This week Steve and Matt discuss the elbow-knee connection: a shockingly simple concept that, when applied intelligently, can improve your game in a variety of ways.Mental models discussed in this episode:Alignmenthttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/theory-of-alignment/Core Mechanicshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/core-mechanics/Anatomic Hierarchyhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/anatomic-hierarchy/Elbow-Knee Connectionhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/elbow-knee-connection/First Principleshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/first-principles/Microtransitionshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/microtransitions/Kinetic Chainshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/kinetic-chains/Shifting Platformshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/shifting-platforms/Principles over Techniqueshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/principles-over-techniques/Do What Workshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/do-what-works/Making Smaller Circleshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/making-smaller-circles/Economy of Motionhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/economy-of-motion/We maintain an online database of the mental models governing Jiu-Jitsu at: https://bjjmentalmodels.com/