Ep. 2: Core Mechanics
BJJ Mental Models
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Using Lever Control in a Shooting Technique
If you can minimize the surface area of where you're putting your force, it's going to be a lot more powerful. Rather than lying on the glot the guy, you are dropping all your weight down onto a single point of your body. Ya, it's axising the jaw. It's using the head as a lever. It's breaking his posture because you're turning his head away. And you're using your shoulder as a wedge. Ah, this is something that i think is effective as a shooting technique. You have an opportunity to use wedges there to really pin the guy in position.
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