Compliance

How is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu effective? There are two main ways in my opinion. One is a gap in skill. Royce Gracie’s success in the early UFC’s was predicated on a gap between his skill and his opponents. So how can you execute these techniques on someone who has a near equal skill level? Forced compliance. The Carlson Gracie route and a classic BJJ game relies a lot on pain compliance. “If I make it hurt, you’ll give me submission opportunities”. A newer approach is to funnel an adversary into predictable circumstances until you have reached a desired outcome. This can be seen in the games of both Keenan Cornelius and Levi Jones-Leary. They both have well known places that they want to put a match, and excel at reaching those places. Attempt to implement these strategies of compliance when training and see what you gravitate towards.