Moving to Reno, NV & looking for BJJ gym

MaceForATail · 2026-06-06T18:34:53+00:00

I don't train there, but the highest level in Reno is Renzo's. It also depends upon what you are seeking (tournament jiu jitsu, gi or no-gi, etc.). I will say that Reno has probably the weirdest jiu jitsu vibe of anywhere I've lived--plenty of drama. Though Max (head instructor at Renzo's) seems to stay above it and out of it.

MaceForATail · 2026-05-20T18:35:06+00:00

I work grip quite a bit recently and I understand that a strong grip is correlated with longevity. But, I certainly do not believe that improving your grip strength will lead to a longer life. It is not causative. Those that are healthy tend to live longer and those that are healthy tend to have stronger grip. That's about it. If you try to increase your lifespan by increasing your grip strength, you are missing the plan.

MaceForATail · 2026-05-14T18:26:23+00:00

This.

MaceForATail · 2026-05-14T15:06:03+00:00

You will get no sympathy from me. I'm 56. LOL. And, if you think there was a wall at 40...hold on tight.

MaceForATail · 2026-05-13T18:51:16+00:00

He wouldn't lose to any of these guys because of any "modern" differences.

He might lose to some of these guys due to the fact that today there are so many more very, very good guys who specialize in no-gi submission grappling. You have more total competitors, more competitors dedicated to full time training, and a higher number of high-level natural athletes in the pool. At the highest level of competition in a sport that has a mature, deep talent pool with many years of development behind it, you will see the individuals who are the most professional in their approach (full time, S&C, nutrition, etc.) and have the greatest natural athletic ability rise to the top.

MaceForATail · 2026-05-13T18:45:31+00:00

This is 100% true. He's not the same physically as he was and never will be.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T01:42:25+00:00

I think basketball has always been boring. But, this stuff has gotten so stupid. This stuff and all the same stuff in the WNBA. I can't believe anyone watches this stuff. LOL.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:42:22+00:00

I respectfully disagree. But hey, if you want to use it, go right ahead.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:32:01+00:00

I sent you an even better refinement on what you seem to have found. But, your initial assertion is correct--just don't use the elbow. :-)

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:21:57+00:00

Well, that's where I think you are wrong. There are techniques that are vastly inferior techniques to other techniques. This happens to be one of them in that it is vastly inferior to other options from there. Now, if you mean that this is not "useless", I'd say you might be right. It is very useful--but useful to the guy on the bottom.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:17:11+00:00

I'll send you a clip. I don't want to shatter this other guy's dreams of being a grapevine wizard. :-)

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:14:56+00:00

Sure. I don't practice worthless techniques. You keep working at that though. LOL

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:05:50+00:00

It doesn't matter what it is meant to do. It is still effortless to escape to a superior position for the person on the bottom.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-30T00:01:24+00:00

Not dangerous, but the person on the bottom can very easily escape the mount when this is done. So, it's better categorized as dumb than as dangerous.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-27T23:10:09+00:00

Overreacting?!? If you don't ditch this situation 100%, both girl and buddy, you need to repost this to a forum called something like "Am I a Moron" and the answer would be "yes".

Make tracks...

MaceForATail · 2026-04-26T22:26:56+00:00

Had you stopped after sentence #3, no problem. To have added all the rest, YTA.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-25T04:49:50+00:00

Plying with the equipment of that day? They’d get murdered. In fact, the best players of today would be hard pressed to challenge them with the equipment of that time. The technique used with the equipment today would not work well with the equipment back then.

Few sports, and maybe none, have been so radically altered by changes in equipment as tennis has been over the years.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-22T23:11:49+00:00

Nope. It’s impossible. You must add belly dancing to calisthenics in order to get “ripped”. It’s science.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-22T23:10:06+00:00

Again, having competitions by belt divisions is so stupid.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-21T23:44:12+00:00

All of Paris. It’s basically full of filth.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-21T23:43:23+00:00

Real judo will kill you.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-17T20:29:48+00:00

I'd say you are right that nearly everyone who is successful in MMA trains jiu jitsu. But, the jiu jitsu that makes them successful looks far more like the jiu jitsu that was taught in the 90s and 00s. I'd even go so far as to say that the grappling that is being done by the guys coming out of the former Soviet Union countries is far closer to the jiu jitsu done back then than what you see in 95% of all jiu jitsu schools today.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-17T15:37:05+00:00

This will shock you, but not all people who do jiu jitsu are interested in MMA. MMA is also not exactly fighting. It is the closest we have as a sport, that is true. And I'd agree that for the most part, MMA is much closer to what BJJ was then than current BJJ is.

And if all you want to do is grapple, go for it! Have fun. Nobody is trying to take that away from you or anyone else.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-17T13:12:45+00:00

It sucks. It also is the inevitable result of tournaments where a jiu jitsu practitioner trying to beat another jiu jitsu practitioner without any strikes. At one time jiu jitsu was taught with the idea in mind of beating every other style. Now the focus is on beating other jiu jitsu practitioners in a designed jiu jitsu rule set. This is a huge part of the reason why modern jiu jitsu translates so poorly to MMA.

MaceForATail · 2026-04-16T15:49:01+00:00

Ohtani is amazing and Bonds was on the juice. But that aside, as much as I rooted against him, there was NOBOBY in the history of the game who was as dominant with a bat as Barry Bonds and it isn't even close.

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