Now we come to a vital stage in jiu jitsu skill acquistion. We need
to bridge the gap between being able to demonstarte the mechanics of a
technique and being able to utilse that technique against a resisting
opponent.
The top guys in your gym probably do this quite naturally. They can
see a technique do it a few times then nail people with it.
For those of you just starting out or not as talented
(don’t worry most talented people tend to quit when things get hard.
Talent is overrated, hard work will always triumph), we need a little
help.
This help comes in the form of isolated drilling. This involves
breaking a technique down into it’s constituent parts and applying it
against a progressively resisting opponent.
Let’s take an overhook triangle as an example. To utilise this
technique we need to achieve our grips, execute the technique and
finalise it.
We could begin the game by doing a couple of short rounds of overhook
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