Your opinions please

[judoist]

Personally, I think it's a simple miscommunication.

Many judoka from my club will often give me an advantage in ne waza just so they can work from a disadvantageous position and work their way out.

For them, it's not a matter of "Oh look how much I'm better than you, I can give you a head start and still win!" It's a matter of them getting prepped for a comp.

This plays well for both me (more of a counter attacker than attacker) and for them.

[NeilG]

From my point of view if the skill differential is large it is up to the less skilled person to be the aggressor. It gets a little hazy with coloured belts fighting each other but had the OP been fighting his instructor I would consider laying back and waiting for a mistake lazy and disrespectful. Maybe BJJ culture is different in this regard, I can only speak from a Judo POV.

[Petter]

From my point of view if the skill differential is large it is up to the less skilled person to be the aggressor. It gets a little hazy with coloured belts fighting each other but had the OP been fighting his instructor I would consider laying back and waiting for a mistake lazy and disrespectful. Maybe BJJ culture is different in this regard, I can only speak from a Judo POV.

I think BJJ strategy is a bit different in this regard. Consider: In judo, if you have me pinned, you're winning and it's my job to get out of there; you have no reason to move. In BJJ, if you have me pinned but aren't doing anything, it's just stalling; I know you'll have to move if you want to win.