The Grappling Dummy - Greg Nelson Feature Interview

by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 7:56 AM EDT

Manto Presents: The Grappling Dummy - Greg Nelson from martial farts on Vimeo.

Presented by Manto.

In this episode, I talk to Greg Nelson. Greg is one of the most famous MMA coaches in the world, working with a number of fighters from the amateur circuit all the way up to top level athletes like Sean Serk and Brock Lesnar.

Just like all truly great martial artists, Greg is an incredibly nice guy and has the ability to put someone at ease instantly. It comes across in the video just how friendly he is.

We spoke at length about a lot of things, from his martial arts background (he medalled in BJJ in the Pan Ams) to his beating a rare form of cancer twice, and what superpower he'd like to have.

Greg also showed us a nice BJJ technique - a lethal guillotine from the sprawl, and a sweep from under the sprawl. It was an absolute pleasure to meet and train with Greg. I hope you enjoy the video.

Many thanks to Fightlinker without whom The Grappling Dummy wouldn't exist.

Lastly, Scramble!

Filmed at the Gary Baker academy, May 2010.

PS Just so it's clear - I'm not saying Greg Nelson is a dummy. It just happens to be the name of the show.

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Embedding size is too large

its getting clipped off on the right side. Just an FYI.

by judonerd on Jul 9, 2010 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

OK

It looks alright on mine though and I am using a fairly crummy computer at work… But thanks!

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by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Great stuff!

good quality

Facts don't come with points of view.

by Robert Livingston on Jul 9, 2010 10:36 AM EDT reply actions

thanks

Be water, my friend.
http://www.scramblestuff.com (Imported Japanese MMA goods!)
http://www.thegrapplingdummy.com (my Blog)

by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Very interesting

I wish more people would put the time to make nice, long, informative interviews.

We also learned that you’re not a real guy…

"...ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is."

by dancingChicken on Jul 9, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

ha!

he corrected himself… “who does this for a living”… :)

Be water, my friend.
http://www.scramblestuff.com (Imported Japanese MMA goods!)
http://www.thegrapplingdummy.com (my Blog)

by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions

This is tremendous, but after about five minutes the music was making me want to die…

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by Jonathan Snowden on Jul 9, 2010 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

hmmm

Point is well taken. I wasn’t entirely sure about the music.

Be water, my friend.
http://www.scramblestuff.com (Imported Japanese MMA goods!)
http://www.thegrapplingdummy.com (my Blog)

by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

If it had switched up...

…instead of looping, it would have made a big difference. Really great though, different than any other MMA product out there. Kudos to you.

Total MMA: "The best book on the real history of MMA that I’ve seen," Dave Meltzer

by Jonathan Snowden on Jul 10, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks man, lesson learned. Filming a new one this weekend, with an up and coming uk BJJ black belt – will take all the advice on board!

Be water, my friend.
http://www.scramblestuff.com (Imported Japanese MMA goods!)
http://www.thegrapplingdummy.com (my Blog)

by Martial Farts on Jul 12, 2010 5:33 AM EDT up reply actions

really excellent interview

I knew a little bit about Nelson but def glad I learned more.
It’s very cool to me that the torch has been passed in a way from Bruce Lee > Dan Inosanto > Erik Paulson & Greg Nelson > Brock Lesnar = UFC heavyweight champ.
Lesnar seems like an obnoxious jerk, but he’s certainly surrounded himself with an incredible team of people and by all accounts is just a sponge for learning.

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by Nate Wilcox on Jul 9, 2010 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

indeed

It wasn’t until I sat down with Greg that I really realised how connected he was to Bruce Lee / JKD / Inosanto etc. and how cool it was that someone like that could be associated with the heavyweight champ of modern day MMA.

Be water, my friend.
http://www.scramblestuff.com (Imported Japanese MMA goods!)
http://www.thegrapplingdummy.com (my Blog)

by Martial Farts on Jul 9, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions