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Originally Posted by Ghost  This is for the likes of Tant01, Jubs, treehugger, jujujason etc.
1)First question is obvious, what is your style?
2)What got you into grappling in the first place and did you nearly end up taking something else instead?
3)Do you have a core set of techniques that are your favs and what are they?
4)Do you do any additional training outside of class and if so what? ie weights, running, any kind of functional training.
5)How do you feel about MMA, do you feel they have nailed their grappling game or do they look like they have some techniques and the rest is just fitness and raw power.
6)If you were to learn another system now, what would you choose? |
1) All jiu jitsu, all the time! (Okay, some judo)
2) Absolutely...I took karate for a year or two as a kid. Bored me, took a ~8 year break, and signed up for jiu jitsu after finally growing a pair about training again (I had debated on and off for literally 3 years)
3) That's sort of hard to break down as I'd either feel like an idiot for leaving stuff out or end up with a list of most techniques! I can categorize. I'll do subs/takedowns/sweeps
Submissions
Even this should be broken down positionally, but my 3 all-time favourites:
Rear Naked Choke (Hadaka Jime)
Triangle Choke (Sankaku Jime)
Armbar (Juji Gatame)
Throws/Takedowns
Large / Small inner reap (Kouchi/Ouchi gari)
Double Leg Takedown (Morote Gari, but I prefer to shoot it like a wrestler)
Oh lord, I can't name the third...does it even have a judo term?
Basically a body lock takedown....to pick a side: duck under the right arm and get to the back, secure the body lock (hands clasped near his ribs on his left side), pull him backwards tripping him over your right leg.
Sweeps
Elevator Sweep
Scissor Sweep
'old school' (half guard sweep)
4) Just basic conditioning/GPP stuff (rosstraining.com is a good resource if you are just starting out)
5) This is really vague. Striking changes grappling so very, very much. Almost every single position changes. I think there are some very slick submission artists for MMA, dustin hazelett being the new up and comer
6) Do you mean, "if you could do it all over again, what would you take" or "now that you've done this, where to?"
to the first part - I wish I had wrestled in high school, then done some judo to get my gi experience/basic groundwork, then on to jiu jitsu, then maybe some sambo.
Me personally, considering the latter part...I'd like to focus on some wrestling.