Merging defense and offense in BJJ
Merging defense and offense in BJJ Merging defense and offense in BJJ becomes very important as you move up the ranks of our art. Here are our thoughts on this at Savarese BJJ Academy (www.bergencountybjj.com). Merging defense and offense: When an opponent attacks with a given move your first responsibility is to stop that move. […]
Anticipating failure in BJJ
Anticipating failure in BJJ Anticipating failurein BJJ: It’s good to be confident with your favorite moves and believe that you can get them to work anytime any place on any athlete. But, we’ve got to be realistic too. Sometimes your favorite move isn’t going to work, so we got to have effective back ups that […]
Working in combinations in BJJ
Working in combinations in BJJ Working in combinations in BJJ is crucial to success. Work in pairs, triples and quadruples. Having a strong offensive move is a wonderful thing, but not nearly so wonderful as having a strong complimentary move that goes in the opposite direction to overcome resistance to the first move. Better still […]
Outside or inside control in BJJ?
Outside or inside control in BJJ? The fundamental choice in Jiu- Jitsu – outside control or inside control in BJJ?: When it comes time to control the human body, the fundamental choice you will have before you is whether to control your opponents body by gripping outside/over his limbs or inside/under his limbs. They represent […]
Where attention goes, energy flows
Where attention goes, energy flows Where attention goes, energy flows is an old quote, but truthful when it comes to BJJ. Where is his energy going? When you get a grip upon an opponent there two possible reactions. First, they first is that simply doesn’t react. In this case go straight into your offensive move […]
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