BJJ Mental Models

Steve Kwan
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Your guide to a conceptual and intelligent Jiu-Jitsu approach.  BJJ black belt Steve Kwan and a slate of expert guests explain the concepts, strategies, and tactics behind the gentle art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

  1. fa 1 dia

    Ep. 398: Old Bastard Sweeps, feat. Mike Mahaffey

    This week, we're joined by Mike Mahaffey! Mike is a second-degree black belt under Chris Haueter, best known for his Old Bastard Jiu-Jitsu style: a conservative approach built for older and less athletic grapplers. In this episode, Mike explains how to sweep from the bottom by disrupting your opponent's base instead of relying on speed or strength. Topics include: maintaining your base from the bottom, making them carry your weight, fulcrum sweeps, and the scissor and tripod sweeps. Follow Mike Mahaffey: https://instagram.com/oldbastardbjj https://threads.com/@oldbastardbjj Train with Mike Mahaffey at Magic BJJ in Lansing, MI: https://magicbjj.com Get Mike's instructionals on Patreon: https://patreon.com/oldbastardbjj Mental models discussed in this episode: Theory of Alignment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment Direct vs. Proxy Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/direct-vs-proxy-control Center of Gravity https://bjjmentalmodels.com/center-of-gravity Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi Core Mechanics https://bjjmentalmodels.com/core-mechanics Kinetic Chains https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com

    1 h
  2. Mini Ep. 113: Availability Heuristic

    fa 5 dies

    Mini Ep. 113: Availability Heuristic

    In this mini-episode, we discuss the availability heuristic: a mental bias toward information that is easy to recall. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels

    5 min

  3. 29 de juny

    Ep. 397: Risk Management in BJJ, feat. Jake Luigi

    This week, we're joined again by Jake Luigi! Jake is a jiu-jitsu analyst who made his name studying professional match footage, and he runs OutlierDB, an analytics database for grappling. In this episode, Jake lays out a three-part framework for managing risk: name the worst-case scenario, watch for the key indicators that it's coming, and only attack hard once those indicators are in your favor. Topics include: risk-reward analysis, points of control, grip fighting, terminal positions, and Goodhart's Law. Subscribe to Less Impressed More Involved on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LIMIBJJ Check out OutlierDB: https://outlierdb.com Mental models discussed in this episode: Return on Investment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/return-on-investment Building Your Triggers https://bjjmentalmodels.com/building-your-triggers Double Trouble https://bjjmentalmodels.com/double-trouble Cognitive Load https://bjjmentalmodels.com/cognitive-load Constraints-Led Approach https://bjjmentalmodels.com/constraints-led-approach Availability Heuristic https://bjjmentalmodels.com/availability-heuristic Points of Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/points-of-control Terminal Positions https://bjjmentalmodels.com/terminal-positions Invariants https://bjjmentalmodels.com/invariants Grips Dictate Position https://bjjmentalmodels.com/grips-dictate-position Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi Rotational Control https://bjjmentalmodels.com/rotational-control Goodhart's Law https://bjjmentalmodels.com/goodharts-law ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com

    1 h 3 min
  4. Mini Ep. 112: Coiling

    25 de juny

    Mini Ep. 112: Coiling

    In this mini-episode, we discuss coiling, or retracting your limbs and neck. It denies access to our body's vulnerable levers and positions us to explosively generate force. Staying coiled is a smart "default" position if you're not sure what to do. But there are times when you need to uncoil, and that is when: #1: there's a productive reason to do so, and #2: you can do so safely and without giving up a lever. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels

    7 min

  5. 22 de juny

    Ep. 396: Relative Strength, feat. Will Weisser

    This week, we're joined by Will Weisser! Will is a jiu-jitsu black belt, co-founder of the competition-tracking site JiuJitsu.net, and author of the new book Scientific Jiu-Jitsu: A Unified Theory of Grappling. In this episode, Will lays out that unified theory: the idea that every jiu-jitsu technique exists to raise your own strength or reduce your opponent's. Topics include: relative strength, frames and misdirection, body alignment, and why being strong works. Get Will's book, Scientific Jiu-Jitsu: A Unified Theory of Grappling: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594390355 Check out JiuJitsu.net: https://jiujitsu.net Follow Will on Instagram: https://instagram.com/weisserwill Mental models discussed in this episode: Theory of Alignment https://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment Dominant Angles https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dominant-angles Anatomic Hierarchy https://bjjmentalmodels.com/anatomic-hierarchy Kuzushi https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kuzushi Controlling the Distance https://bjjmentalmodels.com/controlling-the-distance Dilemmas https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dilemma Kinetic Chains https://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains Overwhelming Force https://bjjmentalmodels.com/overwhelming-force ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com

    1 h 7 min
  6. Mini Ep. 111: Porcupine Strategy

    18 de juny

    Mini Ep. 111: Porcupine Strategy

    In this mini-episode, we discuss porcupine strategy: the art of making your defense so painful that your aggressors think twice. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels

    6 min

  7. 15 de juny

    Ep. 395: Take the Slack Out, feat. Jesse Walker

    This week, we're joined by Jesse Walker! Jesse is the head coach and co-founder of Rough Hands BJJ in Louisville, Kentucky, and a frequent BJJ Mental Models collaborator. In this episode, Jesse makes the case for loading a joint with tension before you ever start the breaking mechanics, so the finish takes a fraction of the effort. Topics include: adding traction before the break, the order of operations of a joint lock, backing up to retighten a loose position, fixing the much-maligned Americana, and leglock safety through control. Train with Jesse at Rough Hands BJJ: https://roughhandsbjj.com Follow Rough Hands on Instagram: https://instagram.com/roughhandsbjj Mental models discussed in this episode: Breaking Mechanics https://bjjmentalmodels.com/breaking-mechanics 3 Joint Rule https://bjjmentalmodels.com/3-joint-rule Double Trouble https://bjjmentalmodels.com/double-trouble Core Mechanics https://bjjmentalmodels.com/core-mechanics ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels Music by Enterprize: https://enterprize.bandcamp.com

    52 min
  8. Mini Ep. 110: Mind the Gap

    11 de juny

    Mini Ep. 110: Mind the Gap

    In this mini-episode, we discuss "mind the gap:" a no-gi gripping concept that prevents your opponent from pulling or circling their hand free. Get our Intro to Mechanics audio course, normally $79, FREE: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/freeintro ⬆️ LEVEL UP with BJJ Mental Models Premium! The world's LARGEST library of jiu-jitsu audio lessons, our complete podcast network, online coaching, and much more! Your first week is free: https://bjjmentalmodels.com Need more BJJ Mental Models? Get the legendary BJJMM newsletter: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter Learn more mental models in our online database: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database Follow us on social: https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels https://threads.com/@bjjmentalmodels https://bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social https://youtube.com/@bjjmentalmodels

    8 min
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Your guide to a conceptual and intelligent Jiu-Jitsu approach.  BJJ black belt Steve Kwan and a slate of expert guests explain the concepts, strategies, and tactics behind the gentle art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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  • Creació
    Steve Kwan
  • Anys en actiu
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodis
    531
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    © 2026 BJJ Mental Models
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