Submissions101. I get a lot of questions through email, through our forum and on YouTube about "what if" scenarios and it's a really good question and it comes up all the time.
Now the thing that you have to remember is that, there are some moves which are higher percentage than others. It doesn't mean that the lower percentage moves are not viable even grappling or Jiu Jitsu, it just means that you probably have to put the reps into and we can make them up more high percentage more. But there are also the factors involved such as the sides, strength, mobility, experience that you have to take into consideration.
I tell all of my students that you have to play to your strengths and you have to defend your weaknesses. We're not going to be good at everything. I don't expect some of my students to throw flying armbars because just physically they're not able to do it. It doesn't mean that they're bad practitioners; it just means that that is one area which just they're not going to perform well at. So you have to take all these things into consideration.
For example, if you have a guy who is like 5'5'', 150 pounds, and he is fighting someone who is 6'2'', 210 pounds. There are certain advantages here and disadvantages that they will encounter. For example, the shorter guy probably will have trouble getting a triangle choke or a scorpion crunch because his length will be too short or his opponent will be too broad. He just won't be able lock in his legs well and nice and tight.
On the flip side of that, a shorter guy if he was in someone's half guard, he'd be able to pull out his leg easier because his legs are just shorter, so just some physics involved there.
So remember, that if you're thinking about what if this and the scenario is not working, you've to play to your strengths and not everything will work for all people all the time.
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