At my grappling gym we do way more sparring/ rolling than techniques (maybe 80/20), we teach drills when someone is having trouble with a particular position. Obviously this method is very coaching intensive, so everyone is trained to be a coach, and encouraged to coach during sparring
everything wrote:I suspect this idea of If A, Then B, that Chris McKinley called "paint by numbers" is primarily useful in grappling sports. At least at my bjj class, it is so frigging detail oriented, it gets a bit annoying. But I don't see any way around it. The art is just like that. There are certainly principles, but there are a helluva lot of specifics.
In what bjj calls the "free movement" phase of combat, the idea of formlessness a la yiquan or even taijiquan seems much more relevant and possible. There is some force coming from this way and you can counter it with some force going this other way. That can involve striking, throwing, seizing, locking, or some combination. It can be more abstract.
If the ground involves full striking, it may be different, but ground grappling with no striking allowed seems to have proportionally more If A, Then B. Of course, this could be totally wrong. Thought I would throw it out there, though.
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