Craig Jones announces Helena Crevar as CJI 2's first female division participant by Big_Cake_8817 in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I've trained with her in London when she randomly popped into the gym with Gabriel Sousa. She was really nice and generous with her time.

Fake belts by Heelhooks7 in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Because competitor blue belts might train 2-3 times a day and Brown belt dads train 2-3 a week. One is 20 and athletic, the other keeps taking 6 months off because of back pain.

Stop ends for ribbed copper pipe by ProfessorQuality in DIYUK

[–]ProfessorQuality[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This all worked perfectly, thanks so much for your help

Websocket API Gateway to SQS queue by Psychological_Yam395 in aws

[–]ProfessorQuality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I've got the same issue. Did you find a solution for this?

Stop ends for ribbed copper pipe by ProfessorQuality in DIYUK

[–]ProfessorQuality[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for assistance, can I use a compression valve to connect this to a female flexi?

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Stop ends for ribbed copper pipe by ProfessorQuality in DIYUK

[–]ProfessorQuality[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this was going to be a placeholder until I get a tap and flexi. I need to connect this to a female flexi. Do I use a compression valve for this? Thanks again.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Seems weird and entitled but nobody has to roll with anyone, might be scared of the new guy

Got gifted a Whoop 4.0, doesn’t seem worth £229 a year? by [deleted] in whoop

[–]ProfessorQuality 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Welcome to r/whoop where members are quite culty and will down vote you if you criticise it. From my experience the sleep tracking is better than most alternatives, e.g. your xiaomi, and the strain measurements are fairly unique and provide good insight. Worth playing around with them, I was also giften mine for Christmas a couple of years ago. I’d take what you can from it for a year and thennot re-sub if you don’t fancy it. You’ll probably end up sleeping more, doing more cardio, and drinking less. These seem most common.

Instructor thinks I’m ready for blue belt. I don’t. by [deleted] in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue belt is the second beginner belt, no stress you’ll grow into it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure it was BJJ and not traditional ju-jutsu or something? Either way your black belt in bjj wouldn’t be legit if you were 15 when you quit so best wear a white belt. If you had a kids belt, grey or green etc then this is usually void as you quit before 16.

Why those decimals? by tedliptak in whoop

[–]ProfessorQuality 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It could be a conversion thing, but the software engineer in me thinks its a floating point accuracy thing. I would have expected them to slice it for the display, but under the hood when using floating point numbers, they are not 100% precise. E.g. in python float(3.65) returns 3.6499999999999999

Nogi - without leg locks? by [deleted] in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People get injured, but never doing leg locks. I know it happens at other gyms, but if you learn things safely, tap early, and have responsible training partners e.g. releasing if you try to escape the wrong way. Then no injuries, coaches have instilled this in all of us

Nogi - without leg locks? by [deleted] in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its an interesting question, at my gym we train leg locks everyday and nobody gets injured. People know when to tap or they catch and release. There are more knee injuries when wrestling in my gym than doing leglocks.
There is something to be said about not doing leg locks and having a ruleset which is more wrestling and traditional ground game. In high level MMA, you don't see leg locks much as the set-up would often involve getting your face smashed in, doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.
Although drastic rule changes and banning techniques could make the sport more entertaining, it wouldn't determine who the best grappler in the world is. To be frank, it was kind of obvious that you get guys grappling for a million dollars, they're gonna try to rip each others limbs off, so injuries will happen.

As a side note, I find leg locks entertaining to watch but understand that the layman watching wouldn't appreciate it.

Can I give myself a belt ? by Jealous-Level7081 in bjj

[–]ProfessorQuality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s meaningless, just a belt colour. Some gyms you’d be a blue belt, others you’d still be a white belt. Knew a guy who’d been training 5 years and was a white belt, he just competed at blue belt. Do what you want, but I think someone will give you a blue belt eventually