“He who grips first, wins!”
If there were one most important thing to do at the beginning of a BJJ match, then it would be to establish some sort of control and dominance over your opponent, as soon as possible. And if there’s one thing that you should’ve learned in your Jiu Jitsu class up until now, it’s that the grips are everything.
Simply put, you need to establish a dominant grip before your opponent does!
In this video, Jon Thomas shows 3 ways of how to go from not having a grip to having a strong, favorable grip that will allow you to dominate the rest of the match and impose your game.
From here you cann start to work on a simple and effective guard system such as the collar Sleeve guard which will countless attacking options:
The Collar Sleeve Guard: The Best Guard For Beginners in BJJ
Thomas has a comprehensive, step-by-step system and super-effective method for sweeping, submitting and dominating your opponent from the open guard.
Stay safe and always keep your guard with the Collar Sleeve Guard: Xande Ribeiro’s revolutionary diamond concept of defense.
- Learn Xande’s diamond concept that lets him defend, escape, and reguard against the best in the world.
- Take away the pressure and get back to guard with these keys to Xande’s defensive system.
- Everyone from beginners to black belts can learn from Xande’s methodical system of escaping some of the worst positions in all of BJJ.
