This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
Does that apply to all professions? If you found out your state would license anybody as a plumber as long as they paid a fee, would you say "Who gives a fuck, I won't hire those guys?" Or would you say, "Hey, this is going to fuck up the whole system, you have to set a standard somewhere."
Also, how old are you? Did you train martial arts in the 90s or before? When everyone had an instructor who could stop your heart with a palm strike or stab their finger straight into you? Of course, they couldn't demonstrate these techniques, too powerful. And just like religion, if you let those people instruct children, you will pass their bullshit down before minds are formed enough to see through the bullshit. And that's how you get a country full of strip-mall bullshit artists.
I'm fine with a bit of harrassment of questionable practices if it keeps us from going back to the Foot Fist Way days.
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
it is kinda silly....and indeed has little bearing on most peoples training. But....peolle.shoukd care if bjj gets watered down. I care about what has happened to karate....it a damn joke nowadays because no one cared. I really want to train uechi ryu since 1980s, but I cant find an instructor with what i consider proper training and not much else interests me anymore other than maybe immersing myself into kali.
I already know jiujitsu has shit teachers and that the style itself no longer has the culture of "bes fite inna wirl". Whether it ever was such isnt the point, it prided itself as a fighting style that was willing to prove itself is. Even if some care, I doubt we can stop it from going to shit given what happens to everything else.....at best maybe we slow progression.
Your advice to "Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear." is both a truth, and the problem. It should be....Get on the mat and roll, and fight. Everything becomes crystal clear. ;p Rolling is where we develop of skills and attributes, fighting is where we prove our style. We no longer fight.....therefore jiuitsu is lost.
I was training yesterday with a couple partners. Whe one had to leave I asked the other what he wanted to work on. After drilling some stuff we rolled a few rounds of guard for our sparring. Then before ending I told him do another couple rounds with focus on arm awareness&control and to reverse us with me me stsrtingg on top. He swept me the 1st round again after a couple minutes.....I again told him to focus on arm awareenss&control. In the next round im re.inding him forcefully of his goal, ut he still fucking about in default jiujitsu mode. I grab his lapels and pin him with one hand and take my time working to simulate my drawstroke for my fixed blade knife i habitually appendix carry. All 5he while Im telling to control my fucking arms (which he co ti ues failing to do) I 5hen simulate stabbing his asshole (I may have even touched his taint with my knuckle) femoral, and worming my way up his outer thigh, liver and neck.......and .otherfucker was still fucki g about grappling me! It was funny!.....and not so funny too. Its just proves its hard to overcome programming.
There are 100+ black belts in Queensland but he couldn't go under any in our entire country and paid money to a guy called Carlos Catania in the USA, sent him a video and buys himself a brown belt and presto he is a Catania brown belt who was a white belt 4 yeas ago but doesn't roll and never competed.
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
Does that apply to all professions? If you found out your state would license anybody as a plumber as long as they paid a fee, would you say "Who gives a fuck, I won't hire those guys?" Or would you say, "Hey, this is going to fuck up the whole system, you have to set a standard somewhere."
Also, how old are you? Did you train martial arts in the 90s or before? When everyone had an instructor who could stop your heart with a palm strike or stab their finger straight into you? Of course, they couldn't demonstrate these techniques, too powerful. And just like religion, if you let those people instruct children, you will pass their bullshit down before minds are formed enough to see through the bullshit. And that's how you get a country full of strip-mall bullshit artists.
I'm fine with a bit of harrassment of questionable practices if it keeps us from going back to the Foot Fist Way days.
A shitty plumber with a certificate would have zero affect on my abilities as a plumber.
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
it is kinda silly....and indeed has little bearing on most peoples training. But....peolle.shoukd care if bjj gets watered down. I care about what has happened to karate....it a damn joke nowadays because no one cared. I really want to train uechi ryu since 1980s, but I cant find an instructor with what i consider proper training and not much else interests me anymore other than maybe immersing myself into kali.
I already know jiujitsu has shit teachers and that the style itself no longer has the culture of "bes fite inna wirl". Whether it ever was such isnt the point, it prided itself as a fighting style that was willing to prove itself is. Even if some care, I doubt we can stop it from going to shit given what happens to everything else.....at best maybe we slow progression.
Your advice to "Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear." is both a truth, and the problem. It should be....Get on the mat and roll, and fight. Everything becomes crystal clear. ;p Rolling is where we develop of skills and attributes, fighting is where we prove our style. We no longer fight.....therefore jiuitsu is lost.
I was training yesterday with a couple partners. Whe one had to leave I asked the other what he wanted to work on. After drilling some stuff we rolled a few rounds of guard for our sparring. Then before ending I told him do another couple rounds with focus on arm awareness&control and to reverse us with me me stsrtingg on top. He swept me the 1st round again after a couple minutes.....I again told him to focus on arm awareenss&control. In the next round im re.inding him forcefully of his goal, ut he still fucking about in default jiujitsu mode. I grab his lapels and pin him with one hand and take my time working to simulate my drawstroke for my fixed blade knife i habitually appendix carry. All 5he while Im telling to control my fucking arms (which he co ti ues failing to do) I 5hen simulate stabbing his asshole (I may have even touched his taint with my knuckle) femoral, and worming my way up his outer thigh, liver and neck.......and .otherfucker was still fucki g about grappling me! It was funny!.....and not so funny too. Its just proves its hard to overcome programming.
What the hell does simulated knife attacks have to do with jiu jitsu?
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
Does that apply to all professions? If you found out your state would license anybody as a plumber as long as they paid a fee, would you say "Who gives a fuck, I won't hire those guys?" Or would you say, "Hey, this is going to fuck up the whole system, you have to set a standard somewhere."
Also, how old are you? Did you train martial arts in the 90s or before? When everyone had an instructor who could stop your heart with a palm strike or stab their finger straight into you? Of course, they couldn't demonstrate these techniques, too powerful. And just like religion, if you let those people instruct children, you will pass their bullshit down before minds are formed enough to see through the bullshit. And that's how you get a country full of strip-mall bullshit artists.
I'm fine with a bit of harrassment of questionable practices if it keeps us from going back to the Foot Fist Way days.
A shitty plumber with a certificate would have zero affect on my abilities as a plumber.
Then people going after fake black belts also have zero affect on your abilities, so why the fuck do you bother to comment either way?
Don't go after fake black belts. I have learned the hard way. One of them is stalking me. He found my non bjj business and posted nonsense about me on glass door, google reviews, Facebook reviews, etc... not worth it.
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
it is kinda silly....and indeed has little bearing on most peoples training. But....peolle.shoukd care if bjj gets watered down. I care about what has happened to karate....it a damn joke nowadays because no one cared. I really want to train uechi ryu since 1980s, but I cant find an instructor with what i consider proper training and not much else interests me anymore other than maybe immersing myself into kali.
I already know jiujitsu has shit teachers and that the style itself no longer has the culture of "bes fite inna wirl". Whether it ever was such isnt the point, it prided itself as a fighting style that was willing to prove itself is. Even if some care, I doubt we can stop it from going to shit given what happens to everything else.....at best maybe we slow progression.
Your advice to "Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear." is both a truth, and the problem. It should be....Get on the mat and roll, and fight. Everything becomes crystal clear. ;p Rolling is where we develop of skills and attributes, fighting is where we prove our style. We no longer fight.....therefore jiuitsu is lost.
I was training yesterday with a couple partners. Whe one had to leave I asked the other what he wanted to work on. After drilling some stuff we rolled a few rounds of guard for our sparring. Then before ending I told him do another couple rounds with focus on arm awareness&control and to reverse us with me me stsrtingg on top. He swept me the 1st round again after a couple minutes.....I again told him to focus on arm awareenss&control. In the next round im re.inding him forcefully of his goal, ut he still fucking about in default jiujitsu mode. I grab his lapels and pin him with one hand and take my time working to simulate my drawstroke for my fixed blade knife i habitually appendix carry. All 5he while Im telling to control my fucking arms (which he co ti ues failing to do) I 5hen simulate stabbing his asshole (I may have even touched his taint with my knuckle) femoral, and worming my way up his outer thigh, liver and neck.......and .otherfucker was still fucki g about grappling me! It was funny!.....and not so funny too. Its just proves its hard to overcome programming.
What the hell does simulated knife attacks have to do with jiu jitsu?
Don't go after fake black belts. I have learned the hard way. One of them is stalking me. He found my non bjj business and posted nonsense about me on glass door, google reviews, Facebook reviews, etc... not worth it.
They are willing to go further than you are
So...if you do go after fake bb's be sure to wear a mask.
Don't go after fake black belts. I have learned the hard way. One of them is stalking me. He found my non bjj business and posted nonsense about me on glass door, google reviews, Facebook reviews, etc... not worth it.
They are willing to go further than you are
So...if you do go after fake bb's be sure to wear a mask.
Possibly a cape.
Can we wear a cape?
You can if you're going after Nogi frauds, otherwise just wear a gi that's a size too large
This whole who got what belt how thing is kind of silly.
That stuff has has zero impact on my training.
And if "people" think the belts are being watered down who the fuck cares.
Get on the mat and roll. Everything becomes crystal clear.
Does that apply to all professions? If you found out your state would license anybody as a plumber as long as they paid a fee, would you say "Who gives a fuck, I won't hire those guys?" Or would you say, "Hey, this is going to fuck up the whole system, you have to set a standard somewhere."
Also, how old are you? Did you train martial arts in the 90s or before? When everyone had an instructor who could stop your heart with a palm strike or stab their finger straight into you? Of course, they couldn't demonstrate these techniques, too powerful. And just like religion, if you let those people instruct children, you will pass their bullshit down before minds are formed enough to see through the bullshit. And that's how you get a country full of strip-mall bullshit artists.
I'm fine with a bit of harrassment of questionable practices if it keeps us from going back to the Foot Fist Way days.
A shitty plumber with a certificate would have zero affect on my abilities as a plumber.
