BJJ Shawn
Level 6 Valued Member
For the results I saw, I would say probably not very much. That is good for safety, but for improvements in BJJ the main thing was powerful posterior chain work (which I had never done) which is the basis of most escapes in BJJ, and the balance and mobility required to move heavy weights in TGU. Gripping a kettlebell helps with gripping a Gi, so the more grip strength the easier things become. Add in the conditioning affect of daily practice in Zone 2 and 3 with occasional spikes and you have an all around program that’s easy to add to BJJ practice without being too taxing and works all the right things.Do you think it night be due to asymmetric and rotational stabilization requirements of TGU and One Arm swings?
I used to do S&S on days off from BJJ, and when I trained both I often did S&S as the warmup for BJJ and I still had no trouble getting through class. That was when I was at 24kg, by the time I was using a 32 kg Covid had hit so S&S was my main dish along with grease the groove pistol and OHPU work from Naked Warrior.