I stumbled across this interesting chart from Jacky Riawan’s facebook page:
Provided that you keep your mind open about why you lose, this chart is very true from my experience. When you win, your gameplans, your techniques, etc. tend to go your way, and there are lesser things to learn from it. On the other hand, when you lose, it’s easy to point out what went wrong, especially when you lose badly, since you tend to have your opponent point those weaknesses to you, and these tend to be the weaknesses that you don’t realize during training.
Take my game against Roy Hermawan last year in ISC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaKeLvjI9M
I’m too notorious on pulling guard on people, and I believe Roy knows this. Now, what I notice is that Roy prevents me from taking any of the guard positions, holding me in an “inbetween” positions – one leg in butterfly, one leg above his hips. From this position, he prevents me from getting him into my playing field and set me up on one submission that I have not focused on – heel hooks.
Now this simple loss opens up my weaknesses within less than 2 minutes, and as much as I hate to lose, I left the competition with lots of insights to improve my game. So, think positively! Join tournaments and open mats! Whenever you’re afraid to compete for being afraid to lose in front of public, think of losing as having someone point out the weaknesses to your game and give you directions on where to improve – meaning that the more competition you join, the more opportunity to have your weakness pointed out to work on and improve.
So, get out there and start competing in tournaments!
Provided that you keep your mind open about why you lose, this chart is very true from my experience. When you win, your gameplans, your techniques, etc. tend to go your way, and there are lesser things to learn from it. On the other hand, when you lose, it’s easy to point out what went wrong, especially when you lose badly, since you tend to have your opponent point those weaknesses to you, and these tend to be the weaknesses that you don’t realize during training.
Take my game against Roy Hermawan last year in ISC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaKeLvjI9M
I’m too notorious on pulling guard on people, and I believe Roy knows this. Now, what I notice is that Roy prevents me from taking any of the guard positions, holding me in an “inbetween” positions – one leg in butterfly, one leg above his hips. From this position, he prevents me from getting him into my playing field and set me up on one submission that I have not focused on – heel hooks.
Now this simple loss opens up my weaknesses within less than 2 minutes, and as much as I hate to lose, I left the competition with lots of insights to improve my game. So, think positively! Join tournaments and open mats! Whenever you’re afraid to compete for being afraid to lose in front of public, think of losing as having someone point out the weaknesses to your game and give you directions on where to improve – meaning that the more competition you join, the more opportunity to have your weakness pointed out to work on and improve.
So, get out there and start competing in tournaments!
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