Training for better Jiu-Jitsu

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness.  Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness.  Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” ~Sun Tzu

 

I consider myself somewhat of a Jiu-Jitsu beginner because I trained for better positions and submissions well into brown belt.

I didn’t start the journey for better Jiu-Jitsu until recently.

While there is obviously some overlap here, there are also night and day differences.

Even after black I was still conditioning my arms to hold harness from turtle top for long periods, without thinking if this was an energy-efficient strategy. =)

The thing with basing your BJJ on survival and sensibility is it isn’t going improve your sweeps, submissions, or positioning overnight.

Therefore, training for better Jiu-Jitsu is easily missed in the reach for ideas geared toward short term results (i.e. learning a new guard pass for use against your gym nemesis).

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