THE BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU:
The self-defense strategy for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students is clear: taking the opponent to the ground. Once the fight is on the ground, the BJJ Practitioner strives to achieve a position where the level of control and dominance over the opponent, and then apply a submission hold. With this end in mind, any Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu student pursues a common set of positions which are called the BJJ Fundamentals. In order to perform this overall strategy, the student must be aware of the three phases of combat.
Free Movement Phase: This is where any fight begins. Without grips and body dominance, striking techniques become the most important. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner needs to avoid the "fire line" and seek the opportunity of getting into the standing clinch as a means to take his opponent to the ground;
Standing Clinch: Once the clinch is established, the range of striking options diminishes dramatically. On this situation the fighters are looking for spaces to strike and striving to stay in balance. The BJJ Practitioner needs to unbalance his opponent and take him down and utilize Ground Combat techniques.
Ground Combat: Almost every fight ends on the ground, even if the two opponents involved are strikers. On the ground, the fight nature changes, grips and body control become the rule and not the exception. The constant contact creates a lot of op-portunities for the BJJ practitioner move up the level of control until he can defeat his opponent. The common strategy is performed through a set of interrelated ground techniques including: closed guard, open guard, side control, mount control and back control.
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