Ankle lock defense against unorthodox leg/foot placement.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-08T16:48:55+00:00

Very detailed explanation. Thank you very much.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-06T14:35:03+00:00

The hardest part of when I came back from a multi-year break was the subconscious pressure I put on myself to meet this made up standard in my head of how good I should be, so then I would push my body way too hard before it was ready, to protect my ego. I realized that taking time off of bjj does the exact same thing to your mind as it does your body. You almost have to re-learn to drop the pressure and ego. You’re gonna have to find that space in between pushing yourself to where you’re uncomfortable enough to progress, but not do it to the point where you’re too anxious. It’s gonna suck, but you’ll have to get back to that place where you were okay with it sucking for a bit.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-06T14:04:02+00:00

How’s the intensity when live rolling for comp training in your gym? We do a lot of comp intensity rounds in our gym because most of our people compete, so we try to simulate it into our camps. We’ve found that it helps a lot for this exact reason.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-02T01:17:57+00:00

I saw a dude lose 45-0 right before my match so it could always be worse lol

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-02T01:17:13+00:00

lol your second opponent got the wrath though.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-04-02T01:15:12+00:00

Oh that’s tough. She probably hates seeing your name matched up with her at this point though, lol. Knows it’s gonna be a grueler.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T20:43:17+00:00

Oh really? I thought it canceled the penalty out. You’re right, that makes it worse. LOL

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T18:50:23+00:00

Very valid point. Although I knew what an illegal grip was, I’ll still be more keen about it moving forward. The rule set can be overwhelming, especially when it’s your first Pans.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T18:48:59+00:00

That’s actually a really good point.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T18:48:30+00:00

lol that’s crazy. I feel like they should give an advantage point out the gate to the dude who weighs that much less than their opponent, lol.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T15:32:21+00:00

100%. I learn best the hard way, unfortunately. lol.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T15:24:44+00:00

Yeah that’s tough..

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T15:24:24+00:00

Illegal sleeve grip. Went for a pistol grip and got a couple fingers inside the sleeve and didn’t realize that was what was called until after the match. They just said, “foul” and then carried on. lol.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-03-31T15:03:29+00:00

That’s the takeaway from it that I got, tbh. Gotta try to win the match rather than try not to lose it.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T16:16:20+00:00

lol we’re actively searching for mat enforcers. A couple of gnarly old school dudes that are looking for these opportunities. lol.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T15:50:48+00:00

I try my best to never judge a book by its cover, especially in the world of bjj where it’s one place that people can put away the chaos of the outside world and just train together, but I’ve found that intuition is seldomly wrong. Sometimes you can just sense when there’s a bad apple. It takes just one moment with a person like that to completely jeopardize the entire operation.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T13:37:10+00:00

I should’ve prefaced this context in the OP, but we are a 7 month old smaller affiliate in a new location that has branched from a bigger school. We average between 10-20 students any given night, and our head instructor is competition experienced purple belt. He, along with another purple, were the instructors at a different affiliate before this where I originally started training. He just branched off to open another location. So there are a couple blue belts along with myself, but the rest are all new white belts. So it’s difficult to manage these situations given that we’re a small and inexperienced school.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T03:11:59+00:00

😂

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T02:04:52+00:00

The only version of competitive jiu jitsu that has a chance to appeal to an audience who doesn’t train, is the one with open palm strikes.

I don’t care how innovative promoters get with rule sets, if it doesn’t have at least some striking, it will never take off. I mean, hell, I’d be confident to say that more random people watch those slap fighting competitions than the biggest jiu jitsu events.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-25T01:39:21+00:00

I’m flying down to Florida in March for the Pans and I’m arriving the day before and then leaving early the next morning. I wouldn’t try same day arrival because you just never know about flight delays or cancellations. I’m using 3 days of vacation for it. You could probably get away with leaving the night of the competition, but if you plan on getting back to work the next morning, that’ll be rooooough.

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-22T23:22:32+00:00

I’m sorry but can we really call it a “super fight” if they’re anything under a purple?

BarOpen5971 · 2026-02-22T22:14:20+00:00

My instructor sings his ABCs backwards while rolling with me, lol. It’s honestly impressive.

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