Listen to what I have to say: I pull guard and start from the knees 95% of the time, then I improve position. I always use technique I have at least 8 months experience going on average 4 times a week to a 1 hour class.
However, when our Purple belt main instructor comes by, we get to roll as long as we want to and rest if needed. We begin class at 7:00 with a drill that takes no more than 20 minutes(running, abs, and breakfalls) then we learn one or two techniques, and then we roll until 8:45-9:00-ish
I get absolutely tired after about 4-5 rolls. my hands begin to shake at this point, but guess what? I rolled 4 times yesterday and felt like rolling more. it depends. the reason is that on tuesdays we have BJJ at 6:00(first block) and we have to stop at 7:00 for the muay thai class.
…And I’m rolling without a GI, which is faster and more dynamic wrestling.
So I can only conclude three things from what you’ve told me:
You’re an arrogant little fuck
you have 2.5 months of experience and are trying to make me look stupid. read that until you get it verstahnden?
Were I to give you the benefit of the doubt that you go and participate on class more than one time a day several times per week. you have already contradicted yourself and the total time doesn’t add up to half of my BJJ experience.
you have horrible cardio despite being in your early 20’s
Well drilling and rolling with people at your level/below is one thing because you can choose your tempo, you can be a bit lazy if you want because you won’t get punished right away. Having to fight out of subs though (yes he gave me the little opening almost with every sub but he does not gave a way the sub) and constantly struggling to put on some kind of guard/defense that gets passed instantaneously is a different kind of rolling.
LOL that’s true, but can you imagine how that is with no gi?
I’m really not lazy, that’s a load of bullshit. I either fight to trap them in my guard, avoid moun or side control with half guard, underhook on of the base legs to rush forward and figure how to put them in guard, or try and escape mount/side control.
the most time I spend in one position while rolling is closed guard, which I’ve read one of the oldest posts in the DHS by Ykoon and learned not to do.
I guess you didn’t learn your lesson of talking out of your ass.
You my friend talk out of your ass. Please go to Renzos once, to the no gi class if you like and roll with them. It is little warm up then one or two techniques and then rolling for the rest. 6 minute rounds with alternating Partners for the rest.
I can name the guys who do not crawl from the mat. But hey, maybe the people here don’t know what they are doing.
I train under a very good Purple competitor and a Black belt who trained under the gracies and the Machados. I never said Renzo himself or his academy didn’t know what they were doing.
Don’t go there.
If you can find where I said Renzo didn’t know what he was doing I’ll give you a cookie.
Listen…I was arrogant when I began. I try to be technical but I’m not the most techinical groundfighter right now. I go with what I feel is unbalanced to go for sweeps. I still can’t pull off an armbar from guard. I’m not morbidly obese either.
as for my sparring video: I rarely and extendedly began sparring up to that point. Muay thai, not MMA. I didn’t go with a fight mentality and my footwork didn’t exist, adding to the fact that I didn’t keep my hands up and I gassed out too fast.
Like I said: my instructor is very good and very open minded but if I had to guess the primarly focus of his classes are self-defense based. Guy’s gotta make a living.
He will throw random stuff at you when you’re a complete beginner and expect you to learn basics on your own or by asking. He really has a hard time separating the n00bs who won’t listen from the advanced guys who deserve better. I like the way he and the BJJ guy teach too.
As for my muscle…I rarely lift weights, and the main focus of the muay thai class is kicking. I’d be lying if I didn’t say there were elbow and boxing days too as well as combinations on the thai pads.
As for not meeting you people ever, wait until 1 or 2 years and if I’m still training and some of your misinformation pisses me off. I will challenge and accept challenges fro people just to see how good they are.
I’m beginning to be a good groundfighter, my submission skills aren’t developed yet but I move well.
Tharuz, compete in grappling competitions, and then come back here with the results. That will be the judge if you are a good groundfighter or not. (for younger guys. Grandpas like jnp have different criteria…like that bad ass purple tag of theirs :p)
Take me for instance, i’ve placed in the top 3 of every tournament i’ve ever competed in.
This post may or may not have been to rep the fact that i’ve placed in every tournament i’ve ever competed in.
Anyhow, Tharuz, you should videotape/upload some videos of you rolling.
I might ask my instructor that if he doesn’t feel I’m being an attention whore…for my internet buddies…that diss me…anyway.
I feel like I need to go back to the Highschool TKD club and begin teaching grappling.
I was also told by my BJJ purple intructor that he believes rolling is the most important part of BJJ, you should roll more than 4 times per day, and I should challenge f4n4n.
I missed the atama open BJJ tournament due to abscess infection. I’m not missing the next one.
I’m also worried about the shit I’ve said in my emo thread to keep up my not yet existant fighting career.
That is what your coach told you? If so, change your coach, if he tells you to fight a guy who he has never seen or does not know anything about but what you tell him (if you did at all) and he tells you to challenge him then he is not really “working” in your interest.
Tharuz: you are not going to be teaching anyone. At all. Ever. I will probably see you at Naga. But I am not as tubby as you so I doubt we will roll.
Moose: stop bragging. you sound like the fat fuck.
c4: just stop doing what you are doing. Or if you keep going, be over-dramatic and start making e-challenges. Because this shit is not going to go anywhere the way you are doing it.
