how can I practice my BJJ moves if I dont have a partner?

Question

hey I am new in my bjj class , and I am just trying to catch up with the rest of the class. and my mom says If I try to catch her in a armbar one more time she will call the cops. so how can I practice my bjj moves by myself.

Answer 1

Practice with a stability ball 15 minutes a day. It works on your BJJ flow. It's not easy. You can get dings and scratches from falling, but it works.

Here's a good video on it. Flow and setup is just as important as the actual submission.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cNvpIamQOE

Answer 2

While one cannot practice the physical resistance needed without a partner, the motions themselves can practiced by oneself.

Placement of hands, and a breakdown of the motion required in the armbar takedown, can affectively be done with a shadow assailant, with the dojo time spent adjusting the attack to the actual physical proximity of the opponent. This is true in real-life since no opponent will have the exact arm length or strength as another, which will require an on-the-spot adjustment anyway.

Answer 3

practice bjj moves dont partner

Answer 4

Some of the techniques can be practiced with a heavy bag laying on the ground and you can even tie a bed sheet around it to give you some "quasi" arms or legs to work with. While its not the best training partner it will allow you to develop your movement into and out of some positions so that when you actually work against a real partner they are smoother and faster and easy to execute properly.

Answer 5

If you ever get a real good answer to that one let me know.

Answer 6

Go buy a air doll, life-size i mean.

Answer 7

Random people on the sidewalk.

Answer 8

if you do bjj your mum could probably kick your asss anyway.

Answer 9

buy a really large dog or a chimp.