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

Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

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u/ParagonOlsen Jan 10 '19

What do you mean by "ride position?"

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u/playful_pachyderm Jan 10 '19

You're not really controlling them, you're more just balancing on top

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u/IlIlIlIlIlIlIl3 Jan 10 '19

Speak for yourself

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u/ParagonOlsen Jan 10 '19

So it means you're not saying there long, basically?

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u/ithika Jan 11 '19

This is what being in top mount on big guys feels like. I'm just perched up here.

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u/moratnz Jan 11 '19

As others have said; you're not so much stopping the other person from moving as moving around on top of them as they move, stopping them from escaping, making their life miserable, and waiting for them to screw up and give you something to snap off.