The two most important parts of the body to control – head and hips: Never lose track of the big picture – we humans are vertebrates. Essentially we are a skull connected to a spine which is anchored to the hips and everything else hangs off that! As such the spine is the longest lever in the body and given that we always like to maximize our effectiveness by working at the ends of the lever – most of our strongest attempts to control the body must occur at head and hips. Whenever you feel lost out on the mat and nothing you do seems to work and control over your opponent seems an impossibility – renew you're focus upon the head and hips – I am certain you will perform a little better
