I love it when a plan comes together

When teaching grappling it does not matter if it is a pro level MMA fighter or a BJJ white belt I always try and get my students to game plan and I think one of the best ways of doing this is to flow chart you game.

Not sure what a flow chart is  ..... Wikipedia - Flowchart

Flow charts help you not only focus on a goal and understand what your progression is from position to position but it can be a great tool to improve your game.

When a new student starts at Fulinkazan we teach them the progression and movement from position to position. A great way to do this is to flow chart your game plan, this really helps new students understand how different positions interlink:-

I have been training in martial arts for 15 years and I find this to be a great tool, I will write out my game plan and look at what I need to work on. When I find myself doing the same thing over and over again I write out a flow chart and then add other things in.

For example I wanted to add the head and arm choke from mount into my offence, so I wrote out my mount game and then looked how I could add this to help me get a head and arm choke .... did it work?

Yeap!!!! it took a couple of weeks but I managed to hit on most people in sparring.

So what are you waiting for ? Grab a pen and paper and start designing you game plan! Send us an example of your game plan for part 2 of game planning series.