Whats your biggest weakness in JJ?

obviously you dont have to answer if you are an active competitor who doesnt want to give people any tips on how to beat you.. buut.. if youre like me, and losing doesnt really bother you.. Feel free to share some of your weak points in your game..

Mine is breaking/passing full guard, and regular side control. Judo-side and twister side are fine, but i always have a hard time working submissions from regular side control. Even when i stay tight, i just always have to transition to prevent them from getting into a better position. (maybe because I'm only 135, maybe because my technique just isnt good yet).

So now, your turn.. which areas of your game would you like to see the most improvement?

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Originally Posted by chronic_jiujitsu

which areas of your game would you like to see the most improvement?

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Great question and interesting thread Mr. Chronic. I'd like to simply see higher %'s of success in my sub attempts and transitions. The most specific thing I can think of right now are breaking people's posture to get into mission control and not losing the position *people pull out* during kung fu move when I can't double bag because their torso is too wide and also not losing position when in chill dog and/or crackhead control. I'm pretty sure it's a leg squeeze thing.

Mine is being smothered by stronger and heavier opponents!!! I have been working on keeping my entire body relaxed and flowing between movements as apposed to trying to meet their strength...but being caught underneath somebody and not being able to advance my position i would say is my biggest weakness!!

But to counteract my biggest strength has become to read submissions faster and start working on the defence to a move a second or so faster than the opponent applying the move which is leaving openings for sweeps e.t.c...which is great for unlimited time rolls but for 5 minute competition i need to fix the top area!

cardio

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Originally Posted by bobby rivers

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ah crap.. i forgot that one.. I have the worst cardio in the world. Im good for maybe 4 minutes of hard rolling.. after that.. youre going to see a lot of stalling on my behalf.

i think i have developed a pretty good cardio routine for Jitz! - i'm not a fit bloke as you can see i'm starting to get there but i use a simple workout of 5 x 100m bear crawls and then jump on a bike machine set to level 3 and ride at a solid pace for 90 seconds then sprint for 30 whilst simultaneously upping the level 2 notches from where you are and then repeat as many times as you can

Breaking full guard and being a small guy at the gym i am usually playing guard never in someone guard!!!lol i been woriking on it by asking peolple if i can start in their guard it sucks....but it a big weekness for almost all small guys

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Originally Posted by chronic_jiujitsu

obviously you dont have to answer if you are an active competitor who doesnt want to give people any tips on how to beat you.. buut.. if youre like me, and losing doesnt really bother you.. Feel free to share some of your weak points in your game..

Mine is breaking/passing full guard, and regular side control. Judo-side and twister side are fine, but i always have a hard time working submissions from regular side control. Even when i stay tight, i just always have to transition to prevent them from getting into a better position. (maybe because I'm only 135, maybe because my technique just isnt good yet).

So now, your turn.. which areas of your game would you like to see the most improvement?

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I have the same problem with regular side control Im only 135 as well and when going against someone bigger then me I rarely get Side Control mainly cause I try to stay tight but to be honest its not hard to move 135Ilbs off your chest but I try to use that opportunity to my advantage when they buck and move around I just transition to a more secure position cause its just like any other thing in JJ not everything is gonna work at least not until you work on it , For Example my Master is around 135 also but when I roll with him its like the heaviest 135 Ive ever felt sometimes heavier then people much bigger this just shows me what proper technique can do .So I still practice SC just to one day not have that problem any more

My general answer is definitely top game. More specifically, I want to get better at being heavy, slow, and deliberate. I think of what I hate on my back, and it's someone who is just really heavy in the right places, slowly progressing without giving anything. It gets to the point where you don't want to try anything because you feel like you know it will fail. I am lanky, but I want to be that guy. Roger is lanky, Marcelo is little, and Eddie seems to be both. But get them off of you. I feel like the sub percentages, fancy passes, etc will come in time if I can get that first. Position before submission!

cardio, side control escape, butterfly guard is passed easy, top position control

Side Control Escape.

Staph infection...

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Originally Posted by robert gero

Breaking full guard and being a small guy at the gym i am usually playing guard never in someone guard!!!lol i been woriking on it by asking peolple if i can start in their guard it sucks....but it a big weekness for almost all small guys

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I'm only 145lbs and yes, I hate being in closed guard. I'd rather have my back taken than get in someones closed guard. I sometimes let people armbar or triangle me and defend that rather than breaking guard. I feel like there's no way around using strength to break someones guard unless you bait them for a sloppy sub.

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Originally Posted by Justin W.

I'm only 145lbs and yes, I hate being in closed guard. I'd rather have my back taken than get in someones closed guard. I sometimes let people armbar or triangle me and defend that rather than breaking guard. I feel like there's no way around using strength to break someones guard unless you bait them for a sloppy sub.

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Heya Justin! Hope your doing well. Get out of guard by standing up. The sweeps will bug you at first but after a while you'll always stand up and anticipate that sweep and then counter.
Take care bro!

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Originally Posted by Slick Rick

Heya Justin! Hope your doing well. Get out of guard by standing up. The sweeps will bug you at first but after a while you'll always stand up and anticipate that sweep and then counter.
Take care bro!

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Sup Rick! Just getting ready for NAGA on the 22nd. Good technique standing up. I love how it forces them to try to sweep. This is actually the only thing I do to break guard. I'm too lazy for the knee in the middle stuff. Too much energy unless it's Gi, then you got some good handles to latch onto. See you around Dec/Jan.

Fucking cardio and muscle endurance. SMH. I'm sure I have other weaknesses, but until I can last a whole round, I won't know. So, for now, cardio.

I have some trouble with ushiro/twister side, and a little bit in the turtle position, but my problems are mostly strategic...

I don't go for subs often enough and aggressively enough, because I am much more concerned with positioning. And while that is not an altogether bad thing, I really need to start committing more fully to submissions, especially when I compete in SAMBO. The subs are there, and I know them relatively well, but it's a mix of me not wanting to give up good position and me not wanting to hurt my opponent.

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+1

short stocky wrestlers with armbar and traingle defense

My arm in guillotine and triangle D

Not being able to train as much as I want to . Only getting 1 day a week right now and its just MMA and wrestling .... I need my Jiu Jitsu !

not getting to train more , my work schedule hogs up the time

i really need to work on my top game, i have problem where when i get there i just wanna roll onto my back and work for something there. ive given up half guard just to get a guy in my half guard and try to get something going. im just not as comfortable there in the slightest, and my knowledge of submissions from the top is incredibly limited. probably due to my lack of experience and time spent sparring etc. hopefully with time ill get better :)

It's not my weakest point, but I always want to see improvement in my sweeping. My weakest point is probably my no gi closed guard break. Since I started training in the gi primarily, I often rely on grips to open the closed guard.

CAR DEE OH!!!

My old ass gets tired, hoes!

One of my knees is permanently jacked and the other gives out sometimes so my top game is weak since it hurts to bend them (kneeling). Pretty much the only thing I'll do from top is JSD or what I call the Steering Wheel; Zog calles it something like Cobra Control. I can't maintain mount worth a crap and my basic side control is pretty wide open and easy to shrimp out of. I can usually hold on to newbies, but anyone with more than 3-4 years of rolling can escape either position without much trouble :(

However, this has made my bottom game, specifically half guard, pretty darn good, and I'm pretty sneaky with my upper body.

Guard passing :(

Well, it seems like we have a general consensus. Skipping cardio (we all know how to train that), it sounds like most of us could use some more top game techniques.

In particular, I would be interested in passes and subs that work on non-TPJJ positions. That fact is, most people don't play lockdown or RG, even at nogi tourneys. I'd like to see some TPJJ-style options against non-TPJJ opponents. For example, with my build (6'0" 150 lbs), maintaining mount was always tricky, but the attacks that are basically upside-down RG (gogos, z-mount, omos, etc) really made a difference to me. Even the gangsta lean gave me some solid (if basic) ideas to play around with. The same from lesser top positions (in guard, regular 1/2-guard, deep-half, and side control) would be awesome

Responsibilities! Family obligations keep me from BJJ! At least till June. The ball & chain is still going to Nursing school for her RN. So I have to hold down the fort, (3 year old) & with only one income, money is tight! So I can't wait for summer 2012! I will be training like a mother f*cker!

This is my post here, and I've only been doing jj for 2 weeks, and my teacher and the one black belt say me flexibility is good for, my size 6'1" 245, and I think I can do okay passing the guard and my cardio is good, just attacking from the guard I constantly have trouble with. I feel like there is nothing I can do, even when I've been taught things when other dudes weren't there the day we learned something new I dont even get to 10% the way there of pulling it off. I tried letting guys get a little loose on me and going into half guard and all the lock down stuff, which has worked well, but aren't I just giving the other person the chance to pass my guard altogether? I know I will learn more over time and get better but its just frustrating because I feel like dudes just sit on me then wait for me to mess up.

Cardio's a big one. Letting guys pass to side control because I'm confident I can slip out or sweep (dangerous/stupid game). I'm working on preventing that. Bad habits die hard.