This is what happens when you’re old

This is a good reminder that the "new school" really just means the current school. People forget that guys like Renzo Gracie were exploring leg locks in the 90s, and they weren't exactly rolling around on a tatami mat with a samurai top knot. Just because it's on YouTube doesn't make it a new discovery, it just makes it more accessible.

The older guys teaching at my gym in '09 were doing leg entanglements, heel hooks even. It wasn't the focus, but it wasn't new. Most of the stuff you see from B-Team isn't "new," it's just being repackaged and applied with different leverage. HoG Drama Desk is right, it's just the current school.

I prefer to train with people who recognize the value of a warm-up. My body appreciates not going from zero to sixty.

The point HoG Drama Desk and Dave are making about old school vs. new school is true for techniques, but it's also true for the approach to teaching. We had guys in the late 90s playing with leg entanglements, but a lot of coaches wouldn't show it to the newer students for liability reasons.

My instructors were black belts under Pedro Sauer back in the day, and they were very clear: you don't teach something that has a high risk of injury to someone who can't control their own body yet. That's still a sound approach, especially when you're thinking about retaining students and avoiding parent complaints. The "new" way for a lot of younger instructors seems to be throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks, without considering who is in front of them.

Linda, we do a twenty-minute hard warm-up every morning. You'd be fine.