Chaos is an essential part of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and creating chaos for your adversary is integral to implementing your game. By initiating panic or peril in your opponent, windows of opportunity will open. The primary methods of instituting this multiple focus scenario are extreme pressure and frenetic movement. Mixing these principles together leads to very efficient attacking scenarios.
Rodolfo Vieira, Talita Alencar, Tim Spriggs, and the Mendes brothers all do a very good job of creating chaotic situations within their control for BJJ success.

Sometimes in BJJ things don't go according to plan. This is when being able to manage distance is most critical.
The goals when working from undesirable positions are:
1.implement barriers to impede my adversary's forward progress
2.create a beneficial geometry
3.increase my mobility and inhibit opponent's effective pressure
4.mix in attacks while defending
A practical application of this philosophy begins in side control: 
Barriers- framing with my arms against the jaw-line and hip of my opponent
(proper framing theory warrants a second post)
Geometry: turning on my side, facing my opponent, and freeing my far shoulder blade
Mobility: using barriers and geometry while adding a hip escape or shrimp
Defensive Attack: many examples including arm attacks from bottom side control 

For me distance management from a dominant position is about what goal I hope to achieve. As I said in a previous post, more distance creates more power in striking situations. Most of the time I am not striking though, so I'll focus on what works for me in a grappling context.

Head and Hip Control- by controlling my opponent's head and hips I greatly reduce their ability to move and therefore increase my chance of achieving the desired outcome.

Creating discomfort- in grappling situations, if you can create a controlled situation of forced multi-tasking for your opponent, the success rate of your attacks goes up. One of the easiest ways to do this is by creating discomfort. By making my opponent either mentally or physically uncomfortable I can change the focus of my adversary and create openings. 

After going over distance management in guard passing on Tuesday, we will be going over managing distance as it relates to playing guard on Thursday. 
The two concepts that are key in our discussion of guard distance are:
-Points of Contact
-Balance Disruption
​If I employ these ideas the effectiveness of my guard goes up.

Distance management is a critical part of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and fighting in general. If I can impose my range on my opponent, my chance of victory improves greatly. This week focuses on the fundamentals of managing distance where Tuesday we will work from the top position. Here are some things to think about.
-The majority of takedowns occur in an arm's length or less
-Crowding the legs and staying just out of range when passing will increase success
                              (in or out principle)
- Rules of engagement determine distance in a dominant position
       (Greater distance generates effective power in striking situations)
       (Suffocating pressure creates submissions in grappling)

​Later in the week I will discuss the flip side with distance management from the bottom

Pendulum 
AB
Hip Bump
arm drag
Review

Partner Shrimping
Partner Press
Retention Drill
Leg Weaving
Sickle Switch
Sweep Set #1