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2691522, this is the stuff
Posted by T Reynolds, Mon Mar-25-19 12:11 PM

>Not necessarily techniques, but concepts. The chief one was
>pacing myself, which if you are mastering BJJ as an "art" is
>paramount. The whole point is to use as a little energy as
>possible to submit someone so you never get tired (keep in
>mind this is still thinking of it as an art form, and an
>entirely different mindset from when viewing BJJ as a
>sport/competition). So even when I was "losing" so to speak, I
>had to show/tried to show I wouldn't panic, and I would stick
>with using technique, and not rely on athleticism. I worked
>hard on this in preparation for the test, but also for the
>past 4-5 years.

>In relation to that was I worked really hard on the efficiency
>in my movement and in my defense of attacks.

This is the jiujitsu knowledge that can't be taught but only learned. Beyond any move of the day or sick submissions on youtube, this is what the art is all about.

>No, nothing crazy like blind grappling with knives. Haha. I
>was definitely caught off guard with the number and breadth of
>techniques I was supposed to be able to demonstrate when
>asked, and to demonstrate them repeatedly. Some techniques I
>may have done as many as 10-12 times. I had no idea what
>techniques he was going to ask me to demonstrate. Some of them
>were no-brainers (triangle choke, hip bump sweep, that type of
>stuff). But some of them were fairly uncommon (I think 4-5
>ways to escape North/South, 3-4 ways to escape turtle with
>opponents' hooks in, 1-2 ways to escape flattened out on
>stomach with opponents' hooks in, that kind of stuff).
>
>We were also put in full-on armbars and triangles by different
>people, and told to escape over and over for maybe 15 minutes
>total.

That's nuts. I have zero escapes for any of those really bad situations lol.

Seems like the first part of your response kind of covers the 'way' to do jiujitsu whereas the second more comprehensive part covers the endless 'how'.

What's the plan (if any) now that you got the black belt?

And also, how is the grad school search going?