Beginners in Jiu jitsu ignore their opponents grips and entanglements because they don't understand the dangers they lead to. As they learn and develop expertise they come to see the danger and start to break grips as soon as they become a threat. But the very best athletes go back to the start and ignore grips – this time not from ignorance, but from the knowledge that if you reach a high enough level you can let an opponent take any grip he likes and use it as the opening to your own attacks. The opponents grip becomes a shortcut to your own offense.
