I think part of the issue is that many people have trained with people trained in 10p. I know that the round table didn't turn out the most favorable towards the rubber guard, but there were those who came down in favor of it.
I think there certainly a place for the RG and high guard play in MMA, may fighters are breaking their own posture down as a way of being in guard. Please keep in mind my commentary on the guard was
And I never said it only works on crap guys, I don't doubt that we could get guys that could use the rubber guard just as effectively as any of the other guards in vogue. Between Denny and Adam Sachnoff the whole grappling world could see that very soon.
I see the real problem is that the guard in general inherently defensive and the way MMA is currently judged, the top man is seen as winning regardless what is happening 90% of the time. So many MMA fighters do not attack when in guard or try to pass it, they simply to stop the bottom fighter from doing anything. I feel that has caused many MMA fighters to turn away from guard work, both in fights and in training.
There are all these wonderful new guards in competitive grappling because every aspect of that sport is evolving, while in MMA the guard seems to have hit a wall for now. Nobody but basically you guys are really willing to go out and learn try new things. Combat jiu jitsu could be an awesome testing and learning ground. So keep going 10p, not everyone is gonna love you but keep moving the ball forward.
To wrap up my post was meant purely to be a discussion starter, and it does seem more than a few community members are resistant to 10p, it was meant purely to allow people to share thoughts, not a hate thread.
I think there certainly a place for the RG and high guard play in MMA, may fighters are breaking their own posture down as a way of being in guard. Please keep in mind my commentary on the guard was
The rubber guard does work. I've seen it work, I've had it worked on me, and high level grapplers, like Vinny Magalhaes, tell me it works.
I see the real problem is that the guard in general inherently defensive and the way MMA is currently judged, the top man is seen as winning regardless what is happening 90% of the time. So many MMA fighters do not attack when in guard or try to pass it, they simply to stop the bottom fighter from doing anything. I feel that has caused many MMA fighters to turn away from guard work, both in fights and in training.
There are all these wonderful new guards in competitive grappling because every aspect of that sport is evolving, while in MMA the guard seems to have hit a wall for now. Nobody but basically you guys are really willing to go out and learn try new things. Combat jiu jitsu could be an awesome testing and learning ground. So keep going 10p, not everyone is gonna love you but keep moving the ball forward.
To wrap up my post was meant purely to be a discussion starter, and it does seem more than a few community members are resistant to 10p, it was meant purely to allow people to share thoughts, not a hate thread.
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