Most BJJ grapplers don't have a ton of mat time to dedicate to wrestling. An hour once a week if you are lucky! So when people do get around to it, the usual approach is: watch a technique, drill it a few times, try to force it into live rounds. Then it falls apart the moment you roll with anyone decent. Not because the technique is bad, it's because nobody checked whether it actually fits their game. Your wrestling should complement your BJJ, not compete with it. If you're a bottom player who lives for leg locks, spending your limited time on blast doubles and headlock snapdowns is a waste. What you actually need are entries that get you straight into the position you're already dangerous from. So before you drill another takedown, do this: grab a pen, and answer these four questions. To get even better results, share them with me via DM or here as a post, and I will let you know what's the best place for you to start. Your questions: 1. Go-first or go-second? Are you the one always on the front foot, pressuring and attacking? Or do you sit back, spot the mistake, and punish it? Both are legit, but most of us lean one way, and it should shape how you train. 2. Top player or bottom player? Completely different starting priorities. Bottom players, for example, need to get better at defending takedowns to counter it, and have a strategy ready when being taken down. For instance, being taken down isn't so bad if we land in your favourite guard. 3. Scrambler or slow-paced? Again, neither is better than the other, but you want to build your game around or, not despite of it. Explosive scramblers get more out of snapdowns and fakes. If your game is patient and pressure-heavy, put your time into underhooks and Russian ties instead. 4. Where do you want to land? Loose passing, total side control, or straight into leg attacks? And if you play bottom, are you pulling guard, countering the shot, or happy to get taken down as long as it's on your terms and you land in closed guard?

Hi folks! I want to be more helpful with your specific challenges when it comes to your stand up game and mental performance on and off the mat. Below you have anonymous survey where you can ask a question, and I will respond with a post. Of course you can pose the same question on the chat, but this is another that will help me keep your questions in one place and you can be anonymous if you prefer to. Survey link: https://forms.fillout.com/t/btgHUHbnicus

It was an interesting question, first time someone ever asked me this! My way of dealing with slippery folks, is create a scrambly handfight, close the distance knowing they will slip out, but i use that moment as an opening. Why? When you know you can slip out of grips, you are not as sharp and focus on techniques. Typically sweaty grapplers overreact and get a bit more complacent. Thats my opening!

Hey folks, just a quick announcement so you know what I am working on right now and what's in the pipeline. Starting with restructuring classrooms. I want it to be more organised depending on your needs, so let me know which format works and what would make your life easier. The next two weeks: Course with longer instructional and seminar footage: I am uploading some of the content today. Most videos are under 5 minutes long, but they cover lots of details. Those videos are from my seminars and wrestling classes I do at my academy. As a starting point, they will all be split into 4 categories (courses) with folders. Example: Leg attacks. Folders High Leg attack. Low leg attacks Course with shorter clips: This is for your quick reference. For now, I plan just one course with multiple folders. Some of the content is taken from the longer instructional, and some will be on their own. Once I am back from my holiday, I will be adding more: Live Coaching Course: Think of it as a troubleshooting course with multiple folders where I correct mistakes. So if you struggle with your snap downs, you will go to the folder and see what I coached others. This one won't be filling up as quickly as other folders, but the plan is to build a large library of the most common mistakes I address. The next idea is reviewing your live footage and responding with suggestions. This is where you get personalised feedback, but I would need your short clip from your stand-up footage, be it competition or rounds in your academy. For example, 2 minutes of hand fighting would help me give you an idea of what to work on next and some tips. This is purely driven by you. The more footage I have, the more I can respond to. For instance, a brown belt from my academy sent me a vid where he struggles to finish a high single, but has no issues getting there. 20-second video, and I know exactly what he needs to improve. Live Q&A: our community isn't big enough yet, but I will start live streams on TikTok just to play with the idea for now, and I will let you know when I go live.

I have to admit. I was well proud when I came up with this analogy on the spot😁. Anyway. You will find yourself in a spot where lifting the ankle is your best option, but in the scramble, you lose the entire takedown. Why? Because you rushed to lift the ankle, and you didn't secure it. Check this small adjustment and start using it👊