Respect is a word that gets thrown around Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA gyms all the time. \u00a0You show respect by bowing in to class, by the ever famous slap-pound before a roll and by shaking hands when class is over. \u00a0One place it tends to be overlooked is during live training. \u00a0The culprit is usually a junior ranking student. \u00a0It’s not intentional, and most don’t even realize they do it.<\/p>\n
Many black belts don\u2019t enjoy rolling with the white belts, not because they are so high and mighty, but for fear of injury. \u00a0Yes, an injury to themselves. \u00a0Many times, someone new to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, will go full speed with no technique causing their hands, feet and other limbs to flail around, hitting the more advanced practitioner in the more \u201cdelicate\u201d areas. \u00a0When these future MMA Champions are put into a submission, they refuse to tap because it doesn\u2019t hurt, but little do they know the black belt is controlling that arm-bar so he\/she doesn\u2019t injure them.<\/p>\n
Combat sports practitioners are training for combat, if we train at full speed we would spend more time off the mat than on it. \u00a0So we pull punches and pull submissions. \u00a0Very new practitioners don\u2019t understand this. \u00a0Here\u2019s a little tip when someone who is of a higher level or rank hits you or catches you in a submission: \u00a0When striking and you get hit, \u00a0give your partner a nod. \u00a0Do not respond with a 4-punch combo. \u00a0If this were full-power training, more than likely that punch that, landed square on the chin would hurt you, and be followed up by several more. \u00a0If you are grappling and find your arm fully extended by the black belt you are training with – \u00a0just tap. \u00a0Don\u2019t try to spin out, kick-out or some other low percentage technique. \u00a0Respect that the more advanced partner could have broken your arm but chose not to, for your safety.<\/p>\n
In sports where you strike, it\u2019s a little easier to let the person know that you are scoring by just hitting them a little harder. \u00a0Most of the time they get the hint. \u00a0In grappling sports, there \u00a0are times when there are only millimeters between no pain and injury. \u00a0This makes the submission game more delicate of a situation.<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re a beginner training with someone more advanced than you, respect their technique. \u00a0If you are caught in an awkward position with your arm fully extended, just tap. \u00a0If you want to work an escape; simply ask your partner, they\u2019ll gladly work with you and teach you what to do from that position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respect is a word that gets thrown around Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA gyms all the time. \u00a0You show respect by bowing in to class, by the ever famous slap-pound before a roll and by shaking hands when class is over. \u00a0One place it tends to be overlooked is during live training. \u00a0The culprit is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[290,263,280,287,284,305,50,36,282,288,6,4,123,286,299,293,297,139,12,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bjj-in-nj","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.njtraininggrounds.com\/bjj-in-nj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}