subject: How to Improve Your Jiu Jitsu [print this page] How to Improve Your Jiu Jitsu How to Improve Your Jiu Jitsu
If you want to improve your jiu jitsu skill, then you'll want to read this article. As with any skill the best way to develop what you are learning is to apply these three principles: 1.) practice at a slow pace, 2.) always use correct form 3.) practice repeatedly. By the time your are finished with this article, you will have a greater approach to mastering the jiu jitsu skills you are learning.
Step 1 - SLOW PRACTICE.
Practicing at a slow pace is necessary to be able to recognize when you are not performing a tactic correctly, and therefore make the necessary adjustments. If you are performing a tactic at a fast pace, you often won't pick up on your own mistakes. When you slow down your training you'll find that not only will you be able to make self- adjustments, but you physically learn the tactic more quickly.
Step 2 - CORRECT FORM.
In order to have your jiu jitsu be effective, you must have correct from. The only way to ensure that you develop correct form is to practice correct form. If you practice incorrect from you are ingraining wrong technique. Your jiu jitsu moves won't be as effective, fast, or ultimately powerful as they would be otherwise.
Step 3 - REPETITION
By training your tactics repeatedly, you will develop the ability to perform the moves more quickly and with greater precision. Performing high repetitions of a tactics trains your nervous system to perform that tactic with greater ease and at a faster rate. So not only do you want to repeat each tactic, you want to perform a high number of repetitions.
If you find it difficult to have a training partner that will let you perform endless numbers of each tactic, you best get yourself a jiu jitsu dummy. That way you can always have a way to practice.
So, remember these three principles whenever you learn a new jiu jitsu technique. Start by working on the tactics at a SLOW pace until you can perform the move using CORRECT FORM. Once you have correct form, then you need to perform HIGH REPETITIONS of the move. This simple formula will soon help you master your jiu jitsu techniques.
