MMA. Rolling with some larger guys. Any advice?

I'm rolling (working on our ground game) with some of my buddies, and they've both got a good 50lbs+ on me. We start on our knees and from there we just do our thing, well these douches are tossing me around like im a rag doll when we lock up, and from there get a dominant position and i usually cant shake them off of me. any advice on how to level the playing field?MMA. Rolling with some larger guys. Any advice?
Choose one of their limbs, and control it. The rest of them will follow. DON'T let them lock up with you.MMA. Rolling with some larger guys. Any advice?
Regardless of what the first guy said, BJJ whas devised to use leverage and is independent on size. 9/10 times someone trying to use strength over technique will get swept and quite easily too.





Submissions 101 is really great to learn technique, but it does not substitute for an actual instructor.





And to pmueller: You can joke all you want but I'd be more disrespected if 10 year olds were running around with black belts in my art.
Study more on your judo and BJJ, where the focus is minimizing the advantages of larger opponents. You need to learn to use their weight and momentum against them. If they are throwing you mostly with their arm/shoulder strength, they are setting themselves up to have one arm isolated, if you are quick enough.





DJanders%26gt;%26gt; To clarify, i was saying that both judo and BJJ are arts where size is less important than skill, so i think we agree? Thumbs up for the comment to pmueller.
Find a friend who is lighter to come out and work with you. Go to a real MMA gym and get taught by pro's. That might result in you actually getting better and learning something.
Keep doing it, work on technique constantly.





In order to be good, you must roll with people of different sizes, getting used to bigger guys will improve your technique.








good luck!
That sounds gay. I don't mean to offend anyone or their martial art, but that really sounds gay.





I guess that's why I practice TKD - we don't roll around with other men.
Just don't make eye contact.
If you're serious about your ground game, then train for it. Size should be irrelevant to your ground game -- Helio Gracie stil rolled at 97 and he was NEVER an imposing figure. He was, however, technically magnificent and very, very strong. There is a reason NAGA and other grappling events have an ';absolute'; division (open weight class) -- size should not matter, only technique.





If you're starting on your knees, I'm guessing you're just rolling and not training with an instructor. Otherwise you'd be working from various positions. If you DO have some actual training in BJJ, then start working on your escapes from side control, sweeps from half-guard, passing the full guard, etc. I'm a tall, skinny guy and I've found that I like working from my butterfly guard on bigger dudes. I have a hard time with them from half-guard, but I can transition to butterfly guard without as much hassle (the Jailbreak from side control is one I use regularly). From butterfly guard I have three different sweeps I'm decent with and I have a pretty good marce choke from there as well.





Submissions 101 on YouTube has a lot of good instruction. Ari is a student of Eddie Bravo and he's a good teacher as well. You could also get Eddie's DVD ';Mastering the Rubber Guard'; but be aware: 10pjj is VERY different in MANY ways from traditional BJJ. Without a good instructor who knows the system you're going to miss a lot of the important details.





Last but not least, if you're just rolling with friends and you don't have an instructor: be careful. It is easy to end up with a permanent injury -- especially to joints like your knees, ankles, elbows, and wrists. Hip injuries are also common and can sideline you for years (or even permanently).
There to big you are never gonna level the playing field you need to train with people about your size and work out a lot more.
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