High-Impact Skills For Submission Grapplers (Part 1)

How to beat people who are better than you.

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu today is very different from when I began training way back in 2015.

The rise of professionalism in the sport has reached a new level. We’ve come a long way from simply trying to get as many rounds per week in as possible. We’ve come a long way from just drilling and then rolling as hard as we can.

Nowadays, Jiu-Jitsu is about skills and the ability to execute skills under “pressure” (rolling and competition).

Of course, Jiu-Jitsu has always been about skills, but in the last few years, the way that we build skills in this sport has improved and changed a lot. The specific skills that we focus on in Jiu-Jitsu have also changed a lot.

Being a white belt today is very different from being a white belt in 2015. Being a competitor today is very different from when I started as well.

In this article, we’re going to look at some of the key skills that every grappler needs to be working on if they want to maximize their improvement on the mat.