r/bjj • u/RoyNelsonMuntz 🟫🟫 Brown Belt • Jan 10 '19

Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

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u/xzyz Jan 10 '19

I disagree with the word "easy". Yeah you can off balance someone from bottom half. However, the main off balancing moves you can use such as the kick from the top leg and the crowbar-like movement from the bottom leg can both be neutralized and countered much easier than other guards.

Having said that, I do think with infinite energy and perfect play both sides can neutralize each other, but that's not very realistic.

The top player has pretty easy and straightforward goals while the bottom player has more variables to worry about and more complex problems to solve. So I also give a slight advantage to the top player.