My students get to hear me preach about this all the time. For all I know this is the mantra of many instructors that is heard by many students. I can still hear my instructor telling me over and over again, "You have to insist on getting what you want," and "Never accept a bad position." I always thought these two tips went hand in hand.
Even when your brain is telling you that you can't move a certain way, you still have to work towards whatever it is that you need to do to get what you want. One of the toughest First Sergeants I ever had used to say that your body can do far more than your mind thinks it can. For that reason you have to push yourself to get further than you thought you could go.
And if for some reason you were insisting on getting what you wanted, but were unsuccesful, then you better not give up by settling in and accepting that bad position you just let the other guy get.
If you thought it was tough to keep your opponent from passing your guard. Think how hard it's going to be now to get him back in your guard after you let him pass and let him settle in.
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great vid.
aaron is listening so intently. i love it.
in a real class, no one listens to conan that intently.
he usually loses all of our attention once he starts talking about, yet again, how much he loves the transformers movies.
he once spent the entire class going over a move he saw optimus prime do to a decepticon.
thank you, michael bay, for once again distracting our teacher's attention away from all things jiu-jitsu and for making him have a chronic fascination with robots!
In my defense, Optimus Prime does have some pretty bad ass moves, and he always insists on getting what he wants.
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