Originally posted by preschol
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Lets take a step back, and frame the discussion. First, I am most certainly not disrespecting BJJ. In fact I respect it tremendously. The pace is more fluid and requires less power because that is the nature of the submission game.
You shouldn't teach anyone anything. You're horrible at bjj.
Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. You don't need a black belt to understand this fact. A lot of wrestlers cannot make this adaptation. When rolling and they get caught I say "slow it down" some do, and if they can learn to fight off their backs they become very good very quickly. A wrestler who make these adaptations develops an extremely strong top game in as little as 6 months.
In wrestling, for example, if I want an outside single from a tie up I have to move my opponents whole body (to his right) to get him to step forward with his left. I then need to switch levels and explode into the single. Even though I have set up the single I need penetration to pick up the left leg. My whole body, 230 lbs (I lost 10 [pounds, lol) has to come down a foot and a half and shoot in another 2-3 feet quickly if I am to negate his sprawl.
Explode, explode, explode. You are moving much more mass over a much greater distance than you do in BJJ.
Explode, explode, explode. You are moving much more mass over a much greater distance than you do in BJJ.
BJJ is a subtle game of inches. The difference between a successful move and an unsuccessful move usually does not involve a whole-sale movement of your body, it is a much more subtle and nuanced game.
You can come back from a small mistake in wrestling (which is constant countering and movement from the moment you start hand fighting.)
You are more winded by by 3 minutes of wrestling than you are from 5 minutes of BJJ.
Don't fall back on personal attacks, insults, vulgarities. All they do is lesson your character. Don't use a one or two person example which is the norm here.
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