Dave Camarillo

This week, I'd like to discuss one of the most important grapplers around today.

Dave Camarillo.

If you're not familiar with him then you'll want to read this week's post carefully because in it I'll go over one of the key strategies he uses,(among many) to develop a well rounded game.

Mr. Camarillo calls this The hybrid game or ‘A” game

He has identified three types of training where many people are only interested in one of two.

The first is Controlled Training where you control your opponent through technique, using technique to control the position and the opponents movement.
This is also known as the Positional Approach.

The next type is the Mobility Approach, this is where your strategy is based on using technique through constant movement.
Basically, don't stop moving until you can set up a submission and tap your opponent out or until you get submitted.
This approach is favored by younger, more athletic grapplers.

This is where Dave Camarillo's approach comes in.
He calls this the hybrid game or ‘A” game.
Basically, this is a mixture of both the Positional Approach and the Mobility Approach.

What's great about this idea is that you can develop the best of both world's and remove the limitations involved by focusing on one approach.

The focus is to develop proper Positional Control and skill in the positions of Jiujitsu and also develop the athleticism involved to use speed, strength and endurance to both counter and dominate the scrambles for position that can happen when you lose control of the position, enabling you to use the Mobility Approach when needed and giving you a more well rounded and complete game.

He calls this the Hybrid Game or the "A" game for the simple reasons that it is a combination of both approaches and results in a higher level of performance.

Mr. Camarillo has taken this approach to an Elite level and I believe this approach will become more and more popular.

I believe that the earlier in your training you take this approach the better off your performance will be for it. That is the best time to get into the habit of developing your game to a higher level.

So if you concentrate your game on one of these areas, start making it a habit right now to work not only positional skills but also mobility skills and vice versa.

You'll end up a more complete grappler with your "A" game and you'll have Dave Camarillo to thank.