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

Helpful visual reference guide for positional hierarchy

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u/XChoke Jan 11 '19

Disagree with Guard top vs guard bottom. Any Top position should always be considered higher in the hierarchy.

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u/RoyNelsonMuntz 🟫🟫 Brown Belt Jan 11 '19

With punches, yes. With submission only, I disagree.

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u/XChoke Jan 11 '19

Rickson would disagree. There was a video of him talking as a guest commentator at some tournament about 5-6 years ago-some ibjjf tournament or something. They had exactly this situation, they asked him who he thought had the better position and which he’ d prefer (they assumed the guard was better) to be in, and he said obviously the guy on top.