![]() ![]() You’re probably never gonna be the best guy in your academy. Let me let you in on a little secret: You’re never going to be the best jiu-jitsu fighter in the world. The ego wants to dominate and control and to win at all costs. I always have other BJJ instructors asking me things like ‘How can I teach my students to relax?’ It’s been my experience that the primary factor at play when a student is unable to practise in a calm and controlled manner is his or her own ego. It’s been proven that people learn fastest when they are relaxed. Not only that, but training with a super-tense competitive mindset slows your progress down. If you train without the ability to relax, sooner or later you will become exhausted or overtrained, and more likely than not, injured. The acquisition of this ability is paramount to your progress in BJJ. But if you learn and internalize these I guarantee that’ll you’ll be a better fighter. Another instructor would probably come up with a completely different list. ![]() Are these the only ‘basics’ you should know? Of course not. ![]() How many times have you heard a BJJ guy talking about ‘the basics’? Everyone says stuff like ‘You’ve got to have good basics.’ But what does that mean? What defines a jiu jitsu technique as basic? I don’t have the answer to that question, but in this article, I have defined 8 basic jiu jitsu moves and fundamental skills that I feel are essential to the development of a good all-around grappling game. ![]()
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