What are some bjj principles (or very basic techniques) that all practitioners should know?
Mine would be: position before submission
Posted Feb 19, 2015, 5:48 AM UTC
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Keep your friends close... Keep your elbows closer
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protect your neck
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Wu tang clan ain't nothin to f*ck wit
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Yep! there's little to no fighting out of a halfway decent choke, especially from side control.
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Pressure to the neck nullifies attack to the groin.
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You're not too weak You're not too short You're not too inflexible
You're angle is just wrong.
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Losing should only hurt the body
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mount escapes
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Control the inside space.
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It's mainly about your movement and control of your body.
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As I move closer and closer to true old man jiu jitsu (37 soon) the more I focus on this. I actually made the mental switch to focus on movement about 1.5 years ago and my jiu jitsu has improved by leaps and bounds since then.
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Technical standup.
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Playing guard is about making and keeping space.
Passing is about eliminating space and restricting movement.
This is a very general concept but its one that i find helps me a lot.
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Well, this is very generic, and it can just as well be the other way around. :)
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It's better if it's framed. "When you are defending, create space. When you are attacking, take it away."
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This is too general and doesn't hold much of the time.
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Yeah I probably didn't describe this as well as it could have been described.
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For BJJ and any martial arts; I'd say distance management is an absolutely integral concept to grasp.
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Tap early.
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Ryan Hall's open elbow is a good basic & advanced principle that helped me a lot
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Long arms are broken arms, two long legs are passed legs.
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On defense, you want space. On attack, take away space.
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Get your grips
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Tap means stop.
That's my official answer, but I have a few others. Of those, I think I'll narrow it down to this snarky one.
How to tie your belt so it doesn't fall off every time you roll in a gi. It would be kind of neat (to me) to see a tournament that gave points each time your opponents belt came off.
I think I'm gonna try that as a weird thing with someone at an open mat. Goal: remove their belt.
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Don't move your opponent. Move yourself
I love this one. It is very hard for me to do but it makes a lot of sense. And since hearing it said explicity at BJJ I have heard the notion inexpertly articulated for other situations too.