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GuardMaster · 10-28-2003, 08:35 PM

Thanks for the advice guys.

I do need a good kick in the shin to get me going again.

As far as my advantage goes at 5'7", I've been told than if i'm short i gotta work on my speed. Well i'm not fast. I weigh 185. I'm a fatty right now. I'm 34. I used to weigh 115 when i was a 17 year old kid. Well that was ages ago.

Even if I did lose tons of weight I'd lose lots of strength, then I would not be able to dominate top positions, and would have to be forced to use guard which would be a big mistake.

I think for someone like me with short legs, i need to be realistic and drop to say 160 pounds of muscle while maintaining strength. Concentrate on a top game. Mostly boxing since kicking is out of the question with my lousy reach. Then great takedowns with the wrestling. Acquring the mount from BJJ, pounding the crap out of my opponent, and working the sleeper via Rickson style, or armbar similar to Rickson style. If my opponent has a guard game, I have to do one more step and unlock the guard by passing it before getting to the mount and finishing.

This strategy seems good for my bodytype but also seems KICKass for the street and practical real life fighting habits.

But the bottom line is this is basically submission wrestling. Now I know I can still have a guard game and I should have one in case I find myself on my back, its sure hells beats being mounted. But its most likely not going to be my specialty.

10-28-2003, 08:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
GuardMaster Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 207 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Some advice Thanks for the advice guys. I do need a good kick in the shin to get me going again. As far as my advantage goes at 5'7", I've been told than if i'm short i gotta work on my speed. Well i'm not fast. I weigh 185. I'm a fatty right now. I'm 34. I used to weigh 115 when i was a 17 year old kid. Well that was ages ago. Even if I did lose tons of weight I'd lose lots of strength, then I would not be able to dominate top positions, and would have to be forced to use guard which would be a big mistake. I think for someone like me with short legs, i need to be realistic and drop to say 160 pounds of muscle while maintaining strength. Concentrate on a top game. Mostly boxing since kicking is out of the question with my lousy reach. Then great takedowns with the wrestling. Acquring the mount from BJJ, pounding the crap out of my opponent, and working the sleeper via Rickson style, or armbar similar to Rickson style. If my opponent has a guard game, I have to do one more step and unlock the guard by passing it before getting to the mount and finishing. This strategy seems good for my bodytype but also seems KICKass for the street and practical real life fighting habits. But the bottom line is this is basically submission wrestling. Now I know I can still have a guard game and I should have one in case I find myself on my back, its sure hells beats being mounted. But its most likely not going to be my specialty.