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When I think back to my very early BJJ classes, among the biggest errors I made (there were a lot) was just concentrating on learning subs. I desired to understand them all because I thought that would make me a dangerous jiu-jitsu player if I knew 500 submissions. You 'd think so? I 'd be on youtube looking up how to do exotic submissions that would just be use in very particular situations.
There is a quote by Bruce Lee that I wish I would've understood when I was getting going. Well, really I most likely would've neglected it back then, nonetheless it rings plainly today: "I fear not the guy who has practiced 10,000 kicks, I fear the guy who has really practiced one kick 10,000 times." By attempting to discover every step out there, I would just have time for a handful of repetitions. When you don't put in the reps, you are seldom able to maximize submissions in competition. I remember sparring and try to remember when I would utilize a move, but while I was trying to walk through the steps, my opposition would've transitioned out of danger.
Take guard for example: If you spent a complete year pulling guard at the start of every match, worked to keep the position, and ending matches off your back, how good would your guard get? If you and your buddy began training on the exact same day, with him setting up to master every little thing, you set out to simply establish your guard, and a year into it y' all have a match, who's visiting have the advantage? Lets state you've both trained 3x week for the year, and you've both done 3 hours a week of open mat. That's about 150 hours of sparring. The amount of of your friend's hours have been invested passing the guard? Keep in mind, he's trying to find out several positions: guard, mount, side control, back mount, north/south, and like all brand-new individuals a large amount of his time has been spent on defense. You've spent your time playing guard, or defense and guard can be considered a protective position. Who is going to have the benefit in your match? Your friend who has perhaps passes the guard 1-2 times per match, or you with a guard you've invested 100+ hours developing? I inflict the you with the guard game 80-90 % of the time.
Now I realize the relevance of establishing an A game. It's a contingency plan while training. You want to branch off and experiment with your BJJ, however having that A game- where you can just end a match when it's dragging on or you find yourself in difficulty- is a good thing to have in your arsenal.Take guard for instance, if you spent a complete year pulling guard at the start of every match, worked to keep the position, and send from off your back, how good would your guard get? If you and your friend started training on the same day, with him setting up to master everything, you set out to simply develop your guard, and a year into it y' all have a match, who's going to have the benefit? Keep in mind, he's trying to find out numerous positions: guard, mount, side control, back mount, north/south, and like all new people a big quantity of his time has been invested on protection.
After you put your time in establishing your guard, now you could start branching out. You now have the capacity to actually check out these various other positions where the worst thing that's going to happen is that somebody will work an escape and even more than likely, end up in your guard. Guard is just an instance for this write-up. If you are a larger individual and ending up in a dominate position is almost a guarantee, focus on that. The important things is simply taking the time to develop an A game and not attempting to master every little thing in your first year. Once this A game is established, you can explore various other positions with the self-confidence that originates from understanding you could end a match at anytime if required.
One of the most considerable errors I made (there were a great deal) was merely concentrating on learning submissions when I think back to my early bjj days. The trick is to keep in mind there is more crucial things to focus on when you are beginning. Positioning is huge, and being a danger from one position is much better than not being a strong threat from anywhere.
There is a quote by Bruce Lee that I wish I would've understood when I was getting going. Well, really I most likely would've neglected it back then, nonetheless it rings plainly today: "I fear not the guy who has practiced 10,000 kicks, I fear the guy who has really practiced one kick 10,000 times." By attempting to discover every step out there, I would just have time for a handful of repetitions. When you don't put in the reps, you are seldom able to maximize submissions in competition. I remember sparring and try to remember when I would utilize a move, but while I was trying to walk through the steps, my opposition would've transitioned out of danger.
Take guard for example: If you spent a complete year pulling guard at the start of every match, worked to keep the position, and ending matches off your back, how good would your guard get? If you and your buddy began training on the exact same day, with him setting up to master every little thing, you set out to simply establish your guard, and a year into it y' all have a match, who's visiting have the advantage? Lets state you've both trained 3x week for the year, and you've both done 3 hours a week of open mat. That's about 150 hours of sparring. The amount of of your friend's hours have been invested passing the guard? Keep in mind, he's trying to find out several positions: guard, mount, side control, back mount, north/south, and like all brand-new individuals a large amount of his time has been spent on defense. You've spent your time playing guard, or defense and guard can be considered a protective position. Who is going to have the benefit in your match? Your friend who has perhaps passes the guard 1-2 times per match, or you with a guard you've invested 100+ hours developing? I inflict the you with the guard game 80-90 % of the time.
Now I realize the relevance of establishing an A game. It's a contingency plan while training. You want to branch off and experiment with your BJJ, however having that A game- where you can just end a match when it's dragging on or you find yourself in difficulty- is a good thing to have in your arsenal.Take guard for instance, if you spent a complete year pulling guard at the start of every match, worked to keep the position, and send from off your back, how good would your guard get? If you and your friend started training on the same day, with him setting up to master everything, you set out to simply develop your guard, and a year into it y' all have a match, who's going to have the benefit? Keep in mind, he's trying to find out numerous positions: guard, mount, side control, back mount, north/south, and like all new people a big quantity of his time has been invested on protection.
After you put your time in establishing your guard, now you could start branching out. You now have the capacity to actually check out these various other positions where the worst thing that's going to happen is that somebody will work an escape and even more than likely, end up in your guard. Guard is just an instance for this write-up. If you are a larger individual and ending up in a dominate position is almost a guarantee, focus on that. The important things is simply taking the time to develop an A game and not attempting to master every little thing in your first year. Once this A game is established, you can explore various other positions with the self-confidence that originates from understanding you could end a match at anytime if required.
One of the most considerable errors I made (there were a great deal) was merely concentrating on learning submissions when I think back to my early bjj days. The trick is to keep in mind there is more crucial things to focus on when you are beginning. Positioning is huge, and being a danger from one position is much better than not being a strong threat from anywhere.
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