gettin Whooped..

[Ka0ticSH]

aight durin the last 15 minutes of class [bjj] .. we spar. Due to the fact im the smallest guy in the class [5'8 135lbs], people i spar against are usually at least 40 lbs heavier, and sometimes a lot taller .. and when they get to mount me or side control i have a real hard time. usually when sparrin we start off on our knees .. anyone with experience in sparrin wit someone twice your size can help on techniques that might work better with em ?

 

thanks in advance

[Dober]

Im in the about the same boat as you, im 5'9 and I float between 135 and 140 pounds. That being said you just have to be the agressor, usually when I spar (starting from knee's) I will mini-sweep from the knee's and hop right into the mount. If I know Im really in for it I just pull guard.

[Kensai]

I have a similar situation, I am 6'0 and about 170Ibs, the guy I usually ne waza and randori with is about 6'3 and has gotta be alteast 190Ibs. In those situations you just gotta be quicker and once you have them, dont go for the Osaikomi (hold down), but strait for a submission, chokes and arms locks are usually the best. Also learn some submissions from less advantagous postions. As you might not be able to get them to lie flat out for a Jiji Gatame (arm bar), so try something like Ude Gatame.

[Dober]

Just work the submissions from your guard, like a arm bar from the guard or a gi choke.

[jiu-jitsu fighter]

im 59, 140 and i also study bjj, i had the same problem as you, thats when i started working really hard on escaping bad positions, and i learned alot of cool stuff at seminars,

 

like armbar from guard,if he pulls out his arm, go to omoplata, than keep his arm, roll back to guard and you have a triangle waiting for you.

 

you have to be quick and agile and work on your flexibility, and work on your sweeps, while the bigger guys will be working on subs.and chokes, because they don't have trouble, you will become better than them at the stuff that really matters. positioning,because you can't get a submission before you get a position. one thing i like to do is attempt a kimura from guard than take the back. or knee on stomach than move to 69 position and take kimura.

 

when your opponent has the advantage you have to think 2 steps ahead of him. "okay if i move this way i expose my back, but if i move this way i can get this...." trial and error will prove to be usefull.

 

and you have to spar more than 15 minutes a class, we do 30 minutes of sparring every class.

[jiu-jitsu fighter]

im 59, 140 and i also study bjj, i had the same problem as you, thats when i started working really hard on escaping bad positions, and i learned alot of cool stuff at seminars,

 

like armbar from guard,if he pulls out his arm, go to omoplata, than keep his arm, roll back to guard and you have a triangle waiting for you.

 

you have to be quick and agile and work on your flexibility, and work on your sweeps, while the bigger guys will be working on subs.and chokes, because they don't have trouble, you will become better than them at the stuff that really matters. positioning,because you can't get a submission before you get a position. one thing i like to do is attempt a kimura from guard than take the back. or knee on stomach than move to 69 position and take kimura.

 

when your opponent has the advantage you have to think 2 steps ahead of him. "okay if i move this way i expose my back, but if i move this way i can get this...." trial and error will prove to be usefull.

 

and you have to spar more than 15 minutes a class, we do 30 minutes of sparring every class.

[Dober]

I do about 30 minutes, sometimes an hour.

[Ka0ticSH]

yea I do extra sparrin with friends but they still aint exactly my size

 

anyway i know what to work on now

 

thanks for the replies

 

pray i get bigger..

[Control Point]

I'm 5'9 175, my normal sparring partners are about 205 to 235

 

what ive found best is pull guard, relax. im pretty comfortable in the guard and big guys wear themselves down quick, especially with a smaller opponant because they think it should be easy for them. 90 % of my submission wins are from the guard, mainly triangle chokes/armbars and armbar variations, dont forget your wrist locks, they are very easy from guard because you can bury them against your chest ( or better yet thier chest)

 

regardless i just say relax as much as you can then explode with a submission, if it doesnt go, relax again and wait for the next opportunity.

 

this is just my opinion of course and what works best for me. id much rather be the size i am fighting bigger people, the increase in speed is a great advantage especially when it comes to escaping submission and bad positions.

[omnifinite]

If it helps, you're probably lucky. You're going to be forced to be better at what you do. Some of the people with a size advantage over their opponents may get lazy and not learn as much as they could have in the end.