柔术形而上学（2023/2/28）

第一要务。在柔术中通往胜利的道路上，你有很多事要做，但是要明白，这些事情的优先级是不同的。为什么？因为如果一些更基本的问题没有解决，你就不能进行下一步。在下位，你的首要任务始终是确保把腿放在你和你的对手之间。只有这样，你才有希望从下面战胜更大、更强的对手，只有这样，你才能在下位战胜上位。把腿放在你和你的对手之间，并保持足够长的时间让你能够成功地进攻，这是下位的首要任务。就像任何其他的基本要求一样，不要忘记它，在你试图继续做其他事情之前，一定要先完成首要任务。在训练中，确保在做其他技术之前已经完成这一点，因为如果你不能首先在你和你的对手之间塞入你的腿并保持位置，那么其他技术就都是空谈了。

First responsibilities: You have many responsibilities in Jiu jitsu on the path to victory, but it’s important to understand that some take precedence over others. Why? Because until some more fundamental responsibilities have been addressed, you can’t move on to the next. In bottom position your first responsibility is always to ensure that YOU KEEP YOUR LEGS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT. Only then can you hope to prevail against bigger, stronger opponents from underneath, only then can you make bottom positions prevail against top. Your ability to get your legs between you and your opponent and keep them there long enough to attack successfully is the first responsibility of bottom position. Like any other basic responsibility - don’t lose track of it and make damn sure you satisfy it before you try to move on to anything else. In your training make sure you master this to a sufficient extent before moving off into other skills because none of those other skills will be worth a penny if you can’t first get and then maintain your legs between you and your opponent.