Originally Posted by
Ben Eddy
Good conceptual responses here .
I would say you've learned to value positions, as they've been told to you. But Jiu Jitsu at its core is about being one step, one inch ahead of your opponent and following that to where it ends. It's good you've learned how to get to and establish / maintain these positions. That will naturally have taught you a lot about good Jiu Jitsu. Now you need to start the path of forgetting about positions and paying attention to momentum. After you gain any angle on your opponent, can you continue to stay one step ahead? Will you force it down a path or allow it to take you where it goes? This is the game of jiu jitsu. Positions are everywhere, the question is just who is controlling whose momentum.. Who has the angle, can you maintain it? Can you improve it as they attempt to get the angle back. Each of their movements will give you an ability to move further along the path, whatever the path may end up being depending on their choices. What matters is if you can stay on top of those movements, can you follow the momentum? Shape it even? How much will you focus on following the momentum vs shaping it? Either way, you have established an inch, the game is keeping it, increasing it, all during the pace you two establish (momentum). The rest is choices, following vs forcing, choosing paths, all personal choice and variance. Within that will always be the battle of staying a step ahead.. an inch. Inch by inch.