No

I know that when teaching, you’re supposed to avoid telling students what not to do. Instead, you’re supposed to tell them what to do. The rationale behind this is whatever you tell the student, their going to remember that and rather than fill their head with “dont’s” it is better to fill their heads with “dos”. In addition, under pressure, they may remember most of the content of the teaching but leave out the do or don’t part – thus perhaps doing the exact thing you told them not to do.

For the most part, I agree. It seems to work better to tell people what to do versus telling them what not to do.

However, I’m going to make an exception here and state quite strongly: stop trying to submit people from mount bottom and guard top position. Most of the time, for most people, the only thing you should be trying to do from these two positions is to get out to a better position.

I repeat: if you find yourself on the bottom with your partner mounted on you or you find yourself on top of your partner inside their guard, get out. The most common thing people try and do from both these positions is a Gi choke. Don’t.