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1a. Double, single, sacrifice
1b. 1c. Circles 1d. 2a. Lasso/ankle- maintain connection 2b. C2C 2c. Lasso/ankle- stop 2d. C2C 3a. Down- sweep 3b. Outside 3 3c. Octopus- RDS 3d. Pass 4a. Guard armbar 4b. Pass 4c. Heist- 0 kimura attack 4d. Pass 5a. KOB, Mount, Back 5b. 5c. NS- back points 5d. 6a. Spiderweb- back points or arms 6b. RDS 6c. SC- cover hips 6d. Underhook to knees 7a. SC- cover hips 7b. Legs in front 7c. SC- 0 covered hips finish 7d. RDSFCG 8a. F2F 8b. Hangman 8c. Dealers choice 8d. Choose your own adventure A key to limiting movement is controlling opposing ball and socket joints. Ball and socket joints are your shoulders and hips. If I can pin any combination of these joints on opposite sides of a body, I now have a strong control. If you wish to attach to someone or attach them to the ground try picking two, a right and a left, then don’t let them move. Conceptually it is that simple. An insight into being on your side, if one whole side of my body is off the ground, I cannot be cross body pinned. This makes movement much easier. Process this as both people, am I controlling the opposing shoulder and hip or are my opposite shoulder and hip being controlled? Things to think about to make your grappling better.
A long time ago I saw something that said if you do Jiu Jitsu and you don’t wake up in pain, you’re probably dead. I feel like that still holds true, and maybe people need that confirmation that they are not alone. I call it terminal soreness, a point where you’re consistently so beat up you stop noticing. In the rare times I have taken a vacation, I often say to myself “Oh, this is what normal people feel like!”. Part of grappling is that your body hurts, if it doesn’t, I need whatever secret you’ve got or you’re doing something wrong.
Friction creates control. This is why control is more difficult in no gi. If I want to control someone, I have to create friction or tension. This limits their movements, allowing for a better read on their actions. In order to move then, we have to disallow friction and tension. I think the simplest example we can use to talk about both is side control. As the bottom player I need to minimize the resistance, friction, tension I face by taking as much of my back off the ground as I can. As the top player I need to make it as difficult as possible for you to move by making you fight both the floor and me. Process the position you are in and determine whether you should be creating or minimizing friction in order to achieve what you want.
This comes as a shock to some people, but it’s much easier to move yourself than to move someone else. When we look at the basis of any escape involving shrimping, it is all about stopping them from moving and moving yourself. The same applies to an arm drag, I’m limiting their movement and then moving myself around them to access the side or the back. It takes a lot of effort to pull someone who doesn’t want to be pulled, so work with them rather than against them. Let them show you where you need to go and use that information to your advantage. Move yourself.
1a. Double leg- hands or hips
1b. Disengage 1c. Gi single- continuous game 1d. Disengage 2a. Sleeve & double inside- sweep 2b. Cover hips 2c. Sleeve & double inside- stop 2d. Cover hips 3a. Double inside- single ankle grab only 3b. BHK 3c. Closed guard- attack from heist 3d. C2B 4a. CG- straight, bent, arm in 4b. Cover hips 4c. Down- straight, bent, arm in 4d. Up- cover hips 5a. SC- cover hips 5b. RDS 5c. Turtle- cover hips 5d. RDS 6a. SC- stay on top, no covered hips, no locked hands 6b. RDS 6c. Turtle “ “ 6d. RDS 7a. UD- covered hips, arm attacks only 7b. 7c. UD- covered hips chokes only 7d. 8a. F2F 8b. Hangman 8c. Dealers choice 8d. Choose your own adventure One of the hardest parts of competition Jiu Jitsu for people to grasp is reaping. For me the easiest way to think about it is am I or could I be applying pressure on the outside of the knee towards the inside of the body? If so, I assume I’m reaping. What is difficult is the lack of a unified ruleset and the desire for hobbyist practitioners to do the things professional competitors do. You should learn leg locks, but if you are not seeking elite level adult competition, your time is better served on the multitude of skills you can use before you get to brown belt. Make your guard passing good, make your upper body submissions good, make your escapes good, because at a low level the things you can do to control people when falling back on a leg lock are much more limited than you might want. Make sure how you’re training makes sense, focus your energy in a direction that benefits both your long term and short-term goals. It may not be pretty, but dominant positional control never goes out of style.
We’ve talked about points of contact before and how you should have at least 3 to be effective. So let’s discuss how having level points of contact, especially in the gi, may be causing you to struggle. Let’s take spider guard for example. If your contacts are at the same level, that means you are neither pushing nor pulling. To be an effective guard player we must do both. By virtue of what you are trying to do, there should be variety in wear you place your hands and feet. Can you play double sleeve? Absolutely, but if you’ve ever grabbed a gi, you know that collar and sleeve is a much better control. How much easier is de la riva when you use both legs to off balance? I would say significantly so. Uneven points of contact create misalignment which creates balance breaks which lead to sweeps. It’s not magic I promise.
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