockoff.
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I'd love to see the reactions to this from high level guys. Mikey Musumeci and that Norwegian (?) guy already fired back.
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Mikey will continue to do his thing and dominate his weight class. He’s not the type to get caught up in these public challenges. We’ve all seen what he does works on the small guys.
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It's not a public challenge. Just their thoughts. Mikey already said something like it works and you shouldn't act like you know everything. Would be cool to know in more detail. PS. i never bolo but just curious.
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Knowing Mikey personally the kid is super humble and I’d be surprised if he said any more than that.
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Yes most definitely, hearing Rafa Mendes counterpoints would be amazing
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He's too busy counting his world championships and laughing
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If only there was some way for two people to settle what they can make work in a match. I guess the verbal back and forth will have to continue!
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They r different weight classes
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If only there was some way they could have a match despite differing on an arbitrary measurement... Like if we could do a catch weight match or something...
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Yeah that’s stupid, Mikey said he’s doing rooster this year, they are 80 lbs apart.
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you seriously think mikey and keena can do catchweight? lol
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Tommy or Espen you are talking about?
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It's Tommy, but I can't seem to find the video atm.
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In next week's episode of triggering content: Rubber guard doesn't work
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"This week in our series of 'moves that don't work when the proper counter is applied'..."
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I think you are diminishing Keenan's point here, which is that his counter to the Berimbolo is very easy to learn and implement. All kinds of techniques work, or dont work depending on the situation, but what seperates a high percentage move from a low percentege move is whether the nullifying counter is simple or complicated, and the amount of risk you take when you use it.
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Yeah the main takeaway from this for me is berimbolos are harder to do than they are to counter. Which is isnt to say they're hard to do.
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Emo Keenan is feeling :((( about the berimbolo
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This perfectly explains why I've never been threatened by Berimbolos unless the person is dramatically better than me. I've always latched on to that top leg and backed out. It seemed so normal to me I never considered it the actual counter to a Berimbolo.
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I want to know more about these passing concepts! I suck at passing :(
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"I used to be a berimbolo master myself" ... before I took a heelhook to the knee ?
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Someone should alert this guy he's doing a dated technique.
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The Mendes brothers will be so upset when they find out too.
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Was hoping he'd address bolo defense from DLX or X-Guard where the bolo'er is better able to control distance and the top leg is hidden from the start.
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Mendes won the world with Berimbolo.
Mikey won the world with Berimbolo
Miyao has won the world with berimbolo
And keenan has won...?
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Sounds like a butt hurt berimboler
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Now please give sample of absolute divisions and heavier guys.
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The god has spoken
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RIP berimbolo 1990-2018, killed by radical leftist sjw
The Globalists got to him. Couldn't stand a successful male with the whitest name imaginable. Put BPA in his tap water. Daily reminder to only drink bone broth.
Where the fuck is Alex Jones when you need him?