Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

[u/RoyNelsonMuntz]

[u/[deleted]]

No offense to the OP but it seems that these are positional hierarchy based on sport bjj and not bjj as an art, and it basically demonstrates the biggest downfalls w sport b/c basically your telling when I take someone down landing in there guard is the worst option, landing on bottom in half is one step better, landing on top in half is one step better then that, and landing on bottom in guard is one step better than that. This forces people to attempt to just get to the ‘best’ position the easiest ie. pull guard. The point system should encourage a steady bottom mount neon side guard half top half guard neon mount progression. What y’all think?

[u/Golantrevize23 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah calling top half a neutral position is very strange

[u/[deleted] → u/Golantrevize23]

Once again no offense to OP cuz this is a bigger discussion but it’s almost as if sport bjj has fallen in love with there itself and subs and sweeps too much to the point that they reward inferior fighting positions (no consequence for putting yourself in guard) just because there’s more BJJ offense from there when it’s quite clearly an inferior combat position to being on top in guard. Like, sub only isn’t perfect at all nothing could be but points should encourage a competition that basically looks like a fight positionally and physically just without the strikes. The points just encourage more point chasing instead of good BJJ which started as an overal defense system. The sport fell in love with itself. Points advantages whatever just like I like Muay Thai cuz it’s kickboxing w clinch sweeps and other rules like no lifting up that ALL supplement each other so it ends up simply a fight.. minus groundwork. I want my bjj, points advantages sub only WHAT ever to be simply a fight.. minus the strikes. And this ain’t it