No-Gi Systems
How technique selection changes when there is no cloth to grip.
Reading connected to this area
Journal
- Grip decay, and the half-life of a no-gi grip
A sleeve grip is a latch you can leave holding while you think. A wrist is a loan against your forearm, and almost everything published about grip in grappling measured the latch.
- How no-gi rulesets reshaped technique selection
Read the IBJJF and ADCC rule books side by side and they stop looking like safety regulations and start looking like two different price lists for the same actions.
- Why the underhook decides half guard
Half guard is taught as one position with a long list of sweeps. Most of the list is closed at any given moment, and one arm decides which part is open.