I agree with you. There’s definitely a point there. At the …
I agree with you. There’s definitely a point there. At the very highest level, you don’t really see a pure 10th Planet style dominating yet.
But I think it will evolve over time. We’ve seen similar situations before with leglocks, which weren’t widely used at the top until the right people (like John Danaher) came along and pushed them forward.
The techniques in the 10th Planet system are also quite MMA-oriented, which might slow down its adoption in pure grappling at the elite level. But with how popular it is in the US, and how innovative and cool the techniques are, I’d expect more of them to start showing up in high-level no-gi over time—especially if the right competitor builds their game around it and proves it consistently.
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yea, i think when closed guard comes back into fashion we will see a revival of the 10th planet stuff. im looking forward to it. i also predict bear trap is going to have a moment and is undervalued. phillipe pena plays it a bit and rafa mendes demonstrated how powerful it can be in his first adcc championship against cobrinha but havent seen much of it otherwse i think bc everyone is so focused on leg locks and getting to saddle