ATTN: Eddie and Moon Instructors. Share your wisdom.

[Cody Kietzman]

1) Ignore Corky, and any advice he offers on anything, I lifted his ban, and within one day I all ready regret it.

2)Technical advices has all ready been given: Top Game, Passes, 1/2 guard, transitional flow. The only thing I would add is submission escapes/counters.

2) Also work with him on his economy of motion and conservation of energy. Most wrestlers have a nose to the grind stone pace, which is fine if they have the cardio to back it up. He'll need your guidance in knowing when to relax, and when to pressure and push the pace and explode. IMHO this is the hardest to teach, be patient yet persistent when working with him on this. It will take his output to new levels as he learns to relax while beating the hell outta someone.

Dude if u wanna slide the ban hammer my way for about ten seconds ill hit Corky with it so hard he will never come back... Hey Corky...Fuck you!

Also as far as the thread topic goes, do you think having knowledge of many types of submissions is important if not for any reason but the haver a fat defense against them (kinda along the lines of what Zog said). I say that cuz all i can picture is Brock Lesnar handing Frank Mir that kneebar.

[Slick Rick]

just my 2 cents:
Wrestlers can sometimes be vulnerable to getting triangled when they pass to side control. They like to put the arm in the middle of the opponents legs(maintain position), but if they aren't careful, their head can be pushed down thereby capturing what's needed for the triangle(arm and head). Have him change his bottom arm position to either behind his close thigh, or elbow in front of his far hip.

The guard: Wrestlers are taught never to have their shoulders on the ground(on their back = pin). Being comfortable on the back is paramount in jiu jitsu. Have em start on their back until they get over freaking out being on their back.

Strength: Wrestlers love to muscle out of instances, whereas in jiu jitsu there is a slow technical escape to almost everything(if not everything). Teach him the technical escape for a submission that you see he is powering out of. There is a time to power out of positions, but usually a slow, methodical way of escaping is good to perform. Then he'll have guys saying, "Damn, he's a beast and he's technical!"

Rick