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Having an A game is part of success in Jiu Jitsu and combat sports in general, it's part of strategy. If I don’t know my best moves and what I’m good at, how can I be successful? Start with the basic positions, what are three things that I can chain together from each of the basic positions of Jiu Jitsu? For example, from guard a simple answer would be armbar, omoplata, triangle. Doing that with each of the intro positions will allow you to have a plan of attack, which means you’ll know what you’re doing to a certain extent.
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This might be too conceptual, but you should always attempt to have a plan when you concede positions. If I’m losing a dominant position, I am trying to end up with the most favorable outcome for myself on the other side. It’s never passive. Let’s use a real-world example. Jesse likes to use his underhooks to get off the bottom and into some type of wrestling situation. We all know this. If we all know this, we can use this information. If Jesse uses underhooks, I can use them against him for chokes and arm attacks where even if I end up on the bottom Jesse is in danger. Moral of the story, at no point am I ever purely defensive. Damage control is a counterattack.
https://youtu.be/usqxN0cXhJs?si=EBmJGdoUWNtvqvyo
https://youtu.be/alIJ23irKVs?si=dwHU_U0U0YJ3TfqV 1a. Up/Down loose passing
1b. Wrestle up or leg entanglement 1c. Up/Down inside passing 1d. Sweep 2a. Up/Down take back 2b. Take back 2c. Up/Down pass 2d. Stop 3a. Triangle- finish 3b. Exit danger 3c. Gracie Gift- finish 3d. Pass 4a. Over/Under- leg triangle finish 4b. Pass 4c. Closed Guard- leg triangle finish 4d. Pass 5a. Helicopter 5b. 5c. Push/Pull 5d. 6a. B-fly, x, slx 6b. 6c. Inversion 6d. 7a. Leg Drag 7b. 7c. Shuffle 7d. 8a. Gorilla pass 8b. 8c. KOB switch 8d. Treat others how you want to be treated. It might not always come back to you the way you want it to, but I will at least be sympathetic when you complain to me if I see that you’re not a bully. It may seem like I’m a bully, but what you haven’t seen is how much I enjoy rolling with someone who is far superior to me. I love going to Tucson, The Bronx, Brazil, or anywhere else where there might be someone to outclass me. The beatings I give out, I also take and have for 22 years. If you find yourself complaining that other people go hard but turn around and thrash people at the first opportunity, I won’t lose sleep over giving out the spicy rolls. Nobody wants that, not even me.
This is probably the biggest difference between people who start Jiu Jitsu today and when I started in 2003. Most people are too nice. At the root of what we are doing is combat, a giant game of mercy if you will. Genuinely, we are attempting to inflict pain upon another person so they give up. Some have called it simulated murder. As long as you keep yourself in control, being “mean” is part of the activity. It’s the gentle art simply because we are not hacking at each other with swords and no matter what it looks like from the outside, it is still in fact a fighting discipline. Within the rules, be violent.
I don’t think people realize how different competition is from training in the room. If you’re getting beat by people at your rank in the room, it’s not going to be different in competition. You actually have to prepare and work on deficiencies. Depending on where you are in training that may mean adding a new skill, but that may also mean making what you already do better. I want you to be successful when you go out to compete, but I can only do so much if you don’t put in the work. Even at a white belt level, people take it seriously and there are real risks if you show up anything less than prepared.
If you say you will do something, do it. Barring ridiculous extenuating circumstances be a person of your word. Honor your commitments, be an adult. Communicate, contrary to popular belief I cannot read your mind. I understand that not everything works out, but it is never good for people to believe you won’t do what you say you will do or that they can’t count on you. Be a person of your word.
The goal should always be to remove yourself from bad situations as quickly as possible. There is no reason to suffer unnecessarily. If you are in a submission, you should try to get out. In fact, you should try to address it before it happens. The same is true of street fights, avoid them if you can, leave as quickly as possible otherwise. Running is a better form of self-defense anyway. We don’t do no time limit vale tudo so be efficient and try to win more than you try not to lose.
I don’t hide my story, but it’s kind of a downer, so I also don’t tell it unless it comes up. I was a sick kid, lots of ailments, my life was like a less severe version of “House”. I had chronic ear infections growing up, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and struggled with my mental health. In fourth grade, because of my ear infections, I ended up with c diff due to constant antibiotics. That nearly killed me. My mental health really declined shortly after, and I made two suicide attempts before I was 13. My home life was pretty difficult, not the worst not the best, but what my parents did give my younger brother and I, was the opportunity to find a community to raise us. Mine was Jiu Jitsu. I learned to be a person for better or worse on the mats. I had people to guide me, and I wasn’t perfect, but they gave a shit, called me out, and showed they cared when I needed it, I wouldn’t have made it in this world without Jiu Jitsu, so if you ever wonder why it’s my entire personality, now you know.
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