How to stay safe and effective from the back in MMA

“Give a punch to a black belt in the face; it becomes a brown belt. Give a fist, purple …” These are the words of Carlson Gracie, one of the pioneers of the mixed martial arts. Playing guarding in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA are two different things. Incredibly effective techniques in the BJJ settings can take you to a world of difficulty when the strikes are at stake.

While the voice of your coach Bjj could tell you that ending up on the back is a golden opportunity to show your skills, you could end up doubled as a boxing bag if you think the game of the guard in MMA is all for submissions. It is not; It is survival.

This article will discuss how to avoid being overwhelmed by the strikes and actually do things if you end up on the back during a mixed martial arts race or a self -defense situation.

Because you can’t simply pull the guard in MMA

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Raffascular on the back is like relaxing in an hammock in a bjj dojo. You have many options and the worst thing that can happen is that your opponent goes for a block of the legs or the guard passes. It is the foundation of BJJ, a combat system developed to generally make a dominant disadvantageous position. You can’t really call you a BJJ player if you don’t have a dangerous guard.

There is nothing wrong with the guard by itself, and the old school’s Bjj players were very successful in fighting without fault during the first days of the MAM because they trained to defend themselves from the strikes. Bjj as martial art has been refined to the events of Vale Tudo in Brazil, with the members of the Gracie family who regularly take on all the challengers in environments without bars.

The modern Brazilian sport Jiu-Jitsu has lost most of its grinosity over the years. Today’s average BJJ student has a limited experience that defends himself against the strikes, making them incredibly vulnerable to the strikes in the guard and in other lower positions. Your effectiveness in the best positions is also influenced by strikes.

The rules of the modern MMA also challenge the struggle on the back. Takedowns and points of control score on the ground in mixed martial arts, which means you are losing if you are on the back. This is one of the reasons why an approach to submission of the guard is not always ideal for mixed martial arts.

Bjj Guard vs. Game Bottom Mma: a comparison side by side

We compare some of the ways in which the Botom Bjj and MMA game differs:

1) Objective

• Bjj: Send or sweep your opponent. Follow points for both and an attempt to submission of success wins the competition.
• MMA: Minimize the ground and the pound, create space and go back to feet. Only bjj elite players should spend a few seconds trying to guarantee sending since most of the mixed martial artists know how to defend themselves from commonly used communications. In MMA, the opponents can use their technical knowledge and strikes to defend themselves from the presentations, putting the middle BJJ player at a disadvantage.

2) Posture

• Bjj: Generally more relaxed while looking at the handles. Trying to create space while the person at the top does the opposite.
• MMA: Go out of the canvas, ready to escape the strikes, with greater attention to prevent your opponent from postulating because it is when the strikes rains. The creation of space becomes a high risk and high charging game.

3) Send

• Bjj: GIS are made with durable materials, making it much easier to protect the handles. There is no real risk during the hunt for submission as well as being potentially reversed or swept and points of score of your opponent. It is the perfect place to go for the imaginative homoplates that could become viral.
• MMA: Everything is open here, with rules prohibiting that they grab any part of your opponent’s equipment and most of the techniques focus on pure ability and strategy. Most sending attempts are high -risk events. Choose a lock of the legs and your opponent could end up beating and throwing you out. Do you think Triangle Stroke is there? Well, this could be your opponent’s opportunity to pass the guard and land more powerful shots. Or maybe your opponent is Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and collects you and slams you in oblivion.

Stay safe: your survival control list

Here is a control list for survival players for BJJ players who intend to compete in mixed martial arts or trying to learn how to change their Brazilian training Jiu-Jitsu for real fights:

1) Main control posture

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Nothing keeps you safer than control of your opponent’s posture when the strikes fly. The closed guard shines here, and it is enough to put you back on your feet since the MMA rules recommend the referees to get up the fighters on the ground if there is a stall situation.

Wrap the legs around the bust of your opponent (fix a block of the body if the legs are long enough) and wrap the hands around the torso while positioning the face on the chest, pulling them towards you. He won’t win new fans, but he could force the referee to resist combat if your opponent cannot burst.

2) Incessantly pierce the anca escape

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Practice the shrimp as if your life depended on it if you want to be effective on the back in MMA. In the end, your guard will be passed and you want to be good at claiming it. The guard is still the safest background position you can find yourself in a fight.

3) develops an all -round open guard game

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An all -round open guard game gives you various ways to put you back on your feet. This is when you open your guard and place your feet on your opponent’s sides. In this way it allows you to control their body with your legs.

The simplest groid from here is simply pushing the hips as you come back.

Drill as if you were training for a zombie apocalypse

Playing guarding when the strikes are at stake differ considerably from the guard in a BJJ tournament. Generally you don’t want to spend too much time on your back because you’re losing the round even if you go by submission. Submission attempts count only in MMA when approaching the end of the struggle.

The ideal approach to MMA is to try to get up or sweep your opponent in order to finish at the top and start marking points for the control on the ground. In this way, you can still win Round even if you don’t get the finish line. Remember, in MMA, positioning and control can often be as precious as the sending or knockouts, then focus on maintaining the domain during the fight and you could simply conquer the judges!

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