If you guys want to get good at this (blue belts and up) during drilling do ONLY your bad side. During rolling do ONLY your good side. Do this for several months and when you become proficient at the "bad side" then start introducing it into live rolling and do like a 50:50 ratio of bad side to good side. If you want to get good at this (at white belt - 3 or 4 stripes) don't think of jiujitsu as having a "bad" side or "good" side and just practice both equally during drilling. This will allow you to be ambidexterous going into your blue belts and beyond. But the former is more for the people who have developed a good side because they refused to practice both sides as they were coming up through the ranks
I’ve noticed I prefer to pass to my left side and use a certain set of passes to pass to that side but usually use a different set of passes to pass to the right side
100% truth, one of my biggest strengths is that I'm ambidextrous and just doing something easy like pulling de la riva on the "wrong side" can throw people off their game.
I've talked to our karate students about practicing our "weak" side so that when we run into someone who's dominating us on our strong/normal side we've got another option to try to attempt to throw them off of their game. I hadn't thought about focusing on our weak side during roles with less experienced grapplers and our strong side with those who are more experienced. I like that idea and will try to implement it to get more out of my training. Thank you.
Doing anything on the second side helps really teach yourself the nuances on the original side. Understanding the mechanics thoroughly enough to flip it gives you insights you would not have realized. Plus you don't always get to pick the side. Great if you can make the best of the side you're given.
I take the wrestling approach to doing both sides. I shoot singles to my right and doubles to my left, all based on my stance. Same with my bjj. I knee cut to my left I belong step to my right. All based on my right foot leading.
Haha, regarding the craig jones interview -- I love his stuff. I actually have a similar game to him and wanted to learn from him. But all his instructionals mostly show him on his left hip when he's showing half guard and it was harder for me to conceptualize since I mostly play on my right hip and had to switch over to mostly lachlan instructionals lol
For the last year I trained myself to get more comfortable with using the other side in different positions and it made a big difference for me! Still struggling a lot with the footwork for throws on my weak side though!
We were learning a few different strategies for uchi mata this week and coach told me to just focus one one side so this has been really valuable perspective sir, thank you.
Sticking to one side isn't a bad idea while you're learning the mechanics. You don't want to go confusing yourself and preventing yourself from picking up the technique because you keep changing it up. Once you know the basics, however...
I love this idea. I read about it first in your ebook and any technique we train now, I automatically drill it both ways. It really makes me feel like a champion when I'm rolling. 😂
If they don't train both sides, then in theory it's a choice between your 100 vs their 100, or 0 vs 100; compared to your 50 vs their 0, or their 100 vs your 50. I like 2 and 2 when drilling for this reason. I do both sides once, and opp does both sides once, we both get to use and feel/defend both sides of a technique. Sometimes I'll stick with a single side if I'm having trouble with the technique, but once I feel I got it, I try to catch up in reps on the opposite side. For striking, as a southpaw, I switch hit. While I know I _should_ stick with southpaw, as my switch to orthodox will never cause me to out orthodox an orthodox, I figure I don't need to be comparatively as good in southpaw as they are in orthodox to outdo them, and my proficiency in orthodox will make me better in other ways, especially as a self-defence and occupationally focused martial artist.
Train both sides but not the same move. For example, in closed guard I attack arm drag on my left and shoulder crunch on my right. I'm not going to try and write with my left hand. I'm going to find moves that feel good from every angle/side.
Dude, how ironic that earlier today I rolled with a white belt that had some injury or was hurting somehow on his left arm or shoulder (my dominant side when I play half). So I forced myself to play on my weak side, but kept switching back and forth as the roll progressed. It worked surprisingly well for me switching side to side, and forcing myself to attack on my weak side only.
If you happen to be injured on one side sometimes you don't have a choice but to train the other side, while you heal up, haha... the importance of ambidexterity cannot be overstated enough
you can have different games on each side just like you have normal and then south paw stance. the technique and strategies you use for each side may be different cause most have a dominant and a supporting side.
If you guys want to get good at this (blue belts and up) during drilling do ONLY your bad side. During rolling do ONLY your good side. Do this for several months and when you become proficient at the "bad side" then start introducing it into live rolling and do like a 50:50 ratio of bad side to good side. If you want to get good at this (at white belt - 3 or 4 stripes) don't think of jiujitsu as having a "bad" side or "good" side and just practice both equally during drilling. This will allow you to be ambidexterous going into your blue belts and beyond. But the former is more for the people who have developed a good side because they refused to practice both sides as they were coming up through the ranks
I’ve noticed I prefer to pass to my left side and use a certain set of passes to pass to that side but usually use a different set of passes to pass to the right side
100% truth, one of my biggest strengths is that I'm ambidextrous and just doing something easy like pulling de la riva on the "wrong side" can throw people off their game.
Doing that, training both sides, you improve your brain, prevent dementia and other cognitives diseases of elderly.
I'll see you in Vegas in 2 weeks!
I've talked to our karate students about practicing our "weak" side so that when we run into someone who's dominating us on our strong/normal side we've got another option to try to attempt to throw them off of their game. I hadn't thought about focusing on our weak side during roles with less experienced grapplers and our strong side with those who are more experienced. I like that idea and will try to implement it to get more out of my training. Thank you.
Doing anything on the second side helps really teach yourself the nuances on the original side. Understanding the mechanics thoroughly enough to flip it gives you insights you would not have realized.
Plus you don't always get to pick the side. Great if you can make the best of the side you're given.
Amazing how so much emphasis is put into passing with someone already laying on their back. Takedowns into passing would be much more useful
I take the wrestling approach to doing both sides. I shoot singles to my right and doubles to my left, all based on my stance. Same with my bjj. I knee cut to my left I belong step to my right. All based on my right foot leading.
Super helpful, Thx!
Haha, regarding the craig jones interview -- I love his stuff. I actually have a similar game to him and wanted to learn from him. But all his instructionals mostly show him on his left hip when he's showing half guard and it was harder for me to conceptualize since I mostly play on my right hip and had to switch over to mostly lachlan instructionals lol
For the last year I trained myself to get more comfortable with using the other side in different positions and it made a big difference for me! Still struggling a lot with the footwork for throws on my weak side though!
We were learning a few different strategies for uchi mata this week and coach told me to just focus one one side so this has been really valuable perspective sir, thank you.
Sticking to one side isn't a bad idea while you're learning the mechanics. You don't want to go confusing yourself and preventing yourself from picking up the technique because you keep changing it up. Once you know the basics, however...
@ fair call. Proficiency is always the primary goal. Looking forward to getting some reps in. 🥰💪🏼
I love this idea. I read about it first in your ebook and any technique we train now, I automatically drill it both ways. It really makes me feel like a champion when I'm rolling. 😂
This is great advice for real
If they don't train both sides, then in theory it's a choice between your 100 vs their 100, or 0 vs 100; compared to your 50 vs their 0, or their 100 vs your 50.
I like 2 and 2 when drilling for this reason. I do both sides once, and opp does both sides once, we both get to use and feel/defend both sides of a technique. Sometimes I'll stick with a single side if I'm having trouble with the technique, but once I feel I got it, I try to catch up in reps on the opposite side.
For striking, as a southpaw, I switch hit. While I know I _should_ stick with southpaw, as my switch to orthodox will never cause me to out orthodox an orthodox, I figure I don't need to be comparatively as good in southpaw as they are in orthodox to outdo them, and my proficiency in orthodox will make me better in other ways, especially as a self-defence and occupationally focused martial artist.
Wait, I thought the gym was a green screen.
I've seen videos where it's a green screen.
Train both sides but not the same move. For example, in closed guard I attack arm drag on my left and shoulder crunch on my right. I'm not going to try and write with my left hand. I'm going to find moves that feel good from every angle/side.
some of the best pros play off their left hip predominantly I believe (craig, gordon, lachlan, mateusz)
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She was twelve
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What’s going on with the fog? (Now who contacted you, LOL?)
Excellent point. Always train both sides cuz those crazy lefties are out there
Dude, how ironic that earlier today I rolled with a white belt that had some injury or was hurting somehow on his left arm or shoulder (my dominant side when I play half). So I forced myself to play on my weak side, but kept switching back and forth as the roll progressed. It worked surprisingly well for me switching side to side, and forcing myself to attack on my weak side only.
Yeeeah...
If you happen to be injured on one side sometimes you don't have a choice but to train the other side, while you heal up, haha...
the importance of ambidexterity cannot be overstated enough
You don't have a "game" as a white/blue belt.
you can have different games on each side just like you have normal and then south paw stance. the technique and strategies you use for each side may be different cause most have a dominant and a supporting side.