Fundamentals of Attacking Part 2 (Aspects of Control & Reducing Possibilities to Probabilities), The Principles of Mount Escapes, Competition Opening Strategy + MORE!
Hey there! Hope you had an excellent weekend!
Just wanted to shoot you a quick email and let you know that last week’s private lesson notes are now up (link here)
In last week’s email, I talked about the first prerequisite you need in order to begin attacking. That prerequisite is control!
In order to attack, you need to establish control of a position or else your attacks won’t be nearly as effective as they could be. For example, how often have you tried to throw up a submission attempt only to get your guard passed?
If you’ve ever had any such instance, you didn’t have proper control of the position.
That said, the next thing you need to understand is the various aspects of control. How to control your opponent in a way that allows you to attack but also keeps your opponent from defending. This starts to get a little more complicated…
But it doesn’t have to be!
Jiujitsu is actually quite simple and reducing the complexity is how you can simplify things in order to become more effective in your training. This email breaks that down by showing you it’s not what’s possible, but what’s probably… And how to attack from there.
Mount Escapes
Next up, we talk about mount escapes! This email dives deep into the fundamentals of the mount position. In order to escape such a bad position, you’ll need to understand how the mount position functions in terms of strategy and structure. You’ll need to know where the pressure is and where it is not. And further, you’ll need to keep yourself safe while you escape.
Competition Strategy: How to Open!
Approaching a competition, one of my students wanted to understand opening strategy. In his first competition, his opening didn’t go so well and he thought he had a gameplan but alas, it didn’t pan out the way he wanted!
He fought well and fought hard and almost got the victory but came up short in the final seconds. How might things have changed if his opening was better and more strategic?
Coming Back from a Layoff
Coming back from a long layoff can be quite challenging for most people. I have students who text me they’re coming back ALL THE TIME but few actually do. It’s hard.
You can’t help but feel like you got worse and your training partners got better. This is entirely normal. But, I can assure you, it’s much like riding a bike.
Coming back from a Layoff- Injury Edition
I got a question from a subcriber about how to come back from an injury. I included it here because coming back from an injury is very similar to coming back from a layoff in terms of those negative feelings. What complicates things is the fact that you’re going to have some added fear and anxiety about returning from injury.
In this email, I give some of my most important tips for coming back from injury and overcoming the feelings associated with them.
You can find the full post here (for paid subscribers only!).
Hope you enjoy it!
Best
Ricardo