My first Bjj class : Review.

[Rainbow_Warrior]

Well today was my first class . About the color of the gi , you both ( pitbull and ps ) were right . Nobody said a word , and I saw other white belts with black gis.

The instructor is Freddy Sukata , 2nd degree B. Belt under carlson gracie . He is the brother of Mario Sukata , Also Bjj black belt MMA fighter and coach of mma teams in brasil and the states . Mario is also the head instructor , but he is always in trip and has some other schools schools around the world

The class is about 2 hs long . 3/4 hour of cardio ( I wanted to die , it was very demanding ) , and 40 mins technique , 35 mins rolling.

I had to work with a MORON blue belt . He was the only guy with and ´´ attitude´´´. We worked arm bars and triangles , and the guy corrected me in a not very friendly way... I came from submission wrestling , and the set up of the triangle is not the same ( either the grips ) . It is not my fault , and we didnt work triangles a lot either in my other style.

When I told him that I lack of elongation ( specially for that move, not in general ) , he said something like ( no acurate translation , not so agressive term ) : screw you . I just laughed....and continued my work .

I think , if I am the new guy , I go there for learning.....

I liked the sparring . I wanted to sparr with the bad boy blue belt ( he is not so good for what I have seen) , but he was busy eating some dust with a brown belt.

I rolled with two guys.

1) The first , a good white belt , with a very used gi. The match was cool , started on our knees , I took him down ( or he let me do that to go to the guard ) . He tried some subs , I passed guard , but he restablished the guard many times....we endend in his guard.

2)The second guy . A newer white belt . He pulled guard , I opened his guard , and finished him with a toe lock from side control . We fought againd , I mounted him , and he tapped when I hiper extended his both legs with my legs.

The people is VERY friendly , with the only exception of the Moron blue belt ( named Francis ) . I liked the class.

[ps1]

Glad to hear you had fun. Sounds like the typical BJJ class. We do a little less cardio, but the general format is the same. But we're also a school of Gracie heritage, so I guess that makes sense.

[pittbullJudoka]

There always seems to be one in every class. We have weeded ours out.

[bushido_man96]

It sounds like a good time. Glad to see you enjoyed it.

[ps1]

There always seems to be one in every class. We have weeded ours out.

Yeah...we get some too. More of them on MMA nights than BJJ nights. However, one of my friends has taken it upon himself to handle the "cowboys" as he likes to call them. He's 6'3" 240lb and getting ready for brown belt. In all reality, he wouldn't need Jiujitsu to be intimidating, that just adds to it. In the end, they either shape up or he shapes them up. This method has some merit.

Tony, our instructor, just ignores them and doesn't promote them. Eventually they get tired of it and go away or fix their attitude. This method works well too.

[Rainbow_Warrior]

There always seems to be one in every class. We have weeded ours out.

Yes , almost always . The `place I knew without one , was my Sub. wrestling school. But the instructor was authoritarian.

Tony, our instructor, just ignores them and doesn't promote them. Eventually they get tired of it and go away or fix their attitude. This method works well too.

The problem here is that , this dumb got promoted to blue belt. And he thinks he is helio gracie in his prime , but the reality is that he kinda sucks for a blue belt . I cant wait for rolling with him . I dont think I can submit him , but Im sure he will get a big surprise with a hard time. Im 220 lbs , workout every day , and have 2 years in submission . I cannot use the gi properly , but I may defend myself.

[pittbullJudoka]

As long as you don't fall into his ego game. I don't train in a bjj or sub wrestling school but most of the upper belts have trained a tiny bit in either wrestling , judo, or jujitsu or a combonation of these. I feel a sence of accomplishment when rolling with a practicioner of these arts if I can just hang with or frustrate them.