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Side control is the last place people think they will get triangle choked from. However, the triangle can be just as effective from side control as it can from any other position. It just needs to be set up correctly.
This short instructional covers a simple way to attack the triangle choke from side control and the controls needed to make it virtually unstoppable.
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“Position before submission” is a commonly used phrase in Jiu Jitsu. And in my experience when you understand how to control a position the submission becomes a lot easier.
One reason for this is your opponent has to use more energy and give more space to escape, which presents you with submission opportunities.
However, people often focus on the wrong things when trying to prevent their opponents escape.
The first step to preventing an escape has nothing to do with what your opponent is doing with their arms or legs, or how they’re grabbing your Gi. Preventing an escape starts with one simple concept…you have to stop your opponent being able to rotate.
Basically, you gotta keep ’em flat.
Think about it, almost every escape starts with your opponent rotating in some way. If you stop their rotation, you can prevent the escape before it starts.
This video covers some key concepts to controlling positions and keeping your opponent flat, plus how to practice it.
A great way to develop this type of control is to spend a month practicing nothing other than keeping your opponent flat. Make that your goal every time you roll. By the end of the month, your opponents will feel like they’ve got a small planet laying on them and submission opportunities will magically start to appear.
This is exactly what happened to me when Braulio told me to try this. I even got to the point where I could submit people just with my top pressure. Not bad considering the IBJJF think I weigh the same as a feather (about 65kg).
Key Takeaways:
– Almost every escape starts and ends with your partner rotating.
– Use your body weight to kill their rotation and your hands as a backup.
– Don’t rest on their defensive frame.
– Maintain good posture to avoid being rolled.
The Mount is one of the most dominant positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Mixed Martial Arts. If you’ve ever experienced a world class mount you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s a painful and frustrating experience.
And to develop a crushing, attacking mount is relatively easy once you understand the body mechanics and controls. This instructional the essential information you need to know to control and submit any opponent from the mount.
The Mount Of Death instructional was recorded live during a seminar and covers all the essential information you need to know to develop a world class mount.
Here is just a little of what you’ll discover in this video:
– Learn to control an opponent of any size, with the minimum of effort.
– Discover how to use their escape attempts against them.
– Highly effective submission sequences that can be nearly impossible to escape
– Much, much more.
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Recently, I was fortunate enough to spend five weeks living, training, and competing in California.
During those weeks I learned about success and failure. I went from wining a World Championship without having a single point scored against me to losing my first fight in the next competition. A competition I should have won.
What happened? That’s an excellent question and something I’ve asked myself a lot since returning to the UK.
But that’s not the point of this article, although I will be writing about it soon.
This article is about how I learned to lose like a champion and went from consistently losing major competitions to becoming a two-time world champion. I have learned far more about about myself and my skills from losing than I ever have from wining.
Don’t get me wrong– winning is great. I love having my hand raised at the end of a match and the feeling of standing in the middle on the podium. My victories in competition are some of my proudest achievements. But in terms of development, winning doesn’t teach the same lessons as losing. Winning simply means I did everything right; losing means something different.
Of course, if I made mistakes along the way to victory I learn from them, but I find losing a much more educational experience.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
Many people view losing as failure. And I can see why, of course. It’s hard not to view losing and the associated feelings as failing. I choose to take Thomas Edison’s view on failure. Each and every failure simply gets me one step closer to your goal. Edison famously took over 10’000 attempts before he succeed in creating the light bulb. Imagine how different the world would be if he’d stopped at 9’999.
So how do you lose like a champion and achieve outstanding results through failure?
I’m sure there are a number of ways to reach your goal and overcome failures. Personally, I follow a four rules that have allowed me to come back stronger after every loss; they have always helped me to move one step closer to my goals after suffering the disappointment of defeat. Here they are.
“Strive to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat.” – Boots Williams
Losing is a unfortunate reality of competition and life. We would all like to go through our entire competition career undefeated. However, very few competitors ever achieve this.
So when the unfortunate day arrives and you lose your first competition, you are faced with two options.
One is to shout, scream, curse the referee, and throw a fit. All of these things will only make you look foolish and damage your reputation.
Instead, choose to be gracious in defeat.
Congratulate your opponent, and walk out with your head held high. Simply by stepping in to the arena of combat, you have achieved something most people will never even dream of accomplishing.
Of course it’s emotionally hard, but that is a good thing. It means you care about your performance and the outcome of all your hard work.
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.” – Steve Maraboli
Defeat can happen for any number of different reasons and most of them had little to do with my technical performance. I have lost competitions because I over-trained, under-trained, ate poorly, didn’t rest properly, lost my focus, and for many other reasons.
It’s important to analyze your whole competition process not just your matches. The problem could be in your training, your lifestyle, your diet, or a host of other areas. By reviewing your competition preparation as a whole, it will allow you to learn from your mistakes and avoid them in the future.
“Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits”. – Richard Nixon
The only time you are truly defeated is when you quit.
Use a competition loss to motivate you to improve your performance. Providing you are fit and healthy, try to get back in to competition as fast as possible.
The longer you take off between competitions, the more you will begin to question your abilities. This can be devastating for a competitor’s mental attitude.
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” – Napoleon Hill
It is all well and good accepting a competition loss, analyzing your performance, and setting new goals, but if you don’t make changes then the result will be the same.
Take action and implement any necessary changes to your training or life. Evaluate your performance, set new goals, make a plan, and take action.
“No man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.” – Bruce Lee
In my experience, competition loss can be devastating. Without each and every loss I would not be where I am today.
Next time you suffer a loss, don’t let that loss discourage you. Instead, embrace it, learn from it and make the necessary adjustments that will lead you to your goal. Understanding the reasons why you lost and the ways to mitigate those issues in the future is part of the learning process.
And remember the path to achieving success never easy, but don’t failures discourage you. They are simply learning experiences.