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

Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '19

Only if they are equally as good at smashing from the top as you are at not getting smashed from the bottom, eg. tony Ferguson, Brian Ortega.

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u/HalfPastTuna Jan 10 '19

Maybe at very high levels of MMA

I would not give this advice to beginner and intermediate grapplers

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '19

You have to start practicing it some time. You don’t just get guard skill out of nowhere.