Danger

I’ve talked about chaos as an important part of successful implementation of Jiu-Jitsu, but I think danger runs parallel to chaos in how well your BJJ works. How do you use danger to make your grappling better? Always threaten attacks. It’s why a full body submission system is very effective. It gives you options no matter what position you’re in. If you can put some on the back foot by threatening danger from the outset, you are going to succeed a fair amount of time. In competition, the first person to score points is statistically more likely to win the match. I would say a lot of that is psychological. As soon as you retreat to less than 50% of the offense the likelihood you will be defeated grows exponentially. Make people worried about how dangerous you are and they become less dangerous to you.