I want to start this off by saying thanks to Mike Velez from Jiu-Jitsu Magazine for having me! It was an honor!!!
For those of you who don't know who Kenny is here is a brief bio and background on him.
Kenny Johnson wrestled at the University of Iowa under the legendary coach Dan Gable, and is training for his 6th Olympic Games. Kenny is a premiere wrestling coach in MMA working with BJ Penn, Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, Paul Daley, Lyoto Machida, Antonio Nogueira and martial arts legend Dan Inosanto. Kenny Johnson is 1 of only 35 coaches in the world to be certified at a USA Wrestling NECP Gold Level. He is also a Purple belt in brazilian jiujitsu and is a World, Pan Am, and National Champion in the Gi and No-Gi. Kenny is also a monthly contributer to www.jiujitsujiujitsumag.com
Okay back to the seminar.The seminar was focused on wrestling for bjj and the timing of the seminar couldn't be better with the Pan Jiujitsu tournament coming up next weekend. Kenny started off the seminar by explaining the importance of stance and gave his theory on defensive/offensive wrestling. He then went on to talk about how hand placement, footwork, posture and distance between one another is the difference between basic level wrestlers and champions. He went on to show the proper way of gripping re gripping and how to grip to set up takedowns. Kenny showed how to properly snap people down and use the snap down to get the front headlock and set up takedowns from the single to outside single. Once everyone understood he proceeded on to showing how to finish takedowns and talked about the importance of not staying on your knees when getting in deep on shots. One thing I really liked about this seminar is how open minded Kenny was. He stressed the importance of being able to know when to explode and when not to. He is also very good at breaking down what he is teaching to you so that no matter what your skill level is you will understand what he is teaching to you. He is also a very care free funny type of person and had every one who attended laughing numerous times!!! I don't want to give away all his secrets and everything he taught today because it is better for any one who is interested in improving or just learning wrestling to get into contact with Kenny and taking privates or just attending one of his seminars like I did. Believe me when I say it will improve your stand up game for mma,bjj or just to get better at wrestling a hundred fold!!! Kenny runs Bolt Wrestling Club and just released a new DVD called White bolt!!! For more info on Kenny Johnson go to www.boltwrestling.com. Once again I'd like to thank Mike Velez and Jiu-Jitsu Magazine for having me!!!!!!!
