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Are you trying to win or are you trying not to lose? Here’s a hint, if you feel like you’re drowning but not getting submitted, you’re playing not to lose. If you are spending long periods of time in the same position, the same is true. It’s not enough to survive in the room. Make mistakes, try to get out of bad positions and submissions as quickly as possible, attack, move, generally start to expand what you are doing and worry more about whether you genuinely tried than that you got caught. You can dial things in pretty quickly when the need arises, so make the effort to lose more in the room, or at least be willing to mess things up.
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This topic is surrounding me, so it must mean something. What direction is most beneficial for Jiu Jitsu? I was having a conversation with a friend about how we came up in a Jiu Jitsu environment that put emphasis on the overall martial aspect of what we do. Competition wins and losses were helpful, but they were not the only thing that mattered. Promotions came from being consistent, improving, being an asset to the team, as well as could you carry it. Maybe I couldn’t carry some of the belts I got at first, but I put in time, I was consistent, and I didn’t cause my coaches or the owners of the gym much hassle. Promotions like that take a long time though. Competition is a Jiu Jitsu accelerant, you will get better faster through competition, but that life is hard and it’s not the whole picture of what we do. On the flip side of that effective Jiu Jitsu is not sunshine and unicorn farts, it hurts. To preserve the things we say Jiu Jitsu can do, very few people will make it to their first stripe. I can acknowledge that the direction I want Jiu Jitsu to go is not necessarily the lucrative path, but at the end of the day I have to be satisfied with the standard of the grappling I am putting out in the world.
https://youtu.be/eA1Dm0cKLRI?si=5rzlOHtgWwRR8qbe
https://youtu.be/yBwatrc86JE?si=kTi0X8EqnvNTVCpA 1a. Single leg finish
1b. Disengage or counter 1c. Double leg finish 1d. Disengage or counter 2a. Shin on shin- stop 2b. Pass 2c. Matrix- sweep or C2B 2d. Square or counter 3a. Standing cross guard 3b. Pass 3c. KOD- sweep or C2B 3d. Square or counter 4a. High guard 4b. Pass 4c. Cliffhanger 4d. Square or counter 5a. Coyote guard 5b. 5c. Mount body lock 5d. 6a. Vortex 6b. 6c. Honey stick 6d. 7a. 10 o goshi 7b. 7c. 10 ippon seio nage 7d. 8a. Dealers choice 8b. 8c. F2F 8d. Here’s something that scares many of us, you don’t have to know where you’re going. There is a reason you showed up to a martial arts school, and that reason is probably you couldn’t do whatever you were trying to do on your own. Whatever that reason is; losing weight, learning to fight, giving your child an outlet, you have to put faith in the person that you’ve gone to for that desired outcome. As long as they are producing the results you want, you have little room to complain. I am the root cause of all of my problems, just as you are the root cause of yours. To allow someone else to take the reigns in some areas and not worry about what you believe should or should not happen may be more beneficial than you realize.
I wrote the other day about bottom being better for competitive Jiu Jitsu. I don’t have a particular coach to look at this time, but here is an alternate perspective. Bottom being better in competitive Jiu Jitsu makes Jiu Jitsu less effective in MMA. It’s not that submission grappling can’t be effective in MMA, but the way we teach Jiu Jitsu to reach a world championship level does not translate well to MMA as we have seen. So what has to change? Generally, to make Jiu Jitsu successful in MMA, we would need better striking, leading to attachment, leading to pins. The model is there, and it would not have to be the same as the dagestani sambo/judo/wrestling route, but how we teach Jiu Jitsu for MMA needs to change if we want to retake the mantle that gained our martial art popularity.
I have to be incredibly careful when I roll. If I get into the flow of Jiu Jitsu many times people get hurt. It isn’t intentional, but when I take my mind out of the activity my body moves faster than my brain. I don’t know if this is everyone’s experience or if I’m unusual, but it is something to be aware of. Maybe you’re not like me and maybe you are either way, be aware of what dangers you face (make all taps evident) and the dangers you impose on others (don’t break people). There are real risks to this activity, I don’t know if people remember that all the time.
I read frequently, and a book I’m currently reading talked about how growth is messy. I felt like that applied to Jiu Jitsu, so now I’m sharing it with you. Being better for yourself or getting better at something is not a linear journey. There are peaks, valleys, plateaus, and wrong turns on the way to get anywhere interesting. I am not naturally very good at anything I’ve ever been passionate about, but I am persistent to a fault. I’ve failed a lot, I’ve lost a lot, and hopefully I’ve learned something. Even if grappling is not your sharpening stone of choice, don’t expect the path to becoming your optimal self to be well trodden.
https://youtu.be/iSka7ro7Ht4?si=pNYyo0wnMCRL1_MI
https://youtu.be/j9OmiTQDBO4?si=E8Sz4Vrjdn-TW1fr 1a. Single leg pickup
1b. 1c. Pull 1d. Pass 2a. Lasso 2b. Pass 2c. Cross guard 2d. Pass 3a. Standing cross guard 3b. Pass 3c. K- guard 3d. Pass 4a. Arm saddle 4b. Pass 4c. Side guard 4d. Pass 5a. FHL- 5b. Freedom 5c. Mount- 5d. Freedom 6a. Turtle- 6b. Freedom 6c. Back 6d. Freedom 7a. N/S 7b. Freedom 7c. KOB 7d. Freedom 8a. Dealers choice 8b. 8c. F2F 8d. |
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