delta1 Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Ever have "one of those nights"? You know, where you are uncoordinated, can't get anything right, and basically just die. I just got my (!) handed to me by everyone tonight! No point, just venting. Freedom isn't free!
JohnnyS Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Yeah, I had one on Saturday. I was doing BJJ and went terrible - the worst thing was that I tapped to this guy one belt lower (he had just back from Brazil). I just grappled really badly. I thought about it all weekend though, and it really reinforced a couple of things to me that I was doing wrong. Monday night was a completely different story. There's a saying "You always learn more from your defeats than your victories" and it's so true because you really dwell on your defeats. BJJ - Black Belt under John Will (Machado)Shootfighting - 3rd Degree Black BeltTKD - Black Belt
Tal Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 yes, it happens to me occasionally; usually for no apparent reason. its not like i'm tired or not concentrating, i just become r*tarded for a couple of hours. PS - WTF??!! this forum censors the word 'r*tarted' shotokan karate nidanjujitsu shodankendo shodan
WolverineGuy Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 My night Thursday wasn't HORRIBLE...but a friend of mine(who is also an orange belt) managed to get me in a standing front headlock, which I decided to try to get out of with a takedown. While that's all fine and dandy, I certainly picked the wrong takedown, cuz I ended up getting swept, which resulted in 240 lbs. of Tony landing on my neck...hoo boy. Yes, I've made much smarter decisions. Wolverine1st Dan - Kalkinodo"Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a q-tip""There is no spoon."
Black Dragon Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 That happens, especially when people start learning your moves, or their game is just on that day. I've had plenty of days like that. So recognize or be hospitalized Cuz literally on a scale from one to ten I'm 25.
IAMA_chick Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 i hate those nights. i am the highest colored belt at the school now and i feel like some of the lower belts are watching me and i hate it when i am not doing things how they should be done, or when i don't have balance. Tae Kwon Do15-years oldpurple--belt
Black Dragon Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 THE absolute worst is when as an advanced or black belt you are the best in the class, but at a tournament you may get beat, and some of the lower belts (of the same age) win in their division. It shouldn't bother me but it does. So recognize or be hospitalized Cuz literally on a scale from one to ten I'm 25.
TJS Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 yea happend to me the other night..fight classes started back up and i hadent sparred in a while...i really wasant in my groove and felt like i couldent do anything on defense or offense
TheDevilAside Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 The other week I had one of those, I just couldn't get the techniques right. I did the same thing over and over again and I always made the same mistake. It got me terribly frusturated, then the next class went a Lot better. And I reazlized, wtf? I'm only a white belt and I've only known these techniques for 3 classes now, I shouldn't be doing them perfectly. (we start off as a no-belt, and I had just tested for my white). So now I am no longer a perfectionist. Though I wish I were a perfectionist in my academics... blah. "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill
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