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1a. Collar sleeve takedowns
1b. 1c. Whizzer battle 1d. 2a. CG- 3 points to submit 2b. 2c. Up/down- 3 points to submit 2d. 3a. 1/2- 3 points to submit 3b. 3c. Side Control- 3 points to submit 3d. 4a. Turtle- 3 points to submit 4b. 4c. Feet to floor- 3 points to submit 4d. 5a. Deep 1/2 5b. 5c. 1/4 captain 5d. 6a. CG armbar 6b. 6c. Spider web 6d. 7a. SLX 7b. 7c. 50/50 7d. 8a. CG octopus 8b. 8c. Lock down 8d. If something is lofty or difficult, it’s okay to not follow through sometimes. Overall, being a person of your word is very important. Gaining a reputation for not following through is bad. If you say something and don’t do it, how can people count on you? Showing up to class when you say you’re going to is a small thing. If you say you’re going, you go, or you keep your mouth closed. It’s not hard. If you say you’re going to compete, and then you don’t show up to class when you’re supposed to, the only person you can blame is you. You are in control of your results, no one is coming to save you.
I wrote about this previously, train with a goal in mind. Unfortunately, this is not a mindless activity, so not only is it physical but you must also think. What is your goal? If you want to defend yourself, then it is getting off the ground and avoiding strikes. You can process this goal in any context sport Jiu Jitsu classes included. If your goal is competition, play points, all the time, bottom, top, wherever. Training should have intention, even further than the ones set by me. Know what your goals are, be responsible for working towards them, and ask for guidance if you lose your way.
I think every grappler is guilty of delusions of grandeur. Probably more so now than ever before with social media. At one point I had a dream of being an adult world champion, but I don’t think that was ever a possibility. I just wasn’t willing to put in the work. I could blame any number of things, but the truth is I never worked hard enough and even if I had, I wasn’t talented enough. The same applies to being a master’s world champion. I don’t want to put the work in to achieve that goal and if I don’t want to win then why should I go out there? I think it’s good to acknowledge what you can and can’t do or will and won’t do. From a business perspective competition Mark is not the best anyway.
What are your training partners strengths and weaknesses? What are your strengths and weaknesses? How can you use this information to improve? These are all questions that you can ask and should have answers to. If I know I’m weak in a certain area and I have a training partner who is strong there or can exploit my weakness, I will seek them out. Maybe how I improve is to find a way to avoid someone’s strengths, or I can exploit a weakness? Either way, I’m using my analysis of myself and others to improve my abilities in whatever situation I may find myself. I don’t hide what we’re training, no matter what, you can have a plan when you walk through the door.
I think there is some sort of belief that I’m infallible or that I don’t make mistakes or mess anything up in my rolls. The truth is I mess things up all of the time, it’s just not as obvious. Whereas you beat yourself up for getting submitted, I beat myself up for being out of position or missing an opportunity. Mostly I still win if I mess something up, so it’s not really noticeable to anyone but me. Lucas Lepri’s tagline is “Be Precise”, I’m not that precise, but I do have exacting standards on my execution and believe that’s necessary for continual improvement.
I’m not sure how well this will come across in writing, but we’ll talk about it anyway. Personally, I have found that when I want to put pressure on someone it is better to roll it in than set it down. So instead of just putting my chest down on their chest in side control, I roll my chest from the middle of their armpit and imagine trying to put their nipple in the middle of their chest. This kind of rolling pin situation is how I try to apply all pressure. It works for me, maybe it’ll work for you?
The title is misleading; I want you to make your grappling life easier. How do we do that? By not accepting positions people don’t earn. Too many times, I see people walk into someone’s guard, fall over for no reason, not addressing submissions long before they are sunk. The point is to fight, it doesn’t make much sense to willingly acquiesce to the whims of someone who in a sense is trying to do you harm. It’s not life and death, but it is also higher stakes than the average recreational activity.
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