Dober Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Cool, did you train while you were over here? White Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Tombstone Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 if that would have happened at my gym, one of the instructors would have put her in her place. my instructors are good at crushing ego's
Dober Posted January 25, 2003 Posted January 25, 2003 Thanks for the update Tombstone. White Belt - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Kyle-san Posted January 26, 2003 Posted January 26, 2003 Cool, did you train while you were over here? Nah, all my training was in Brandon. 4 years Karate, 3 years TKD, 1 year Jujitsu.
LOILOI44 Posted January 30, 2003 Posted January 30, 2003 WOW, I was floored by this thread. I'm shocked nobody else saw a problem with it. When I first walked into my dojo I was told that safety was the primary concern. When I stepped on the mat and did randori (sparring) I was paired with a senior black belt. He played me only as hard as I was willing to play him. He actually let me work techniques and corrected me when I was wrong. He didn't have the need to throttle me. He knows he could. This philosiphy trickled down. I now take great care with any beginers. If a new student steps on the mat and wants to play hard, then adjustments are made. It's not like my school is "soft" either. My teacher is from Japan, and trained in the true "old style." The man used to do winter training in the mountains wearing nothing more than a gi and sandals. Maybe my school's philosiphy is out dated, but it works well for me. JJfighter, I don't mean any disrespect to you or your school, but I feel that you as the senior martial artist in your style has the responsibility to let a new student dictate the pace they want to train at. I'm sure you could find somebody who would like to spar as hard as you do. It sounds like she was new to your class. I don't think that this new student was arrogant. It sounds like she was just scared. As time progresses if she still has an attitude then it's ok to play hard. I don't know what she will learn by getting destroyed her first class. For me I thought martial arts were about learning and not seeing if I can beat you up.
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted January 30, 2003 Author Posted January 30, 2003 WOOO WOOOOO HOLD ON LOI LOI , she is a C class shootfighter (advanced) , she has been training in shootfighting for two years and i have been training in bjj for almost five months, you got the two of us mixed up DID YOU UNDERSTAND MY THREAD, SHE IS THE ADVANCED STUDENT ,NOT ME, I AM LIKE A ORANGE BELT AND SHE IS LIKE A BLUE BELT, you obviously misread my thread, and she is definately not new to sparring, "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim"
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 she is much better( technically) than i am and yet she is the one who is complaining, she is a woman , about 120lbs, 5,8 and i am 5,8, 140 a guy WHERE DID YOU GET THE ASSUMPTION THAT I WAS BEATING HER UP? and don't give me a lesson on using my skills, i use them when the need arises not to beat people up, or to see how tough i am "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim"
Kensai Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 But JJ fighter, have you been doing BJJ longer than her? I dont think Loiloi was giving you a lecture on when to use your skills, your only a "orange" belt which even in BJJ means very little in terms of actual ability. But maybe this girl was geniunly worried of training with a bigger guy, knowing that you will probably be more "physically" strong that her. Perhaps.............
LOILOI44 Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Thanks Kensai, My DSL went out so I couldn't post last night. JJfighter, I was not giving you a lesson as when to use your skills or not. I'm sorry but I had no idea what the ranks in BJJ and shootfighting were. I assumed that you were a more advanced martial artist than her. The way I look at it is this, 16 year old boys are typically stronger than 16 year old girls (especially with an additional 20 lbs.) In the begining, I would have taken it easy on her. There will be plenty of time to toss her around as she is there for a while. As far as how to deal with her, if I were you I would tell her that in you only spar as hard as your opponent does. Tell her that you felt she came at you full force, so you felt you had no choice but to return her agression. Hope this helps.
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted February 1, 2003 Author Posted February 1, 2003 she is 27 years old and she has competed in amateur shoot matches(no holds barred) matches in japan , so i thought she could handle a 16 yeard old boy who had 5 months bjj and she has 2 years shootfighting, she was kicking my ass, so i began to use a strong offense as a defense and i wasn't using all my strength as we are taught in bjj to use technique over strength, she is also a full contact muay thai competitor, ok your post seemed like you were giving me a lesson she is wrong theres no doubt about that, i guess you should have been there and the ranks in bjj are, blue,purple,brown,black "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim"
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