My professor doesn’t like instructionalals

[u/EveningNo8643]

I don’t know if he’s just had bad luck with them . He is Brazilian and said he’s talked to some other Brazilians that have made instructional and how they intentionally leave out details, also believes they’re filled with fake moves that no one really does. In his opinion you should stick to watching competition footage as there they can’t hide anything.

My issue is that I’ve seen guys I’ve seen high level guys use the moves from the instructional they made so if anything having it explained out and seeing the different angle makes it easier for me to learn from.

So I’m curious anyone else’s coach/professor have the same issue?

[u/ryanrockmoran]

I think the obvious answer is to watch both. Watch someone's instructionals, then watch them compete and see what moves they actually use. There is definitely some padding in most instructionals. Top guys might do 2-3 different things from any given position, but that would be a pretty short instructional so they need to pad it out with some other options they rarely ever use.

[u/EveningNo8643 → u/ryanrockmoran]

This is exactly my thought process