The Five Attributes For Grappling Success

There are five main attribute areas that will help form a complete game besides actual skill in techniques.

The first is coordination.

Coordination is vital in a martial art like BJJ. You need to be able to execute several movements at once. So for example, even a simple movement like a basic technique like the bridge and roll requires you to trap your opponent's arm with your arms and their leg with your foot on the side you'll be bridging on to prevent them from basing, while then bridging up with your hips and over your shoulder to roll them over.

This is a very basic move but requires good coordination to execute properly. The good news is that coordination is an attribute that can be developed with consistent practice by drilling the moves.

The majority of techniques in BJJ are complex in that they require several movements performed simultaneously sometimes for a synergistic effect. That is the sum of the movements are what make the technique work.

Next is endurance.

This one is easy to understand and you need to put in the time to condition your endurance.

An instructor of mine used to say the one thing you can't fake is endurance. Think about it, when your gas tank is empty, it's over. This is critical for success in BJJ, not in that the person with the better endurance will beat the other, but in that without a decent level of conditioning you won't do well. Then we have timing.

Again, this can be developed by you'll need to perform isolation drills and a lot of sparring once you have the technical details of the moves down to develop timing in your techniques.

This is being able to execute the techniques at the right time and speed.

To be able to grapple properly you also need a good sense of balance. This is especially important on the feet but on the ground as well. Look at any well-trained Judoka and you'll see how a good sense of balance can make someone extremely difficult to take down.

Again even on the ground this plays an important role. In order to prevent someone from passing your guard you must break their posture and keep them off balance. The same holds true if you're in your opponents guard, the better your balance the harder it will be for him to sweep you or reverse you.

Finally we have explosiveness.

Being explosive will give you the ability to execute certain movements very quickly. This is very valuable when escaping positions. Being explosive while bridging or shrimping is very effective. You can train to become more explosive by doing plyometrics with a weight vest or by simply doing the movements with a weight vest and executing them as fast as possible.

Improving these five attributes and keeping them at their peak will make a huge difference in anyone's game.

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