This thread is mostly just for venting purposes but anyway…
I’ve been training in BJJ for almost a year at this school:
http://www.brazilianjiujitsucenter.com/
About 3-4 months into my training, a co-worker who was interested in taking up BJJ asked about my school.
I gave him a card, but he ultimately decided to start training at an affiliate school closer to his home:
http://www.oceancountybjj.com/
Since then he hasn’t shut up about it. He’s always bragging about his belt status (he’s a 3rd stripe white belt) and telling everyone he knows how to fight because he knows what to do on the ground.
Now here’s the thing, he’s about 5’9 and 230lbs (majority of that weight is fat). He’s definately strong, but he’s slow and soft. And with only 6-8 months of BJJ training he’s going around saying he knows what to do in any situation.
But that’s not the part that irks me.
He’s always inquiring about how my school operates and informing me how his school does things. We’ve had these conversations countless times, but it’s like he forgets what I tell him. I also take whatever he says with a grain of salt because he’s kind of a space cadet.
Anyway one day for what seemed like the millionth time he’s telling me how at his school you can’t do rondori until you receive your 3rd stripe. You can only practice the moves, but not finish them. You also have to attend a certain number of “advanced” classes before you can roll. And you can only attend “basic” classes until you get your 3rd stripe.
And for the millionth time I told him at my school, you’re allowed to start rolling after your first 4-5 classes. My professor puts new students with a coach or more experienced student who will go easy. Every student is allowed to attend as many classes as they want and while the class schedule for my school lists basic and advanced classes, white belts of all stripes train on a regular basis with more advanced students and coaches. And we all roll with each other regardless of belt order.
My professor feels that the expeiece you receive from rolling with people of different skill levels and belt orders is beneficial to your overall ground game. And I agree.
This is how the conversation went from here:
Him: That seems weird.
Me: What do you mean?
Him: It’s odd that your school runs that way.
Me: How so?
Him: Well, if you were a 1st stripe white belt, would you want to roll with a 3rd stripe white belt or blue belt? Would you want to come back?
Me: Yes I would (and I was a 1st stripe white belt rolling with 3rd stripers at one time).
Him: I wouldn’t, at least not until I had the experience.
Me: Where would you get the experience?
Him: At another school.
He went on to say that he doesn’t think my school is ran properly, yet he’s only been to one BJJ school in his life (that I helped set him up with) and he’s never even been to my school in the first place. Then he said something that completely pissed me off.
He told me he doesn’t think I could train with him because he’d be too “intense” for me.
I laughed it off at first but it really angered me. I helped him hook up with his school and and I gave him words of encouragement when he was encountering some initial slumps. In return this fat and out of shape slob throws that in my face.
Now I’m just hoping he gets his ass kicked at some point.
Anyone else ever deal with someone like this?