Adding Defensive Techniques to the Warmups?

[VJ Bella]

Hey Guys,

So as part of my warmups I recently starting adding defensive techniques to the core 6 submissions (arm bar, triangle, omoplata, guillotine, kimura and RNC) that are pretty much universal among all Jiu Jitsu academies. I think this is just as important as drilling offense techniques and sweeps...especially if you are a competitor or new to Jiu Jitsu. For me...this is bringing my game to a new level because it allows me to work my offense without having to be overly worried about getting caught in submissions. I now start off every sparring session in one of the 6 submissions above (fully locked in) and try to work my way out. While recognizing a submission setup before it happens is always preferred, knowing I have a few extra lives in my bag of tricks if I make a mistake gives me an added confidence. What do you guys think?? Is this something that should be added into the 10th planet warmups?

[FRANK BARCA]

You might want to check out the Dead zones?

[VJ Bella]

Hey Frank I'm not familiar with that. What are the dead zones?

[dannymack]

The dead zones are areas where you are most likely going to get a submission i.e. spider web, the truck, the back.

[VJ Bella]

So do you guys start in these positions or in the actual submissions? I've just been straight starting in the submission fully locked in an try to get out an go live if I do. I tapped a lot last week. A lot less this weekend so I'm making his progress. But I really feel like this makes me much more dangerous knowing If I fuck up I may still get another chance. Worth drilling daily in my opinion...

[Eddie Bravo]

Good idea vj. But we do cover all that when we do dead zone drills. There are so many techs that can legitamitly be made as warm ups, if I put them all in the warm ups we'd have 32 sets instead of 8 and then we would never be able to memorize and master them. I had to keep it to 8 and carefully pick out the techs I felt were most important, but that's not to say someone else couldn't do a better job at designing them, but if I didn't just do it myself it wouldn't have happened on it's own. So I did it and now about 90% of the moons are all synched up with the warm ups and it's rapidly transforming the core of the 10p association. Btw the warm ups include plenty of crucial/vital escapes

[Amber Kamischke]

Btw the warm ups include plenty of crucial/vital escapes

He's right. I used the straight ankle lock escape from the warm ups this past weekend in one of my gi matches.

When rolling, I give some of the newer guys the choice of where they want to start based on what they want to work on. We both benefit from it since when rolling you don't always get put in certain positions so you don't get to work on them as much.

[VJ Bella]

Good idea vj. But we do cover all that when we do dead zone drills. There are so many techs that can legitamitly be made as warm ups, if I put them all in the warm ups we'd have 32 sets instead of 8 and then we would never be able to memorize and master them. I had to keep it to 8 and carefully pick out the techs I felt were most important, but that's not to say someone else couldn't do a better job at designing them, but if I didn't just do it myself it wouldn't have happened on it's own. So I did it and now about 90% of the moons are all synched up with the warm ups and it's rapidly transforming the core of the 10p association. Btw the warm ups include plenty of crucial/vital escapes

Yep good stuff Eddie. Just to be clear this was in no way a criticism of the warm-ups and how they are structured. Just the fact that you have structured warm ups across the association at all already puts you ahead of 99% of other schools out there. This is just something I stumbled upon to improve my own defense an thought I would share an get opinions from the group on. If I can one day say I've improved my defense to the point that I am not able to be guillotined or triangle that's a lot less less defense I need to worry about an a lot more offense I can focus on. I just feel like proper defense to submissions is one of the most overlooked aspects of jiu jitsu and it is something that can really set someone apart at the higher levels.

[Kevin Gibbs]

I use a Ho, Hillebrand and a Sachnoff to up my survival and defense skills. It has made me pretty difficult to submit.

[Eddie Bravo]

I use a Ho, Hillebrand and a Sachnoff to up my survival and defense skills. It has made me pretty difficult to submit.

Yes, rolling with beastly war dogs on the reg will greatly improve your defense