2015/10/24: Pivot Points, Constructive Criticism

It's 2:17 in the morning and I need to get up at 8, so this one will be short and sweet.

So in general, when you want to move on the ground, you need a pivot point if you want to do it fast. Because your moment of inertia is much smaller when the center of gravity is placed directly on the pivot point, you always want to do that - but you must find a pivot point. So the general rule of thumb is:

Find the center of that movement/spin. Place whatever you're balancing on over that point. Then, place yourself over what you placed on that point.

Best example: The armbar spin. Everyone sucks at it. Well...most people suck at it.

You're spinning on their chest. So you're going to place your hands on his chest, then place yourself over your hands. That's it...

Also, apparently one of the guys I asked about what that one dude said to me about "using technique" a couple weeks ago talked to the other instructor about it, and they told me that unless the criticism wasn't useful, forget it.

...or that the dude was just mad that I did something good to him LOL. "Don't let nothing discourage you." Gotcha.