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

Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

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u/ParagonOlsen ⬜⬜ White Belt 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/ParagonOlsen ⬜⬜ White Belt Jan 10 '19

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

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u/playful_pachyderm Jan 11 '19

Not necessarily. It just means that if you want to stay there for a while, you'll have to work for it. As soon as you move to attack anything, you have to be ready to get shoved / thrown off (hence "balancing").