Originally Posted by
Neil Kiernan
It will be a little while before my kids are ready to compete in BJJ, but aside from the training they need I have been trying to make heads or tails of Youth BJJ rules. They seem to be different in every single tournament and it makes it hard for me to envision a strategy of what the kids should drill and what submissions they should practice for.
Anyone have any experience with this?
my advice, just train to learn and for the love of the art. Dont worry about the rules, they are all over the place. Every organization has their own sets of rules. Although most are TRYING to follow the IBJJF standard. For the most part, stay away from attacks below the belts, no twister, and no omoplatas. Kids are very limited as to what they can do. You will have plenty of yime to review all the rules for each tournament you enter. I wouldnt worry about it to much. Cora practice the twister, the truck, ankle locks, all of which you will never see in her highlight videos because alll of those are illegal. Why you think she never attempted any jiu claw??
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