I was wrestling with a new blue belt at BJJ practice last week. I usually enjoy wrestling this guy because he gives me good technique advice and we go pretty slow so I really get to work on my stuff.
After we had gone a few rounds, he started talking to me about a video he saw and how it has changed his entire style. He said it was the "Gracie Philosophy", I believe. He told me to watch it on youtube.
Basically, he said that you should just wait in guard, or under someone's side control, or whatever position, until they make a mistake and give you something. He said that I should think about "doing nothing".
I feel like when I started, that was my mentality, and it got me murdered every time I rolled. Now when I roll, I roll with the aim of pinning the guy, and imposing my "game" on him. Try to make him make a mistake, not just wait for him to goof up.
The head coach has that same mentality and tries to foster it in us, so I was pretty surprised to hear this guy say that.
So, my questions:
1. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing? I't hasn't happened at Judo (yet), but every once in a while some of the dudes at my BJJ club get really Philosophical, and sometimes it's pretty annoying. (They can all still kick my ass so I'm not knocking their skill at all)
2. I was trying to find the video he was talking about, and there are tons of Gracie videos. Any idea which one it might be?
After we had gone a few rounds, he started talking to me about a video he saw and how it has changed his entire style. He said it was the "Gracie Philosophy", I believe. He told me to watch it on youtube.
Basically, he said that you should just wait in guard, or under someone's side control, or whatever position, until they make a mistake and give you something. He said that I should think about "doing nothing".
I feel like when I started, that was my mentality, and it got me murdered every time I rolled. Now when I roll, I roll with the aim of pinning the guy, and imposing my "game" on him. Try to make him make a mistake, not just wait for him to goof up.
The head coach has that same mentality and tries to foster it in us, so I was pretty surprised to hear this guy say that.
So, my questions:
1. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing? I't hasn't happened at Judo (yet), but every once in a while some of the dudes at my BJJ club get really Philosophical, and sometimes it's pretty annoying. (They can all still kick my ass so I'm not knocking their skill at all)
2. I was trying to find the video he was talking about, and there are tons of Gracie videos. Any idea which one it might be?