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    working both weak and strong side vs vice versa

    ok so i read in roylers book (BJJ submission grappling techniques)
    that focusing mainly on your strong side helps develop small details
    that suit your game much better,and with that knowledge your weak side
    would grow faster when you approach it later on after you've matured as a jiu jitsu
    practitioner.


    so im pretty convinced, BUT i want to hear your input before
    i potentially make bad decisions

    so should i :
    focus on strong side
    and work weak side later

    or

    work both

    or

    work strong on certain techniques
    and both on others?



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    also marcelo garcia is the master of one side

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    Strong on certain, both on others.

    You get one side of side control really fucking good, and the other is weak? Instead of doing the same moves from the other side of side control, why not work another gameplan? Go for a North South Choke instead of a D'Arce...etc

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    My problem is that my RB leg is really flexible but the other not xD

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    having both legs flexible will help no matter which side you prefer cause of double bagger and such

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    here's a quote from some random dude; [The tendency to favour one side over the other] "...is all fine and dandy in the beginning - it's what allows you to get familiar with the techniques - but eventually you'll want to practice attacking the unfamiliar side as much as possible. There are several reasons for this. If your opponent learns that you can only attack one side, it doesn't take much for him to shut your entire game down. [...] The other reason is that if you get really good at attacking both sides, you can oftentimes catch your opponent off guard." Ultimately being able to everything equally well with both sides gives you more options, and therefore keeps you unpredictable.

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    I'd rather be adept at one side and just pretty decent at the other than equal on both. If both sides are equal, and your opponent can shut it down, you don't have anything you can use

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    there's a good thread on this forum that deals with exactly this.
    http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...vs-strong-side

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay JC Chow View Post
    I'd rather be adept at one side and just pretty decent at the other than equal on both. If both sides are equal, and your opponent can shut it down, you don't have anything you can use
    +1

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    Yeah, focus one one side untill you understand the technique and the little details that make it work against resistance and THEN
    switch to both. I really doubt Royler meant only get good at one side, it's just that it can be confusing trying to rep both sides at first.

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