Improvement

[mixmaster staph]

How do you, personally, go about your own improvement?

I assess my game as a whole and try to decide which additions will compliment my current skillset and which of my already existing areas would benefit most from being focused on. I know that sounds kinda obvious, but I don't think as many people as one would hope really do it that way.

I think a lot of people just say "I think my "x" is subpar and needs working on" when in reality their "x" is irrelavent to the rest of their game and improving it will have very little immediate impact. People learn moves for the sake of learning moves, and while that will improve you over time, I think it's a LOT more efficient to look for the right jigsaw pieces rather than to try every single one until it fits.

 

[Ghostayame]

I just kind of go with the flow. I just train as often as I can and I pick up on my mistakes that way. Like if I keep getting caught in someones halfguard eventually I will be good at getting out of it.

 

[zemanjaski]

I pick positions I want to be strong in and work on them primarily. I then compete as much as possible, identify weaknesses and work on them as well.

 

[lesitchpack**]

Hello friends,

Having private lessons with the instructor is very beneficial. Work out what is going wrong for you in sparring, perhaps ask some higher belts in your academy what you are doling wrong in rolling and then ask your instructor during a private (he will probably already have lots to show you because he watches you grapple day in day out). This will definitely help with your improvement and give you focus for the following weeks in training until you are confident you have corrected the problem, then go back to your instructor with more questions during private lessons!

Open mat sessions where you can have a mutual brain picking session with others works very well also, you may pick up strange and wonderful things in these sessions that may impress or even confuse you! Lastly, limit how many instructionals you watch/read, simply because you can overload your mind and your mind will stop focusing on small details and you will begin to be confused. Watch 10-15 minutes of an instructional every day for 5 days (I have used this method and it works very well), whilst trying to use it in sparring, and practising it in training, this will not overload your mind and allow you to gain familiarity with what you are learning (this is important because you are not actually being shown what to do in person, so your mind reacts apply it to training in a different manner).

Hope this helps friends, may your grappling journeys be long and prosperous!

 

[Impenetrable]

How do you, personally, go about your own improvement?

I assess my game as a whole and try to decide which additions will compliment my current skillset and which of my already existing areas would benefit most from being focused on. I know that sounds kinda obvious, but I don't think as many people as one would hope really do it that way.

I think a lot of people just say "I think my "x" is subpar and needs working on" when in reality their "x" is irrelavent to the rest of their game and improving it will have very little immediate impact. People learn moves for the sake of learning moves, and while that will improve you over time, I think it's a LOT more efficient to look for the right jigsaw pieces rather than to try every single one until it fits.

I agree and am quite guilty of the emboldened text New moves excite me and keep me coming back for more. I need to buckle down and drill things that have to do with my weaknesses. I think Judo will compliment my skills well. My top game is good but my Guard has gone and gotten to a completely different level than my top game. Takedowns too.

I think the majority of my improvement came by accident. I started working a lot of open guard, I fell in love with Butterfly, discovered the joys of X-Guard, and found the two work very well with DHG. I didnt learn these with the intention of building off of each other, but now I switch between the 3 and love it more than words can express.

 

[KGB313]

How do you, personally, go about your own improvement?

I assess my game as a whole and try to decide which additions will compliment my current skillset and which of my already existing areas would benefit most from being focused on. I know that sounds kinda obvious, but I don't think as many people as one would hope really do it that way.

I think a lot of people just say "I think my "x" is subpar and needs working on" when in reality their "x" is irrelavent to the rest of their game and improving it will have very little immediate impact. People learn moves for the sake of learning moves, and while that will improve you over time, I think it's a LOT more efficient to look for the right jigsaw pieces rather than to try every single one until it fits.

I try to be methodical about what I'm working on. First part I picked to clean up was my survival posture. Then my escapes. Then I wanted to improve my open guard (which is very much a work in progress still). Now I've noticed how much time I'm spending in half guard, where my knowledge of options is pretty limited.

I also do a monthly private with a black belt instructor, and I usually get to roll with him at least 3-4 other times throughout the month. I consult with him about what we think I should be working on, and he's pretty much agreed with my take so far. Based on what he feels when we roll (or what he sees when I roll with others) is how he determines exactly what he wants to cover with me in my private.

Been working pretty well for me so far.

 

[Aussido]

I will pretty much just flow for about 1 month. Then I will assess about 3 areas I need work. I will work on those the next month. Then I will go back to flowing for about a month again.