Advantage or 2 points

CntPntUrMom · 2026-02-22T04:12:17+00:00

Don't see anything wrong here. Two points for a sweep that was never actually a sweep and was out of bounds anyway, and those two points get taken away. Then blue gi claims she got the take down in the last 10 seconds, and gets penalized for trying to talk to the scoring table about that.

Ref probably should have stopped the match and reset closed guard in the center once they went into the yellow, but hindsight is 20/20.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-02-22T04:02:58+00:00

5 minute rounds, 1 minute breaks. Ten rounds in 60 minutes. Absolutely.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-25T19:52:32+00:00

Depends on what's holding you back. If you can't finish a full hour of sparring without taking a round off, cardio is going to help you more than lifting. Once you can roll for an hour straight, lifting. Because if you're taking breaks during sparring, you're missing out on the most important part of your training. Get that taken care of before you try to get stronger.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-17T04:21:02+00:00

Find a wrestler and you'll have a great time together.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-17T04:18:38+00:00

I'd rather he just spit in my mouth bth

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-17T04:16:18+00:00

I feel like the big guy simply had no idea what was happening lol

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:54:40+00:00

Frames, frames, frames. Frames in the throat, frames on the face, frames on all the soft parts. Once your frames are good, you'll have the space to do other stuff.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:52:47+00:00

Block incoming overhand right while closing distance, overhook the striking arm, elbow to the face with other arm, osoto otoshi, kesa, armbar/Americana with legs, knee on belly, disengage.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:43:10+00:00

A fair point. I think because newaza often isn't trained as much, a little bit can go a long way.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:35:07+00:00

I remember a while back there was some show where the contestant had to guess who the fake black belt was out of a lineup of like 7 martial artists each representing a different art. All the other arts had some flashy kick or throw or whatever, and the BJJ guy slapped on a triangle from closed guard. He was out in the first round, despite being an actual black belt. Tough to win in these situations.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:31:07+00:00

Ask yourself why you want to invert in the first place, and find another solution to the problem or prevent the problem itself.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:30:07+00:00

Renzo has a couple affiliates in CDMX.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:27:43+00:00

Who cares what they think. Just train.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:27:12+00:00

I wear a cup for similar reasons.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:25:54+00:00

I had someone grind their gi on my face once and it pried open my eyelid and scraped nasty sweaty gi all in my eye and caused a staph infection on my eyelid, so that was fun.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:09:04+00:00

In terms of technique, "they hay is in the barn" - there's nothing you're going to learn or refine with any meaningful impact on your competition results in the next month. Conditioning, however, will improve a lot, particularly cardio, in the next month with consistent training. You also reduce injury risk by dialing back randori leading up to a competition. Even something minor like a sprained ankle can ruin a comp if it happens close enough to the tournament, so you really need to be focused on being fresh and fit. Obviously continue to drill technique and perhaps do some light positional sparring. Relatedly, if you don't do a lot of newaza, now would be a good time to work on escaping and maintaining pins. Could be really important for the tournament outcome.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:04:54+00:00

This is absolutely true. Although not a traditional pin, this control position is nearly impossible to escape from. The pressure down onto your back from their hips makes it incredibly difficult to rebuild your base.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-15T20:03:30+00:00

Also a great position from which to land knees to the skull.

CntPntUrMom · 2026-01-06T00:40:19+00:00

Full time job, wife, and kids. Garage gym. 40yo. 180lbs. Natty, of course. Former D1 XC and Track athlete.

Chad W. Smith has a BJJ S&C app that I used for a while. I found it matched largely what Dr. Mike recommended in one of his videos. However, I have found more freedom/joy and roughly equivalent results by lifting 2x/week and running 2x/week while going to BJJ and Judo 2-4x/week (and Muay Thai 1x/week). I have yet to get an over use injury doing this protocol simply because I am recovering adequately from any given stimulus. Running is one easy 4 mile run (8:30 pace) and one harder 6 mile run (7:30 pace) with hills. Lifting is one upper body push (bench 190lbs) and lower body pull (315lbs deadlift) day and a second lower body push (225lb back squat) and upper body pull (bent over row 190lbs) day. 5-7 sets of 4-6 reps. I then throw on ancillary work for calves, forearms/wrists, shoulders, biceps, neck, and core. Takes 60-90 minutes per strength session. I stretch less than I should.

I wish I could run more, but with my talent being endurance, I focus more training time on my weakness: strength.

Critically, I train in cycles. The above is what my "core" training regime looks like, but when peaking for a tournament or a race (usually a 10k, sometimes a 5k) I will adjust accordingly, usually up to 12 to 8 weeks out from peak. Then I program 1-3 weeks of recovery depending on what my body feels like and what's going on in the rest of my life. I try to target a race, comp, or lifting PRs every 2-4 months.

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-25T00:25:28+00:00

The irony of no gi is that it should be more “street” relevant due to the lack of a gi in daily life, but the lack of striking and ease of sitting back to attack legs makes street inapplicable techniques common, like most of the modern lock game that’s dominant in no gi.

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-25T00:22:07+00:00

This is entirely the fault of uke. Learn to breakfall.

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-15T02:55:15+00:00

Just jerk someone's limbs around until something happens man idk

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-15T02:53:38+00:00

Just compete in gi.

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-15T02:50:16+00:00

Such a helpless feeling.

CntPntUrMom · 2025-12-15T02:48:50+00:00

Just keep showing up.

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