I always take notes when I am learning from Rick's videos, so I'd love to share them with you all: Tip 5 - 0:58 --> Utilise your legs in conjunction with your arms • Numerous ways to use your legs e.g. pinching, creating a fulcrum, pulling, pushing etc • Advanced players use their legs extensively • If uke does a kneecut, pinch with your knees to trap his knee --> keeping him at bay • Ultimately, you want to use your legs to create connections Tip 4 - 2:55 --> Hip escapes • It's not just about the technique, it's about when you do it • Hip escapes come in when uke gets past your knees • You want to develop the intuition to immediately hip escape aggressively as soon as they get past your kneecaps, don't let them anchor their weight onto you Tip 3 - 4:30 --> Hide your arms • Tuck in your arms whenever you can --> prevents underhooks, crossfaces and denies opportunities of uke gaining control of you • Extremely valuable when you are in bad positions e.g. your back is taken, your guard's getting passed • This causes your opponent to expend more energy Tip 2 - 6:27 --> Learn to bridge • Roy Harris once said: this is one of the unstoppable moves in BJJ • The key to escaping side control is having a strong bridge • Find a heavy partner and have them hold you down with side control: 1. Start with your frame: forearm against chin 2. Feet close to butt, be on the balls of your feet 3. Bridge forcefully 4. Use this to gauge how strong your bridge is Tip 1 - 9:29 --> Focus on control, NOT the submission • Typically people lose their positions when they are attempting to transition or do a submission (you create too much space) • Instead, focus on control • Realistically, aim to focus on maintaining the position from white to blue belt. Submissions are more reliable when you have positional dominance (typically attained at purple belt) • Your degree of control over your opponent's movement options affects your submission rate" Rick's motto: POSITIONAL DOMINANCE BEFORE SUBMISSION

Thank you! These are good 5 tips! 5. Use your legs. 4. Hip escape. 3. Hide your arms. 2. Learn to bridge. 1. Focus on control.

My newest favorite channel. Thank you for your content. As a 40 year old out of shape white belt, this is exactly what I need.

This is solid gold fundamentals. I’m a 49 yr purple belt. first time back since opening after pandemic, got seriously humbled. I needed this.

YOU CAN NOT DENY THE BRIDGE; it is an unstoppable move in jiu jitsu. Definitely the best quote from this video. Love it

This is definitely my new favorite channel. As a 38 year old new BJJ practitioner this channel is so valuable

Years ago at a seminar Gustavo Froes told us to "do 63 hip escapes, if you do 63 hip escapes you should be clear." 😂❤

This is so clear and foundational. Valuable for any level. Focus on control: When I watch elite black belts rolling, it is 95% about control. Submissions rarely happen. But 95% of videos focus on submissions! What is great about this video is that it is all about control and body mechanics. We need more of that.

First off, Professor, I'd like to thank you for sharing this information. As a white belt, every bit of info I can get is gold!

I found your Channel just recently and I appreciate the value you provide, your explanations are clear and straight to the point, thanks for the time you put on these videos, I'm looking forward to learn more from you.

Short and to the point. Great video!

Great content, keep it coming!!

Honestly this is gold. Been doing BJJ for almost 2 months now and each and every one of these tips have helped me tremendously. Thanks 🙏 for a great video!!

I have enjoyed every video you produce. Thank you for this Professor....keep them coming!!

Love this channel!

So much happy to have Ellis and @Jordan teaches jiujitsu

Excellent tips and beautiful to watch Father and son train together. Thank you Rick & Jordan Ellis.OSS

Loving the videos guys, found this channel recently and have been recommending it 👍

Just what i needed to hear!! thank you so much,

Thank you so much, i had no hard time understanding this lesson and i never been in a jiu jitsu class before, you are a great coach indeed. New sub.

I love your production quality. Thank you for this.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for letting us know, even at blue belt to mainly focus on holding positions. As a 45 year old, overweight, brand new blue belt...that was encouraging to hear

Splendid! Daghan Salamat sa Inyo! (Many Thanks for that) Multiplied Blessings & Many Thanks from Mindanao.

Love this. Awesome channel. Thank you.

I took my notes, now time to apply. THANK YOU

Great video. Thanks

Thanks for these videos!

Awesome stuff! Thank you 😊

Really helpful, looking forward to open mat tomorrow. Thanks.

You are a great instructor sir, thank you.

You are an amazing teacher! Thank you for your content.

Thanks for sharing this information with us ❤

Thank you for your videos very helpful. Will follow your advices. Simples but efficient.

Brilliant! Thanks guys!

All very helpful. Watched this right before training, kept Tip #1 in mind and did very well today. Truly an immediate improvement. Thanks, Rick!

Very much the Roy Dean style of principles over techniques from what I see. Great content, helpful for those of us with basic ground game in other systems.

This is extremely instructive for a beginner. As someone brand new to it I struggle knowing what to do and this goes a long way.

Thank you. Great video!

great upload, thank you for doing this.

Very helpful, thank you.

I'm loving these videos

You deserve so many more followers. Your content is gold.

This is helpful. Especially #1. I am seeing this at the exact moment that I need it most.

I love it. The first one which speaks about principles witch showing 2 examples, and not a technical doctrin. More of this stuff

This helped A LOT. Indeed, at lower belts, I should focus on the control game, not the submission game... sometimes I lose that focus

Love your content please keep it up, you got a fan

Loving your videos! I’m a 53 yr old stuck in quarantine in UK & your content is keeping me sane & my BJJ cogs turning 😅. Started BJJ the week of my 51st birthday with the Pedro Bessa academy in Bristol, England & haven’t looked back. If I ever make it out to Colorado would love to come and train with you guys 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful. I been starting to use my legs and hooking when I roll now. Solid video 💪🏿🎯

Great tips! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Great video! Tnx

Solid advice..thanks.

Excellent video. Thanks so much sir.

Solid lesson Coach.

Thank you very much for this knowledge 💪🏼💪🏼

Such good info. I'm gonna work on my Bridge a lot more.

Great video!!!

Fantastic Stuff!!!

Thanks for the tips !!!! 😀

Amazing video, helps a lot this brand new white belt

Appreciate the advice!

Great video man, I just started bjj yesterday and this was really easy to follow and keep in mind for future practices

Great video thank you!

54 yr old white belt, learning and bruised, great content, position before submission makes so much sense to me now, survive first, awesome.

Fantastic tips. As a white belt I am learning these tips in phases. Right now I’m working on using/incorporating my legs for better guard

Awesome. Thank you

Great 👍🏼 stuff - 2 stripe blue under a Royce BB...keep it coming...!!!

Older newbie here. Love these videos. Thank you both!

Great video👍👍

men!!! started this game 4 month ago and your videos are what i need!!! thanks a lot

Awesome video sir

WOW!! Thank you.

Great advice!

I love watching these videos while I eat. They give me things to think about throughout my day and BJJ training. Thank you!

Awesome as ever 👏

I loved the bridge part🥳🤝

Very good info. Thanks.

Brother you really help us tremendously I have 52 and I’m white bell 1 strap and my knee been a little sore but my mind set is to learn I don’t care if I get summited what I do care is learning and enjoy Jiu jitsu thank you for all this videos but definitely I want to improve my skills blessings 🙏

Great video

I appreciate your channel

Awesome video I loved it. Bucket was funny too.😂

Thank you so much great video for a beginner like me

Great video. New subscriber. Thanks for this.

Love these videos

nice tips, man. Thank you

Great video 👍🥋

Hello, greetings from Colombia. It is a pleasure to follow him on social networks and KZfaq. This video came at a special time in my life and in bjj practice. I am 41 years old and 6 months ago I managed to obtain my blue belt. I have had certain feelings of frustration and I have felt lost. But this video came as if from the sky and clarified many things and redirected my way of training. Thank you very much and my respect to you and your teachers. I hope you can continue providing this type of advice to those of us who are starting out in the world of bjj.

simple yet stylish camera setup!

Excellent instruction and tips! Thank you! (50 years old BJJ mat ratt here)

Really cool! Will apply tomorrow 🥰😅🙏🏼

I am 57 years old out of shape white belt and new to BJJ. Thanks for creating this video.

Thank you!

Great tips! Your uke cracked me up at the end 😂 he was glazing over while you're dropping dimes, #smh 😂

Thank you coming from a white belt with 1 stripe 5 x a week open mat is fantastic training with.my son R.G.A bjj south herts Thank you & appreciate your videos. Regards Ray

The keep the hands close it's probably the tip I used the most and has save me from so many losing positions, giving me time to think and weather the storm!

Very good Advice

The blue belt’s comment at the end :) The professor is dropping pure gems and it just passes him by :)

Excellent. Excellent. Excellent.

Greeting from Australia. Your videos are excellent, and i have learnt from them; I do not agree with some of your views about old age, but you are an excellent instructor and your videos stick to the point clearly showing the moves concisely without too many words, Excellent!🙏

Very good vid 👌

Another great video guys! Can't wait for all this nonsense to pass so we can get back to training!