Don’ts

There are many don’ts in BJJ. Often Professors (myself included) speak in absolute terms and gloss over what makes these rules we follow. For the most part these cardinal laws are grey areas, that given the correct circumstance are totally false. Alas, as teachers we must give the options that provide the greatest chance of success. Therefore the outlier techniques become forbidden. My truth is that I know plenty of people who execute techniques that go against conventional wisdom. The caveats are they are extremely skilled and they have failed miserably attempting those techniques until it became an effective part of their game. There are no absolute do’s or don’ts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but if you’re gonna do weird stuff, you might get whacked. That can be fun sometimes.