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Episode #102 "Solving Jiu Jitsu Puzzles"

Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 01:08:41
Publish Date: 2019-05-29 23:00:00
Description:

The boys reveal the winner of the contest...at the end of the show. 


But first, they read an article by not other than...Paul Elliot from simplebjj.com about solving puzzles that you’re going to encounter in BJJ whether you’re attacking or defending. 


Now, while Paulie though this was a great article, and for sure useful, it was a bit hard to have fun with because of its depth of ideas. His reading abilities really shine through on this one tho...


In the article, he talks first about identifying what your goals are dependent on the position you find yourself in. What exactly do you need to accomplish to either get the submission or escape from one. What steps do you need to do to get to your end goal?


Next he talks about prioritizing those steps in order of importance. For example: if someone has you in their guard with both hands in your collar, your first priority is not getting around their legs at that moment. If it was you’d find yourself sleeping. 


He writes that in order to properly prioritize goals and solve these problems, you need to have your Jiu Jitsu abstractions down, such as proper posture, pressure, base, timing, and so on. So work on these first. 


When you inevitably fail, ask your partner or coach where exactly you went wrong so that you can make those small incremental improvements to your overall game. 


Another little tidbit in the article is recording your rolls. This way you can see exactly what you are doing well and what you are doing wrong. I thought this was a fantastic idea. 


The last lines from the article are as follows:


We can sum all of this up as follows:

The jiu-jitsu challenge is to rapidly identify, classify, prioritize, and solve an evolving set of positional challenges and goals.

If you fail to achieve your goals, you made a mistake.

If you made a mistake, you didn’t classify the problem correctly.

If you didn’t classify the problem correctly, your abstractions are incomplete.

If your abstractions are incomplete, more detailed technique will inform you.

Lastly, we talked about the new GD app called Flick. If you download it you can join the conversation with other likeminded people who want to talk about the shows or ask any questions you might have. So far I think people are really enjoying it. Sign up if you haven’t done so yet.

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