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Slow Your Roll – Annapolis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

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Slow Rolling is an ideal method to achieve proficiency in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

You don’t need to be a black belt to use this method of training. It is by far the fastest way to perfect your transitions, setups, and finishing sequences. The problem is no one teaches how to do this method.

One of the main benefits of this style of training is that everyone can roll together regardless of size, weight, strength, or any other physical attribute that you want to throw out there. Slow rolling makes it safe for beginners to get into the flow of rolling while maintaining every ones safety. Kids, women, and large men can all train together safely when you are slow rolling.

Another benefit of slow rolling is that it is an amazing way to warm up. You don’t have to go hard from the first minute you step on the mat. You also don’t have to bore your entire class with the same calisthenics day in and day out.

Another benefit of slow rolling is that when you are injured, you can still keep your skills sharp safely. If you have ultra competitive people in your gym who like to go like it’s the Olympic gold medal match every time, number one stay away from them, number two learn to use slow rolling and you will avoid a lot of injuries, while still being able to train even if you are injured.

Slow rolling is the perfect time to experiment. In the middle of a competitive match is not the best time to try that new move you just learned. Slow rolling takes the fear out of the equation and allows you to experiment with different moves and transitions. You will feel when the timing is right. Don’t get stuck in the “I never want to lose” mental state. If you only worry about wins and losses you will only try to do what you’re good at on the mat. You will never experiment with new things and broaden your game.

Slow rolling allows you to drill specific situations without having to fight to get there. This is a great benefit. Don’t leave it to chance that you might end up in the area you want to work on.

Ultra competitive rolling has its time and place. I do not want to say that you should never let it all hang out. However, slow rolling should make up the majority of your training.

Self Defense | Annapolis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)

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Self Defense | Annapolis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)

self defense - annapolis brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ)

self defense - annapolis brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ)

Annapolis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - A large debate in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has been taking place for many years. The debate is over whether to practice self-defense BJJ or tournament/sport style BJJ.

What Should You Practice? Self Defense or Sport Style Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) - Annapolis

Lets look at the benefits of both. Self Defense for the purposes of this article will be any training that keeps in mind the possibility of being struck by a punch, kick, head butt, knee, or any other type of strike. When you are standing facing your opponent, you obviously cannot just walk up and try to tie up with your opponent with your hands down. You must tactically make your entry and always keep your guard up. On your back in the guard or any other position, you must always try to be either too close to your opponent for an effective strike or too far. This also must be considered when you are on top of your opponent. Up kicks, elbows and punches from the bottom can definitely end a fight. This will change what style of guard passing you use. Any move could potentially have to be modified to minimize the chance of strikes. Countering headlocks and various grabs are also usually practiced in the self defense curriculum. These are very important for self-defense, as these are some of the most common ways that an untrained opponent will try to attack you.

Sport BJJ has many moves and strategies that cannot be applied in Self Defense. The game changes when you do not have to be worried about being struck in the face or low kicked. Sport BJJ typically emphasizes a high level of physical conditioning and relying on moves which work on individuals in the same weight class as you. If you are training without the gi, sweat will allow you to escape from bad positions without necessarily applying the proper technique. You will also see many people pull guard in tournament BJJ. When you don’t have to worry about strikes this can be a good strategy because of the various sweeps and submissions available to you from the bottom.

There Are Benefits to Both Self Defense and Sport Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) - Annapolis

Overall there are benefits to both styles of BJJ. At Annapolis Brazilin Jiu Jitsu, we practice and teach both. In the author’s opinion 80-90% of your time should be spent learning the self-defense of BJJ. This will ensure that bad habits learned from sport BJJ do not appear if you are confronted on the street. At the end of the day you must make your decision on what style to train based on your own reasons for studying BJJ.

Annapolis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu | BJJ | The Triangle Choke

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In this article I am going to cover some theories and tips on the technique known as the Triangle choke.

The Triangle choke is one of the most well known strangleholds in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. And along with the armbar, and rear naked choke, it is probably in the top three of all submissions. The triangle choke is a very versatile submission in BJJ that has as many setups as it does transitions to other submissions. Let’s explore some basics of the triangle choke.

The triangle is most commonly performed from the guard. One of the most basic setups consists of pushing one of your opponent’s arms in between your legs, then while controlling the posture of your opponent, you transition into the triangle choke by placing the ankle of one of your legs directly into the bend of your knee on your opposite leg. Most but not all experts recommend pulling the arm that is trapped along side of your opponent’s head across your body to tighten the choke. Pressure is then applied three separate ways. They are, pulling down on your opponent’s head, constricting your opponent with your legs, and finally raising your hips off the ground towards your opponents chin.

This is a versatile choke that can be applied from nearly anywhere. It is not uncommon to see triangles from the mount, side control, half guard, and even flying triangles from the standing position.

Triangle chokes have served me well throughout my grappling training. The threat of the triangle forces opponents to back away and posture. This will create many armlock opportunities. Craftier opponents may try to hide the arm that is locked within the triangle behind your legs. This presents an easy transition to the omoplata. If your opponent tries to defend by placing his hand under his chin you can apply a nasty wristlock.

Many books and videos have been produced about the triangle choke. It seems that everyone has their own spin on how to set up and finish the choke. However almost every top grappler today has made the triangle choke one of his or her bread and butter moves. I believe that this is because once a triangle choke is fully applied and locked in, there is no high percentage escape.

If I were you I would make the triangle a focus of your training. Once mastered it will serve you well.