Most of my rolls are me slowly letting myself into deep water with our blue belts just to see how deep that water is. With purple and higher its all about maintaining good position!
Yeah for sure. I do it all of the time especially with people who aren't as experienced as I am or with youngsters. It can only improve your game while at the same time improving the game (and perhaps the confidence) of the person who you're rolling with.
One of my favorite drills/sparring sessions involves 10 minutes of mount and back escapes. We always do this after 50 minutes of rolling. The last 10 minutes are spent working from bad situations. You are more prone to make mistakes when you are tired. He starts on my back and we go 100% if he finishes me or I escape I take his back and we repeat. Then at the 5 minute mark we switch to mount escapes. No rest. It has helped tremendously. Enjoy :-)
Yes, Because everyone I roll with is better then me so I don't have much of a choice haha.And we do monkey in the middle,starting off in a bad position and if u tap,get to a neutral/andvanced position a fresh guy comes in and u start all over again.