Was going to make a big huge post about all the things I dislike about my current bjj situation but thought it be best to just get a running list going on with everyone.
I’ll go first.
The non-pro athlete bjj ultra hobbyist who has so little of a personal life that they fly to ibjjf tournaments to win medals in 3 man brackets and try to portray an image on social media that they are an upper echelon phenom
Honestly you could scratch BJJ and replace it with almost ANY hobby in that sentence and it would be true.
Wearing rash guards when you aren’t surfing or rolling. Very odd.
blue belts who know how to invert and go for a heel hook but don’t know a single guard pass.
The watering down of the sport. A black belt was a mythical thing, now people get it for time in rank. I’ve seen horrible upper level belts.
Exotic guard and guard passes not applicable to mma or vale tudo.
10th Planet. Wear a gi every once in a while weirdos
Don’t greet me with OSS!!! when you run into me buying some coffee
The loss of focus on vale tudo.
I know black belts who have zero take downs and whose whole games revolve around deep half, inverted guards, lapel guards, etc. If they ever had a street fight, they’d be in deep shit.
Oss Professor!
Brazilian nationalism in American gyms
Caique told me a story of his son getting into a fight and the other guy pulled guard and went to deep half on him. He said his son busted him up with elbows and punches.
Imagine the chances you train jiu jitsu and happen to get into a fight with a jiu jitsu legends kid haha
Eye contact.
Oh wait that’s my favorite part.
My busted up back.
I’ll add…
The way white belts/blue belts profess their undying loyalty to the sport and their professor. Pathetic
Also, the complete misuse of the term “family”. My bjj “family”……changes gyms 3 times in 2 years, “I love my bjj family”
i found bjj/mma muuuuch cooler when it was not yet popular
My biggest gripe is people like you who complain about what other people do in BJJ.
People who do shit you don’t like have absolutely nothing to do with your own training.
People who podium in 3 man brackets have absolutely nothing to do with your own training.
Black belts from Gracie Barra who got promoted based on attendance have absolutely nothing to do with your own training.
A guy in a different thread said he quit jiu jitsu because of “too many weirdos”.
Good job, bro. You quit. Now what? Now you don’t train anymore. Loser.
Settle down Francis. Your pink panties are in a wad. It’s a forum retard. Atleast you outed yourself.
Well considering that you actually have to train with these people I’d say it does matter.
I rolled with a guy who started going uncharacteristically ape shit and started going for stupid cheap subs out of nowhere. Turns out he saw someone moving their phone around and realized he was being live streamed. Could have (and maybe should have) made him look like a fucking fool for it, but I’m not trying to do that
Old guys who complain about leg attacks
What type of stupid cheap subs?