What did yall work on in class on Saturday and Sunday?
Guard passes. Ninja pass, ninja pass to triangle, and two others I can't remember the name of (one where you kind of look like superman, and one where you do a penetration step and roll the guy up). Why what's up?
I want to learn more about this 300 a night security gig.
robbie380 -Thedude686 -robbie380 - So you are going to that Cobrinha BJJ out in LA?
Yes I love it, best group of people I could ask for
Well I guess you should look at their schedule before making your own schedule.
http://www.cobrinhabjj.com/schedule/
It doesn't look like doing BJJ from 6pm to 9pm is reality for a beginner. It doesn't look like they have class on Sunday either.
Plus you can't train 7 days a week. It's too hard on your body and you will get hurt. Start taking HGH and steroids if you plan on doing 7 days a week.
I have been training 7 days a week and I find it easy to do since I have a a good diet and don't party. Steroids etc might be necessary if I had a normal life, but I can devote all my attention to whatever I want to do.
That schedule is not completely accurate. There is a Sunday class. I do indeed to 6-9 on tues thurs. I do two a days in mwf and sometimes come to the class after if I have a clean gi. They allow me to do this because although I am new and know nothing, I am strong enough to get my ass kicked by better guys for hours. Once I get more gis I will be able to do the full 6-9 on mwf as well.
my suggestion is go get punched in the face. And I'm not talking about at a famous MMA gym where the coach sees you as a potential $200 monthly paycheck. Go to a gritty boxing gym where there's no "waiting time" to spar, and get in there. See what it's like to have someone try to knock your head off, like really kill you. At your age I would expose myself to that kind of reality asap. If you take your beating and enjoy it then yeah you should prob be a fighter and not worry about how long its going to take you to get to this level or that.
downperiscope -Have a dozen fights, and I'd say this---
When I read 29 years old without a pro record, I'd have stopped you right there. In California, pro cards are rare. You'd end up doing CAMO/TUFF NUFF Vegas for at least a year before anyone would even look at you. Probably two years before you're ready for a fight (even as an ammy- It's 2015 and the ammy's of today would kick the shit out of the low level pros of five years ago)- So now, you're 32, and looking to debut.
If you're lucky, you fight 3x a year in California. IF you are lucky. More likely two. So you're 34-35 before your record is at a point where any decent promotion would look at you. And where youre going to make over $500 for a fight.
So, in short- You're too old, and the competition is too damn young/strong/hungry/good.
Even though this is a likely troll, I get one of these that walk in per week. Late 20's/early 30's with a solid wrestling background who want to make the jump. People don't realize how much these guys really do give up (especially in 2015).
When I started out (03/04), there was no ammy circuit. I paid money to enter my first two fights and basically fought overmatched drunks. Fought some amazing people, and a few "money" fights (5k or up) before I was done, but that was at the tail end.
That Robbie/Rory fight made me sick to my stomach. Seriously sick. I'm glad that I recorded it with my Comcast box, because it's something to watch whenever I start handling prospects and think "oh, I could do this again."
Nope
This is by far the best post so far.. As it is 1000% correct.. That being said, I started fighting last year at the ripe age of 30. I'm currently 1-1 with Tuff-N-Uff, and live and train about an hour north of Los Angeles. Was lucky enough to attend the Fan Expo and 189 over the weekend and while I was at the ammy world championships, Jeff Meyer, our president/CEO at Tuff-N-Uff, and Joseph Sullivan, an ISKA official that refereed my last fight, stopped me and asked me how I felt about moving to Vegas to make a serious run at this whole thing.. I laughed it off, cause I have no delusions of becoming a world champ or anything, but they insisted that if I was to take it serious, that I could move the needle. I'm certainly not moving to Vegas, but it didn't force me to take a harder look at everything. I am going to fight for them once more this year and then really sit down and consider the prospect of taking this show pro..
I'm going to play devils advocate here and urge, even dare u to take the leap OP.. U never know what could happen. MMA saved my life. But like Periscope said, u definitely need to take the right steps. If u need any help getting in touch with either CAMO or TNU, let me know.
As an aspiring 29 year old mixed martial artist myself, the only advice I can give is to not ask anyone for advice. People aren't gonna believe in you, and it is a dumb fuggin dream. You're past your athletic "prime" and are only gonna experience an athletic decline. Frowny face. With that being said anything is possible. I spent the better part of my twenties as a functional alcoholic, and never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to compete. Now coming up on 3 years sober I finally feel ready to give MMA an honest attempt. I may not experience great success but if I can win a few fights and possibly provide a positive message for just one kid who is struggling with substance abuse than I feel I did a service worth all the struggle and commitment. I would never of gotten sober without my dream of competing so it means everything to me. Focus on yourself and what you hope to achieve. Also a supportive girlfriend/significant other really helps.
We_Are_All_One1 - As an aspiring 29 year old mixed martial artist myself, the only advice I can give is to not ask anyone for advice. People aren't gonna believe in you, and it is a dumb fuggin dream. You're past your athletic "prime" and are only gonna experience an athletic decline. Frowny face. With that being said anything is possible. I spent the better part of my twenties as a functional alcoholic, and never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to compete. Now coming up on 3 years sober I finally feel ready to give MMA an honest attempt. I may not experience great success but if I can win a few fights and possibly provide a positive message for just one kid who is struggling with substance abuse than I feel I did a service worth all the struggle and commitment. I would never of gotten sober without my dream of competing so it means everything to me. Focus on yourself and what you hope to achieve. Also a supportive girlfriend/significant other really helps.My focus on training is what got me out of my alcoholism also. Respect brother.
SidRival_PBTT, Rival Fitness 661 -More respect to you my friend, you've actually competed. Still just a dream to me, but I'm confident it will happen. Really cool to hear MMA has helped someone else with alcoholism though... Gives me some degree of confidence I'm doin the right thing.We_Are_All_One1 - As an aspiring 29 year old mixed martial artist myself, the only advice I can give is to not ask anyone for advice. People aren't gonna believe in you, and it is a dumb fuggin dream. You're past your athletic "prime" and are only gonna experience an athletic decline. Frowny face. With that being said anything is possible. I spent the better part of my twenties as a functional alcoholic, and never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to compete. Now coming up on 3 years sober I finally feel ready to give MMA an honest attempt. I may not experience great success but if I can win a few fights and possibly provide a positive message for just one kid who is struggling with substance abuse than I feel I did a service worth all the struggle and commitment. I would never of gotten sober without my dream of competing so it means everything to me. Focus on yourself and what you hope to achieve. Also a supportive girlfriend/significant other really helps.My focus on training is what got me out of my alcoholism also. Respect brother.