Get up

Controversial opinion: Getting up is a neglected skill in BJJ. As much confidence as jiu-jitsu practitioners rightly have in their skills on the ground, getting up should become a focus of training. This really applies to all aspects of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. From both a self-defense and competition perspective the top is where the advantage is. All points in BJJ are based in achieving a better than neutral top position, and extended periods of time spent on the ground in a street fight is an unrealistic strategy. It’s very easy to get comfortable playing guard and I’m guilty of complacency in this regard as well, but if you put a concentrated effort in to making people work hard to keep you down, and make it hard for people to leave when you achieve dominate positions then you can pretty much fire at will with your submissions.