Anticipation in Jiu-Jitsu

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Anticipation in Jiu-Jitsu

Anticipation in Jiu-Jitsu or MMA can be a very common occurrence.  Imagine how easy your match or fight would be would be if you could see two seconds into the future in every match. Knowing what your opponent is about to do next before he does it would be tantamount to a superpower. Well, in a grappling situation you can often do this in a very practical way. Learn to listen and read your opponents body as you grapple. Many of your opponents will unknowingly convey to you their next move. Some will sharply inhale before they try to explode out of a pin. Some will tense up right before they go to exert themselves. Most will move in ways that can only lead to a very small set of possible options given the circumstances and thus be very predictable. Most people are blind to these reads because all their focus is on what they’re doing instead of observing what the opponent is doing. If an opponent is telling what he’s going to do next – don’t ignore him! The ability to discern what an opponent will do next is a huge advantage. It’s up to you to use it. Next time you’re on the mat don’t just fixate in yourself and what you want to do. Learn to observe and read your opponent so you can take advantage of what he offers

Gaining an advantage in Jiu-Jitsu

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Gaining an advantage in Jiu-Jitsu

One of the biggest way to win is by gaining an advantage in Jiu-Jitsu. If you make an opponent think your doing one thing and then do another, you’ll always have an advantage. There is more to combat sports than technique. Technique must be housed within tactics and among tactics, surprise and subterfuge are king. Whenever you’re sparring, try to sell your opponent the idea that you’re about to attempt something different from what you actually intend to do. If an opponent has any skills and experience he will quickly ascertain what you’re attempting and counter; but when you can fool him as to what’s about to happen his defense will be in the wrong direction and by the time he corrects himself you’ll have gotten the breakthrough. Deceiving your opponent is a skill like any other. If you don’t practice it you won’t be good at it. So incorporate it it into your daily training like everything else you want to excel at and you will see for yourself how much it adds to your game. Sometime for new practitioners and competitors, BJJ can be scary. you get in your own head. for more tips follow us at https://www.instagram.com/savaresebjj/

Lyndhurst BJJ instructor promoted to 4th degree blackbelt

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Lyndhurst BJJ instructor promoted to 4th degree blackbelt

Lyndhurst BJJ instructor promoted to 4th degree blackbelt! Professor Chris Savarese, owner of the Savarese Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy located on Park Ave, was promoted to the rank of 4th degree blackbelt on tuesday. Savarese was one of the first Americans to start the art of BJJ, starting in 1994, part of the original group of Americans. He went on to have a successful competition career. An avid competitor before opening his Academy, he has competed in and won such tournaments as Grapplers Quest (5x), Grapplers Quest West (2x), NAGA(3x), Tri-State Ground Control Classic, Yamasaki Tournament, NYC Grappling Challenge (2x),USGA Tournament (2x) and was a Bronze medalist at the Pan Ams. To find out more about Savarese’s background click here: https://njbjj.com/about-professor-chris-savarese/ 
Rafael Lovato Jr, a BJJ World Champion who just took 2nd place at the very prestigious 2024 ADCC World Submission Grappling Championship, taught at Savarese’s place last week and surprised him with the promotion. Longtime Savarese blackbelt Chris Laciura has ths to say after the promotion “Special congratulations to my Jiu-Jitsu instructor, Professor Chris Savarese, for being promoted to 4th Degree Blackbelt. This is an incredible achievement and so well deserved. In a day an age where experience, resilience, and loyalty are often overshadowed by views, clicks, and fads it was an honor to see this promotion, his loyalty to his craft and students recognized, and be a part of his legacy. Congrats!”

Anyone interested in private lessons or a free Jiu-Jitsu class from Savarese, call 201 933-5134 or leave your info here https://njbjj.com/ 
You can also follow him here : https://www.instagram.com/savaresebjj/

 

Bellator Champion Rafael Lovato Jr teaches at Lyndhurst BJJ Academy

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Bellator Champion Rafael Lovato Jr teaches at Lyndhurst BJJ Academy

Former Bellator Champion Rafael Lovato Jr taught at Lyndhurst BJJ Academy Savarese Jiu-Jitsu tonight. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, coming off a 2nd place finish at the 2024 ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championship, stopped by close friend Professor Chris Savarese’s Academy to teach. Lovato and Savarese go back close to 25 years meeting at a Grapplers quest event they were both fighting in and and traveling a lot to tournaments over the years. Savarese has also been Lovato’s cornerman on many for East Coast fights.

Savarese’s thoughts

Absolutely awesome seminar tonight by my friend Rafael Lovato Jr.. special night for me as well. Blessed to be able to have him share his knowledge with us every year. Our friendship goes back over 20 years and he even stated how he watched some of the students grow up since they were kids. But it was a great advanced basics seminar that everyone absolutely loved. To make the night even more special, he recognized the talent of our room and the hard work of the instructors and I and promoted to 4th degree blackbelt, speaking movingly of the success we had through a personal health battle I encountered, my hard work, dedication and way of the bushido, of doing things the right way in an age where that doesn’t happen often. I was very touched and honored not only to share that moment on my mats and with my students but because our association has some amazing, world class instructors whom I greatly respect and I am honored to represent our association. Thank you to Professor Lovato and everyone for a great night of learning Jiu-Jitsu.

Savarese Blackbelt shares his thoughts

Special congratulations to my Jiu-Jitsu instructor, Professor Chris Savarese, for being promoted to 4th Degree Blackbelt. This is an incredible achievement and so well deserved. In a day an age where experience, resilience, and loyalty are often overshadowed by views, clicks, and fads it was an honor to see this promotion, his loyalty to his craft and students recognized, and be a part of his legacy. Congrats!

Jiu-Jitsu can be scary

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Jiu-Jitsu can be scary

Jiu-Jitsu can be scary. The scariest situations in our art are always those where you know you’re in trouble but you have no idea what to do. As always, knowledge is the antidote. When you what to do in a situation you’ll keep moving in a positive direction even when it’s difficult. It isn’t difficulty that’ll make you stop and quit, it’s ignorance that develops rapidly into hopelessness, that’ll stop you every time. this is something all BJJ practitioners have dealt with, that uneasy feeling like when you are in an elevator and the doors close and it feels as though the walls are closing in on you. Futhermore, maybe you were in a large crowd and suddenly felt a fight was about to go down, causing you to want to get out of the crowd as fast as possible. We were not intended to be trapped in small places, which is why it’s considered a primal fear. Everyone has it to some degree, but an overly sensitive perception, and or translation, of this fear, is known as a condition termed “claustrophobia.” Claustrophobia, the fear of having no escape or being trapped inside an enclosed space, effects 5-7 percent of the population in a severe manner. In a milder manner, the numbers must be higherSo make the acquisition of knowledge a priority and over time turn that knowledge into physical skills through training, then that feeling of fear will seldom show itself.

The front headlock in Jiu-Jitsu

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The front headlock in Jiu-Jitsu

Here’s the thing about the front headlock in Jiu-Jitsu. The single most accessible part of your opponents body that is a viable target for submission at any moment in a match is the head from front headlock situations. For the newbies out there or non-jiu-jitsu folks, a front headlock is when you wrap up a head and an arm inside of your arms, like a big lasso, with your chest over the back of their head. A solid front headlock will put you in a dominant position that can easily be used to score a take down or a submission. Plus for MMA, you can fire knees to their head that can end the fight. If you have done any sort of fighting, chances are you have ended up in a headlock before. Even in boxing, people get caught in headlocks after disengaging a clinch or ducking a punch. In any hard fought match it is inevitable that your opponent’s head will be exposed at some point (and usually several) to a serious attack from front headlock. These attacks are not only readily available but also highly effective and intimidating to an opponent. Make sure you have at least one good submission attack out of front headlock that you trust can get the job done against a tough opponent. This will make you dangerous at all times and give you the ability to snatch the initiative of a match at any time regardless of what has transpired previously. For more BJJ tips, follow us at https://www.instagram.com/savaresebjj/

Don’t doubt yourself in BJJ

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Don’t doubt yourself in BJJ

Don’t doubt yourself in BJJ! Every time a move fails after a strong attempt there are two ways your mind can go. The first is to doubt your effectiveness and sense that you expended a lot of energy without result. This will make you reluctant to attack again since you’ve told yourself that your last attempt resulted in failure and fatigue. The second is to feel that you almost won and that your opponent will be much more nervous on the next exchange and that he burned a lot of energy defending himself and that if you try again this time you can succeed and thus you redouble your attacks. The same action and result can produce two very different psychological reactions. The first leads to increased timidity and withdrawal. The second to increased activity levels and offense. Make sure always you keep your mind directed in the positive direction that increases your activity and pushes you forward into the action of the match by controlling your inner dialogue after a setback or failure. As the old Stoics noted, your reaction to events is more important than the events themselves. This applies as much to Jiu-Jitsu as everything else in your life.

Momentum in Jiu-Jitsu

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Momentum in Jiu-Jitsu

here’s the thing about Momentum in Jiu-Jitsu. Google’s definition of momentum is the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity or the impetus gained by a moving object. The BJJ definition of momentum is: A successful attack creates momentum in your favor. Some of that momentum is physical. Once your opponents position is compromised it takes time for him to recover. In that time you can launch a second, third and fourth attack which build increasing momentum in your favor. Another aspect of momentum is psychological. Success gives you confidence to attack again and often creates a negative effect in your opponents mind where now he becomes more concerned about the danger you present to him and often shifts into a more defensive mode. Once you establish a positive momentum, keep it going. Don’t attack and then stop. This will cause you to lose that momentum and let your opponent get back in the game and reassert himself. Make sure you compound one success upon another to maximize its effect on the match. Jiu Jitsu is like pool, the best guys don’t have a back and forth, they run the board. It’s easier to win when you’re leading instead of countering. For more tips, follow us at https://www.instagram.com/savaresebjj/

What all successful people have in common

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What all successful people have in common

What all successful people have in common…
I get the opportunity to sit down with a quite a few successful individuals and I’ve studied that success and read all the books about it over the years.
Almost all of them have fitness and physical built into their insane schedules. Seeing I’ve been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for almost 30 years now let me tell you what I love about it for successful individuals…
1. BJJ has taught me what hard work looks like. How to win, how to lose, how to adapt on the fly, make quick decisions and overcome obstacles quickly to improve your position.
2. It’s taught me that quality reps over time will beat just about anything. It’s hard to not get good at something you’ve done multiple times a week for years at a time. Volume, volume, volume.
3. It’s taught me that no matter how good or bad things are you’re always one decision away from a winning position.
4. BJJ has taught me how to respect people I have nothing in common with. I don’t even have to agree with their views on life but I respect the body of work they put in on the mats.
5. It’s taught me how to be a man. If you don’t know what I mean, you need it more than you think…
Its genuinely changed my life.
And I’m a firm believer it can do the same for others if given the chance.
If you ever want to try a free class to get a small glimpse of what it can do for you, please dm me!
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Pressure make diamonds in BJJ

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Pressure make diamonds in BJJ

Pressure make diamonds in BJJ. Physical pressure requires sufficient application time to have an effect upon an opponent. If you can maintain it long enough you can exhaust an opponent physically and break him mentally. But how does one keep that pressure on long enough for it to take its effect? Position. If you can stay in a dominant position, the best are those where you are past your opponents legs and on top of him either chest to chest for chest to back, then you’ll have a much easier time riding an opponent while he has to carry your weight on his head and shoulders through his arms. This is truly exhausting for even a very well conditioned opponent. Get your position and then use your position to make an opponent carry your weight in mechanically inefficient ways for time. If you can do this victory will be a constant companion for you. more Jiu-jitsu tips for pressure would include grips. A quality grip is important. You can try putting three fingers in your opponent’s armpit or grabbing their lapel. Keeping your elbow across your opponent’s belt to prevent them from bringing their knees up. Your Base is important. Switching your base allows for more movement and freedom to step over your opponent’s top. Also, pinning shoulder blades. Keep your opponent’s shoulder blades pinned to prevent them from turning into you or away from you. Futhermore, transitions. Know when to transition to side mount or back if your opponent is gaining leverage.

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