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Cedric Chin
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I talked about the 4 rules of gripping in Judo yesterday and some of you seemed to like it, so I think I should expand on it a bit more. Each of these rules are actually a lot deeper than you might think. Again: I’m not sure how well these composes over to BJJ, and I don’t do jujitsu, so please exercise judgment!
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Cedric Chin
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(1) Don’t let your opponent get a usable grip hinges on: “what is a usable grip?” If you think about this, the only sane definition is “a usable grip is one where your opponent can throw” But each opponent is different! So one implication is you need to deny whatever your opponent wants.
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Cedric Chin
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Can we make this simpler, at least for beginners? Yes: for the vast majority of people, they cannot throw if they don’t have a lapel grip. So your job is to just deny them the lapel grip. (Sleeve doesn’t matter). If vs a right hander, deny their right lapel grip. Reverse for left handers.
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Cedric Chin
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Note that ‘usable grip’ doesn’t mean ‘no grip’! If they have a lapel grip but low on your body, near your stomach, that’s a useless grip. You’re fine. The key insight is that Judo is actually a game of putting your opponent is situations where you have a usable grip and they don’t.
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Cedric Chin
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I don’t know if Farcaster likes long threads, but let me continue lol: (2) implies knowing how to break grips. There are lots of videos on grip breaks so I’ll skip over this, except for two points that don’t seem to be emphasised enough (but everyone picks up on it eventually).
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