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Thats pretty cool. I've noticed someone else approaching this number too!

Well over the years I have developed callouses on my toes from repeated mat burns. This is my bodies way of making my toes stronger but I'm not so sure my toes are better! lol Then certainly don't look better! LOL

Ha! Look what I found! Didn't we just talk about this Bushido?

Yes Ma'am! I just did an Escape Safe seminar for women this week and am very aware of stats as it's my job to make them aware. And as for the alley.... I agree "Best block, no be there"! lol

this is true. However I'm assuming that the original poster was referring to achieving high levels in sport. Within that staff of people there are other high level athletes to push them. The fastest way to figure out where your ceiling is, is to surround yourself with as much talent and information as possible and then pour yourself into what you are doing. It would save you the bouncing around even if that meant sleeping on that elite coaches front porch until he realized you were serious and not going away.

I love Jitz talk with my friends and training partners, but I dislike the conversations with anyone else. Mostly due to ignorance and the questions that come with.

Jiu Jitsu gis tend to be very expensive and very important to the practitioner. Are the uniforms as important to other styles? There tends to be a real attachment to certain brands. I myself have worn strictly Koral gis for the past 6 years and only recently ventured out to OTM and Vulcan, both of which I am very pleased with. I have a bright yellow Vulcan. It's hilarious and awesome!

Going to bed so I can pick up my copy in the morning! Yeah i'm dork. Zombie killing time!

Wow. Lots of people live this way. However the majority do not and as you said get out if you can. I'm sure you highlighted the most dramatic times for us. I will not however because there were MANY more that fall into the lesser categories. Even in high crime areas you are more likely to have to deal with one whacked out unarmed individual than than the other scenarios. And normally the people who do are listed amongst statistics. All of these extreme situations are a result of decisions we made that got us into it in the first place. As I have recently stated in another post, taking responsibility is crucial to survival. It's good to hear that you have learned and relocated. My point is that it makes more sense to prepare myself physically for the most likely and survivable scenarios and use common sense for the rest.

Yeah at first it was kind of alarming to read. Then I thought about how long I have been letting folks choke me. Then I thought of the rest of the world and grappling arts. Anything is possible but not something I'll take into consideration.

I'm all about taking responsibility for ones self. I don't look to anyone else to protect me or mine. The way I see it is if I can't do it myself I don't deserve it. If you catch me slipping, thats my fault. I don't expect anyone to take care of me but me and when I am too old or sick to do it... well, this is the natural order of things my friends. To me life is simpler when you take responsibility for your own existence.

Lets flip it. What if we knew for positive that 90% of fights stayed standing. What would the questions and debate then be? I often hear the argument of weapons and multiple attackers. I have a fair amount of experience getting my eyes swollen shut way before I started any type of training. I have had people take pop shots at me while fighting their friend, I have been on all fours getting kicked in the face and It's very strange to say that I have been threatened with weapons and hit a few people with some random objects. However the vast majority of my experience has been one on one. I'm not asking anyone about what ifs. I want to know how many people are getting jumped and guns shoved in their face. Seems to me the majority of the time it's domestic. A neighbor, friends, some drunk cat or whatever. Leave all the what ifs out. What is your experience?

Congrats!

AS I read the quote I saw myself training and making mistakes that either embarrassed me, made me miserable or both. After ward if I put it in perspective it made me stronger. Not always better, but always stronger.

I am always learning. Jiu Jitsu is forever evolving and there is so much to gain from other styles. I currently have more than I can use, which is good because I can teach anyone regardless of body type. Grappling is very different in that sense. You can't have a rigid curriculum because not everyone can do the same things based on how they are built. So where as a most stand up schools have x number of techniques to learn as you move up the ranks, grappling cannot be set up this way. Everyone can throw a jab but not everyone can use a triangle choke. So you have to have a vast number of techniques to teach but only need to be good at a few to be effective as an individual.

The first thing that comes to mind for me is this: Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of themselves without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant,"If I live, I will kill you, if I die, you are forgiven" such is the rule of honor.

We had a student travel to Chicago and train at a Barra school there while on vacation. He said they were great guys and were very easy to get along with. To that end, I really haven't met very many good BJJ practitioners that didn't welcome another practitioner with open arms. We've got a pretty good community out there. Yes sir! I agree!

True story ps1. I used to hear stories of the Gracies(pick one) doing seminars then lining people up afterwards to roll. They would then inform everyone of how they would be tapped via arm bar on the left arm and then doing so one after the next with little effort. Everyone knew what was coming and couldn't stop it. I have reached that point regardless of size. (Untrained of course). But it's so easily done now that I can't help but feel the way you describe. How many truly feel that comfortable with what they do? I know the vast majority of MA have questions in their heads and I was one of them for a long time. No more. Extremely comfortable in my own skin with a very realistic knowledge of my abilities. I am just as excited about walking out on the mats for some Jitz today, as I was for my first class. I'm addicted to it. The confidence that comes with those endless hours of training is priceless.

Yes junior. Carlinhos! I've trained with him and many of his Barra black belts. All great guys. Really helpful with great attitudes.

I love the floor

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!

Not really. After Helio began teaching, Carlos Sr. began delving deeply into nutrition and eventually developed the Gracie Diet. He ran the school finances and did managerial type work. But the fighting and teaching were handled by Helio first, then Carlos' and Helio's children after that. But Helio trained all of them. The differences between what Carlos taught and what Helio taught were that Carlos taught what he had learned from Maeda. It was Helio that modified the art into what it is today. Obviously, I was not present for any of this. My instructor Master Pedro Sauer, who trained with Helio and his son Rickson directly, is the one who gave me this information. He trained in the Rio Academy and said he never really saw Carlos train much. This is not exactly true either. What Jigoro Kano recognized in the Koryu Jujitsu systems he had studied was that there was no coherent strategy, rather just a bunch of different moves without and governing concept or doctrine. It was Kano, as he developed Judo, that came up with the principle of maximum effect with minimum effort. Any technique that did not fit that principle was dismissed. He (Kano) didn't totally remove all striking, though it's certainly not practiced much anymore. He simply put the focus on the techniques that could be applied efficiently without serious injury to the opponent. Hence, throws and joint manipulations became the techniques of choice. Good stuff. Master Palhares And Master Sauer came up together from what I understand. Luiz trained under Rolls until he died and then Carlos for a while. He then started training with Rickson and taught at Ricksons school for a few years. Different family members focus on different thing although for the most part you will find the sport BJJ, Vale Tudo and self defense aspects in most every school.

I completely agree. Going home at night is a win. Some peoples fight response is stronger than their flight response. Which can be a problem as well. lol

I can see that. I more tend to go with fact than theory. In theory you may bite the carotid but there is no documentation of anyone ever doing this. There are some very high percentage places you can strike to knock someone out. And I am absolutely positive about choking someone to sleep and beyond. As for weapons I believe that most people will need extensive training to be effective and yet other need only a couple rules of thumb. I have heard instructors say never take a weapon into a fight, as it may be taken from you and used against you. Now you have escalated the situation. I wouldn't necessarily take one into a fight but I can see the need to improvise as a real possibility. What do you think?

Master Palhares has trained with all of them for 35 years and I have trained with them as well just obviously not as extensively. And Vale Tudo then included biting ears off and such. Was a real street fight and not a sport to them. It did however evolve into one. And I have noticed that one side is slightly more focused on the self defense aspect (not necessarily grappling) and the other is focused on the fight.