Come February or so, my local dojang will be a Gracie Certified BJJ studio (or something along those lines), and I'll be taking BJJ classes there. My Tang Soo Do instructor's son teaches it, and I've had about four or five hours of total experience with grappling.
During a six hour MMA clinic hosted by my instructor's son, we were taught very basic locks. He was huge on safety on this part, and told us to count to four in about a second and a half, and let go, unless we feel/hear a tapout before that. Do any of you do something similar when you're dealing with more potentially dangerous techniques?
And a question. When doing something like that, do I want to be very cautious and take someone gently, or do I want to have moderate leverage/force? I know that they have the responsibility to tap out once they feel it, but I know that the bigger responsibility lies on me to only take it as far as needed.
During a six hour MMA clinic hosted by my instructor's son, we were taught very basic locks. He was huge on safety on this part, and told us to count to four in about a second and a half, and let go, unless we feel/hear a tapout before that. Do any of you do something similar when you're dealing with more potentially dangerous techniques?
And a question. When doing something like that, do I want to be very cautious and take someone gently, or do I want to have moderate leverage/force? I know that they have the responsibility to tap out once they feel it, but I know that the bigger responsibility lies on me to only take it as far as needed.