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Originally Posted by
Daniel Valdez
I appreciate your 2c Scott, and I liked your win against the black belt, I think I saw the heel hook you got.
But you don't see my point but you are going in the right direction. I still stay fuck wrestling, but your wrong, I do know wrestling.
This is what I was trying to really get at. I'll elaborate some more. Jiu Jitsu players are not taking it personal that most, not you Scott, but most wrestlers will hug after a take down and be suffice with a draw or winning by being on top. I think if more took it personal they would find better ways to beat the hugging wrestlers (not your type of wrestler).
I'm not complaining about wrestlers so much as I am complaining about seeing jiu jitsu players losing to wrestling. And I do train, A lot.
In Gabbys finals match in teens advanced this weekend she lost to a huge wrestler. Kid got the takedown and layed in her guard for 3 minutes. Immediately after the match I took her to the warmup mat and we went over several options on how to stop the larger, stonger wrestler from laying on you.
To me its all about angles and creating space (staying square\flat is to his advantage)...make him put his arm, legs, weight (or whatever) where you want it to be by attacking or faking attacks..forcing him to defend the back take and put his arm in a bad position etc. etc. Forcing him using strength will only waste your energy. I agree with Scott...figureing out a way to beat or counter what your opponents doing is the whole point of the game
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Worst case scenario...get better at takedowns (or stuffing them).
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