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Principle 32: Grandmaster
Using the 32 Principles to continuously improve jiu-jitsu.

From a very young age, Grandmaster Helio Gracie constantly evolved the techniques of jiu-jitsu to accommodate his frail physique. His lifetime commitment to continuously improving the art epitomizes this most important principle – the unceasing pursuit of efficiency in combat. If you haven’t yet given yourself permission to improve ​the art through principle-based exploration, experimentation, modification, and creation, now is the time!

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Principle 31: Centerline
Limiting your opponent’s potential by taking control of their centerline.

Chess masters aim to control the center of the board, UFC champions aim to control the center of the octagon, we aim to control the center of our opponent’s body. You can apply this principle from every position. We use two methods – “splitting” and “breaking” – to compromise the opponent’s centerline. A split prevents the opponent’s appendages from crossing from one side to the other. A break traps both appendages in one quadrant. Splits and breaks make the Centerline Principle especially powerful for setting up submissions against skilled adversaries.

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Principle 30: Mobility
Moving yourself when your opponent can’t be moved.

Jiu-jitsu employs many highly efficient, leverage-based techniques to move and manipulate an opponent’s body. However, sometime these techniques simply don’t work against a much larger or strongly positioned opponent. The Mobility Principle solves these problems. Any time you can’t move your opponent when attempting a sweep, submission, escape, guard pass, or takedown, try circling, sliding, separating, swinging, pulling, shrimping, or spinning to achieve your objective. Bottom line, when you can’t move them, move you.

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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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