
Ep. 3: Anatomic Hierarchy, Grips
BJJ Mental Models
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The Importance of Striking Arms in Wrestling
If you see two guys stand up, and they haven't even started grappling yet, you can tell if someone's effective or not just by the way that they're standing. In jujitsu, like the man whoever gets the first dominant grip is almost always going to be able to control the position. If you lose the dominant grip fight, it kind of doesn't matter how good your takedown or your guard passis, you're probably going to wind up losing until you can reverse that control. This is te sign of a sound grapplerand once you see it, you'll be able to tell who is good, why are they good? Just by thinking about posture, structure and base
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