pittbullJudoka

When I do listen to music it's metal.

Congrats,enjoy the rainbow belt.

I'm glad you had a better experience than when I met him, and we'll leave at that.

10/02 AM worked mount maintenance to choke then to arm bar. Free roll 40 minutes.

Frankly I think that some things that are picked up wrestling are hard to teach to a bjj guy. How to scramble is the biggest thing I've ever noticed. A pure bjj guy has a different style of scramble that doesn't seem as focused as a wrestler. The will to push a given take down or technique doesn't seem to be there either. The down fall is that wrestlers (in the begining) tend to be uncomfortable on their back so they roll face down and easily give up the back. As tallgesse stated we leave arms hanging out. Never can hurt to have both.

Also something that's worth it's weight in gold is being able to switch from a strikers clinch to a grapplers clinch and back seamlessly. For example transitioning from a thia plum, to sprawl, to front head lock back to a thia clinch could be a life saver.( it's saved me more than once sparring). Being able to do this is handy when the attempted shot is stuffed and the fight goes back to the feet immediately. Controlling the clinch range of grappling is as important as it could be the difference of going or not going to the ground.

The reason you can't escape isn't because of them using their weight to pin you, it's because they know how to position their weight against yours. This is were you need to know how to manipulate their weight to be able to sweep to gain the top position or to escape. This is one of the most valuable tactics a stand up fighter can learn. A stand up fighter must learn to be able to effectively counter a take down or a ground position. You must learn first to sprawl, then to shrimps your hips beneath theirs, and to sweep to regain the top position or escape. You must become aware of not only their body position and weight position but also your position, you must be able to make a spilt second decision of what needs to be done and execute the proper counter given the position to survive.

First off great post. In my opinion to be a successful martial artist you must be able to dictate the range a fight is going to take place. Keep it standing if that's what you wish or take it to the ground if that's where you want it. You must train grappling to be able to understand how to beat the mechanics of grappling.

A.M.- BJJ drilled spider guard, sweeps and arm bars 30 minutes free rolling P.M. - 8 mile run

I don't need to go into what today is, for everyone knows the tragedy that took place elven years ago today. So to thee I proclaim. Never forget. Honor thy fallen brothern. Osss.

I will agree with on this. In training if you get into the mind of oops I messed up and stop that's what you will do when it comes down to it. It's just the same with sparring you have got to have that never say die attitude. If you're training yourself to stop after a mistake, or a point is scored you're training for failure.

And with both of theses great fighters coming from traditional back grounds never knew this kick until Steven Segal taught it to them. So all of my karate instructors must have been light years a head of the game because the front kick and jumping front kick were taught in the first few months of training with them.

Cristina Cyborg Santos who is a former mms champion ( whole other discussion on its own) and 2 time world champion was promoted to brown belt this afternoon by the one and only Andre Galvo. I received this via Galvo's twitter just now. Congratulations to Mrs. Santos on her hard work and accomplishments in the art of BJJ.

You may want to look into the Dolche Diet(spelling is probably wrong) this is what more MMA fighters are doing now for weight cuts and it seems to be getting some reviews.

The pro fighter I was speaking with says in his opinion since we teach a blend of stand up and ground fighting he considers it MMA. He also said to him it did not matter weather we had active fighters or not. I take his opinion very highly due to working his way through an undefeated ammy career and thus far undefeated as pro. Also if I'm correct he's never lost a match in a bjj completion either. Also he's like a second coach at my bjj gym and does everything he can to help me out on the ground. So from one pro MMA fighter if you are teaching a legitement blend of standing and ground fighting you are teaching MMA.

There's enough diffrence in the two given arts that there will be no way to get anything crossed up. I would have started training in bjj much sooner had I found my coach sooner. And this would have been per black belt days for me.

We'll get things ironed out before the next tourney. Still did well over all. Just got to get you down to Shield Systems a few times and let you roll with the guys that kick the crap put of me every week.

Thanks ps1. I've been training about three years. I got my blue last year. Now keep in mind I only get to train with my coach one day a week.

You are a more talented martial artist if you can defuse the situation with words and not your fists. But be ready for anything to happen you never know what others intentions are. Good luck with it.

It's better than the alternative. Honestly it's my drug. I love every minute of my training weather it bjj, or my Kenpo. If I don't train I get very irritable and can't find ways to pass my time. Plus it like the feel of being in danger be it fighting off a choke, joint lock, or fending off punches and kicks. I know I'm not right.

It will take a bit for someone whose never held pads to get the hank of it. Also if they understand you techniques they would know how to approach pad holding better. I kinda know where you're coming from I only have one person in my dojo that can profiecntly work mitts for me.

Ps1 I honestly think part of the guys problem is his coach. And made he's still young enough that he thinks he's super man and could gut it out till the end of the match. If you look back to my previous post there's a link to the match. And if a calculations are right there's between 10 & 15 seconds left in the match.

Pushing into the strike works well also knowing hold hold your shoulders. The most common mistake a beginner makes holding pads pads is that they try to stiffen up and absorb the shots. They must relax bump into the kicks or punches and roll with the shots some what.

9/04 Drill various spider, de la Rivera, & half guard sweeps 30 minutes free rolling

As you can read it previous post Shorikid and myself competed this past weekend in the Tennessee State Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament. I lost my first match on points but pulled out a win by kimura in my second. Unfortunately for my opponent he made an unexpected trip to the hospital for a dislocated shoulder and broken arm. I applied a standing kimura with him attempting to take my back. As he drug me to the ground I sat out to the side continuing my attack on his arm. I knew the lock was very tight. Still I had the belief the the end was near and he would tap. But he decided to continue untill I felt the arm break. I immediately released the kimura and walked away leaving him to be attended to by his coaches and team. After his arm was tapped down I did briefly speak to him and there appeared to be no hard feeling between he and I. However I did wish him well and a speedy recovery. Here's were we can go even further back in the forums to a post I made about whose job is it to tap. I have used this exact technique in both gyms I train in without incident. I now know the power of my kimura and I have two feelings. 1. I am confident I can repeat breaking an arm with it if needs be. 2. I know the power I have with this given technique and do not want to injure any of my training partners and must be careful with it. I may apply this version of the kimura and if I get no tap,just transition to my next attack. For you I bid take care of your training partners for they make you good as you are.