Kevin James

But I was just concentrating on overhooks and underhooks and I was concentrating on all the same grips that I would use so that I would never be deficient.

Because if you get used to grabbing collars and sleeves and you get used to adjusting people with butterfly sweeps and stuff like that based on grips, the problem with that is all those grips go away when everyone's slippery and it's just bare chest.

So I was just all about clinching and I was all about a tight game.

It was all about learning what Eddie's moves were.

And Eddie's moves were all overhooks and underhooks.

It was all wrestling-based.

And it was all because of Jean-Jacques Machado.

So our instructor, Jean-Jacques, his left hand, he only has a thumb.

He really is.

Okay.

No.

No you want to train It's like to get really good at racquetball.

Listen, there's nothing wrong with the gi.

The gi is still great.

And what the gi does do is it forces you to be very technical because you can't muscle out of things.

You can't just pull out of stuff because you're trapped.

So you have to learn how to use the proper defense and also never let you get yourself into a position where someone's completely cinched up on you.

Like if someone has like there's certain chokes like a clock choke.

Like if they reach into your collar and they grab a hold your collar like this and then they get this arm Wrapped around here.

You're in a bad spot right then I'm gonna spin