How you know when you've worked on a move enough.

so I've been working on my gogoplatas for ages now but recently ive been landing them ultra frequently, im loving it. seems that ive been working on it too much though and thinking on it as well since the other night, i couldnt sleep for three hours becuase i couldnt stop processing the rolls i had had that night and then last night i had a dream of getting someone in a triangle and then slipping it into a gogoplata. (it made sense in the dream) and then after winning i was gutted becuase no one had got it on video and i couldnt use it towards my next belt. i even did the 10th planet gang sign. :D

anyone else dream much about jiu jitsu?

I bruised a toe in my sleep back when I did Kyokushin Karate. :( I dreamt of something bad and tried to kick it, and hit the wall at an odd angle. I couldn't forgive myself for kicking with poor technique. Even tho I was sleeping. That toe was in bad shape, haha!
I've had some jiu jitsu dreams here and there too. Less risky, I might wake up choking my pillow. :)

Instead of counting sheep I count reps of certain series and rolls.

And the only time you can say you practiced a move too much is when you're not growing in the rest of your game.

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Originally Posted by David Rosado

Instead of counting sheep I count reps of certain series and rolls.

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I've been doing this lately too. I've been really focussed on the HQ Warm up drill with the hip bump sweep. I've started to hit the sweep with way more success in the last few weeks. Can't say for sure that the two are related but I'm sure thinking of a move over and over again won't hurt.

When you can tell a black belt that's what you are gonna do and then do it, that's when you have worked it enough:cool:

I think about rolls before I sleep most nights to be honest and thought I was weird for doing it! Nice to know someone else is with me lol. I find it helps me see where I went wrong and visualise what I should have done.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Woolsey

When you can tell a black belt that's what you are gonna do and then do it, that's when you have worked it enough:cool:

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+1

I usually think about BJJ before bed, it keeps me up some nights if I cannot figure something out.

Landing it in your dream is one thing, try falling asleep on the mat have someone jump you and if you wake up and they are in the move thats when you've drilled it half as many times as you should.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Woolsey

When you can tell a black belt that's what you are gonna do and then do it, that's when you have worked it enough:cool:

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Do tkd black belts count? :)

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Originally Posted by sean applegate

Do tkd black belts count? :)

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For me yes:cool:

I shrimp, granby and invert in my head to get to sleep, if I visualise someone stood in front of me I always roll around to the back with a leg trapped and am never sure whether I want to jump the back from there or keep the trapped leg in some kind of back calf crush scenario. It's weird.

In one of the new rolled up episodes Robert Drysdale talks about to getting to the next level in jiu jitsu you have to dreaming about jiu jitsu...he credits that to his success.

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Originally Posted by Chauncey Nu'usolia

In one of the new rolled up episodes Robert Drysdale talks about to getting to the next level in jiu jitsu you have to dreaming about jiu jitsu...he credits that to his success.

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Awesome, im on my way. :D

You have BEGUN to drill a move enough when the tech automatically happens at the proper time, in the proper position, and executed successfully. Muscle memory from so many reps, drills and live.

A huge part is also knowing when to transition when properly countered or abandon on your terms to a safe place when compromised.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Woolsey

When you can tell a black belt that's what you are gonna do and then do it, that's when you have worked it enough:cool:

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Nice! lol