A Complete Overview Of The Blue Belt Curriculum

This week I will feature a review of yet another Blue Belt curriculum series that is incredibly detailed and complete in it's scope of the basics involved in developing a solid BJJ game.

This DVD series is by Marcello Monteiro and is called Brazilian Jiujitsu Curriculum: White To Blue.

As expected all the main areas for developing into a solid Blue Belt are covered;
positional skills, attacking and defending, counters, escapes, guard passes, sweeps, set-ups and submissions.

Most impressively Mr. Monteiro leaves no stone unturned as he covers all the secret tricks, movements and crucial details to allow for the optimal performance of the techniques.
To say that Marcello Monteiro merely teaches techniques would be an understatement as his approach delves much deeper than the learning of a technique into fully understanding and mastering the full scope of the skills presented.

The first of the DVDs is seperated into the four sections of Bottom Game, Top Game, Submissions and Takedowns. It is very easy to navigate through the selections to view each of them individually or you can view them all together consecutively.

The second DVD introduces Escapes as well.

The third and fourth DVDs further build on these five sections and take the student into the more complex techniques required for Blue Belt proficiency.
The approach is seemless as the first DVD introduces the fundamental basics and the following DVDs progress logically into more difficult skills to ensure the development of a solid Blue Belt game.

One aspect of the 4 DVD series that some viewers may question is the way that techniques are seperated. Personally I find that this helps with focusing on the individual material being taught without overwhelming the student. Also, it makes it easier for finding footage you want to review over again without having to search through an extended part of the DVD.

Finally I would like to add that the techniques on the DVD are very current and up to date featuring a thorough introduction to open guard techniques as well as the Butterfly Guard and De La Riva Guard.

I believe the information presented in this series more than justifies the price and makes it well worth it as a well presented and complete encyclopedia of techniques for developing a rock solid foundation for your BJJ game.

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