I'm Ben and I training to be a monster at 10th planet chicago

Thanks guys sounds like a plan

So now your posting here too Arex?

Yes know it panda

Hey bro, not nearly as small when I started, but I was about 145 and one of the smaller guys. I haven't really done a tonne of weights or anything but have grown a bit and put on some size gradually. I would recommend butterflies like mentioned (but bear in mind it takes time to develop decent strength and leverage in your legs to effectively move dudes twice your size. Anything open guard related where you can keep your opponents weight off of you is also good. I play a tonne of De la Riva and RDLR and specifically developed my open guard to play effectively against bigger opponents. gripping is so key too. Best of luck

Thanks bro

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Originally Posted by Ross Davidson

Try and see if you can talk to Cade Nelson somehow, or just try and find vids on him to study his style. He's a sick black belt under Eddie, and he's also only about 115lbs.

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Cade is an absolute great guy and a complete badass. He really is amazing at how small he is at what he can do. Wonderful person to train with and to learn from, even though he's all humble and doesnt like to teach much, lol. Cant say enough good stuff about Cade Nelson, really.

Being distracted with family stuff hasn't given me time to look up cade but sounds awesome

What's up. I weigh 120. Recently became a blue belt, started crossfit last week..haven't really trained any strength stuff until lately. Put your heart into repping. I wish I would have done it earlier. Just started getting into butterfly and club sweeps. I'm getting them on 200lb guys. Rep it on a big guy to get the best feel for it. My rep partner is 190lbs. I've been playing a lot of RG, mainly crack head control. The meat hook is golden! I love the triangle set up. Now I'm trying to work on my sweeps so I can work my top game more. When you flip a big guy over, they don't always know how to handle it and as a plus, when your little you can glue yourself to people.

My absolute biggest tips...T-Rex/home Alone like a beast. Clinch everywhere-top, bottom, everywhere. Practice recovering guard!! I cannot emphasize that enough. It is so important. Shrimp shrimp shrimp!! The better your hip movement is, the better everything is. Hope this helps!

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Originally Posted by Tori Applegate

Practice recovering guard!! I cannot emphasize that enough. It is so important. Shrimp shrimp shrimp!! The better your hip movement is, the better everything is.

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Solid advice from a very good competitor!

Thanks tori it will the only problem I see is John Mejia has given us tips on catching someone by letting them shrimp into a Darce