As for a tournament strategy, neither one of you likes takedowns, so a viable option is just sitting down? I did that in a tournament once. All it does is ensure you're not giving the other guy points for a takedown, and you're also not tired from having to wrestle and fight the takedown. The only problem is you're fighting from bottom now. Unless you have a good bottom game, I can't recommend sitting down.
For you I'd say the best strategy, is to wait for your opponent to f*ck up in his takedown, since you have good defense, and take advantage of that. From there you should be able to get top position. From there, fight to keep it. That's really all I can tell you.
For your brother, there's not much to work with. I'd just tell him to do his best. There is no strategy for someone that's new to the sport.
Don't you have a teacher to help you? It might be the better choice to ask for your teacher's advice here rather than trust and worse try out advice from kids who like to watch UFC and never have trained a day in their lives but know it all because they have seen it done in an UFC match. How can you tell who on here is for real and who is not? Are you just going to pick what sounds good to you and try it out at the competition? I tell you what, those who really know will be honest enough and tell you that they can not help you because they can not see what you are doing. You need to fix where you lack in technique not acquire more techniques you will lack in. So ask your teacher to help you improve your techniques if you ever want to compete in anything but the beginner divisions. When you can win the higher divisions is where you show if you have good techniques.
You make a big beginner mistake... That is you think you are smart enough about your training that you can decide what your strengths and weaknesses are. That is what your instructor is for. He is the one that should decide what you are strong in and what you are weak at. He and he only should be advising you. He knows what you need. We only have what you are saying to go on and that assumes that you know what you are talking about. I assume that you don't have a realistic picture of the real situation. your other mistake is to be asking a random bunch of people (me included) that you don't know and have no idea if we know what we are talking about. Bottom line is you are way off. Go ask your instructor.
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Wait for him to shoot for double or single and sprawl big.. then take his back
score early
get in, get out
Me and my younger step brother are going to compete at a JiuJitsu tournament this weekend. This will be my second event and his first. Last time, I won the silver medal in Gi. But this tournament is all NoGi. Last time I went in without a strategy and as a result I panicked and allowed some of my opponents to outthink me. I was wondering if I explained some of our individual strengths and weaknesses, if an experienced martial artist could give us some possible game plans to try to employ this weekend.
My Strengths
- Takedown Defense
- Physical Strength
- Very Good Top Control
- Good Chokes
- Unorthodox Attacks
My Weaknesses
- Takedowns
- Mount Escape
His Strengths
- Long Body Frame
- Cardio
- Fast
- Really Good Americana
His Weaknesses
- Not Physically Strong
- Mount Escape
- Takedowns And Defense
- Lack Of Control
With knowing our main strengths and weaknesses, what are some strategies that you think we could use?
Thanks!
