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My overall takeaway from Pans this weekend is that the United States Jiu Jitsu community has almost no idea what they’re doing as a whole. There are absolutely pockets of people that this does not apply to, but generally I saw more people lose on strategy than anything else. This is a game, especially at a high level and if you’re not playing it, why wouldn’t you lose? I found many interesting things throughout the matches I watched, but more than anything, the strategy was a determining factor in success or failure of many athletes. Here’s my controversial take for the day: don’t put the idea of competition into people’s heads if you’re not going to at least attempt to drive them towards success. If you don’t want to focus on competition Jiu Jitsu, don’t, but be upfront about what that means for people who do want to compete. It’s not the way it used to be, this is becoming an actual sport. If you don’t treat it that way, unfortunately the consequences are drastic.
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On the mats I don’t know that anyone will claim I’m nice, and that’s okay. I want you to achieve your potential, and that doesn’t always keep your feelings intact. Complacency doesn’t breed better Jiu Jitsu or improvement in general. If saying something or doing something that isn’t the most polite or kind causes positive growth, then so be it. I understand it is not always fun or comfortable, but if that’s what you’re looking for, grappling is probably not for you anyway. I would rather care and get results than be nice and produce a sub par product.
https://youtu.be/tpGIb1DF9j8?si=4XrUwn9e_esKwpv-
https://youtu.be/RlJUoebSpQc?si=9O10IR5uGBVsPR8i 1a. Single leg- dynamic start
1b. 1c. Scrimmage wrestling 1d. 2a. No hands retention 2b. 2c. Dirty feet 2d. 3a. Overhook closed guard 3b. Pass 3c. Double underhook closed guard 3d. Pass 4a. Triangle 4b. Exit danger 4c. Wrong side- hyper extension 4d. Exit danger 5a. Side control- connect head and arm 5b. Reverse or disengage 5c. H&A- go to submission 5d. 6a. Mount triangle- to submission 6b. 6c. Back triangle- to submission 6d. 7a. Do si do- hyper extensions only 7b. 7c. Choose your adventure 7d. 8a. Dealers choice 8b. 8c. F2F 8d. I believe in having well rounded Jiu Jitsu, I think you should at least be knowledgeable about all the positions you may find yourself in. It is also very clear that if you want to be successful, you must also have an area of expertise that distinctly separates you from your opposition. To a certain extent this is how Jiu Jitsu was popularized in the United States. Royce Gracie had a distinct competitive advantage over the people he faced in the early UFC’s, allowing for the proliferation of our “origin story”. We will look at a very prominent example. The success of the Danaher Death Squad is almost entirely based on exploiting deficiencies in grappling. By the time they revealed their advanced leg lock system in competition, it was too late for everyone else, and to top it off, they had intricate systems developed for many of the other positions in Jiu Jitsu as well. There’s a reason the top grapplers do the same things over and over again. It’s where they feel most likely to succeed.
There is no guard without legs, so if they can’t attach to you with their legs, they can’t play guard. We talk about not letting people do things to you, this is one of those things. I’m not saying avoiding guard is easy but it’s at least easier to try not to be in guard than the alternative. As long as you are engaging, you don’t have to accept whatever guard they want to play. I’m winning because they are losing. Keeping their legs off of me and avoiding guard is one of the ways I do that.
Diversifying the range of techniques you have serves as a backup plan. It’s very easy to circumvent someone’s offense when you know they only have one tool. If you know someone’s best offense is from the top, force them to play bottom and vice versa. You can shut down basically anyone in the rooms offense by knowing what they’re good at and exploiting what they’re bad at. Having a broader range of tools allows you to take better advantage of those opportunities.
I saw a clip of Robert Drysdale saying that your coach is only one percent of your success in Jiu Jitsu. I don’t know the full context so I can’t truly say that I do or do not agree, but I’m leaning towards it’s not far off. I think I would attribute more than one percent to my coaches, but in truth your Jiu Jitsu is yours. It’s more important that you can solve problems and find solutions on your own than to regurgitate someone else’s answers. My grappling doesn’t really look that similar to that of my coaches and I put things into my game very early on that I gained from other sources. The work is yours to do and the sooner you realize that the less frustrating this is.
https://www.youtube.com/live/k8qSNnnKpaA?si=xDtCzNOcdM_kxTfs
https://youtu.be/epXN_WwO6cY?si=gVopk5ajouyArYEp 1a. 3 TD Tackett
1b. 1c. O goshi grip 1d. 2a. Sit up sweep 2b. Inside Pass 2c. Pendulum 2d. Inside Pass 3a. Arm crunch 3b. Inside Pass 3c. Shawn Williams 3d. Inside Passing 4a. U/D 4b. Outside passing 4c. 1/2 4d. Cover hips 5a. B2B- KOB, mount, back, sub 5b. 5c. Double switch- head and arm only 5d. 6a. 50/50- arm attacks only 6b. 6c. H2T- sub with covered hips 6d. 7a. Double octopus- chokes only 7b. 7c. Choose your adventure 7d. 8a. Dealers choice 8b. 8c. F2F 8d. |
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