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Posts tagged grappling
Shutting doubters up feels good.
Not long ago 10th planet took a big morale hit at the IBJJF no gi Worlds. Nearly everyone from 10th planet had the same disappointment.
“how’d you lose?”
“I lost on points”
“I lost on points”
“I lost on points.”
Boy, did we get hated on a lot! “don’t hey train no go only? Shouldn’t they have won? Rubber guard doesn’t work. These guys are lazy stoners.” It was bad. Some of it rang true. It made me start to ask questions. I’m like, how did we lose so badly? Why are gi guys beating us? Well, it’s simple. They know how to play for ibjjf points. We know how to play for submissions.
Enter, Rose Gracie, daughter of cofounder Helio Gracie. She was ready for a change. She was sick of points. That’s not jiu jitsu. That’s not what her grandfather envisioned. Getting a takedown point and holding on for the win is not jiu jitsu. So she took points away. You only win if you submit your opponent. no ifs ands or buts. 15minutes. No excuses.
Guess who took over…..by a landslide? Talk about redeeming yourself.
See, 10th planet jiu jitsu isn’t about points. It’s about the finish. And so we see who the real killers are when they actually have to fight rather than stall.
So guess what haters? This works. It’s effective. And this is just the beginning. Now please, we’re not asking that you kiss the ring. We just want the respect we’ve worked so hard for. The proof is in the putting.
And ibjjf rules are for sissies. :) and any gold medal you won from stalling, hide it. You should be ashamed of it. I hope all tourneys are sub only from now on.
Awwwww man! It’s been a long time coming, but it’s almost here!
Nice little sweep. Looking forward to trying this out.
Yo, I never knew Judo was this gangsta. Geez. I’ll def be watching the next summer Olympics. If the UFC was smart, they’d have a scout checking them out. They’re legit fighters.
My introduction to grappling arts was wrestling through my uncle who wrestled in middle and high school.
Then I learned about the effectiveness of Gracie Jiu Jitsu through Royce Gracie after watching UFC 4, then renting each UFC for the next month until I was convinced. Grappling is superior to striking (if the striker doesn’t know grappling, of course). I’m not a full blown Jiu Jitsu head. Open minded, but definitely all about Jiu Jitsu (grappling).
Then I learned about Sambo (which after the recent seminar, I realized Sambo is 100x more than just leg locks. It’s awesome material).
But it wasn’t until I started to train with Chris Herzog (look him up) that i realized the effectiveness of Judo. YES JUDO. Wait, so a martial art that was made into an olympic sport is actually deadly? Man, you don’t even know. And while this video shows the beauty of Judo on the mats, just imagine being thrown like that on concrete in real life. Yeah. This stuff is no joke. Not to mention, the Newaza part of Judo is basically quick attack grappling. My coach teaches us Judo stuff and I’m like, wait, so you mean Judo had this years before BJJ had this? (Mind blown) Inverted triangles. Flying armbars. Judo “been had.”
I mean, I knew guys like Judo Gene Lebell are legends. And Karo Parisyan used great Judo in real fights. And Ronda Rousey, one of my favorite fighters, is an Olympic Judo competitor and wins comps just off Judo tech. I just didn’t know how beautiful it was until recently. Man, I’ve been missing out. And it sucks because Coach has temporarily halted Judo and Sambo from our schedule since most guys are into no gi BJJ. But I think, if our guys were exposed to the beauty of Judo and Sambo, they’d change their minds.
bjj day 30? lost count. great class.
Well I’ve missed documenting a couple days so I thinI this is a fair estimate.
Left work. Went to the gym. Did rubber guard for the first time! I’m super grateful that my coach is a big guy too. He knows how to adjust technique for bigger or inflexible guys. Angles and space. So when everyone gripes that rubber guard relies on flexibility doesn’t know it well enough. I did very well with it without getting any knee strain. Learned the basic path to an omoplata sweep to twister side control. Learned rubber guard sweep to spiderweb. Learned a failed zombie to an arm crush.
Then I rolled for two rounds. I got the 2nd highest ranked guy besides coach….and then I got coach right after. lol. But I always enjoy getting whooped by them. I learn a lot. I focused on trying to pass guard. Probably not a great idea against these guys, but to get good, you gotta play against better guys. I feel like after this practice, I’m gonna pass a lot of guards next tuesday. I kept getting guillotine choked and I was too wiling to let them break my posture without fighting to get it back. Great lessons. Again, I feel like I’m going to go into my next claas that much better after this class. I think I’m going to make saturday classes a habit.
I feel I learn more from defeat than success. Excellent class.
Reblogged from taybayyy19
Epic submission. Still one of the greatest subs of all time. You’re talking about one master, Braulio Estima, tapping out another master, Andre Galvao, with a wild obscure triangle in the biggest grappling tournament in the world, ADCC. Epic on many levels. Can’t wait to see the rematch.
Reblogged from taybayyy19
Caio Terra. I weigh twice as much as this guy and he can still whoop me.
(Source: beindomitable)
OK. Sleep time for real. If I’m ever gonna be like this guy, I need to start getting my full 8 hours of sleep.
Quick half guard bottom reference. Jason Scully goes over a bunch of good material in just 6 minutes.
Ummmmmmmmmmmm. Wow. This is extremely impressive. Talk about girl power. LOL.
LOL I actually had to use this today. I’ve worn a gi one time in my life and I had no idea how to tie my belt. I wasn’t trying to get clowned by the sambo teacher today. Putting this out here cuz a few people might benefit from this tutorial. Now go hit those mats!
Pancrase Sotaro Yamada vs Strasser Kiichi
Gorgeous rubber guard work. Crazy how he held onto the omoplata while he went for the RNC.
