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Well, aside from rolling, you could do the following: -work drills (armbar, triangle, and sweeps) -don't just look for the sweep or submission, look at how it sets you up to transition into another sweep or submission. -make sure you always have 3 points of control over your opponent. Preferrably 4. -practice shrimping.....the movement really helps in regaining guard. -wear those wraparound leg weights while practicing guard techniques. But the best way to improve your guard game.....is to work your guard every time you roll. There are no shortcuts around hard work and training.

I find it very amusing seeing so many posts about folks fearing people who legally carry firearms. To me, this makes about as much sense as someone fearing a martial artist because he "could" hurt or kill someone. Wake up. Every time someone gets behind the wheel, and fires up their cell phone, puts on makeup, turns around screaming at kids, they are putting far more people at risk than the person carrying a firearm for self defense. Face it, police are an after the fact issue 90% of the time. They aren't called until a crime is being committed, or has already been committed. It is a proven fact that states with concealed carry laws (allowing citizens to carry concealed) have a LOWER violent crime rate than states without. It has also been documented that after implementing concealed carry laws, states had a drop in violent crime. Just so there is no misunderstanding, this means that when the general population may be armed, crime is less likely to happen. Personally, I study martial arts so I can defend myself should the need arise. I carry a gun for the same reason. If I have someone threatening me or my family with a gun, knife, box cutter, tire iron, or whatever the case may be. I would like to know that I have the capacity to protect my family until the police arrive.

I think he meant don't give your opponent your back....not don't pull guard. It's a lot harder to defend against chokes when the person is behind you...

I started BJJ a few months ago, and I'm starting to get to the point that I can transition from one position to another without getting swept too easily. Tonight while rolling in class, my contact moved up on my eye....and because I was in the middle of passing the guard, I didn't want to stop to fix it. So I closed my eyes, and kept going. It seemed like I was able to counter my oponent's movements better (passed the guard, and pulled off a choke from side control), and even though I couldn't see, I had a better feel for what was going on. Anyone else encountered this? Or am I just imagining things?

I know there are schools claiming to teach Ninjitsu/Ninjutsu/etc... It's also pretty widely accepted that most of the ninja folklore is a result of old wives' tales and hollywood (ninja invisibility, mind control, mind reading, etc). That being said, with the ninja being a supposed master of stealth, combat, undetected entry, etc, it seems to me the modern ninja would have a completely different (or at least updated) set of skills from the ninjas of old. With everything today being so high-tech, it would seem to me that the modern ninja would need to be proficient in picking locks, bypassing alarms, modern combat methods, as well as the ability of computer hacking/cracking. Gaining entry to a secure location nowadays would require the ability to disable alarm systems, pick locks with high-security pins (such as spool shaped pins and pins within pins), deal quickly and efficiently with unexpected (and expected) opponents, and obtain electronic data from computer systems. Any thoughts on this? Or am I completely out in left field?

Just some clarification.... While traditional Jujitsu is likely very similar to Taijutsu, Jiu Jitsu (notice the I after the first J) is a spelling most commonly applied to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and will not include the weapons training and traditional training you would find at a traditional Jujitsu school