New Leo Vieira Seminar Review

Site Admin Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 1086

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from: bjjprim8

Okay guys here is the new Leo Vieira seminar dvd review a day early.

The DVD was broken down into 4 parts the Gi Portion, No Gi Portion, Leo and Penn rolling, and an Interview with Leo Vieira. Since there are four sections I will review the DVD in four sections as well.

Gi Seminar,

The DVD opens with Leo telling everyone to warm up by rolling at 50% he stresses that there should Be no strength used and that the bottom guy is to just continue to recover guard and not go for the submission and the top guy only passes.

Leo speaks about ways of passing the guard with different types of body controls and the importance of keeping your opponents back to the mat when trying to pass the guard. He then moves on to where to control the pants on your opponent when trying to pass and use a walk around pass.

Leo moves on to how to deal with when your opponent sits up when you control his legs, he shows you how to change your grip to the shoulder and keep your distance and do another walk around pass.

Leo shows how to pass when your opponent sits up but is able to grab your leg this time, he shows the knee though the middle pass or as I call it the baseball slide pass. Leo talks about the importance of the grips and pressure for the pass.

Leo shows you how he does the steering wheel guard pass, he shows the details of how he holds his opponent so he doesn't roll out and turtle and also how to stop him from recovering guard. The difference here is the way Leo controls his opponent for the pass, he doesn't go high into the collar for the pass but uses a lower control and then grabs his opponents pants with his other hand so he doesn't roll out. So it starts off as a steering wheel pass and turns into more of a leg over the shoulder pass.

Leo shows how to stop your opponent from blocking the pass with his hand on your hip.

At this point Murillo Bustamante shows up and makes a guest appearance taking pictures while leo is still teaching this has nothing to do with the seminar at all LOL.

Leo shows how to deal with an opponent tries to press you off and to go for a low knee ride.

Leo shows you how to control your opponent in side control and how to stop him from rolling into the turtle and then get a choke.

My thoughts on the Gi section were that the techniques seemed very much for the beginer and I found it surprising considering how many blue and up belts were at the seminar. The stuff he showed was good but is pretty much out there everywhere else. This section is seriously short with a handful of moves.

NO GI

Leo opens the this section having them warm up with some pummel drills and he talks about proper hand placement for the pummel. He then moves on to talk about the objective of the pummel is the double unders.

Leo moves on to show how to get the take down from the pummel position trapping your opponents elbow and getting the low body lock.

Leo now moves on with how to deal with your opponent from standing during the approach phase of standing. He shows how to get the arm drag to a single or take the back, this is a position he addressed in his Atlanta seminar dvd and is also on the Marcelo dvds as well.

Leo moves on to how to deal with when your opponent grabs your wrist and how to get a single, this is where the Alliance bjj influence is so obvious because Leos and Marcelos stand up game is almost exactly the same without the gi.

Leo again shoots the single and shows you how to take your opponent down with a trip or a take down.

Leo moves on to controlling the back while your opponent is still standing. This is a rehash of the Atlanta seminar. He shows a leg trip from behind. He then shows you how to get back control.

Leo moves on to passing the guard now, he shows a one leg gripped pass where you hug the leg tight then pass.

Leo moves on with how to deal with the sitting up guard and shows his signature way of passing.

Leo shows how to defend when you are on all four and he has you locked at the waist and you recover guard.

Leo now shows you how to deal with when your opponent rolls out of side control and goes for the single. he shows a choke from his position.

Leo explains that he didn't get to show a lot because it was a 3 hour seminar split and half and that he would like to come back for a month and show a lot of positions and go more slowly.

PENN and LEO rolling, it's a slow roll with neither going very hard at all and neither getting any position. Neither pass the guard and it's just a friendly roll. The point of this being worth the DVD on its own is really just BS, there was nothing special or very cool here it was a roll at like 40%.

Then Leo does an interview where he is funny and cracking jokes and you get to see his real personality which is very laid back and cracking jokes which is something you rarely get to see with him.

My thoughts on this set are that it's not really anything special I hate to say it, the gi section is weak and the no gi section wich is a lot better has a lot of rehash from his seminar dvd and from the Marcelos as well. I'm a huge Leozinho fan which is why I picked this up right away. I wouldn't recommend this if you have his other seminar at all and I wouldn't really recommend this if you have Marcelo's set.

There were no sub menus for the chapters and I just didn't see anything that really made me go wow! I'd be hard pressed to recommend this to anyone, his other seminar set was better and his century set is better.

There is a Leo set that isn't out yet that needs to be put out sooner then later because the guy is the real deal but has yet to really have the chance to shine. I would give this a 2 out of 5 stars.

Site Admin Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 1086

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from: mad tiger

I disagree. I enjoyed it. I wasnt expecting a full blown instructional set. For that I too would look else where. Good guard passing stuff. TD's were more useful then I would have thought after drilling them. And the footage of him and Bj rolling itself was priceless and I can only compare it to Rickson and Royler's bjj demo in japan. Smooth slick efforetless training.

If your looking for the "majic" pill for your game or a vid with some fancy schmancy moves that dont work then this one isnt for you. Leo's jiujitsu as technical as it seems is founded on the basics,leverage and weight control and bio-mechanics which I think this dvd shows pretty well. imo

Site Admin Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 1086

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from: bjjprim8

Madtiger,

I'm glad you liked it, however I wasn't looking for an instructional but thank you for putting words in my mouth.

My problem stems from 1) The gi section was a joke, the passes were for white belts not for anyone who has been training for some time. If you thought those were a fresh new take on guard passing, well then you obviously don't see much instructionals. 2) The no gi section was almost an exact rehash of his last seminar dvd and also everything that is on the Marcelo's. There was nothing new here, if you thought the takedown section was useful, then that answers my prior question of how many instructionals you have truly seen, because those were on his last set and on the Marcelo's. 3)The rolling was slick and priceless and equal to Rickson and Royler from 97? Oh man, that's a fan boy talking right there, two guys rolling at 40% and not trying to show the other up while playing stalemate for a crowd is not priceless. The fact that you can only compare it to that footage really has me shaking my head.

Thanks for telling me what Leos game is based on, I would have never known his game is based on the basics, come to think of it, everyone who plays BJJ's game is based on the basics which again makes me wonder about your comments.

All this stuff is out there, nothing new is on this DVD that makes it worth anything special, it is a total rehash of his two other sets and the Marcelo's. The rolling was thrown in as an enticement to wet the mouth of fan boys and it obviously worked in your case. Maybe you should purchase a few more instructionals or at least the ones I mentioned here and then come back to me and tell me how fresh and solid this DVD really is!

I would also like to add, I didn't hide anything, everything that is on the DVD move wise I put on the thread. Anyone who can read and has seen other sets will know exactly what I'm talking about, but this obviously excludes you since you had no idea what I was talking about.