The violence of stripping grips…
Per the subject title 😂 I have to ask in the Gi would many of you consider it a dick move to up the level of force to remove Gi grips during training sessions? When is a line crossed? I feel sometimes I can be “too nice” and allow some grips to be kept because I don’t want to potentially hurt a partner or escalate a roll. At the same time I feel we do a disservice to our partners if we allow them to become “overconfident” with certain grips and/or even positions(say you have Mount and partner is overly defensive… we know real life we would increase some pain/pressure here to create opportunities etc…). Where is the line and where do my long time coaches stand with this on students you roll with?
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I was also too nice and let people keep grips that they shouldn't have. This caused training scars and was detrimental when rolling with more experienced grapplers. I won't allow hardly any grips now.
The line for me depends on who I'm rolling with. I'm not going to bury my head in a white belts chin. Higher belts, more experienced grapplers and someone getting ready for a comp should get all the pressure and grinding.
@rfrazier I truly appreciate the insight my man. I have struggled with this for years. Trying to keep balance between being technical and when to show people what time it really is. I have been injured in the past from being “too nice”. I don’t want that to turn me into the guy no one wants to roll with though. I like your thoughts on this… thanks again.
To be honest I usually assess how strong the person's grip is before I decide to break it in training. A lot of times I know that I have the ability to break it but it's going to require a lot of force, with the possibility of hurting my partner's fingers, so I decide to take an alternate path. I might not break the grip or I might use a grip break that I wouldn't normally use to break it. That isn't as risky.
If I know the person doesn't have a strong grip, then I'll use the same grip breaks that I would normally. That would tend to possibly hurt a person's fingers because I know their grip actually isn't that strong and they're not death-gripping me