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Principle 29: Redirection
Reducing your opponent’s effectiveness by controlling the direction of their energy.

There are two primary ways to redirect energy: 1) change the angle of impact, or 2) intercept the energy. In the best cases, successful redirection of your opponent’s energy will create an opportunity for you to launch an effective counter attack. But, at the very least, the redirection will stifle your opponent’s technique, deplete their energy and frustrate them in the process. The Redirection Principle epitomizes the adage “use your opponent’s energy against them.”

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Principle 28: Head Control
Controlling your opponent’s head to limit or direct their movement.

Where the head goes, the body will follow; where the head can’t go, neither can the body. The head has more influence over a person’s posture, mobility and balance than any other body part. The most common head control
methods are twisting, turning, tilting, framing, hugging, pulling, pushing, or pinning. Offensively, you can use your opponent’s head to break their balance, contain and control escapes, and enhance submissions. Defensively, understanding head control helps you to recognize escape and reversal opportunities, and to avoid strikes through distance management.

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Principle 27: Buoyancy
Capitalizing on offensive and defensive surfacing opportunities throughout the fight.

Buoyancy is the upward force that prevents an object in a fluid from sinking. In a fight, buoyancy is the natural tendency for the person on bottom to try to get up. From the bottom, successful application of the Buoyancy Principle will either result in you surfacing or it will trigger an exploitable response from your opponent. From the top, you can use the principle to lure your opponent into a submission or use it to advance your position. It’s easier to set traps if you know when and where your opponent is going.

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Principle 26: Ratchet
Creating persistent incremental advancements in one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction.

A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows incremental linear or rotary motion in one direction, while preventing motion in the opposite direction. In jiu-jitsu, we use “macro ratchets” and “micro ratchets.” Macro ratchets pertain to advancements of your entire body, while micro ratchets pertain to advancements of a specific body part. The Ratchet Principle, like the River Principle, is rooted in persistence. While the River Principle is like water flowing around a problem, the Ratchet Principle is akin to a snake squeezing the life out of its prey with each exhalation.

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Principle 25: Anchor
Pinning any part of your or your opponent’s body to a surface to inhibit mobility.

Sometimes referred to as “pinning” or “stapling,” the Anchor Principle is a powerful way to achieve optimal control of your opponent in both offensive and defensive positions. “Anchoring” falls into six categories: 1) you to the surface, 2) opponent to the surface, 3) you to yourself, 4) opponent to you, 5) you to your opponent, 6) opponent to themselves. An anchor is either “direct” or “indirect.” Direct anchors control the target with direct contact while indirect anchors achieve control using an intermediary connection.

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Principle 23: Tagalong
Seizing the “free rides” in the fight to save your energy while depleting the opponent’s.

Discomfort creates movement, and movement creates transitions, and transitions create opportunity if you own the Tagalong Principle. Often times you can reduce your energy by half (or more) by using your opponent’s movements to achieve your objectives. To maximize the frequency and quality of the free rides available to you in transitions, you need to maximize the “stickiness” of your entire body, and this requires optimal application of the 32 methods of connection demonstrated in Principle 1. Submissions, sweeps, escapes…everything is easier when the Tagalong Principle is part of your
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Principle 22: Pivot

Increasing the effectiveness of a technique by changing the angle of its application.

Angles are everything in jiu-jitsu. By merely changing the angle of any technique, you can increase (or decrease) its: leverage, control, base, tightness, and more. Often times when you learn a specific technique, you learn it from a single angle, such that when the angle changes in real-life application, the technique no longer works. Upon adopting the Pivot Principle, you will have the ability to explore angle-change opportunities more naturally and with greater frequency so that, so that your techniques remain effective, even when your opponent does something other than that which you specifically trained for.

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Principle 21: Momentum
Capitalizing on mass in motion to maximize efficiency against your opponent.

Momentum can be used to facilitate movement while conserving energy in a fight. In some instances, the
momentum exists, in others, it needs to be created using one or more additional principles. Like all principles, there is no limit to what positions, or for what objectives, the Momentum Principle can be applied from. Sometimes the smallest amount of momentum is all you need to make something out of nothing.

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