Greg's Curriculum: Foundation & All Levels Classes

Greg Souders is the founder of Standard Jiu-Jitsu in Rockville, Maryland, and a pioneer of the ecological dynamics approach to Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He's built his entire system on the Constraints Led Approach, the same motor learning science (how perception and action couple, representative learning design, affordances, how systems self organize) studied in human movement labs, and used it to challenge one of the deepest beliefs in martial arts: that you need to drill. His case that repetitive drilling is unnecessary, even counterproductive, has reshaped how a generation of coaches thinks about teaching the sport.

The results back it up. He took Deandre Corbe to an ADCC West Coast Trials title without drilling a single repetition, and coached Deandre's brother Gavin to silver at the 2026 ADCC World Championship, earned on eleven days' notice with no training camp. He developed a women's world champion from a complete beginner, coached Team Americas at CJI 2, and his method is now being adopted at the highest levels of the sport, from the athletes at B-Team to Nicky Ryan.

Across 50+ podcast appearances and his own YouTube channel, Greg has become the most cited voice for ecological and constraint led training in grappling. He previously ran the Standard Jiu-Jitsu community on Skool, and is now exclusively on GrapplingU.