…..Okay yesterday I was watching two practitioner’s roll. What struck me nicely about their movement was the total relaxation and ability to change and flow with the movement. They had flowing movement and the exchange was good and beneficial to both. They easily transitioned from position to position from the mount to the guard to the half guard to the back to the mount to the guard to a guard pass and to the cross body, etc.,etc. Since they were not looking for submissions but instead doing what we call positional rolling they had the opportunity to work on their exchange from position to position. This Flowing Movement is important! Really important. Why? Well when being swept or bumped and rolled you need to be already moving to a technique to reverse the position. In other words if you can already be moving and flowing to a counter technique then you may be able to interrupt what the other person is doing and counter them in the half beat. That is one of their vulnerable moments before they establish their position. Being relaxed and having flowing movement will help you learn this style of movement. If you are tense and trying to hard you may miss the transitional opportunities!
See You On The Mats!
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Brian R. VanCise
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