Every grip counts in BJJ

Every grip counts in BJJ

Every grip counts in BJJ. This is an important thing to learn on your BJJ journey. At Savarese BJJ Academy (northnjbjj.com), we preach that it starts before you even make contact. The moment you slap hands in a competitive match, it’s on. Even before you make contact, you should be thinking of way to find an advantage. Too often, we just lackadaisically reach for grips without thinking and take a “let’s see what happens†approach. This is fine for daily training with friends, but make sure that kind of thinking does not permeate into your actions in a more competitive setting, for it will quickly expose you to problems. We always preach, you “will fight how you train”. So if you are constantly training half speed, odds are, when you need to go full speed, your aren’t ready to. Even as you approach an opponent you should be looking for advantage and positioning yourself accordingly. As you approach, you should be formulating a plan and positioning yourself to put in in motion to do it. If you cannot see an opening, this is the time for minor delaying tactics until you do formulate a plan or see an opening develop. Remember always, the first contact you usually have with your opponent or training partner is VISUAL CONTACT. it’s imprtant to use that to begin the battle for advantage from the outset.