Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Technique Class

Well I had a great class last night and picked up a lesson you would have thought I would have learned long long ago but I didn't, I had to be told and now I will share it with you. It is simply to always think of everything you do in terms of 3 moves or 2 moves minimum when ever you do anything. For example I went after a shoulder sweep last night and it met with great resistance so I simply let them push me back down while keeping hold of there arm and put them in a shoulder lock. So when I went for the shoulder sweep I already had in mind to try for the shoulder lock as well. I didnt simply say ok im going to get a shoulder sweep right here I thought about a move I could pair with the shoulder sweep if it didn't go as planned. I also paired up a triangle with the oma plata which worked pretty well also. In the past I have always been so focused on executing one move and having my mind set on doing it that it became obvious what I was going for and when I would miss it I was left scrambling and reacting to what they were doing instead of keeping them on the defense. Building these combinations up I think will help me a great deal. We always did things in combination in class but I still always thought about the moves in isolation as a single move. So my basic and simple advice is to never simply go for an arm bar from the guard, go for an arm bar as well as a sweep or pair a sweep up with a choke...thats it, very simple and basic but can make a huge difference if you see everything one dimensionally as I have. I always read and heard to be thinking several moves ahead and be prepared for your moves to be met with resistance but I didnt put it together that you should only make a move when you have several in mind that you can switch between and keep them on the defense. I hope this post makes sense, if not leave a comment or two.

2 Comments:

At 12:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know what you are saying and it makes perfect sense . Personally i think im quite far away from reaching the point where i can start to think like that (i have 4 months training, 2 or three times a week)
Im still at the point where i have one move in my head that im going for and if my opponent succesfully defends it im pretty much high and dry.

 
At 10:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

makes perfect sense...So far after about 7 months, I have only one combo - RNC (or lapel choke from rearmount) to armbar. It's the only one that I've done several times. But even if you don't have 3 or 4 moves, I think it's worth trying a single move since it's the best way to learn other people's reaction to them.

great blog btw

 

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