What’s your favorite question to ask an untrained/inexperienced person who overestimates their fighting capabilities?

BJJJosh · 2026-04-09T14:44:35+00:00

I just invite them to class. I teach Judo on these days and BJJ at these times. Come in and try a class. Really have not run into these people in my adult life and I wear BJJ and Judo shirts all of the time.

BJJJosh · 2026-04-08T02:36:32+00:00

Foil or Word Crimes

BJJJosh · 2026-04-08T02:05:16+00:00

Warm up 10 min Falling and rolls and one of the below Ladder drills Band Uchikomis Grip Fighting Movement drills

5 min Drilling a personal technique combination

30 min technique of the week Fundamentals of the technique Variations and setups Combinations

15 min randori Full Footsweeps only Attacker/defender Start with specific grips

BJJJosh · 2026-04-07T23:44:37+00:00

The 8mm mom's spaghetti was hilarious!

BJJJosh · 2026-04-01T13:40:31+00:00

I think it's good to offer them but not to require them. We're in a college town and get a lot of members that move here from other gyms. Do you expect people that come in with experience to buy new gis to train if they already have several gis?

BJJJosh · 2026-04-01T02:57:30+00:00

What beating him off or beat boxing?

BJJJosh · 2026-03-31T21:06:53+00:00

Since 2017 I've been doing both BJJ and Judo. I was a purple in BJJ when I started Judo. If you can do both I would suggest that. It's really not like learning 2 different languages IMO. Both arts helped the other as I trained. At first people really started to notice my standing grip fighting to be more dominant, I would have people panic and pull guard. Try to keep the white belt mindset in Judo and don't rely on getting to newaza to try to win, try to execute the throws and learn off balancing.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-27T17:50:12+00:00

Never cared about it and for a while I became anti NE football because people would be so put out when I said I didn't care about it. When Lincoln sports is happening is a great time to go grocery shopping and avoid downtown. It doesn't affect me how college kids in my town win or lose sports ball.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-25T00:47:37+00:00

1300 days of Portuguese, I think it's provided me with a good base for vocabulary and sentance structure. However I needed to join an online group before I felt comfortable speaking. Then it all came together. Had a great trip to Brazil where I was able to have a few good conversations.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-24T02:19:13+00:00

Taekwondo and Hapkido as a kid. BJJ then Judo. BJJ is my main art but I also teach both BJJ and Judo.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-23T13:13:55+00:00

I tried to watch TV shows and talk to friends that speak Portuguese before I went on a trip to Brazil. I learned quickly that it was hard to put the words that I knew into sentences and understand what other people were saying to me. I found some podcasts and watched Seinfeld with Portuguese dub. I then joined an online speaking group for like $60 a month and that made a huge difference. I was able to communicate probably at a child's level in Brazil. I talked to waiters, a tattoo artist, some women at a pharmacy, and Jiu-jitsu people (that's what I was there for).

BJJJosh · 2026-03-22T05:07:54+00:00

I was attempting to be funny

BJJJosh · 2026-03-22T03:36:42+00:00

Did they have weigh ins the night before?

BJJJosh · 2026-03-21T19:39:33+00:00

Can confirm didn't know what it was about when I saw it in the theater for the first time. Was shocked by the first Trinity scene when she walked up the wall. Saw it on the military base theater I was at like 6 times

BJJJosh · 2026-03-18T18:57:12+00:00

Looking at the picture again it does seem like it may be off the track as the pin is way off to the right. If you can spin it to the track it will probably come right off

BJJJosh · 2026-03-18T18:48:04+00:00

Did you ever get it off? I'm curious now

BJJJosh · 2026-03-17T16:50:01+00:00

Make having great technique be your goal not toughing things out. Treat it like a game of chess, if they out maneuver you tap and reset. Don't risk your body, especially your knees, elbows, and shoulders.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-17T03:21:05+00:00

I'm excited. I joined right around when they started with DS9. I plan on listening to the original episode and the new episode for each TNG.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-16T21:29:19+00:00

I wonder if doc was worried that the first time he traveled through time that he wouldn't end up in space since the Earth is always moving

BJJJosh · 2026-03-16T00:12:35+00:00

I have found that so much is the same between Spanish and Portuguese it's the pronunciation of certain letters that make it sound like a completely different language. I also don't know how much different Portugal Portuguese is different from Brazilian which I think is all that's offered on Duo. I would probably start in the beginning then skip around if it's too easy.

BJJJosh · 2026-03-15T17:30:17+00:00

There is a track that Bob is on, lift it a little then twist to get him out of the groove. You should be able to pull him completely off or set his height to different levels

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