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If it were easy everyone would do it, that’s what people say about any number of things. I don’t know if that’s true though. For the able bodied, walking isn’t particularly difficult, but very few people consciously take walks even though the benefits have been proven. I’ve offered free classes to police in the past and the only people who took me up on it, were the cops who already paid to train with me. Making something more accessible doesn’t necessarily make it better, sometimes it dilutes the thing. The idea of something is different from its actuality, and trying to make something that is for a specific niche more general might be more hurtful than helpful. I think everyone can do Jiu Jitsu, I think everyone should do Jiu Jitsu, but I think people need to bring themselves up to Jiu Jitsu rather than having it brought down to them.
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This is my uphill both ways story. When I started Jiu Jitsu there was no Ultimate Fighter, the UFC was barely back to relevance after being taken off pay per view, and Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz #1 had just happened. It wasn’t a mainstream activity and as such, you had to be somewhat crazy to get into and stay in it for any length of time. The benefit of that is that there was no possible way you could leave without being tough and having good Jiu Jitsu. If you were grappling in 2003, it was like getting into pro-wrestling in the territory days. You were either recruited or you came in and got beat up until you figured it out. The mass appeal of Jiu Jitsu is great, we want more people to do what we do, but to maintain efficiency, we also can’t pretend that it’s for everyone, and we can’t cater to everyone. In this country we’ve lost many effective martial arts to the consumer. Jiu Jitsu needs to be difficult and less accessible in some ways for it to maintain its intended purpose.
No martial art works if you don’t use it. Self-defense workshops aren’t real, police and military defensive tactics aren’t real, no one off or short-term training is real. Not because the techniques are invalid, but because if you have not relentlessly practiced the skills, when you run into someone who’s resisting, anything you have flies out the window. In order to be effective, especially as a smaller or less physically dominant person you must practice, and as a community, we have to stop selling people otherwise.
If you want to move up in anything or be recognized, the way to do it is make yourself undeniable. Show that you deserve what you seek without a shadow of doubt. If you want a promotion at work demonstrate that you are the only possible candidate. If you want a promotion at Jiu Jitsu, show that you are head and shoulders above everyone at your level. As much as we want to blame other people, there are ways to accomplish what we want regardless of power structure. If you demonstrate that there is no other choice, then you cannot be denied.
https://youtu.be/3GhnauM3uXs?si=td7457xqjIR944N2
https://youtu.be/JLcUHuHE05w?si=PfQXKMYdzZ5Y2bMy 1a. Seated Inside position double Achilles- finish straight ankle lock
1b. Free feet or make feet face the opposite direction 1c. Standing inside position- finish straight ankle after sending to hips 1d. Free feet or face feet away 2a. U/D- sit opponent into ankle lock position 2b. Loose passing 2c. U/D- finish ankle lock 2d. Loose passing 3a. Mount Rodeo- finish double closure/ arm attack for no gi 3b. Legs in front or reverse 3c. Back Rodeo- finish double closure 3d. Legs in front or reverse 4a. Full closed- pass 4b. Stop 4c. 1/2 guard- pass 4d. Stop 5a. Up/down- pass 5b. Stop 5c. Side control- finish 5d. Finish 6a. Mount- finish 6b. Finish 6c. Back- finish 6d. Finish 7a. Heel catch 7b. Heel catch 7c. Crucifix- finish 7d. Escape 8a. Undertook- block hips to off balance 8b. Overhook- block hips to off balance 8c. Tripod- breakdown 8d. Stand up In terms of efficiency, it is much easier to move yourself than to move another person. If I want to get away from someone, all I need them to do is stay where they are and move myself away. There are a lot of rather large people in Jiu Jitsu and if I’m trying to bench press them all I won’t get very far. Frames hold things up, they don’t move things, use your frames to give yourself freedom of movement and then leave. It is much easier to use the things people want to do against them than it is to meet force with force. Take the path of least resistance, it’s easier, that’s why it’s the path of least resistance.
Here’s a difficult one, in Jiu Jitsu we have to find a middle ground between being the person no one wants to train with (🙋) and getting run over. Grappling is a part of combat and should therefore carry an element of violence. I don’t find my style of Jiu Jitsu to be any rougher than the Jiu Jitsu I came up doing, but in today’s age, it’s not everyone’s favorite. As someone who people are afraid of I would recommend against such a style. For although it is effective, it certainly limits your training partners. The more flow you have the more people will want to train with you. It may mean taking a beating so you can develop such a style, but you will then have bountiful training partners.
Maybe you know this or maybe you don’t, you are probably getting to the back in one of two ways. Under the legs or around the side. Under the legs would be things like deep half guard, kiss of the dragon, and double under pass to back take. Around the side would be pretty much anything else, arm drag, matrix, sprawl and go behind, etc. as long as you have placed yourself behind their elbows, you have a good chance of taking the back. Once again, don’t make things more complicated than they need to be, focus on getting under or around people behind their elbows and the back will appear more than you would think.
Leg locks are probably the most complicated of submissions, but only because of the rules surrounding them. There are five leg lock types, hip locks are somewhat rare, but possible. Three are distal joint focused, and then you have the knee bar. People don’t really think about their legs that much as we’ve discussed before, and I think that increases the fear that people have about getting leg locked. It’s no scarier than any other submission if you get used to playing that game. Make sure you’re not leaving fifty percent on the table.
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