It's difficult for me to blog about nothing more than BJJ, but the activity is an integral facet of my life. Recently, in regards to my BJJ training, a new motivation towards improving my no-gi game has sprouted. Perpetually, I have abstained from no gi jiu-jitsu as I lack the opportunity to establish firm control over my opponent and exude dominance over my pitiful opponent. However, after participation in a no-gi tournament and working with talented new training partners that practice BJJ with a t-shirt and shorts (more or less), I am beginning to fancy jiu-jitsu without a thick piece of gripping fabric. The attacks I am striving to develop in this area are of a abundant variety. My guard passing is decent but my opponents predictably move to turtle position with swift immediacy at which point I must start attacking the back. The back attacks could be constituted as crucifix attacks or for that matter just basic fundamentals.  Wrestling,  arguable a readily manifested area no-gi, is performed in a less than stellar fashion by me and I often get stuck in guard or half guard after being taken down.Therefore, I am able to express grand gratitude at having the opportunity of having a robustly experienced wrestler improve my wrestling performance. As a result of my weak wrestling skills, I am regularly taken down and end up in guard or half-guard, and  my only guard attacks come by way of triangles and kimuras which pulled off with limited success. Lastly, as a form of attack in no-gi, leglocks will soon become an integral part of my game. It seems I have a ton of work ahead and thankfully I have direction, so patience and discipline will be my goal.  

  Over this past weekend, I have also been watching full matches of the latest Abu-Ahabi championships. There were a lot of great matches. One match that particularly sticks out is the quarrel between Rudolfo Viera and Andre Galvao. My big thing in Jiu-Jitsu is guard passing and with that characteristic in mind I have invariably looked up to good passers such as Viera. One thing that is fascinating with Viera is his use of options as he readily switches his attack and this aspect of his game is on crystal clear display against Galvao as Viera swiftly passes Galvao's guard and gains formidable dominance. The importance of having an arsenal of 2 or 3 options for any positional attack will be crucial for my BJJ skills development as. I cannot be a one-hit wonder and must ditch techniques when they quite simply aren't working in substitution for techniques that may have a chance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50JpjhpSolA