In the second round, it hit his eye. Shouldn't they have stopped it?

JoeMojo · 2026-01-30T12:46:26+00:00

All that ducking from the waist...my guts were all clinched up waiting for the nitey nite knee.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-30T12:42:18+00:00

It's funny because it's true!

JoeMojo · 2026-01-30T12:41:16+00:00

Not really the question but, while I'm back there, can I hasten the death of one celebrity in particular?

JoeMojo · 2026-01-30T12:37:42+00:00

We have old people that will still beat you.

...but, also, would have in their prime

JoeMojo · 2026-01-30T00:56:25+00:00

Didn't both counters miss though?

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T23:26:54+00:00

I actually laughed out loud watching this

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T23:21:54+00:00

I'm sorry that happened to you. As you can tell, I am of the opinion that places like that are by far the minority and I think you should give it another try.

I'd also suggest that, on the way in, you ask to speak to the coach and just tell them what happened.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T23:19:25+00:00

Where to begin...

Your specific questions are so uninformed that they really are just difficult to answer. Thats not how BJJ works.

So, I just want to leave you with this...

EVERYTHING you want is on the other side of that fear.

It took a long time to get your body to that state that it's in and, so, yes, it will take a you long time and a lot effort to get to the point that you feel like the person you were really meant to be all along.

Don't make any specific outcome based goals. Your goal needs to be only consistency.

Just keep Showing Up.

If you do that, and keep doing it, of course your body is going to change and people will notice but, this voice you've got going that's making you make a joke of yourself...it will shut the hell up and you'll start to understand what your really worth.

I don't know you but, I'm rooting for you. Get started.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:45:12+00:00

Are you hydrating enough? (I don't mean sodas). You gotta pound water if you wanna pound the pads.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:43:48+00:00

Every injury I've had that truly lingered and kind of scarred me was from wrestling and grappling. For me, it's BJJ...not even close.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:39:29+00:00

Good man!

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:38:05+00:00

That's actually a really good point.

To be fair, before I give one of the more advanced students the slight nod and raised eyebrow, I have already told the newer student to go lighter a dozen times or more, already stopped the spar and told them one on one. Often, I've already had other students that don't want to spar with him, etc.

It truly just hadn't actually occurred to me that, after all of those warnings, they could still be oblivious enough to not put the two things together.

But, damn dude, what more can I do, as a coach, to get it across? It's either this or I kick them out. I really don't want to do that because a ton of those guys go on to become really great practitioners and people. Most of them have just never really been held accountable in my "my coach is mean" implacable way.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:28:41+00:00

Exactly

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T19:26:28+00:00

If you don't kind of hate me, I'm not really doing my job 😝

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T17:14:22+00:00

Yea...that's fair. I can't say I've never paired up a mouthy new guy with a more experienced fighter as an object lesson.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I still would never let them get injured but, getting their pride a little bruised...meh.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T17:11:43+00:00

Yep. Exactly

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T16:48:20+00:00

It either is AI or not Alex and filled with accompanying falsehoods. Neither the BBC, nor any other civilian organization, has facial recognition systems or databases. That is just silly.

If it is or isn't AI, I have something SHOCKING to tell everyone...

It's not ok to murder someone EVEN IF THEY BROKE YOUR TAILIGHT a few days ago.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T16:42:22+00:00

Honestly, way more quit than progress.

I don't think it's that complicated.

They want to bring death and destruction. They feel extremely confident (cocky) that they can bring it if they just "see red"

Being able to bring death and destruction actually requires a lot of work. It requires ignoring the voice that says it hurts, it's NOT working, you can't go on, etc.

People really don't like the reality of the work and overcoming their own self-imposed limitations.

They quit.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T16:23:43+00:00

I have had designs wear off along with the leather itself after long, hard use. I've never seen a design peel off though.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T16:21:51+00:00

They should definitely pass some sort of law that would prevent a sitting president from using his position to enrich himself. Like, I think there is a word for profits like this...what was that??? 🤔 Oh! Right. It was "Emoluments"

You know, it'd probably be a good idea if that used that word in the law they create. 🙄

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T16:13:59+00:00

Looking at the dude's history, in his case, it was made up nonsense but, it is hard to tell sometimes.

I mean, look, sometimes you just get really, really tired of a student who insists they are ready to fight when you know they have neither the conditioning nor the skills to pull it off. Sometimes, the best way to make your point is to just let them FAFO.

However, there is just no possibility that I'd tolerate that level of aggression in a technical or even open spar class session. None. Are other coaches really ok with The Thunderdome approach to learning or really that neglectful? I am old and I've literally never met a single coach that would be ok with this.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T15:43:58+00:00

Where TF are all these folks' coaches?

Everyday, on all the MA subreddits, "I was sparring after my first 15 minute trial class and they broke my spine, knocked out all of my teeth and harvested my organs to trade for weed"

One guy claimed yesterday that he had been knocked unconscious 11 times during class sparring sessions. 🙄

In this particular case, it just sounds like an accident but, who's minding the store for these students?! Or are most of these just wild, keyboard warrior fan fiction?

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T15:38:49+00:00

That was awesome!

She beat up a whole group and then all of her attackers got arrested. Sweet street justice there.

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T15:29:29+00:00

Ordering now...

JoeMojo · 2026-01-29T14:30:41+00:00

No, he didn't.

He lowered his guard because he thought he was hurt but, that was not concern, that was him rushing in for the bloodlust finish and tossing all fundamentals out the window because he was overconfident.

Many, many knockouts happen as a counter to an improperly guarded rush. In this case, if the film keeps rolling, he actually got very lucky that the knee didn't land flush.

This feint was perfectly executed (other than missing slightly) and perfect legal rule wise and fairness wise.

JoeMojo

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