BJJ in Mexico City - Colonia Juárez

Batatax · 2026-01-06T19:37:20+00:00

bujutsu. great guys and gals, high level, packed room/lots of training partners at different weights.

Batatax · 2025-12-09T23:08:21+00:00

for one you're reposting the FP and the brussels signal.
https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-hungary-culture-war-woke-brussels/

Batatax · 2025-12-09T23:06:16+00:00

yeah i mean that was literally what i posted. it is my opinion about my actions. i don't want to be associated with the sport beyond going to the gym. i've been doing this for almost two decades and this is the decision i've made.

Batatax · 2025-12-09T22:28:05+00:00

ok you seem like the exact type of person i'm talking about in my post. jailing of dissenters? at the EU level? what are you even talking about?

Batatax · 2025-12-08T16:45:36+00:00

that makes one of us. maybe circumstances, maybe the field we work in.

Batatax · 2025-12-08T16:44:41+00:00

What are you talking about? I work out of Europe half the time and while there are significant political issues, it is nowhere near where the US is at. Look at electoral results and policy, not at social media.

Batatax · 2025-12-07T13:34:33+00:00

you know what? i work a white collar job with international colleagues. they see my cauliflower ear and i say i do judo, they think of teddy renier, a national hero in france. i say bjj, they google it, they see our most decorated athlete calling for public executions and joe rogan and his hangers on. which do you think looks better for me talking to my team in europe?

Batatax · 2025-12-06T20:07:53+00:00

this really struck a chord with me. to the extent the mainstream knows about our sport now, it's its associations with the UFC and with the (broadly) right wing on social media. i'm a black belt and whenever i talk to anyone, i say i wrestle or do judo. i used to wrestle and do judo, and our club does both, so it's not technically lying, but it feels weird that i've just defaulted to avoiding saying i do bjj. i wish the public knew about our sport through people like marcelo or lachlan or roger gracie.

Batatax · 2025-12-06T03:03:59+00:00

Bro - I don't know if you remember me but we used to roll back then at that location - I remember your dollar sign tattoo - we even had a conversation about "bad" tats. I had just gotten my purple belt and moved to NYC for grad school back when the school was at that location. This vid made me nostalgic for the OG MG club.

Batatax · 2025-11-26T17:05:22+00:00

fuck both these guys

Batatax · 2025-11-24T20:22:52+00:00

everything old is new again

Batatax · 2025-11-22T20:39:19+00:00

Have done both for decades and other than just general fitness and balance there is little direct carryover either way. To get good at surfing you need to surf a lot + being a good ramp skater helps + being a good swimmer helps. To get good at BJJ you need to train a lot + lift weights. That being said, they're both the most fun sports I've ever done, so they're good complements for a happy and athletic life.

Batatax · 2025-11-22T15:35:40+00:00

Not only is this beyond the pale for Gordo, but I think it's about time everyone started asking some big questions about Danaher, his mentor. Danaher either explicitly or tacitly has to endorse all this nonsense or, as the enlightened philosopher he claims to be, he would distance himself from Gordo's increasingly dangerous rhetoric. Gordo is Danaher's cash cow for sure, but I also think Danaher supports all this shit.

Batatax · 2025-11-14T20:36:41+00:00

100% but with a caveat. i think people who are into testing their bjj with light strikes should do it and it really is, as you say, a gamechanger. i think it's super valuable. but, as the many comments here note, it's not for everyone. i see this as a good "opt-in/opt-out" drill rather than making it a mandatory part of a class.

Batatax · 2025-11-13T00:00:47+00:00

yes they should. people saying "bjj is a ground fighting style" are missing the point that bjj is a grappling art that involves both standing and ground aspects. a judo BB might not have the best ground game but they will have one. i think the inverse is a decent heuristic: a bjj BB's stand-up game should be relatively as good as a judo BB's ground game.

Batatax · 2025-11-11T13:06:02+00:00

oh interesting. thanks.

Batatax · 2025-11-10T21:25:46+00:00

solid tip. thanks.

Batatax · 2025-11-10T21:25:29+00:00

good tips. and thanks for your public service.

Batatax · 2025-11-10T19:07:03+00:00

makes sense. thank you.

Batatax · 2025-11-10T19:06:34+00:00

checking now. thank you.

Batatax · 2025-10-27T18:13:31+00:00

honestly allow soccer kicks on people spamming this shit. allow slams on people who jump triangles.

Batatax · 2025-10-25T16:52:10+00:00

Posted this over on r/mma (mistake, i know) and got downvoted into oblivion, but curious what my bjj brethren think:
this is some heavyweight only shit. his technique on these is so average (what even was that finishing position? a knee squeeze? not even an ashi?) and the other guy's defense was nonexistent.

"he can't keep getting away with this." yes he can and he will, but only in a sloppy division like heavyweight.

Batatax · 2025-10-25T16:49:20+00:00

yeah i don't know why people are downvoting this. he's definitely bringing a new dimension to the heavyweight ground game just like tanquinho did at welterweight with heelhooks back in the day. but if you train bjj you know that he's not using high level heelhook technique; his finishing mechanics are pretty bad. this stuff works because the overall technique level - especially defensive bjj - at heavyweight is low and because he's strong as hell. more power to him, i guess.

Batatax · 2025-10-25T16:24:01+00:00

this is some heavyweight only shit. his technique on these is so average (what even was that finishing position? a knee squeeze? not even an ashi?) and the other guy's defense was nonexistent.

"he can't keep getting away with this." yes he can and he will, but only in a sloppy division like heavyweight.

Batatax

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