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The Best Ways to Practice Grappling

The Best Ways to Practice Grappling Learning from and training with some of the best grapplers in the world, I have been taught some really effective ways to practice grappling. As with most things, there are better and more efficient ways to train and learn. Following are the three major ways to learn grappling:

Practice grappling by “repping moves.”
Once you watch someone (your instructor) perform a technique several times you should imitate it as much as possible. This will embed the technique in your brain and help you to retrieve it when needed. You should practice each position until you can do it perfectly without even thinking about it. Make sure to practice on both sides. As you improve, your partner can gradually add some resistance to you.

Specific training drills
Once you know certain techniques, you can practice from specific positions. For example: if you know 3 mount escapes, start your training with your partner mounted over you. Your objective is to escape back to full guard or reverse your partner while they are trying to maintain their position and/or submit you. You can keep re-starting from this position until a predetermined amount of time (perhaps 3 minutes) has expired and then switch positions. You can get even more specific and start with your training partner’s knees high in your armpits to make it more difficult to escape.

Live Rolling
Live rolling is an all out match where you are trying to do your best against your partner without injuring them. It usually begins on the ground from the knees or from a standing position. This is where you put everything together and live rolling is a key component to your success as a grappler, especially if you’re preparing for a contest.

Repping techniques, doing positional drills, and live rolling are some of the best ways to practice grappling. You can actually use these methods in the order listed for optimal results.

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