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I'm in construction and like to grapple in my spare time. I read somewhere on here someone recommended Horse Stall Mats.. thats a no-no.. falling on Vulcanized rubber is like landing on concrete, but you get a nice skid burn on top of that. I saw someone else say to make your own out of plywood, styrofoam, carpet underlay foam and drape your own vinyl... ...

The relationships between judo, Kosen judo, various traditional Japanese jujutsu ryu, groundwork (newaza), the nature of challenge matches during that period in Japan, and pinning a style on a given grappling expert during that period in Japan are all very complicated and deeply interconnected. In my view, if we are to develop an understanding of this ...

I've personally seen the following, in various combinations: going slack tensing up and shaking sputtering blinking/twitching eyes glaze over eyes close snoring It's a lot easier to tell as a third party, since you can see things like the legs going limp while their upper body is locked in position by the choke. It helps to have a coach or whatever ...

Aside from all the signs that have already been listed, I would also look for your opponent to stop defending himself intelligently. If you feel that your choke is fully locked and your opponent doesn't seem to significantly relieve the pressure in any way (Blocking/Grabbing the chocking arm, adjusting his position, tucking his neck in etc...) chances are ...

If you go once a week, you'll make very slow progress. If you go twice a week, your progress will be mediocre. If you go three times or more a week, you'll make steady progress. Training five or more times a week is a whole separate level of learning. (If for some reason you're able to train many times a week, make sure you ease into it. Don't over do it in ...

As a beginner, you can make really rapid progress 2x/week (lots of material to learn, and you have no place to go but up). But as you get to an intermediate level, 2x will seem like treading water -- it'll keep you in shape and keep your skills sharp, but you won't improve rapidly -- but you'll need 3x or more if you want to keep advancing at a good clip.

There are tons more techniques for escaping mount, but the ones you have been taught are the ones you should focus on. There are several reasons for this. Focus on fundamentals The two escapes you know are arguably the most straightforward and efficient methods of escaping mount. In addition, they both develop absolutely critical grappling movement skills: ...

Assuming no-gi and they're starting with right knee down and left knee up. Plant your left foot on his right hip, it makes it pretty hard for him to get rid of it or pass, and since your foot is on his hip it gives you something to push off of to swivel and get an angle. Your right leg should also be somewhere on his torso, but since it's going to move the ...

While I understand the desire and even need these days to be frugal, I would be very careful buying mats from a Dollar Store or Box Store like Wal-Mart. Safety is of greatest concern. I have also used the gym style folding mats as mentioned above and they are problematic in that they do not stay together but easily slide apart when using them. Your best ...

Your best bet is to buy them used from a tournament like grapplers quest. They bring in new mats for every tournament, and sell them after at a steep discount. A lot of tournaments re-use their mats though, so this might not be an option in your area. Do not attempt things like take downs on the cheap mats you can get at the dollar store, or even ...

Going back through some of my files, I found a box on making your own mats in M. A. Training magazine, Summer 1988, by Jack Herman (p.55). His plan shows a plywood backing board, a 2 inch thick sheet of styrofoam over that, then two layers of 9/8-inch thick foam carpet padding, covered with a tough fabric. He points out that if you need to use thinner ...

For an 8 year old kid, keeping the distance is probably the best option. like robin and dave have mentioned. If they are looking to be a little more adventurous. o uchi gara, and uchi mata are both viable counters to a bjj style ko soto gaki/gari. http://judoinfo.com/new/techniques/throwing-techniques/95-traditional-40-throws-gokyo-no-waza o uchi ...

The advice I'd give to an eight year old for preventing a Gracie-family-style kosotogake-makikomi would be limited. Dominate the clinch. Get double underhooks, and prevent the opponent from getting double underhooks. Keep your hips away from their hips, and your legs away from their legs, once any clinch is established. This opens you up for other ...

The inside leg trip is a more reliable takedown than the outside leg trip, but it's not popular in BJJ because the inside leg trip puts you in their guard, while the outside one at least gives you half mount. The inside leg trip is a natural counter to the outside leg trip, and in practice the inside leg trip tends to win (I'm not entirely sure if this is ...

For same day weigh ins, cutting a lot of weight is not ideal, and it will affect your performance. That being said, if you are weighing in early in the morning, and competing later in the afternoon, you will have some time to properly rehydrate and recover. This question talks about some techniques that are out there: Dropping weight before a MMA fight ...

Expanded version of my comment on Dave's answer Those who can't get in the forth and fifth formal sessions a week can get some of the benefit by doing some solo work. Forms, bag work, footwork drill, and so on. There are whole books on the subject.1 You don't get the more learning, but you do forget less between sessions. I also use these solo sessions as ...

Some years ago I used to go wushu classes about two times a week, It took about a year for me to get to a 'decent' level, where I could do the basics, and a wee bit of advanced stuff. If you want to learn at a more accelerated pace I think you should consider slowly increasing the number of workouts per week. In my opinion you should start out slow and ...

You don't give much info about your weight or age. That would help me give you a better plan. At 28 yrs old I would cut 5lbs an hour, for a total of 2 hours to make weight for freestyle tournies. By making the ambient temp in the room as warm as possible. I would then put on a cotton layer, then plastics, then a couple of layers of sweats. I would then ...

There are other options, but bump and roll and elbow escaping are the best to spend your time developing. One tip that helped me a lot early on was learning to combine those two techniques effectively. Use a failed upa to set up an elbow escape. There have been some good tips foraging a more powerful bridge already listed, but I think most people have more ...

You can escape out the backdoor - underhook their legs with at least one arm and rotate to your knees (quickly, or you'll get triangled). You can press them away and tuck both knees in to get butterfly guard. If they have high mount you can reverse figure four them. You can overhook an arm and bridge over the other shoulder. If you have good choke ...

I live in a city with a training facility of the national Judo team (i think that's what it is) since Judo is olympic they receive quite a lot of funding. This leads to them perceiving mats as 'old' quite quickly and so they buy new one and get rid of the old ones frequently. I got a bunch of slightly used mats for cheap from there. TL'DR: A well funded ...

http://secure.gracieacademy.com/categories/grappling-mats/ The Gracie Academy often has sales of their style of grappling mats. Not knowing much about BJJ, I don't know anything else to suggest but wait for these to go on sale, and then order some.

I got a good deal on used mats on craigslist, but it took some persistence. I use craigslist a lot, and here's some things I've found helpful: Use a craigslist tool that shows pictures with the search results, e.g., a Firefox plugin (e.g., craigslist fusion), or smartphone app (e.g., cMobile) Be creative about search terms, and include misspellings, e.g., ...

How about building your own? It used to be commonplace. http://www.wattaa.com/equipment/building-your-own-tatami-mat/ Also, since they'll be grappling, they really won't need much in the way of protection. Carpet is probably fine for now.

This doesn't directly answer your question, but instead of thinking about the missed 4 points, consider the opportunity for a submission. Pick one that you're good at from guard (triangle, guillotine, armbar, kimura, but not americana) and start setting it up before you get rolled. Finish as he comes up on top. I like working one leg high to set up the ...

Assuming it's a traditional RNC, locked in. Look at his wrist (obviously not the one that's behind your head), this will bring your neck to his bicep, and you'll have better leverage to pull on his wrist to give yourself a bit more space. Don't look at the elbow and don't try to pull on it, that's an exercise in futility. Having given yourself a quick ...