World Jiu Jitsu Case Study Section 3.1 (Part-4)

Section 3.1

Since we’ve had a chance to breakdown how matches started, developed, and finished let’s now take a look at what techniques were utilized during this year’s competition. This section will focus on two of the most important elements of scoring points—passing and sweeping. Almost 73% of all points scored were done so from either a pass or a sweep. Passes accounted for 31%, while sweeps accounted for nearly 42% of all points scored.

The most common sweep position this year was half-guard. The half-guard position accounted for 23% of all sweeps, De La Riva was a close second with around 20%, and third was spider guard which accounted for about 14% of all sweeps by position. The graph below further breaks down sweeps by starting position.

If we break down the sweeps even further we can see which types of sweeps were most prevalent from these positions. A scramble-type position in which one player went from bottom to top without a easily defined technique lead the way with approximately 19% of all sweeps scored, the berimbolo technique accounted for 15% of all sweeps scored, and deep half guard-style sweeps accounted for roughly 11% of all sweeps scored. The chart below breaks this down in greater detail.

All of these techniques vary in percentage by weight class, and in the final study we will release this information in further detail by weight classes, as well.

The most common starting position for passing this year was from standing. Standing passes accounted for 43% of all successful passes this year. Passes from half-guard came in second with 31% of all successfully completed passes, and passes from the knees was the least common with only 26% of all successful passes. There was a tie for the most successfully utilized type of pass this year between the leg drag pass and the knee through-style pass, both accounting for 18% of successful passes each. Other successful passing types included knees-together smashing passes with 11% of successful passes, knee-cut passes from half-guard with 10%, and reverse sitting half-guard passes with another 10%. The chart below further breaks down the information.

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