The Right Mindset when Rolling With Stronger People in BJJ
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- Опубліковано 6 бер 2017
- Do you get frustrated with bigger stronger people in BJJ?
This is the question I got from Dan recently. Dan is a White Belt in BJJ and is becoming very frustrated when rolling with partners in his BJJ gym who are powerhouses. They just overpower all of his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu techniques.
In this video I address firstly the fact that getting Frustrated is the worst place you can let your mind go.
Getting frustrated leads to anger, irritation and a complete abandonment of the problem solving mindset that is needed for Brazilian Jiujitsu.
I mean if you're not going to quit BJJ. Then understand that this is sort of what you signed up for. You signed up for tough stuff that is going to push you and make you better. And sometimes it's not easy.
After this, I share the way that I approach bigger stronger people in BJJ.
The big strategy for me is to focus first on weathering the storm and relaxing to a certain degree.
Since I can't assert myself head on against the person. I take my time until the opportunity is right for me to attack. Once I feel my opening I go 100%.
I hope this video is helpful for you and your BJJ. Especially if you're up against a bigger stronger opponent. Whether during rolling in your BJJ gym or during a Brazilian Jiujitsu competition.
Thanks!
-Chewy
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Frustration leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. Frustration is a path to the dark-side.
Haha this is why I came down to the comments! Missed opportunity here Chewy!
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Thanks, Master Yoda
When he said "frustration leads to anger..." I thought he was about to go into a master Yoda quote lol
I was literally just about to comment on this.... beat me to it.
Tiny Hello Gracie....Rickson vs Zulu....Royce in the early UFC. There's your formula....the self-defense mindset and approach
What kind of guard was he saying he pulls? I couldn't make it out even with the subtitles. If someone could let me know it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
beat me to it lol
Drew Wallace deep half guard
I'm a 5'11 240lb brown belt and I have a few guys that purposely want me to grind them into the mat - It's hilarious. But they want that intensity to learn how to survive pressure. It helps them in competition training. After one of our purple belts (145lbs) just came in 2nd in the Absolutes he told me that it was my pressure that taught him how to survive and win! Quite often I will pause and tell them what would work to get me off them. It can be a win-win scenario if we keep our egos in check. Of course I have some big young guns that take it to me too:)
Bigger guys steamrolling me have been my keys to improvement. I also try to use minimal strength on smaller guys & really try to play their game so that they can keep improving their jits as well as my own speed game (I'm 5'10 & 183)- this all of course only works if you're all mates & not trying to get one up on one another in a personal fashion, very hard to cooperate like this in a highly competitive & non-friendly environment.
guitarhack42 egos are a problem in a lot of gyms. But, i find big guys like you get tired easy. Im 6’1” 185 and theres a guy your size in my gym. We have good rolls but he gets tired faster with his size.
Yeah! I always ask the same when I'm going against stronger bigger and more skilled guys! I tell them not to go easy on me for this same reason and because in a street fight the other guy won't choose to NOT use his strength xD
@@kovenmaitreya7184 very true
Guitarhack42 people like you are the ones that make bjj amazing! As a new white belt about 40 pounds lighter than anyone else in my class. You have no idea how much I appreciate any one especially higher belts helping along the way. And going easy on us haha
*laughs in 4'8" and 108 lbs.*
Tamara Hidalgo-Cruz only a few comments make me laugh and/or smile. This is one of them.
@@GhostRider-hy9zt haha same here, well done!
As a guy?
@@Sepear305 Tamara sounds pretty female to me ;)
Right...like 5'0 100lbs....I feel you 😅
I'm one of the only girls at my gym (5' 6" 144lbs), so I get pressed daily lol. I'm thankful for that, because 3 months in when I competed in my first competition I got first🥇!! It makes you better, my training is way harder than when I compete at my weight class. I also have to rely on technique over strength 100% of the time. So be thankful!!!
U competed ur first bjj competition in only 3 months?
I just started bjj it's been 2 weeks I can't even remember the moves during rolls
Any tips for me?
@@allrounder242 just keep going. Eventually you'll do it without thinking about it.
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@@gundam116 fucking Hell I knew _someone_ was gonna go for something like that lmao
There's no one way stronger than me at my gym, which means that I simply don't notice the bs I'm getting away with.
I'm guilty of this and I'm a purple belt who's been training for 10 years. Just recently I got really frustrated with a blue belt who was twice my size, an MMA guy, and he was shoving me into the wall. I lost it but realised it was mainly my ego to blame. I should have taken that as an opportunity to calm myself and practice my game. Thanks for this vid!
I was one of the bigger guys in our gym back in my hometown (6'0 205). It frustrated me to no end that a lot of guys I rolled with would say "the only reason why you got me is because you are bigger." Completely demoralizing when you work hard to learn new techniques and then get shit on because you are just bigger. They didn't take in to account that I trained harder and longer then they did. When bigger guys than me were in the gym beat me it never crossed my mind that they got me because they were bigger/stronger. They caught me because I made a mistake.
Sometimes people use this type of demoralization because it works. Keeping good morale and desire to win is important. If you're not practising to win, then you're practising to lose.
They just try to find exuses they probably struggled against you instead of being calm and got mad af. Thinner people gotta understand that they too have advantages with speed and stamina they need to use their mind more and tbh can beat a lot of bigger guys by gassing them out.
Totally agree. There are some pretty big guys where I train, and I mean like the kind of guys who could break an average dude like me only with their grip, and of course their size is a challenge for us, but saying that they are not technical would be an insult.
Weight does matter thou..
There's a reason there is weight divisions in every combat sport. Weight is an advantage.
But what can be done about it ? Only lifting weights and bulking wil increase your size
I weigh 196lbs and there is a guy I roll with after every class at least once. He’s at least 300lbs and can rag doll me whenever he wants. I go in with the mind set that I know he’s going to dominate me but I figure if I can survive him I can survive anyone. A couple days ago I finally got a sweep on him. And yesterday I sunk in a RNC. He told me after the roll that my technique has gotten much better and that’s why I got the sub
“360 of soiled dude sitting on top of me” Chewy-2017
A soiled dude is another problem by itself😋
@@derrickriggs2381 Lmfao
I’m a beginner in Jiu Jitsu and this was my first experience literally!
Kelly Zepeda same here
I’d let you put me in a triangle
@@closclos4046 haha u brazy
Always Great Advice Chewy! (just to dovetail on it)...as a white belt myself, I always find time in the class to go get smashed on by the bigger guys. like chewy said in previous videos, put yourself in the most uncomfortable situation you can to get use to being there. I have learned a ton from that. just surviving as a white belt getting smashed on by 250 - 320+ lb (blue/purple belts) is an award I wear proudly. if I can survive their assaults and weather their storms I feel like I've won. (...and have learned along the way as well ;) ...don't give up Dan!
ps...I'm 6ft 200lbs as well. go find the bigger guys on purpose, put yourself in bad situations, try to escape, and learn!
Tiny Hello Gracie....Rickson vs Zulu....Royce in the early UFC. There's your formula....the self-defense mindset and approach
Depends, I train with bigger better people on purpose. However it's with the understanding that I need to work tomorrow morning (be able to pay gym dues) and train 2 more days this week (be able to move) I can't do that with a dislocated elbow and my whole left side purple and swollen. It translates to real life, as an older guy it's likely I'll be targeted for a mugging by a larger criminal. The young folks i roll with likely will have to deal with some smaller faster experienced young criminal who's pride got hurt in the parking lot. They get used to a fearless speedy guy with odd angles, I get used to a powerhouse with a vice grip, it's win win. You want to learn that painful chess match on the mat before needing it in the parking lot. Best thing to do in life of course is find a safer better illuminated parking lot but life happens when you least expect it.
+Jim S problem is, those guys didnt know Bjj, not even basics. If they knew basic positions/ counters it wouldve been different. Royce had to withdraw from the next fight after Kimo due to exhaustion. now imagine if Kimo had known what any amateur Mma guy knows nowadays about ground game..
This is basically my strategy when rolling as a white belt. I'm kind of reactionary I just keep myself safe. I might not be able to pull off a lot of things so I just make sure that they are not able to either and then if I see a moment of opportunity I go for it. That's one of the most powerful self-taught lessons I've ever discovered in Jiu-Jitsu and I'm happy to see it acknowledged here.
Thanks for this. Great reminder to relax and not turn a battle with Goliath into an ego match. I'm still learning to expand my definition of "patience".
Hey Chew, just wanted you to know that almost every time I open UA-cam, you pop up answering a question that’s on my mind. Thank you for your work!!!
I like your channel, Rener Gracie is a good yt bjj speaker but he's so exhausting.
Hahaha
New subscriber and thank you! Love your style and attitude. This is a lesson I've really learned well in my first month. I've let them get frustrated, watched my breath and waited for them to gas before I find my opportunity. I'll be catching up on your videos, cheers from Stamford UK!
Thank you training jj for a year now. Your video changed my way looking at it.
Perfect timing! I have had a few hard rolls with stronger people lately. Always frustrating because you feel like they aren't technically better but can muscle you around and look better...
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As a very small female whitebelt, this will probably help my game a lot. I do get really frustrated when rolling because I'm the smallest person who (consistently) trains at our gym, so rolling with people (some of whom are easily double my weight) can feel both exhausting and useless in terms of learning technique
SamusTea I’m 12 but 5 5foot 100 pounds I have to wrestle boys since I’m y’all but I’m skinny I usually win but one boy I can’t he uses no technique just muscle so I feel u
If I'm against someone that weak, I usually just use them as a practice dummy. Sometimes it's surprisingly hard to get a submission even on a small woman. Everyone's joints are different and stuff.
Yea so annoying sometimes.
I really needed this video. Thanks chew👍🏻
I'm 57, 5'8" and 130 lbs. I've been training BJJ for three years. Almost everyone I train with is faster, stronger and usually bigger. I'm still working on breathing control and patience. This video is really helpful. I'm still working out what are the best guards to use on those really big guys. I usually go for half guard but I'll try getting to deep half guard next time I'm matched up with one of those moving mountains.
Thanks for the insight on this topic, I have a nogi invitational in 2 weeks and I'm gonna be sitting under the weight limit at 148lbs and the class is 155-170lbs. Only reason why I have to stay low is because ibjjf is right after. But weathering the storm is sound advice, then I'll just start playing my game!
I love these videos Chewie. Your mindset videos helped me to ENTER with the right mindset and I got the wife and kid into it too so I've been trying to help set that learning mindset for the whole fam. I'm 5'8 and ~140lbs and am nowhere near "strong". I'm getting pretty dominated by just about everyone but every night I find little lessons that I can learn from everyone. I've started the process of finding the right "speeds" to use. Every match feels like chess and sometimes I don't realize I've lost till 3 moves later. Good times!
Glad to hear you joined us on the mats!
Great advice and very respectfully put. You sir, have another subscriber. Much love from the UK
Ayyyyy! Thanks for subscribing! Appreciate the support!
Thanks so much for this, dude!! Your videos/advice always rule/s!! :)
I haven't even watched the rest of the video yet, but this guy had me from the start with that logo! haha, awesome.
We have a guy on our team who is 6'4 nearly 300#. I'm 5'10 165#. If I'm lucky enough to get mount, my knees don't even touch the mat. Luckily, he's a really nice guy and doesn't use his strength. He uses technique. If he wanted to, he could throw most of us around pretty easily.
Knees on belly lol
LOL
5'7 135lbs 2 stripe white belt and i often gas out after the third round or even end of second round lol
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Speak 4 yourself. As a bigger guy, 6'1" 230 formerly 255, it was the "no strength" rolls that made me more technically proficient. If it used strength instead of structure, it cheating; and since big guys cheat more than we care to admit, it's better if we dont start the roll as super saiyans.
If you fight a bigger opponent prepare for a challenge
The key way to advance as a white belt (or any belt for that matter) is to test your limits by training with those of a higher skill level. If said opponents are much bigger and stronger you will eventually learn to evolve with them and improve your performance with hard training. This is how world class jiu jitsu is learned, by learning to hang with those that are far better than you in every way.
really love your channel!
I'm 5'3 and 139 pounds but now I understand how to be comfortable with bigger guys, thanks for the videos
You have a video for every question that I have about bjj. Thanks!
Really solid advice.
Dropped some great knowledge
Great advice. I agree but would also add, change your mindset away from trying to beat those kind of guys , to trying not to lose against those guys, because them not beating you is a huge psychological victory for you even though you might not beat them in the actual roll that time.
dude these vids are killer and are helping me mentally. Thank you
Thanks chewy great video..
beautiful answer
I think the UA-cam algorithm can read minds now... I literally came home absolutely wrecked from a practice (I’m 155lbs and I cycled sparring with a heavyweight). It was a bit discouraging but as I’m taking a shit scrolling through UA-cam, I came across this video and it literally gave me solace.
This is something that I had at first with one white belt as I am but he did another sport before
Thanks for the information
Awesome page Chew!
This is the video I needed to watch
This is my exact problem (with practically my identical dimensions). Thanks for the advice!
helped me out !! Awesome thanks for advice
5'7" 135lbs everyone is bigger than me, so wearing them out is my first goal always
Thanks dude. Ill do my best to remember those lessons.
Jiu jitsu is problem solving.
Weather the storm.
Ill probably forget, but that kind of lesson comes with time.
hey i am just 4'6" is it okay for me to go for BJJ? I am turning 20 this year
@@SOME.KID.WITH.COMPUTER please do. The more people doing BJJ the better. Im 22 and 5' 10"
The class i go to is pretty diverse in body size.
Hi chewie, great video as always, can you do a drill video for better openguard retention, greetings from Mexico.
Thank you so much Chewy
Thank you for your advice
Amazing video, thank you
hey i am just 4'6" is it okay for me to go for BJJ? I am turning 20 this year
@@SOME.KID.WITH.COMPUTER yes, 100%. And don’t give up in the first couple of months, keep going.
Great instruction. Brilliant
Thank you
Great advice too.
Thanks for the piece of advice ! I really needed that. So, "stacking" a strong opponent would be a good strategy right ? Indeed, it wears him out and at the same time you just keep calm maintaining the stacking till you get an opportunity
I'm a smaller guy and IV never liked when people say "you were just using strength, not technique".
Everyone uses strength, especially when learning. If you had the strength, you would use it to. That's life. Can't beat everyone.
Im a 2 years in white belt and I absolutely love going against giant strong begginers (Im 145 lbs). It's basically a chance for me to check if my technique is as sharp as I think it is and to see if I can handle being pressured and escape from bad positions.
You gotta think if you get attacked in the street it's gonna be a scenario like this, a big guy with no technique and a lot of strength.
The first couple of minutes are pretty hard but once that's over they empty their gass tank and I just do whatever I feel like doing to them.
Aggressive strong beginners are the most valuable sparring partners.
See, now I’m 235 lb 6’2. I purposely try to not use pure strength for the purpose of building technique. After a month the coach said if I can get my speed up while keeping current strength, he wouldn’t wanna meet me in an alley or a competition lol. Sometimes tho you just gotta turn into dead weight to survive the small quick people lol
I just assume everyone is stronger than me and look for angles, frames, leverages.
I am a 5'2'' fully grown adult female and only weigh 108 pounds....everyone is bigger than me. Most 12 year old kids are bigger than me. This is a very real frustration for me.
Just a tip for bigger people -
Be wise with any advice you would like to give to someone you just rolled with if they’re 50-70lbs+ lighter then you and you two are in the same general skill area. If you notice something glaring that’s one thing. But understand that your sheer size can feel the same as rolling with a significant skill difference.
I'm 5'5" 150 lbs white belt. I purposely search out the big guys. For one I don't have to worry about them complaining when I go full tilt. Also, in self defense I don't get to chose the size of my attacker. It helps teach me which moves I know or if I've only been muscling them in on small/new guys. It helps me get stronger and to learn to handle the intensity of being overpowered. Best of all when I go back to my own weight class the guys feel small
Love this
I think Prof. Chewy nailed the technical approach but for a new BJJ-kan I’ll also mention that body conditioning is required, skill can only make up for so much difference in brawn and sometimes you should decline rolls. If you roll with someone, there’s a body weight difference, they routinely cause you injury or you’re not getting value from rolling with them... then don’t roll with them.
I appreciate you and your channel!100%, I’m at a Rilion gracie gym in South Carolina, my instructor is a 4th stripe brown belt. We do leg locks at the White belt level after the basics. My instructor says he wants to give me a blue belt as fast as possible, I’ve been studying gracie bjj on and off for 6 or 7 years and have been training professionally for about 7 months. I don’t have a stripe yet. But my instructor sounds almost like he wants to bypass the stripes just bc I’ve been doing better than the white belts over the short time I’ve been attending my gym. My question is actually about the style. I’m learning “machine gun” competition style bjj. Should I switch to a gym that makes you learn gracie combatives in order to get a blue belt? I’m training solely for self defense. I just feel like I’m not bad at defense and offense, I just don’t know about being at a blue belt level, plus I haven’t really learned much at my current gym
This guy is awesome.
Good advice.
That's not only motivation for the smaller man but that's actually motivation for the bigger guys who sometimes in my opinion don't use their strength and size properly
Good advice!
To paraphrase a climbing guru: Frustration is wanting something for nothing - Arno Ilgner
Speaking of which .. the big guy at our gym couldn’t tap me yesterday ... I thought about it and played some good closed guard.. it was very encouraging.
Dude, I'm 15 with 70kg, and I roll with 25-35 yo with 90-100 kg. The pressure you get out of them is super good for competition survivability.
I’m a 16 year old 105 pound blue belt. I understand this guy completely.
I know this is an older one (though I'm only just seeing it). I'm a pretty light guy. I'm 5' 8'' maybe 5' 9'' and weigh about 150-155 and I find what works well for me against those "powerhouse" types is being assertive. I do anything and everything I can to put the big guy on their back and keep them there, primarily in side control. Mount I found unless I get a high mount anything else will just get me tossed off. A lot of those guys are used to throwing their weight around and catching them unawares early by being offensive can pay dividends. Especially if they aren't used to being on their back and thereby will tire out much faster. Just my experience as a fairly light weight guy.
Dude, I have the same gameplan and I love when I superise them with some wrestling.
I'm working on securing side control better on the Giants, but mount just gets me rolled.
Great advise Chewy !! How do I deal with a brown belt that is just nailing me ! I see about get tapped and then he tells to figure it out ! How? I’m almost a year in BJJ and have no strips . Go figure
It depends alot on your goals. I train primarily for self-defense as a supplement to my striking, so I do not care about mastering a lot of complicated techniques. I'd much rather get smashed by someone bigger and stronger to simulate a real situation. You might feel differently if you are in it for the sport or to earn a belt.
Half Guard Lockdown is easily my favorite spot to be in on the bottom because it works so well on big guys. the amount of control you have on their legs is ridiculous and they can't stand up in an MMA situation
Problem with HG Lock down is that if its MMA you will get smashed with elbows.
We have a blue belt in our gym who power lifts. He's 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 280 lbs.
I'm a 2-stripe white belt. I'm 5 foot 8, 225 lbs. (13% body fat) and this man can absolutely HANDLE me. The ONLY thing I can do when I roll with him is to see how many seconds longer I can sit in his side control before I pressure tap.
Toughest people for me were what I called the silverbacks, the Marine, and the basket ball player. Silverbacks were these 2 white belts who were close large but solid and could really punish me if they got into a dominant position. The Marine was just that a white belt who was short but from the Marines, and holy hell was he strong and fast (instincts were super good too). Lastly we had the Basketball player, and he was the most difficult to roll with because at 6'5+ his reach was insane. Now the nice thing is that these types of people are great I'd you are training for self defense, it gives you an idea of how you would have to handle an person of that build in a fight. Only difference being that you'd be surprised at how scary a 7month white belt is against someone who hasn't done BJJ before.
I am 5'3" and I weight 125 pounds and most of the guys are over 150-180. I keep the calm and most of the guys understand they can hurt me so they go easier but the newer people try to break me in half. What I do is keep the calm and survive, I wait until they make a mistake and I try to submit them. Instead of wrestle I play very slow but explosive and it works for me. Use the speed and explosiveness against big opponents.
I watched this video after rolling with a guy much much heavier than me... choked out a couple times but I'm still new to bjj so this video helped
When I started I would get irritated with bigger guys going hard. But soon I realized that they were just working, and this is an opportunity for me to work on something important: I worked hard to not get submitted. The next level is to use as little energy as possible while doing so. It sounds funny but another way to put it would be 'to avoid submission efficiently'. Sometimes the biggest hurdle is to put your ego aside.
Maybe I'm simple minded. I started out at 150. It's unlikely I'll ever weight 230 with low body fat naturally. So I hit the gym hard. Now I walk at 180 and compete at 170. I didn't become a mass monster powerhouse but breaking grips to make things happen became more feasible. Try Add ing pull-ups, chin-ups, towel hangs, rows, bench press deadlifts and squats to your fitness routine. Start with very light weight and perfect form and play with if from there to see what works for you.
is this guy the Elliot hulse of bjj or is Elliot hulse the chewy of lifting?
i like rolling with bigger guys. mostly i get smashed, sometimes i get crashed, BUT i léarn so much and when i roll in my weight class its incredible how often i can take advantage of it.
If they use power and you don't, they might win short term, but long term you'll learn how to deal with their power and you'll have better technique. JJ is all about using an opponent's power against them.
5’11 130lb blue belt here. The only thing i’ve learned from everyone being heavier than me is that people relatively my size dont stand near the chance. Especially big new guys haha
Hey chewy! Do you ship tshirts to the UK?
Hey chewy, I train 4 times a week but I find it hard to balance my schoolwork and my jiu jitsu, do have any advice on what I should do, I really love bjj but my Mother is pushing school work and studying.?
I'm a 6'3 150 lb twig... Looking at going to an aikijujitsu class starting tomorrow.... Any advice on bulking up or moving through training as someone this small?
We have something to learn from everyone. Even giant strong dudes that just smash you, think about this; in a street fight or during a tough match, they're not gonna go easy on you. They're gonna try and kill you. It's better to deal with it in training and learn how to overcome with techniques NOW better than not know how to deal with it later on when it means the absolute most.
Hi my name is Tristan I've been doing Jiu-Jitsu for right around 3 months now it makes a lot of sense what you said but I have to instructors that are giving me conflicting tactics and pinions one's telling me to go soft be patient and slow and the other ones telling me to attack attack attack
5' 7 170 pounds and complaining about strong guys? Is he just fat? Cause that's pretty heavy for 5' 7 lol
I'm not sure.
I took 2 years off after 3 years of consistent training, came back and got my ass kicked over and over again by a 5 ft 5 130 pound female purple belt. I'm a 6ft 180 pound man. I use to wonder how I'd do against the guys who were 20 pounds of muscle heavier than me if I had the same body - but after this I think... probably not the most important thing.
I'm that size and that weight roughly and far from fat...I got sprinters legs from cycling and a broad shoulders. admittedly some my weight of it is simply because I'm older, but I'm a 3 stripe white belt who can hang with some blues and defend not too badly for a while with a few purples in my school...my size at that height gives decent explosive strength that works for me okay so far. Unless he rolling with guys way heavier than himself his size should be no disadvantage... only your skill level
When I saw his height and weight I thought... if this guy is getting Rekt all the time no wonder my 140lb 6ft ass sucks at bjj lol
Myqii same mate, 6’1 125lbs lol
I am a bigger guy who is now getting a bit better in skill (still white belt) and when I roll with newer guys, I always tell them to try to control my head and try for a Kimura.
Arm bars are virtually impossible for anyone below a purple belt unless they are bigger and stronger than me. Just doesn't happen much.
Chokes are good if you have skinny arms. I am relatively easy to choke if you can blade well, but if I can grab your arm and it's skinny, you've got a problem.
Leg and ankle stuff is an exercise in futility for a low skill small guy because 50-50 positions are most common and unless you are really fast, I will push you around with my feet while locking down my own ankle lock. I'm slower, but much stronger.
Triangles are possible, but difficult given that I can overpower most small guys even locked in. Top triangles take away a lot of room for me to position out, so if you're in top, that's an option. Also, I will probably need my elbows to posture if I am bottom triangle. This is effective.
Also effective is a head control Kimura attack. Very hard for me to defend and has a secondary scissor choke option.
These are the ways I get tapped out most.
We have one guy who can hit a darce on me. He's tiny and a purple belt, but no beginners can finish a darce on me.
Definitely be patient though. For me, I love to drill with people, especially as a bigger guy who tires out. So maybe wait until the second hour or something and see if the big guys want a low intensity drill roll.
I like it because it is low energy investment and I get to learn details for when I am fighting someone bigger than me.
I have two opponents bugger than me. One is 6 foot 5 and 120kg+. One is 6 foot 9 and 150kg+ and stronger than me in some ways. So it's in my best interest to have good techniques and there's a lot I can learn from other people drilling on me. Win win.!
I am around 235lb right now and just got crushed yesterday by a guy at 315 about 4 inches taller than me. I was able to deal with him fine until he grabbed my feet in open guard and pushed me with my back sliding on the ground all around the room like a bulldozer. I wasn't able to establish position to guard and when I tried to spin, he just turned into it and kept pushing. I kept playing with my feet to try to do something to re establish control, but eventually he managed to pass and got me in side control (we are both beginners). Try as I might, I couldn't get him off me and I spent 5 minutes on my back getting smothered. He did no attacks, just camping out on top. He was active in defending his neck and keeping no space or rolling his neck away. I couldn't get enough space to get my second hand in there to help. I haven't seen a video on how to deal with this, especially in no gi.
All the videos show situations where the top opponent yields enough space to do something to allow a shrimp or a knee shield or head control.
I will try this next Wednesday and ask my instructor, but it was really tough.
After the time was finished, he asked me to try side control on him and he was just as paralyzed, probably more.
I am still at a loss as to how to overcome this.
If he made an attack, I could get out, but if it were a match, I would just be trapped. He would get his 2 points for guard pass and run the clock.
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Hello I have a question, I have been doing jiu jitsu for around 2 months but I have problems with my stamina that sometimes I can't do anything when I get run out of stamina even when the some guys I roll with are less skilled than me and are completely new but are far stronger(I am the weakest guy at my gym) I do submit most of them but later on when I continue to roll I just completely run out of stamina and just can't do anything. I know I have to increase my stamina but is there some other way to become efficient? Any advice sir ?
How do i deal with people who sweat nonstop in no gi? I can't get a grip on them. *they are usually stronger too*
Jwalk2urheart same. I just go for neck chokes. Everything else they just slip out of no matter how hard I hold it. I suppose wrestling would help with this, idk tho
Half guard from the bottom, just wrap your whole body around their leg and go full lucas leite on them. And on the top pressure knee cuts and esgrima passes just like ribeiro brothers.
Carry a towel tucked in your to and wipe them midroll.
I like to wear a long sleeve rash guard it makes more friction
Isolating a single limb or the neck while you're opponent sweats is extremely difficult. I've always found rubber guard to be very effective at locking down slippery people. If your hips have good flexibility, you can even work a gogoplata, omoplata, or kimura from this position. The guy on top very little space to move. Food for thought fellas.
I've just began rolling in my classes I'm 5'11 and barely 170 and im finding it to zap me out of energy and leave me mentally and physically drained. i'd say it can be frustration and just an ego thing of losing I guess which I know in jiu jitsu is gonna happen all the time at first and indefinatly. I get that.
im not even worried about a submission for now unless I get someones back which only happens if I roll with another white belt and if they are stronger then it just doesn't happen a lot.
im not sure if I should just weather the storm or if I should be just looking at these little things on defense. such as mount escapes and toughening up my guard.
I've just noticed I signifigant change in my mindset after getting smashed on. tbh it sucks but when I go back in the gym im hungry to roll again not to win but to see.. ok if I get in a tough spot can I react better. not sure if this is good mindset to acquire but id love feedback from anyone who has been where im at. im told Everyone goes through it. thanks
I am a tall and lanky guy, 80kg and there are two guys my height but they have at least 20kg on me I sometimes get to roll with. I learned that I need to play slowly and watch out for their explosions. I have a speed and movement advantage but that only helps me with transitioning when I feel like I am losing the deposition. Also, trying to stay on top as much as I can otherwise I get crushed.
Chewie! How do you deal with lanky people? Im 5'7 but they're about 6'. It's really frustrating especially when they get me in their spider guard.
was confused for a sec if he was talking about bjj or programming
Big strong guys usually lacks a little of cardio. If you move fast and make your bigger opponent respond to those moves it will be a little easier for you in the long run since he'll gas out before you. Chewy has a clear valid point, you just can't exchange strength with a bigger opponent. Find the holes where you can capitalize on and take on from there. Cheers!