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0:00there is a martial arts gym situated in
0:02the middle of but [ __ ] nowhere in
0:03Australia in a small town named pmth and
0:06this gym is called Sydney West Martial
0:07Arts this gym oddly happens to produce
0:10some of Australia's most elite Grapplers
0:12including Josh Saunders who was invited
0:14to Texas last month to fight in an
0:16exhibition match against the world
0:17number one Gordon Ryan I've always
0:20wondered what it is about this gym that
0:21makes their athlet so special what's
0:23happening behind closed doors and what
0:25kind of secrets are they keeping hidden
0:26from the rest of the world well I
0:28decided to make the long journey to to
0:30go behind the scenes to uncover what
0:32secret ingredients behind producing
0:33killer athletes look like and feels like
0:36are these athletes really that gifted
0:38are their techniques really that good
0:39and is this gym really as intimidating
0:41as it may seem from the
0:43outside uh I'm Luke this is my gym and
0:46I'm going to [ __ ] James up it's a system
0:48of training built around the highest
0:50percentage techniques so not just things
0:53that work for a blue beling competition
0:55but something that's going to work at
0:56the highest level say 80cc so we
0:59extrapolate from that we also
1:00extrapolate from John danaher who's kind
1:03of universally known as the best
1:04jiujitsu coach so between that we put
1:07together a system of training each day
1:10that's super regimented so it's every
1:12every single day except Sundays um most
1:14days twice a day and we're just working
1:17through all the highest percentage stuff
1:18over and over then it's the format in
1:20how we put it together and then it's the
1:22constant training with good training
1:23Partners so you get that and you do it
1:25long enough you start to create good
1:27Grapplers my first encounter with Luke
1:29this coach which is actually when I
1:30first competed against someone from
1:32Sydney West I recall him shouting from
1:35the sidelines he's only good at
1:37Instagram couple years later that did
1:39come back to haunt him because he dm' me
1:41about getting a bit of help with his
1:42YouTube channel we hung out had a coffee
1:45developed a bit of a bromance and he
1:47said do you want to roll I said sure So
1:49about two weeks ago to the day he
1:51absolutely pieced me up and you
1:54sometimes wonder how someone that no
1:56offense looks rather unassuming could be
1:58such a killer now the thing was that he
2:01actually beat the crap out of me whilst
2:04being very respectful even now you can
2:05see here he's not hurting me it's not
2:08putting me in Danger's way he's just
2:11technically beating me at every but
2:15people of this experience the thing is
2:17it's almost like playing chess against
2:19someone who's really good at chess you
2:20know they know the next move which makes
2:22it hard for you to make your next move
2:23because you know they're thinking of the
2:24move two moves ahead and another thing I
2:27liked was he made it very clear he's
2:28like look come down come train with us
2:30oh or check we're not going to be rough
2:32or try and prove something just cuz the
2:34camera's on talking of good coaching
2:36let's jump over to one of the techniques
2:38that Luke was teaching on the very day
2:40keep tensioning the side of the knee and
2:41I'm going to sit onto my other glute and
2:43I'm going to pull my other hook in so we
2:45go to this position now if Jake stayed
2:47here he runs a risk of getting knocked
2:49over so Jake probably squares up and now
2:51we're now we're gaming him between the
2:52two things so in the ghee outside Delah
2:56is very popular cuz you can control the
2:59uh the the here and pull them forward
3:01we're going to play with a different
3:02variation where we take our inside
3:04shoelaces up near his glute here and we
3:06take our second shoelaces under our own
3:08Achilles yep coming to a passing
3:10position so we end up in a position like
3:12this we call it a high reverse guard the
3:14idea with high reverse guard is going to
3:16pull my knees to my chest and hit him
3:17with a leg extension and he'll have to
3:19stumble forward and as he does that I'm
3:21going to be ready to capture his leg and
3:24I'm basically just tripping back down so
3:26I just said to you before I'd love to
3:27get both feet on the inside so look what
3:29I'm going to do now I'm going to just
3:30undo my feet Pummel my shoelaces and now
3:33I have both feet on the inside with both
3:36legs controlled and now we got options
3:38Galore we can knock him down we can
3:39enter the legs but we're just going to
3:40practice getting to here so it seems
3:42convoluted but basically we're just
3:45getting into here but we're just trying
3:47to get there against a resisting
3:48opponent so we're here we play a reverse
3:51deaa he starts to angle off so I switch
3:54to an outside deler and then rather than
3:56playing with this Hook by itself we're
3:58going to lock our shoelaces in and pull
4:00our knees together what I don't want to
4:02happen is that he knee hikes this and
4:04then starts to mount me so when I put my
4:06legs in like so I can even self frame
4:09exactly I pull my knee to my chest be
4:12ready to catch him if you're not he'll
4:14step and then he'll probably kind of
4:16catch himself I want him to have to put
4:18his hands down so as I go here I put a
4:20little Block in P the shoelaces in and
4:23now we're off let's give it a go
4:29[Music]
4:39[Music]
4:41[ __ ] oh this guy's bending this guy's
4:46bending four
4:48points I was not expecting that
4:55[Music]
5:09[Music]
5:16it's almost there it's not quite
5:18[Music]
5:20[Applause]
5:21[Music]
5:23there if he goes to sleep while standing
5:26I'm in [ __ ]
5:27tr get take
5:31[Music]
5:34baby Gentleman's Agreement
5:37reset next was around with Curtis uh who
5:40I actually have competed against once he
5:43knocked me out of a competition about a
5:44month ago very skilled individual one
5:47thing I like is he started training
5:48relatively late just like me I think he
5:50was 29 I think I was 28 when I began he
5:52just got recently awarded his black belt
5:54and he's definitely been very active on
5:56the competition circuit he got me in
5:58some very sneak moves here it's a move
6:00I've been working on a bit I plant my
6:02hand on the mat to try and defend the
6:04arm bar so if I just put a bit of weight
6:06through it it gives me a little bit of
6:08breathing space here although literally
6:09it was only a tiny bit of breathing
6:11space he doing a bit of dirty tactics
6:12all that bold spot is not looking good
6:14but I'm 35 you know no one's making out
6:16with a hairline cuz he muscled that one
6:19a little bit I'm just trying to keep
6:21that arm away from him keep breathing
6:23you know what's going to give up first
6:25my neck or his
6:26legs
6:28probably my neck seeing as I thinks me
6:31here if I remember correctly not like I
6:33cried on the way home there it is it's
6:35Al pretty cool that some of the top
6:36competitors in the country say yo let's
6:38train let's get you better so I can get
6:40better and there's I think there's a
6:42dirty move coming here if I remember
6:44correctly in my ego I'm pretty sure I
6:45cried the whole way home for what is
6:47literally just about to happen can't
6:49remember what was going on here but he
6:51did something what did he do let's have
6:52a look some kind of gnly back step to
6:56Shin crap there it is and my God look at
6:59the veins coming out my head this one
7:01flipping killed I don't even know what
7:04it was called I had to up to that then I
7:06thought you know i' get him with a
7:07little bit of [ __ ] on my own did the
7:09old jumping curu here you know's it's a
7:12slippery bugger this
7:14one maybe I'm being nice in someone
7:16else's gym come with the wrestle up sh
7:18off the ball patch oh nearly thought nah
7:22be gentleman what's that 50/50 entry
7:24from the back old school just 1980
7:27decide to let go of the heel hook there
7:28you know I'm in another person
7:31[Music]
7:34gentlemen time is over Jos wasn't like
7:42this all
7:44right to be completely Fair it was never
7:47actually an aspiration of mine I was
7:49just completely curious and inquisitive
7:50around the sport and just wanted to come
7:52in and learn and get better every single
7:53day and had become quite fascinated with
7:56it as a result and breaking things down
7:57and thinking about how they work and I
7:59think that people pedestal a goal too
8:02often where if they have a bad training
8:04session they get disheartened and they
8:05actually start to think oh well can I do
8:06this or can I not do this so I think
8:09it's actually a reverse engineering um
8:12or rather a counter counterintuitive
8:13point that the less you focus on the
8:15outcome um ahead of you and the more you
8:17focus on how you're actually getting
8:19better every single day I think the
8:20further you go
8:21faster Josh R is here the man in the
8:24purple top number one in Australia might
8:27be number one in what you call call like
8:29australasia you know the mixture of the
8:32two he's a big boy strong very technical
8:35you
8:36know was I going here trying to tap him
8:39of course not trying to hold my own a
8:41little bit thought you know I'll have a
8:42couple guard passes again incredibly
8:45difficult to set something up when you
8:46know the person you're up against has
8:48got technical abilities beyond your own
8:52also he being quite nice and the last
8:54thing I want to do is go dive in for a
8:56hill hook and him going ah bonjour you
8:59want want the smoke ture leolo po de
9:03gason and then him bringing it I think
9:06here I got one of his trademark figure
9:09four body locks on the old ribs was not
9:13pleasurable this B Spot is making me
9:16consider trip to Turkey might have to
9:18get my scalp tattooed it's only a joke
9:21thing is by the time that that that
9:23Mercedes Benz is completely gone
9:26hopefully should have my black belt and
9:28Jiu-Jitsu which means you know people go
9:30you're bold I'll say come say that a bit
9:32closer where I can grab you and then
9:35they might just dominate me with
9:36physical presence be like Josh is
9:39definitely playing you know some kind of
9:40sneak attack on him it's not not very
9:44nice having him on top
9:46but CV as they say and France as we come
9:50up to the end of my R you know even role
9:54with Josh laes you can see the strength
9:56for me as I try to go out of bounds he
9:58just pulls me back like a child
10:00which is quite embarrassing you know but
10:03it is what it is onwards and upwards
10:04good thing about this is next time I go
10:06compete against someone going to be like
10:08oh you're only 100 kg you don't know
10:10where I've been I've been bullied by a
10:13man with gigantic ISM you know there I
10:17am looking for a legitimate setup
10:19attacking the legs was there was there a
10:22heel hook on here we'll never know
10:24really it's like the ending of a film
10:26was he just about to tap him out we
10:29never know you're a lucky man just swand
10:32do toize that's why you stay under 100
10:35kg if you're going to compete stay under
10:38100 it's been fun to come here and train
10:40in what is one of Australia's most
10:42dangerous gym there's no denying it the
10:44amount of killer athletes coming out of
10:45here winning ADCC trials stamping their
10:48ticket to different competitions and
10:49exhibitions around the world this is
10:51obviously an incredible room to be in it
10:53reminds me almost of a B Team based in
10:56Australia now I don't know if any of you
10:58pass through Australia would necessarily
11:00find yourself in pmth but I must say
11:02that if you wanted to drop in for a
11:04rooll this would be a great room to
11:05spend a bit of time especially if you're
11:07here competing remember if you ever want
11:09to come to the gym that I train at gar
11:11jiujitsu wenong always open and if
11:13anyone wants to have a role always happy
11:15to but yeah it's been a great time
11:18coming and exploring and having some
11:20very difficult roles in Sydney West i'
11:23like to thank them very much for having
11:24me and I think I'm going to be dropping
11:26in from time to time every time I feel
11:29like getting my butt kicked well thank
11:31you very much for watching this video I
11:33hope you enjoyed it