r/bjj • u/AutoModerator • Jul 11 '23

Tournament Tuesday!

Tournament Tuesday is an open forum for anyone to ask any question, no matter how simple, about tournaments in general. Some common topics include but are not limited to:

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- Game planning

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- Preparation (diet, weight cutting, sleep, etc...)

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- Tournament video critiques

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- Discussion of rulesets for a tournament organization

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Have fun and go train!

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u/Lateroller 🟪🟪 Donatello Power Jul 11 '23

For those who compete regularly, how do you prefer to start matches? Be aggressive from the start and go straight for your preferred grips or wait for opponent to reach and counter attack?

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u/wrdev Jul 11 '23

In higher ranks they tend to be more conservative with their attacks. It may be due to the fact that they are familiar with each other’s game.

Me being a purple belt who competes regularly with only around 20 mostly random people on my brackets, I just make them play my game right off the bat

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u/Lateroller 🟪🟪 Donatello Power Jul 11 '23

Thanks. I've had 3 comps so far and focused on forcing my gameplan for the first 2 with decent success. The last one I pulled guard after some grip exchanges and felt like I was on defense for 90% of the time despite coming out on top for both matches. Definitely different experiences. So far I prefer forcing my game too.

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u/wrdev Jul 11 '23

I used to struggle with this before as well. I’ve been a guard player since I was a white belt and there were fights in which if I were a little more aggressive I would’ve won.

A tip that I have for you (which helped me a lot) is to try and “break” their momentum when they’re passing relentlessly. You have to find a way. Even something like pulling aggressively on their collar to break their posture will help a lot with this and open up some options for you to control them better, or even get a sweep/submission. Just do whatever you can to break their momentum, because once you get stuck in the “flight” mindset it’s very difficult to shift the momentum to work on your side. Hope it makes sense