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Your Jiu Jitsu is more complicated than it needs to be.

Drewlock

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Orio7 days ago

Truly love your jiu-jitsu Professor!

Drewlock7 days ago

Appreciate it.

Peter Boghossian7 days ago

He did far better than I did!

El Viejito7 days ago

🔥🔥🔥

OB7 days ago

Love this. I don’t train or follow as much as I used to. But always loved the simplicity if Roger and Rickson. Other than spider guard I liked to keep things simple.

Philip Luce7 days ago

No it isn’t 😂

Drewlock7 days ago

I’ll take word.

Philip Luce7 days ago

I’m too old to make it complicated. 🤷‍♂️

Going to zero7 days ago

I have no idea who gave this guy a 4 or6th degree black belt. But there retarded. 😂

Kuya Manzano7 days ago

True. Most people collect techniques like pokemon cards then freeze under pressure.

The Resilience Lab6 days ago

The faster the exchange, the less we can remember consciously. I often find it best to have 1-2 clear goals in mind for each scenario.

D7 days ago

Nice battle!

Thaviel7 days ago

My favorite sensei always says that, guy can get an armbar from anything.

It's hip to be Claire!7 days ago

Why are BJJ practitioners so eager to sit down? I never saw anything like that in Judo and JJJ randori.

Drewlock7 days ago

I hear this often. Simple answer is you have more options when your sitting/laying vs standing/kneeling. In Jiu Jitsu/grappling there are only 4 options. Go behind, tip over, pass the legs, or submit. From sitting/lay you’ve got access to 3 options. From standing/kneel vs sit/lay you’re effectively reduced to threatening 1 option (pass the legs) to create any openings for go behind or submission. And you can’t tip over someone who’s already tipped over. Thats my quick answer

It's hip to be Claire!7 days ago

You're closing down the number of options for attack as well as defense, and sometimes attack is the best defense.

honestly just a decent meme7 days ago

@drewlock You have way more options to attack from the bottom

It's hip to be Claire!6 days ago

@drewlock Only if your opponent maneuvers him/herself into a specific position. As a judoka I would simply stand and laugh at you.

Going to zero7 days ago

They are both bad. TBH. Just sayin.

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