I think everyone has heard Marcelo Garcia talk about "imposing his game" on his opponents.  It makes perfect sense.  Put them in a reactionary mode.  Pretty soon, they will either run out of counters or counter too slowly.  A relentless attacking game has seemed to work pretty well for him. Duh.

Of course, we'd all like to have Marcelo's skill, but that won't happen.  What we can have is his mindset of driving our own agenda when we roll.  As I thought about this and got excited to roll it hit me.  To push your game, you have to know what your game is.  Am I going to pull guard and work to climb to armbars?  Will I go for the back and finish with collar chokes?  

For me personally, articulating my game has been a current project and thinking about Marcelo has just brought to light the importance of me knowing what I really do and what I want to do.  I have already started writing up what I do in each position as a personal project.  My goal is to have a clear idea of what I do from everywhere.  No more ending up in a position and then thinking about it. 

See you on the mat!