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The vast majority of people who do Jiu Jitsu do it as a hobby, it’s fitness and fun in their off time. As such, we train casually, don’t take it that seriously, and just have a good time. This has pluses and minuses. Being relaxed is much less taxing on your cardio and allows you to think more clearly. The drawback is you are in a game of combat or actual combat. In either scenario we want to exit the situation as early as possible. Strike hard, strike fast, no mercy, if you want to compete or defend yourself we have to work on economy of effort and making sure we leave as quickly and minimally damaged as possible.
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I think this is probably a me issue, but something I think about with using CLA is whether I should direct people to easier paths. I know visual and verbal cues are part of ecological dynamics but am I harming the novelty by giving the information rather than having everyone come to a conclusion on their own. Where is the line of too much intervention? Can I intervene more without negatively affecting skill acquisition? If you think my approach to coaching is just set it and forget it, this is the window into how wrong you are.
https://youtu.be/BIeMBPBGb_k?si=1p3AukYn6RXRuAFQ
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcMEiNOTnIEd5NJCwuQB4oV0TwD76P3uD&si=4InCIQdIlMI06bMg 1a. Seatbelt no hooks- maintain C2B
1b. Remove C2B 1c. Backpack- no locked hands 1d. Remove C2B 2a. Sliding collar 2b. Exit danger 2c. Bow and arrow 2d. Exit danger 3a. Kimura grip 3b. Exit danger 3c. Rodeo 3d. Remove C2B 4a. Back- eliminate 1 arm 4b. Remove C2B 4c. One arm trapped-finish 4d. Remove C2B 5a. Eliminate 1 arm and finish 5b. Remove C2B 5c. Twister hook- both hooks 5d. Remove C2B 6a. Truck- both hooks 6b. Remove C2B 6c. Twister hook-finish 6d. Remove C2B 7a. Truck- Finish 7b. Remove C2B 7c. Double octopus- hooks 7d. 8a. C2B submissions 8b. 8c. 8d. If you want to get to the back in the broadest sense, you have two options. You can get behind the knees, or you can get behind the elbows. A berimbolo would be an example of getting to the back behind the knees, and an arm drag would be an example of getting behind the elbows. There are only four ways to get behind someone, which should direct your course of action if you want to take the back. Through the legs, around either side, or over the head, and whatever path you take as long as you achieve the desired result is valid. Focus on what you are trying to do not a picture-perfect way to do it.
Ten thousand hours or times to mastery is something I think many people have heard in regard to getting better at something. This is why drilling persists in sports and especially martial arts. Mindless repetition is not what gets you to mastery, however. When I listen to Greg Souders talk to people about CLA, this is probably the biggest hurdle. They don’t understand that you are constrained to repeat the task set before you. These games can be very open ended and free, or they can be incredibly specific, but in the time frame you are repeatedly solving the puzzle in front of you. The difference in this and a traditional model is that theory and practice stay connected, making 10,000 hours ultimately more efficient and effective.
We have to find a happy medium between not doing anything and doing too much. From a competitive perspective, our goal is to be first. Statistically the first action taken has a much higher win percentage, but once we reach an advantageous position we also need to have the patience to continue being in that position. Losing sucks, losing when you were winning and made an unforced error sucks worse. It boils down to gaining and keeping the advantage. Don’t give people opportunities they don’t earn.
You may think this is going to be about how technical you should be and that forcing things is bad, and it is, but it’s not. If I’m training with some massive human the likelihood that I will overpower them without some sort of wizardry is low, so we will discuss wizardry. People are strong in specific ways. Mostly people are strong in front of themselves, pushing and pulling directly from their centerline. Laterally and behind themselves no creature is super effective. So, if I want to effect another being, I must exploit this weakness. Misaligning the spine, pinning extremities to the torso, pulling extremities away from the torso, and multidirectional movement are all tools we can use to reduce the strength of the opposition. We work hard but not harder than we have to.
https://youtu.be/fNHjNKyknNU?si=qgr6pZw40QqaAJQc
https://youtu.be/MqVVB3mLCP0?si=GoXgeoxeVdJk-zsI 1a. Pull
1b. Pass 1c. Standing C2B 1d. 2a. 3x DLR- hands or hips 2b. BHK 2c. 1/2 crab- back take 2d. Leg entanglement 3a. Double inside/x/slx 3b. Prevent 3c. Kimura/guillotine/100% 3d. Escape 4a. 1/2- double trouble leg entanglement 4b. 4c. 1/2- back take 4d. 5a. KOB- choke or C2B 5b. Reverse or disengage 5c. Mount- choke or C2B 5d. ROD 6a. Turtle-finish 6b. Leg entanglement or ROD 6c. Back- finish 6d. Leg entanglement or ROD 7a. FHL- arm in strangles 7b. ROD 7c. Double octopus- cover hips 7d. 8a. Gi chokes only 8b. 8c. Truck and go 8d. |
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