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Technique shaming is something I see all the time here on sherdog and also at my gym.
People arguing that you should concentrate on the basics and never try the funky stuff.
But what I find annoying is that the basics vary from people to people. For some anything, outside of closed guard is funky sporty stuff for others it's just lapel play and berimbolo that should'nt even be in the sport.
I want to know what is good basic techniques for you and what should be avoided for being too funky.
I think there's a near-universal miseducation of fundamentals across the BJJ world. People tend to teach things backwards, showing "the move" first then letting the student identify the fundamental operation on his own (a process that can literally take years, even though it may take 20 mins to learn "the move"). For example, a scissor sweep is a "move" not a fundamental, what makes it work is the conjunction of three fundamentals: 1. controlling opponent's posture with a cross collar grip; 2. creating space with a knee shield; 3. sweeping fundamentals (redistributing opps weight, blocking posts)
Since beginners (and mid-belts also) are usually taught the move as a whole rather than mastering the fundamental mechanisms first, they tend to compensate with moves that feature an advanced-but-easy-to-learn fundamental that works if done with rough energy (i.e. a beginner's approximation of an advanced move). A good example is the Marcelotine: If you are not taught the guillotine in fundamental terms-- as a front headlock with your chest controlling opp's posture, tightening the front headlock by crunching your body-- then you will find that the only way you can get any guillotine finish is via an extreme Marcelotine (and often on panic taps from the windpipe pressure). But if you master the fundamental mechanism first, then you will find that you will actually be able to improvise your own finishes, whether it be with a high elbow, a ten finger grip, a loop choke, etc.
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