You're Tapping Out Too Early If a Higher Belt Does This To You in BJJ
Published at : October 21, 2021
Today's video question comes from a BJJ White Belt who said he was rolling with a Purple Belt who didn't respect his tap. Here's the question. . .
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I’m a white belt. Today I was rolling with a purple belt who was smashing me which was fine. However a few times I tapped, and he told me that it wasn’t time to tap yet, and would continue with the arm bar technique, or whatever submission he was doing. This happened a couple of times, and I was getting pretty upset because he wasn’t respecting the tap. I left the gym pretty pissed. Am I wrong to be angry, or am I just tapping too soon? I know it’s hard to answer this without seeing the roll but just wanted your thoughts.
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In the video I'll explain the instructive reason the Purple Belt probably didn't respect the tap. It's one of the things I encounter with many of my newer Brazilian Jiu-jitsu students. The urge to "pre tap." Basically this is where they reach up to tap well before the submission is fully sunk in. When this happens I encourage them to keep going because there is still plenty of openings for escapes available.
And since our White Belt friend wasn't hurt I imagine that is what was going on. He was tapping well before a submission was sunk in and well before anything was actually wrong.
Hope the video is useful to you with your BJJ training.
-Chewy
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I’m a white belt. Today I was rolling with a purple belt who was smashing me which was fine. However a few times I tapped, and he told me that it wasn’t time to tap yet, and would continue with the arm bar technique, or whatever submission he was doing. This happened a couple of times, and I was getting pretty upset because he wasn’t respecting the tap. I left the gym pretty pissed. Am I wrong to be angry, or am I just tapping too soon? I know it’s hard to answer this without seeing the roll but just wanted your thoughts.
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In the video I'll explain the instructive reason the Purple Belt probably didn't respect the tap. It's one of the things I encounter with many of my newer Brazilian Jiu-jitsu students. The urge to "pre tap." Basically this is where they reach up to tap well before the submission is fully sunk in. When this happens I encourage them to keep going because there is still plenty of openings for escapes available.
And since our White Belt friend wasn't hurt I imagine that is what was going on. He was tapping well before a submission was sunk in and well before anything was actually wrong.
Hope the video is useful to you with your BJJ training.
-Chewy
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Free Ebook: http://www.chewjitsu.net/focused-jiu-jitsu-13-page-ebook/
Video Courses and Products: http://www.chewjitsu.net/products
T shirts: http://www.chewjitsu.net/shop/
http://www.Facebook.com/Chewjitsu
http://www.instagram.com/Chewjitsu
http://www.twitter.com/Chewjitsu
Intro/Outtro Music : https://bknapp.bandcamp.com
If you’d ever like to train with the team and I. Check out my gym Derby City MMA in Louisville,KY.
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