How They Make IT Look So Easy! Jiu Jitsu Wrestling Judo

     If you have had the opportunity to share jiu jitsu, wrestling or judo with a family or friend, you're probably heard a comment, "why don't you just grab them and hold them down?" A typical response to that might be, "it doesn't work like that," "it's harder than it looks," or "why don't you try and see." From an untrained eye everything might seem very simple and even frustration to see very little taking place. However, to those with experience on the mat, they see what is invisible to those who have never trained.
     There is a degree of invisibility with all of these grappling arts. What might be invisible to the eye is usually felt by the body. Sometimes things are more obvious and sometimes more subtle. The belt or ranking system in jiu jitsu and judo is a good way of understanding the degree of invisibility. Let's take the jiu jitsu belt system for example, what is invisible to a white belt may not be invisible to a blue belt, what is invisible to a blue might not be invisible to a purple belt, what is invisible to a purple belt might not be invisible to a brown belt, and what is invisible to a brown belt might not be invisible to a black belt. The more experience and hands on training we accumulate on the mat, the more variations and understandings we are able to see. To a white belt side mount might appear like a person laying on top of someone. To a blue belt side mount might appear like a guy holding the person down. To a purple belt side mount might appear like a person smothering them with their entire body. To a brown belt side mount might appear like a guy pressing and driving off his feet into the person on bottom. To a black belt side mount might appear like the person using a specific part of their body against a specific part of another persons body for maximum weight and control.
     Being able to see not just what is happening, but what is really taking place is understanding invisibility. A few reasons for the invisibility is because of the speed that things take place, the specific points of pressure that may or may not be moving anything, and lack of experience. The link below is a great demonstration that demonstrates the invisibility of judo. Although it might seem silly to see them "throwing" without any contact, in many ways there is no other way to display the invisible factor to those with limited training or experience.
     The "they make it look so easy" is a comment we often hear from those that have some experience but are still at the initial stages of learning. Those types of comments are a result of the invisible forces in work. Invisible forces working perfectly in sync, and something everyone will one day master with consistent and dedicated training on the mat.

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