Distillation

I know I’ve wrote about this before, maybe not here, possibly in my secret grappling manifesto, but anyway Jiu Jitsu is simple in a way. There’s a limited number of ways you can submit someone, so if you understand the underlying concepts you can put yourself in situations to accomplish those tasks.
3 strangles
Arm in
Naked
Gi
5 arm attacks
Wrist
Shoulder- fingers up
Shoulder- fingers down
Compression
Straight
6 leg attacks
Heel hook
Toe hold
Achilles
Knee bar
Compression
Hip/groin
Add in neck cranks/cervical locks and you have the whole submission spectrum.
16 things encompass the ultimate goal of what we do, don’t over complicate it.