Tuesday 13 February 2018

BJJ Sparring




The Purpose of Sparring and Rolling



The purpose of BJJ Sparring is to safely try out your techniques against resistance. This is not the same as fighting and I’ve found that people who are overly competitive in sparring usually make very limited progress in their training. Sparring rounds need to provide realistic resistance without being too competitive. One factor which makes BJJ so effective is that students can spar relatively safely and can try out the techniques in a realistic manner not long after learning them. This gives the student feedback about whether they were practicing the techniques correctly,


Safety


As with any activity related to training, there's no point in doing it if it can't be done safely. All techniques need to be executed in a controlled manner. As a student you should use only techniques that you know and understand. Also, focus on techniques that your partner also knows and understands. Don't try to catch your training partners with ’Trick’ moves that they haven’t seen before and which haven’t been taught in class. Training partners may not recognise the danger and might not tap or may react unpredictably.


Safety Rules



Apply all joint locks in a slow and controlled manner rather than jerking them on quickly. Make sure you give your training partner enough time to tap out even if that means they might have time to escape the submission attempt.

For all choke techniques make sure that pressure is actually being applied in an even manner to the neck rather than just cranking on the neck or jaw.

Move in a controlled manner rather than jumping around or swinging your hands, elbows, knees, feet and head into your training partners.

If you are heavier than your training partner avoid driving your weight into your partner or using your strength or weight advantage to muscle your way in or out of positions.


Avoid sparring in an overly competitive or intense manner


Make sure both your training partner and yourself understand the techniques which will be allowed



How to Start the Round


Its important to avoid wasting time in your training. One of the biggest wastes of time in BJJ training is to spend too long wrestling from your knees in an unrealistic situation. There are two options to get around this, first both partners can start off from standing position (however this is usually not suitable for injury prone beginners), The second option is to just start on the ground in a more realistic position, for example, one partner on bottom closed guard or open guard and then go live from there.


Have a Purpose


Have a few techniques and strategies in mind to work on during the round. For example, this could be one submission or sweep from guard or certain type of guard pass. I’ve found that its usually counter productive to tell your partner what you intend to work on as they will often feel obliged to let you do your technique which defeats the purpose or even worse they may try to block your attempts completely. It's also a good idea to have a few options for what you want to work on just in case you can't get to the position you need to get to to work on your chosen techniques.


Sunday 4 February 2018

Guest Coaches Seminars

We have two exciting seminars coming up at our gym over the next couple of weeks.


Hiroyuki Abe


We will be hosting Japanese MMA and Grappling Legend Hiroyuki Abe on Saturday 17th February at 11am. Hiroyuki Abe is a one of the top MMA and Grappling Coaches in Japan and has fought extensively in the Shooto organisation (the longest running MMA promotion in the world). He is also a Black belt in BJJ, Judo and Karate and has an extensive background in Wrestling. We previously hosted Abe for a seminar back in 2012 which was very successful and looking forward to picking up some more great techniques and knowledge from him this time.



Carlson Gracie Junior


On Friday 2nd March from 6pm until 8pm we have another seminar with Professor Carlson Gracie Jr. I trained at Carlson Gracie BJJ London from 2001 until moving to Australia in 2007 and was awarded with my Black Belt by Carlson Jr back in 2012 while I was back visiting my old club. I have hosted Carlson Jr for seminars at my gym several times over the past years during his visits to Australia and they also come highly recommended by my students and all attendees.




Hiroyuki Abe seminar is $50 for Team Nemesis / ACSA Members and $60 for Non Members and can be paid on the day. Carlson Gracie Jr Seminar is $70 per person and can be paid via this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/carlson-gracie-jr-seminar-tickets-42375393944


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