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Learned this from a training partner who I saw hit it in a comp (black belt) I have since hit it myself against another black belt in adcc competition as well as many times in training.

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Hi all,

I mostly play top position and have quite a slow game. I often find myself in positions like cradles, mount, top turtle, technical mount, any position that allows me to hang out with my weight on my opponent and tire them out. Because of these positions I often see opportunities for submission entries: armbars, kimuras, head and arm chokes, RNC, etc. However as of now, I can't do much more than just use the position for control/ threat and advancing position.

Everytime I do go for something it just turns into a scramble and I lose my position or even get countered. Quite frustrating.

For example:
I get a mounted giftwrap, underhook the other arm, climb up the shoulders, attempt S mount, get chucked off and now I'm defending his pass.

I get a front headlock, I feel he's not liking the weight. Attempt a choke (anaconda, guillotine, whatever) fail, now I've lost my position and now I'm fighting his turtle or guard again.

Worst of all is when I take the back, and then spend so much time gripfighting I just give up and go back to mount because I can't get the RNC.

Most videos I find online tend to be really flashy, opportunistic entries and finishes, instead of slower more methodical which I feel like would suit me better, since I'm not very athletic or flexible.

Thoughts? Ideas? Recommendations? I'm quite lost to be honest.

feels like I'm probably making a pretty obvious mistake. nobody at my gym really works it but me so ive just been trying to learn it from YouTube and stuff and apply it in rolls. I can get it on white belts fine but most blue belts even are able just basically "sprawl out" the leg im trying to attack before I can grab it. I feel like I have a decent understanding of what to do once I have the leg, but securing the leg to begin with is causing issues.

any advice is greatly appreciated:)

Edit: seems like the prevailing theme is that Im not creating and off balance which seems quite obvious indeed in retrospect(in case anyone else has the same question and doesnt want to read through the replies, all though theres some great stuff down there

My kid (four years old) started Taekwondo last year. I will get her into BJJ around six but it's been very interesting seeing how Taekwondo operates from a business perspective - at least in the USA.

The BJJ gyms I've trained at have had small kids programs but have been more focused on adults. From my understanding, there is potentially a lot more money in kids programs.

I've never seen this in BJJ gyms but wondering if any of you have:

1. after school pick up programs - Many of the TKD gyms in my area seem to go to kids schools, pick them up, and then bring them to the dojo (dojang for the nerds) for a couple hours doing a mix of TKD and other activities. Essentially serving as a day care.
2. Summer/holiday camps at the TKD facility. Christmas, spring, and summer break.
3. Birthday parties at the TKD facility.
4. bigger split in age ranges - I actually thought about starting my daughter in BJJ but the class is split from 4-7 years old. Most of the other kids were 6 or 7 which is a massive difference. For the TKD gym, they do 3-5, 6-8, 8-12, and 12+. The 3-5 year old classes are basically gymnastics based games with a bit of TKD specific techniques at the end.

I know TKD has a lot of issues with quality control but I don't really see why this type of kids program could not exist alongside a traditional adults and even a more serious teens program.

Hello fellas,

So life’s been a bit of a whirlwind lately. I’m a blue belt training out of Zürich, been at it for a few years now, and it’s looking increasingly likely that I’m going to be relocating to Dublin for work. Tech sales scene over there is insane right now so yeah, chasing the opportunity.

First question;does anyone train in Dublin and can recommend a gym close to the city centre / tech hub area (Google, Salesforce, that whole cluster)? Affiliation doesn’t matter too much to me, I just want somewhere with a solid competition culture and good coaching. Bonus points if there’s a strong no-gi scene.

Second thing; and this is something that’s been lowkey stressing me out a bit. My current gym does promotions based on class logins. I’ve racked up a serious amount of them, and I’m making solid progress. The thing is, if I switch gyms mid-journey, I obviously lose all that “credit” on the system. Starting fresh at a new gym, new coach who doesn’t know my game, new environment…

Has anyone gone through something similar? Relocated internationally mid-belt and had to kind of “prove yourself” all over again at a new gym? How long did it realistically take before your new coach had enough of a read on you to push you forward? Did your progress basically reset or did coaches generally respect where you were at?

I love my current gym and my coaches, so it’s bittersweet… But opportunity calls and the mats will always be there regardless of which city I’m on them in.

Any Dublin people (or others that can tell their stories), please - feel free to drop them below

OSS 🙏🏽🥋!

Khamzat is walking DJ and his teammate through a hand posted on chest/stomach while the other is on the ankle to pass into side control. Any other good examples or videos explaining this or variations of this pass out there?

Hey everyone, here's a fun little diversion about something I noticed while watching Pans and my attempt to understand it as an outsider to Brazilian culture. Hopefully y'all find it interesting!

As the headline asks. Is there any nogi classes for tourists, tourist friendly? I know that everyone has been so tourist friendly here in Brazil but also they do not speak that much English. And I’m learning Portuguese but would be awesome to find a NO GI bjj / mma gym in Salvador where I could feel ok by talking English.

Thanks so much for suggestions if you have any!

Got a friend that has Jozef’s patreon, what are the differences, is it worth it because im debating this or get Submeta

I like really wanna share this, at my gym for the sake of fucks and funzies we went 2v2 and it really changed how I look at the sport

the amount of strategies and the technical depth in the match goes up by orders of magnitude

few examples-

1. back takes, 1 partner clinches up, the other one takes the back

2. scrambles, imagine 3 people scrambles, 4 people scrambles

3. sweeps and takedowns, 1 partner controls you, the other one sweeps you

submissions still remain one on one but the amount of activity increases, no one is holding a position steady (if you have z mount, the other partner just pushes you out and this goes for most positions)

also gets an aspect of distance management in bjj

all in all the most fun i have ever had in the sport,

our ruleset is simple (10 mins, continuous rounds and the goal is to get as many taps as possible, whichever team gets the most taps wins)

I also really wanna see this at the highest level, imagine the miyao brothers taking on the ruotolo brothers

Some of the top guys in the sport currently i dont believe have competed. How do you think these matches would go?

Dorian Olivarez v Mica Galvao

Mikey musumeci v Baby Shark (diogo reis)

Mike Musumeci v Tainan Dalpra?

I know these guys are not all same weight class, but curious? Gi or no gi.

or do you not even believe in that stuff to begin with.

Hey there! I’m having a hard time finding a mouth guard that doesn’t immediately make me gag 2 seconds into putting it on. ANY recommendations would greatly be appreciated. I have a smaller width to my mouth maybe? I’ve gone through 3 guards that I’ve molded and made sure it was snug and still had the same issue.

Thanks guys!

I need some advice and suggestions on how to defend a straight ankle lock thats a bit different with the leg/foot placement of the attacker. They have the exterior foot up on the hip like normal, but whats different is their interior leg and foot placement. Rather than a short hook, they take their foot and put it on top of their other foot that’s on top of the hip, so when they go to the side for the finish, they use the top leg to really push against the hip and mid section for extra leverage on the extension. Its super powerful and gives the defender less time to peel the outside foot off of the hip to sit out. I can still remove the outside foot, but by the time I do that, they have enough leverage with the other foot/leg to really extend. If I manage to push the top leg to the outside, then they go right into a figure four above the knee. Do I try to stuff the leg to the inside and just try to get weight onto my foot that’s being attacked? It’s just much harder to fight that leg post rather than the traditional short hook. Sorry for the long post, but just needed to elaborate!

I’m a blue belt and struggling to know if what I’m doing in training is the right thing for efficient progress.

But first here’s some context: I’m around 21 and I would say the gym I’m training at isn’t a competition gym and consists of much older grapplers. The general class is warm up, show a bunch of techniques and then roll at the end of class.

But I felt doing this won’t help my progress.

So here’s what I’m currently doing in training:

1/ Practice my escapes against people I’m better than (defence to offence stuff)

2/ Ask people to do positional rounds as not everyone is keen for them.

3/ Work on techniques that I find interesting and experiment with them

4/ Screen record moves from instructional and YouTube and try work them. (Idk if this is the best way to use instructional)

5/ Tend to do comps semi regular and then find my weaknesses and work on that.

* I know Danahar says they do a lot of drilling but idk if they’re drilling specific reactions and sequences, cus I doubt they’re doing 30 hip bumps from closed guard 😅.

Any suggestion of ways I can improve my training from my current gym? Or anything you’ve found work for u?