I’m a firefighter and have signed up to do a charity fight event between cops and firefighters called Smoke and Guns. (It’s a pretty big production. Well over 5,000 in attendance, so I really don’t wanna lose…) To prepare for it I’ve been doing bjj for about a year, and then about 2 months ago the owner of my gym invited me to train with his professional mma team to help prepare for it. Which is awesome! My stand up is so much better.

Anyway, my question is what part of my jiu jitsu game should I focus on before the fight? Im ‘OK’ at most parts of my game but definitely not great at any part of it. I just recently got my second stripe. Should I focus on take downs, back takes, escapes, etc. ? I notice i improve so much quicker when I focus on one thing in particular so I’d like to pick something to focus on before the fight but not sure what it should be. Anything helps! Thank you!