My Training Journal Part 2 [March 2023]
Hitting a Dead Stop, More Greco Roman & Leglocks and New Wave Jiu-jitsu
In training, I always tell my students: You should have a CLEAR and CONCISE plan to get to your positions of strength so that you can be most effective.
AND
You should also be able to adapt to every deviation to that plan because when you have a resisting opponent who also knows jiu-jitsu, it’s rare that you can stay the course, as initially designed.
When deviations happen (i.e., your opponent defends), it’s important to adapt. You can do this by
A) Moving along the new path that helps you get to your goal (submitting your training partner) or
B) If you’re skilled enough, redirecting every deviation right back to your main position of strength.
Either way, it’s important to note that even though you have a plan of action, there are variables that take us away from what we’re trying to accomplish.
So it goes for me.
At the start of February, I wrote an article to highlight my personal training plan and how I study, learn, train and troubleshoot problems.
Unfortunately, however, within a few days of writing this post, we had some inclement weather and the school shut down for a week (no training) and then, when we opened back up, I got sick and that put me out for another week.
Two weeks without training due to circumstances beyond my control is frustrating, but alas, it’s the way things go sometimes. You can’t get too stressed about these things. You just have to a) move along your new path or b) redirect. Unfortunately, I couldn’t redirect the weather nor could I do much for my illness so I chose a) moved along the new path, recover and get back to it as soon as my body felt better.
And so I did.
If you recall the last article (which I also linked above), I had a specific training focus off the mats (strength training) and on the mats (Greco Roman Wrestling).
This post is for paid subscribers and I’ll be going over the following:
How I plan to focus what I’m learning based on goals I’ve set for myself
How I plan to implement them in training [With before and after sparring narrations]
I’ll also be asking and answering the four questions I like asking my private coaching students:
Number 1: How’s training?
Number 2: What’s working well?
Number 3: What’s working not-so-well?
Number 4: What’s the ONE THING that will move the needle most and let’s start there
My goal for this from an educational perspective is to show you how I prioritize my learning and training and how I continuously adapt to the ever-changing circumstances in jiu-jitsu.
Things are always changing and it’s important to A) Have a plan of action that you stick to as well as B) ADAPT because things RARELY go the way you plan them out.
Alright, let’s dive in!
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