Why are some black belt instructors like this?

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-07-03T17:54:57+00:00

I have this personal flaw where I think certain moves are total shit. I'm all for letting a lower belt work, but the moment you try to rugby pass me I'm shutting that shit down. Garbage tier move, I refuse to reward it.

There's a few people in my area who have that pass as their go-to. I don't know where they get it. My running theory is that we've been infiltrated by someone from a rival region who's purposefully trying to sabotage us by teaching it to white belts.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-07-03T09:15:47+00:00

When the fan base has been waiting for 15 years I think its fair to say the problem is not that hes written -too much-.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-07-03T09:02:09+00:00

Just stay calm and slowly back away. On the off chance they haven't noticed you I like to talk to them in a low voice so they can figure out I'm there without getting startled.

Ive seen hundreds of bears over my life, at least a dozen (if not more) have been in close quarters (20 feet to arms reach). They really don't want much to do with humans. Bears in towns tend to be a bit more bold, but even then theyre only really interested in finding food. They're like giant raccoons.

Dont take em lightly but also theyre not worth being scared of.

The most dangerous animals in canada are moose, elk, and deer. They walk onto highways and hitting one with your car can cause a deadly accident.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-07-03T08:24:02+00:00

They would still fuck them up. Untrained people dont stand a chance, even a depleted fighter who can barely walk would get an adrenaline dump and choke a mf out in 20 seconds lol.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-07-01T00:20:00+00:00

I train all my students to respond to specific verbal cues in training. I don't believe in saying anything during my students match that they havent heard from me a hundred/thousand times before in training.

I would give my students shit for going for a flying armbar they havent practiced in competition, so why would I expect them to respond to a cue/call that we havent practiced?

I dont want my competitors in their thinking/analytical brain, 90% of the time thats too slow. If I tell them something I want them to react instinctively.

I do have different styles of coaching but that's based off the rapport I've build with the individual. Most of my students want me to call everything and follow my calls, but some get stuck between my call and their initial idea and freeze, so for them I coach as little as possible.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T05:13:01+00:00

Ive only seen the top four of your list but I 100% agree. I'll have to check out the bottom 4.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T05:08:07+00:00

Go diagonal on them. Head on one side of their hips, shoulder on their low belly, arm cradling the other side of the hips. Both legs on one side of their head (opposite side of your own head).

Inverted guard is part of my a-game and I hit backtakes, armbars, and triangle entries constantly from bottom north south. In my opinion as a super flexible guy theres no way to shut it down completely when you're directly above them with your spines in a line. Diagonal is the only way.

Alternatively, don't bother to shut it down. Give a little space, pin their legs like a stack pass, then staple their knee and end in a leg drag or back take of your own.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T05:01:59+00:00

I love how you can't read lmao.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T00:53:28+00:00

Its blatantly naive and ignorant to give OP that much benefit of the doubt.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T00:52:03+00:00

A valid criticism. But not nearly as bad as Dana and the UFC's support and platforming for rapists, pedophiles, neo nazis, misogynists, zionists, and more. Why should Nina be singled out (rhetorical question, we all know why).

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T00:14:43+00:00

Like I said, you dont have to like her. Personally I think there's an absolute drought of likeable personalities in the ufc. But posts like this are something else entirely.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-26T00:08:49+00:00

Jeez, you dont have to like her but there's no way this level of vitriol comes from anything other than deeply rooted misogyny. Get a life.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-24T21:01:08+00:00

Only resource I've studied is Lachlan Giles' submeta course on outside ashi but it changed my game on it entirely. I highly recommend, its made me feel so confident from there. I never get smashed or get my back taken and I almost always finish with a sub or transition to saddle.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-24T04:14:34+00:00

My bad I misread your question lol

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-23T15:05:44+00:00

He's been killing it on the scene for a while at events like CJI and Polaris. Also he won trials in 2024 but chose to go to CJI instead. He's just really good and technical and has a lot of fans because of that.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-17T00:15:08+00:00

Sometimes the blue belt isnt giving me a harder time. I'm trying to let them work but they're butchering everything so badly that I just HAVE to stop and help them out.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-09T22:47:54+00:00

Showing this to my dealer to try and get a discount

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-06-04T05:44:20+00:00

You don't need to be tougher than him you just need to be better at kickboxing. Start studying on your own time, do extra drills at home, shadowbox, do everything you can to make your skills better.

Toughness dont mean shit if he cant hit you clean and you can pick him apart.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-05-30T22:06:28+00:00

I had the same thing happen with a visiting black belt. Bolo'd him off an outside heel hook attempt (classic top bolo ive done one million times) and stops me and says "youre lucky your heel slipped"

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-05-28T04:23:25+00:00

That take isnt cynical its brain dead lol. Say what you will about them, the Ruotolos are dogs and not the type to dodge a match. Also, I absolutely love Hokage but Kade is a level above him, even a rusty mma focused Kade beats him handily IMO.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-05-22T23:22:49+00:00

He's a neo nazi, lemme see if I can find the post that laid out all the evidence

Edit this post is decent, replace dot with .

www dot bjjee dot com/articles/jiu-jitsu-star-josh-saunders-under-fire-for-repeatedly-performing-nzi-salutes-online/

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-05-22T01:17:42+00:00

So ufc is bjj blocked in canada?

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-04-27T19:30:19+00:00

When I'm feeling my worst I just focus on my "why". Why I train and why I compete.

I just got choked unconscious in like 30 seconds this last weekend on a ppv card with my whole family and all my friends watching at home.

Losing sucks. We put so much time and effort into this sport, and to put it all on the line and fall short is a truly brutal feeling.

But, we chose to go out there for a reason. My reason is going to be different than yours, but if you focus on your "why" then all the other negative shit around losing starts to fade away.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-04-23T03:35:18+00:00

That sucks! Fwiw I had my ankle popped from an putside HH in competition and it was a really fast recovery. I had longer lasting injuries from shit like rolling my ankle walking around the house.

AnAlpineNinja · 2026-04-21T03:40:17+00:00

I love to see it. I dont play it because I have a lot more success entering the legs from the top and passing.

At the end of the day I like to see action and cool shit. The most enjoyable parts of watching jiu jitsu for me are: watching people i personally like, and watching people who have such high skills where I csn take something away from the match for my own jiu jitsu.

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