Thread: Do you grapple?
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Old April 19, 2016, 08:19 PM   #6
stonewall50
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Originally Posted by adamBomb View Post
I am a purple belt in bjj and have done Muay Thai for long time. If you want some good Bjj drills do a lot more stand up grappling/judo/wrestling. I think for self defense on the ground a Bjj blue belt is more than enough. But most bjjers stand up is terrible at lower levels unless they are competing a lot or have a wrestling background. Try to start rolling standing rather than on the knees...although I realize you risk more injury doing that and not all schools are big enough to let people do that


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My coach is a former Judoka from the old school Brazil judo tournaments that were big money. He teaches us about half and half standing and grappling. He hates weak stand up game for BJJ. My stand up grapple is good enough to do the leg sweeps, trips, and the basic hip tosses and so on.

I agree that mor BJJ courses don't focus on stand up enough.
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