Oh, if only there was a move, a technique, or a setup that would guarantee you a victory in (almost) every BJJ roll or match… That would be great, wouldn’t it?
Well, the bad news is that there is no single move that can guarantee that you’ll win.
However, there’s one thing that you can do to substantially improve the possibilities of that happening; and that is to be able to chain submissions faster than your opponent defends them.
John Danaher explains what this means:
There is no one move, no one position that confers guarantees of victory.
In a world where every move has a counter what confers victory is THE QUALITY OF EXECUTION OF A SERIES ON INTEGRATED MOVES AND POSITIONS AT A RATE THAT IS FASTER THAN YOUR OPPONENTS COUNTERS – this is the path to victory.
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Furthermore, if you want to become a “winner”, you’ve got to understand that it isn’t just about what you do on the mats. It’s about what happens during all those quiet moments as well:
For every minute you spend on the mat in competition, you’ll spend an hour by yourself waiting in preparation in that last twenty four hours.
Make sure you’re comfortable being alone and make sure whatever inner dialogue you have in that time is taking you in the right directions.
You compete in front of a crowd, but you prepare largely alone – learning to be comfortable by yourself in a stressful and unfamiliar environment is a big part of success.
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