What Every BJJ White Belt And Blue Belt Should Learn And Focus In Jiu Jitsu by Gordon Ryan

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Summary

TLDRIn this discussion, Gordon Ryan emphasizes the importance of focusing on escapes for white and blue belts in jiu-jitsu. He explains that many beginners feel lost when they start training, often being taught new moves without a clear direction. Ryan suggests that understanding how to escape from bad positions and submissions is crucial for building confidence, which allows practitioners to attack effectively later on. He shares his own experience of learning escapes first, which significantly improved his skills. As practitioners progress from white to blue belt, they should prioritize escapes, while the focus shifts to attacks from purple to black belt. Ryan also mentions his new instructional video on the mental aspects of jiu-jitsu, which covers various topics for both hobbyists and competitive athletes.

Takeaways

  • 🤼‍♂️ Focus on escapes first for confidence.
  • 🔑 Escaping bad positions is crucial.
  • 📈 Transition from defense to offense is key.
  • 🛡️ Confidence in escapes allows for attacking.
  • 📚 Learning escapes improves overall skills.
  • 🎓 Shift focus to attacks from purple belt onward.
  • 💡 Understand the offensive and defensive cycles.
  • 🧠 Mental game is essential in jiu-jitsu.
  • 🎥 New instructional video available.
  • 🏆 Tailor training for hobbyists vs. professionals.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:06:44

    Gordon Ryan discusses the foundational skills every white and blue belt in jiu-jitsu should focus on, emphasizing the importance of escaping bad positions and submissions over purely offensive techniques. He suggests that understanding and perfecting escapes builds confidence, enabling practitioners to attack more effectively later in their training. By prioritizing escape techniques from white to blue belt, practitioners not only learn how to defend against submissions but also gain the capability to transition into offensive moves. Additionally, as students progress to purple and black belts, they should start integrating their escapes into attacks, creating a balance between defense and offense. Gordon reflects on his own journey, admitting he initially struggled with escapes, which hampered his progress. He concludes by promoting an instructional video he released on mindset and mental strategies for jiu-jitsu training.

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Video Q&A

  • What should white belts focus on in jiu-jitsu?

    White belts should focus on escaping bad positions and submissions.

  • What is the main goal of jiu-jitsu according to Gordon Ryan?

    The main goal is to submit your opponent.

  • When should practitioners start focusing on attacks?

    Practitioners should start focusing on attacks from purple to black belt.

  • Why is it important to learn escapes first?

    Learning escapes first builds confidence to attack without fear of being submitted.

  • What did Gordon Ryan learn from his coach John?

    He learned the importance of escapes and how to transition from defense to offense.

  • What is the significance of the new instructional video by Gordon Ryan?

    It covers the mental game and mindset for jiu-jitsu, addressing various topics for practitioners.

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    okay guys i'm here today gordon ryan a
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    huge honor for me as always
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    and guys yeah today guard is going to
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    explain here to us one concept that he
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    has that it's amazing
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    that's what every white belt and blue
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    belt should know
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    so in jiu jitsu so he was explaining to
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    me like
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    what what every white belt should focus
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    in jiu jitsu
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    from white to blue belt and then what
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    every blue belt should focus
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    your jutsu from blue to black belt so
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    can you
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    share that everywhere yeah um so
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    there's nothing worse than walking on
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    your first day and just having no sense
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    of direction as to where you should be
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    going
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    um you know many people walk in they get
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    they get taught a new move every day and
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    so here's
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    a move today here's just move tomorrow
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    and do your best with it um
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    the whole goal of our sport is to be
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    able to submit your opponent
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    okay um picture yourself on top
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    mount against somebody and you want to
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    go for an arm bar
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    but you know that if you go for that arm
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    bar from top mount
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    and you lose it and you end up on bottom
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    and maybe inside control or with your
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    back taken perhaps
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    uh that there's no way you're ever going
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    to be able to escape all right
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    the chance of you attempting that arm
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    bar drastically decrease
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    because of the fear they'll get held in
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    a situation or submitted
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    uh if you were to lose that arm bar so
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    you end up just holding positions you
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    hold mount for the whole round and then
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    you know nothing ever happens you kind
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    of lose that sense
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    of going into a match with the idea of
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    okay i have to control this guy but i
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    also have to eventually submit him
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    so what gives you the confidence to open
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    up and to go for attacks and
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    try to go for submissions is your
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    ability to escape
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    both bad positions and submissions
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    so that if you have the confidence where
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    you can escape now you're on top
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    mounted an arm bar you can confidently
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    go for that arm bar knowing that even if
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    you miss it
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    you end the bottom bottom guard bottom
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    half guard bottom side control bottom
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    mount with your back kick in
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    with you and an arm bar yourself the guy
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    pat the guy
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    ends up and mouth on you and after you
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    fail and you know he gets an arm bar
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    that you can either escape
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    those bad positions or those submissions
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    okay so the first
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    and first thing you should be looking at
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    um which is the opposite of what most
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    people tell you most people
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    tell you how to attack first is actually
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    escaping bad positions and submissions
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    okay so from white to blue belt
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    you should focus on your pin escapes and
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    submission escapes all right
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    this will give you the confidence at
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    later belts to be able to go in and
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    actually attack your own submissions
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    knowing that if you end up in a bad spot
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    that you can escape
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    and easily go back into your offensive
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    attacking cycle so from white to blue
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    belt you start by first learning how to
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    escape and defend
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    and then from purple to black belt
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    that's when you focus on going in
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    and attacking people okay you have
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    submissions you have positions guard
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    passing sweeps things like that
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    right but without the ability and the
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    confidence to escape
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    bad spots you're never going to have the
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    confidence to go and
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    attack submissions knowing that you
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    could end up in a bad spot good
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    so we're so kind of breaking down here
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    so what you did on your career
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    white and blue blood you pretty much
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    focus
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    way more on escapes than attacks and
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    then purple brown and black
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    you kind of switch a little more to
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    attacks
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    if you had to break down like belt for a
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    belt yeah that's what i should have done
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    it's not what i actually did
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    um but when i when i started to train
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    under john
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    i was a i was a blue slash purple belt
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    when i started training full time with
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    john
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    and my escapes were terrible if i ever
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    got to a bad spot i wouldn't be able to
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    escape so
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    john basically started teaching me as if
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    i was a white belt because when i
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    started training with john
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    i was very very bad at jiu-jitsu um so
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    the first thing john taught me was
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    escapes
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    and once i was confident that no no one
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    could hold me down and no one could
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    submit me uh
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    well that gave me the confidence to
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    start going into attacks because
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    john started us with leg blocks so every
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    time i would try to put an ashigarami in
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    place i would either get my
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    guard passed and my back taken people
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    would crush me or they'd take my back
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    and at first i was just getting held
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    down with people past my guard or
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    getting my back held for the round and i
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    was getting so frustrated that i
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    couldn't escape
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    uh and then john was teaching us
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    leglocks and escapes at the same time
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    so that i could go have the confidence
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    to go for leglocks knowing that even if
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    i got my guard passed i would be able to
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    just escape and go right back into
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    attacking
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    so i did it the wrong way coming up
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    that's why it took me so long
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    to progress from white to purple brown
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    belt but then
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    at brown belt when i started to have the
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    cop i started to have that confidence
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    and gain that confidence
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    my career really started to take off
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    from brown belt until the current date
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    so if you would teach the young warren
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    iran
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    you would teach him escapes as white
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    belt
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    focus 80 on scapes blue belt you would
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    excuse capes or you would start
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    switching yeah so
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    first positional escapes then submission
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    escapes and then you start to build a
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    blue to purple belt
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    from not only escaping but escapes into
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    attacks okay
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    have to remember there's offensive and
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    defensive cycles you can't just escape
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    escape escape defend defend defend
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    because then your opponent stays in an
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    offensive cycle where every time you go
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    to defend they just keep attacking so
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    you're only
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    just defending it's no good um you have
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    to get into a
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    situation where you go into escapes
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    right into attacks on submissions okay
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    that should be
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    obviously you have to learn some
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    submissions you can't just go all the
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    way you can't just spend four years
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    from white to purple belt focusing on
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    you know
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    not having any submissions but your main
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    focus should be on
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    escaping defending submissions and then
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    transitioning into going from a
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    defensive cycle where you're going from
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    bottom side control or bottom mount
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    instead of just escaping going right
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    back into your own attacks whether it be
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    a sweep or a submission
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    the guy has your back and instead of
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    escaping and and the up top guard
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    you escape and you go right into a leg
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    lock for example yeah no man that's
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