Ecological Approach: The Good, the Bad, and the Greg Souders

I talk about the positives and negatives of ecological dynamics, especially as it applies to BJJ.

Intro 0:00
Fundamental Ideas 0:44
Constraints-Led Approach 2:18
Movement Solutions and Invariant Features 4:11
Summary 5:16
Pros: Resistance 5:52
Pros: Personalized Games 6:47
Pros: Creativity 7:45
Cons: Vocabulary 8:37
Cons: On Your Own 9:48
Cons: Irreducible Complexity 10:34
Cons: Incompatible With Systems 11:29
Cons: Knowledge is Important/Tetris 12:29
Cons: Bad for BJJ, Good for Striking 16:04
GREG SOUDERS 18:52
Effort Cueing 20:08
Technique Doesn’t Exist 23:48
Learning by Watching? 25:55
Hypocrisy 29:11
Zealots and Hybrids 32:02
Vs. Information Processing Theory 34:54
Philosophy 38:11
Conclusion 39:28

A small selection of unlabeled sources in whatever order they happened to be in my notes, because I'm tired and also f*** you:
   • Ecological BJJ: Is It REALLY Better? Debat...  
   • TSBB 63 - Ecological Approach vs Progressi...  
   • 488- The Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) 2024  
   • Key Principles of the Ecological Approach ...  
https://perceptionaction.com/dl/
   • Introduction to the Constraints Led Approa...  
https://www.combatlearning.com/p/scal...
https://www.combatlearning.com/p/3d-c...
   • Mike Israetel, Cal Jones and Josh Vogel ta...  

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