if overpowered or caught off guard. A BJJ man can control the opponant by using the guard. This is where we wrap our legs around the attackers waist, and control his upper body and arms with our hands. There are many variations of the guard- open, spider, butterfly, closed, extended, half- etc. This would take me a dozen more posts to cover. A submission artist in his guard will attack the opponents arms with any number of armlocks. Chokes and neck cranks are also easy from here. Its not a matter if it will happen, but when, against someone who hasn't seen it. A person with no ground skill would be out of commision within seconds against a person skilled in the guard.
Typical attack strategy:
for me: depends on the situation. If its one on one, I close the distance by keeping my head down to avoid blows, attacking to the side to avoid kicks; I initiate a takedown (usually a leg entanglement), get the guy to the ground and see what he knows. As stated above- no skills means the guy usually goes to all fours- I would backmount him (get on his back and intertwine my legs in his) and choke him out. If he tucks his neck, I'll drop elbows on his head, neck, back and shoulders. If he has skills I play it by ear.
if its crowded and he has friends- classic muay tai or maybe a standup submission until I can get the hell out of there. Object would be to do a whole lot of damage quickly without flopping on the beer soaked floor. Nothing pretty just some quick strikes and a quick exit.
My theory of attack is usually to try and get hold of a leg, or control the guys body to take him down where most guys are ineffective. A lot of your stategy depends on how much and what you know as well as how much the guy you are fighting knows. Bjj is not a real static style and has been crossed with so much, you sometimes don't know what you are getting from one school to the next. It seems like every school incooperates some ground fighting with their traditional standup now, but their skills are varied and sometimes non-existant against a pure bjj stylist.
Hope this helped. If you gave me a specific situation, I could probably give you a more direct answer.
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