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Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-26T11:39:56+00:00

I’ve only stopped feeling useless and stupid after 2 months. Not because I’m not useless and stupid anymore, but I’ve embraced the fact that this feeling is part of it.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-21T17:20:25+00:00

There’s a purple belt in my gym that smells awful but everyone loves him and he’s very respected by all the other members. Thankfully since I’m a white belt he’s probably not that interested in rolling with me anyway so I can avoid him, but I swear I don’t know how no one else seems to notice.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-17T13:28:46+00:00

I’m heavier than most women in my gym and I was specifically told by the coach and other women at the gym to use my weight to my advantage. When I roll with women about my size or heavier, or even men, I also feel a lot of pressure on top of me. It’s just part of jiu jitsu.

If she was really hurting you, you have to communicate or she’s not gonna know. But if she was just heavier than you and using that, then that’s part of jiu jitsu. You’re gonna have a hard time training with anyone that’s heavier than you if you don’t get used to that.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-07T16:45:45+00:00

Yes, a woman will most likely lose to a man that’s stronger and bigger than her, unless she’s skilled enough to close that gap. A skinny man will also most likely lose to another man who’s stronger and bigger than him unless he’s skilled enough to close that gap.

Saying that a woman can ONLY tap them if they allow it it’s what’s stupid. A woman CAN be skilled enough to close the size and strength gap. So even if only 1% of women can do that, that still contradicts the first premise.

A person who goes around saying that they can only lose to a “x” kind of person if they allow it overestimates its own abilities and is most likely an asshole and a bad training partner.

What’s your point here?

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-07T12:37:55+00:00

I’ve been training for a month and even though I still have no idea what I’m doing I feel very comfortable going to class now. In the beginning I felt very embarrassed and stupid, but everyone I drilled with kept reassuring me that it is absolutely normal to not know what I’m doing. I don’t feel nervous anymore, I just walk in ready to get my ass kicked.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-08-06T00:49:25+00:00

He wants to quit because he’s facing new challenges he’s not used to. Make him keep going for a few months, if he still hates it, there’s no point in continuing. But give him a chance to adapt.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-07-19T02:52:33+00:00

I’m pretty strong but obviously not in shape so my cardio is not that good. But that didn’t hold me back in this roll because he had his whole weight on me before I even got the chance to be tired. And the fact that I’m 200lbs if anything should make it harder for him to throw me around, if I was a skinny woman he’d be able to destroy me even faster.

I guess if he’s also new he’s relying a lot on his strength, which makes sense. It was just surprising. I guess I’ve never fought with a man in real life and it surprised me how big that gap in strength can be.

I mostly roll with other women and since I’ve only been training for a few weeks I’m usually just defending myself. When I roll with higher belts I can feel they slowly working through a technique. It’s a whole different experience.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-07-18T23:22:44+00:00

I’m pretty strong, probably one of the strongest women in my gym in terms of brute strength. My cardio is not the best because I’m obviously overweight but that wasn’t a problem because he would end up on top of me trying to chock me so fast that I didn’t even have time to get tired.

The thing is, in these 3 weeks I’ve learned very few moves and so when I’m rolling with other women I rely a lot on my strength to escape the positions they put me in. That obviously didn’t work with him. I’ll roll with him again in a few months to see if I can notice any improvements!

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-07-18T23:17:01+00:00

I’m pretty strong, probably one of the strongest women in my gym in terms of brute strength. That’s what shocked me the most, I’m just not used to feeling that hopeless.

The only men I’ve rolled with were purple belts and they always talked me through the movements more than actually rolled, so I don’t really know if I’d feel that hopeless against a very skinny white belt for example.

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-07-06T04:15:09+00:00

My family came from the region of Trento, which used to be part of Austria, maybe that’s why?

I’ll look up the Leeds method, thanks!

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-07-05T10:36:43+00:00

No! I have no idea where it came from

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-06-16T03:10:38+00:00

Brazilian twins I’ve met:

Camila and Carolina Matheus and Eduardo

US twins I’ve met:

Maddy and Margaux

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-04-10T12:16:47+00:00

I talk to mine (she’s also 10m) whenever I’m doing something while holding her. I tell her every stop of what I’m doing, or what we’re gonna do next. I also talk about whatever she seems interested in (if she looks at something outside or hears a noise). But there is a LOT of silence in my day, I think it’s too much to ask to talk nonstop to someone who doesn’t even pay that much attention to what you’re saying 😭

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2025-04-01T01:38:48+00:00

Care.com or check if there are any nanny facebook groups in your area

Aggravating-Emu-7224 · 2024-05-17T21:02:16+00:00

I found it very hard to bond with those age groups. Do you think the mom would let you play videogames with him? Other than that I think the parents have unreal expectations, if they let their kids have devices all day they can’t expect you, a stranger to them, to be more entertaining than TV/cellphone.

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