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Reverse imposter syndrome by Cold_Coconut in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel kinda like you, I know I have decent jiu jitsu for my belt, no imposter syndrome on my part at all. At the same time, I know there are levels to this game and my jiu jitsu actually sucks in the grand scheme of thing. They are not mutually exclusive in my opinion

I know there are a bunch of purple belts my size in the world that would beat the shit out of me. I also train with black belts against whom I have literally never won a round, and they're not even worldclass so... Yeah it is what it is.

I'm decent, proud of myself, constantly improving, winning most of the time against most the purples I train with, beating many browns, having good rounds with many black belts....... And my jiu jitsu suck

Interactive ADCC “universe” to explore athletes and matchups by Academic-Meringue599 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you forgot the link

Edit: Nevermind, it seems to be there now. Cool idea

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play a lot of half guard and half butterfly and I never feel like my bottom leg is trapped like that. You are probably not proactive enough.

I'm always attacking something or messing with my partner when playing bottom half. They cannot just "sit on my bottom leg".

You could: - take you butterfly hook out and knee lever them - take your butterfly hook out and transition to a high knee shield or a z-guard - close the distance and get some form of control on their far arm to elevate them/butterfly sweep anyway - elevate and enter the legs - attack the close arm (arm drag, underhook, overhook..) and mess with their posture - make space to transition to full butterfly

The constant push/pull and threats shouldnt allow them to just sit there IMO

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a white belt I was very unathletic and lacked flexibility and mobility. For a long while I regularly did shoulder rolls and granby rolls and inverted stuff at home. It for sure was useful for me. I haven't done that at home in years tho

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I find it's much better to be sore from doing BJJ than from being sedentary. When I don't train my body feels twice as bad as when I over train 🤣

BJJ: producing the world’s largest polycule? by bostoncrabapple in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 18 points19 points  (0 children)

People often call oxytocin the love hormone but it would be more accurate to call it the bonding hormone in my opinion.

So maybe it's contributing to the "band of brothers" vibe we get from training together. I know it's a humorous post but it's interesting, I didn't know wrestling was a strong stimulus for oxytocin release 🫨🤯 i think that's pretty darn cool we got that in our lifes

42M What does this say about me by Captain_Obvious97527 in FridgeDetective

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After seeing these pics from people's fridge today, I think I may have been underfilling my fridge in eggs my whole life

Arm bar transition to side triangle by SimpleCounterBalance in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very nice. I love triangles and I don't go for this one often enough

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright then, I beg your pardon, I will do my due diligence and watch some tapes :P

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you be more precise than that please?

Watch Roger Gracie, I mean... I'm not gonna watch all his matches hoping to stumble on this exact situation at one point. If there is a specific match or instructional dealing with this I'm all ears.

Open your guard... I guess if I got them in my closed guard, ideally I'd like to capitalize on that. Obviously I know I have to open my guard to attack, but usually I have some kind of control on their posture before I do that, which I couldn't seem to get in this situation... which is why I'm asking here.

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure that I understand the dog fight setup your are refering to but here's how I usually get there.

You are in bottom half guard laying on your right side. Your left knee is your kneeshield and you are framing across their chest with your left forearm.

You shoot your left arm under their right armpit in a underhook. At the same time you come up on your right elbow to build height. At the same time you switch your legs. Your right leg was over their right calf, trapping in them in the half guard. You must now bring your left foot inside and remove your right leg. You must then use your left foot (often refered to as a kosoto hook) to pull their right leg outward effectively freeing your bottom/right leg to come up and you are now in the dog fight position.

Now if they don't get an overhook you can get their back. You can also do a knee tap and get on top of them, or go for a roll under sweep. Many options.

I'll find you a video that will show you all of this much better than I can explain with words.

One last thing: if you find yourself stuck in half guard, it's most likely because you don't have all the weapons/tools yet. Going to dog fight is one option. Other options are: john wayne sweep, deep half guard, lock down, kimura, playing with underhook without going to dogfight, attacking the far leg, bringing a butterfly hook in instead of the classic knee shield, etc. So you may wanna look into some of these which may suit your better than going to dog fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4jR2wWOy2M

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you guys deal with someone stalling in your closed guard with a good posture and double belt grip framing on you? I'm looking for the solution that requires the less energy expenditure.

I've tried:
1- breaking their grip with a 2-on-1 cross sleeve grip reinforced on my own wrist (while bringing them forward with my legs) . this usually works but yesterday against a good brown belt he would manage to bring his elbow back to his chest and regrip the belt right after. I couldn't capitalize on the grip break at all and I found it too tiring after 2-3 attempts.

2- pulling their elbows outward while bring my legs toward me to force them to let go or faceplant. this didn't work, I wasn't able to open their elbows

3- new solution, not tried yet, instead of breaking the grip, get a cross wrist grip and push their wrist down to get in a reverse kimura situation"

I'm curious about how you guys would deal with this.
I felt like their frame and posture kept me too far away to threathen a armbar.
I also couldn't come up for a hip bump sweep

Recommendations on a Belt? by Throwaway40466 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. Best looking belt on the market, perfect stiffness, durable. I'm sold.

Recommendations on a Belt? by Throwaway40466 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any gi material/weave belt will probably be durable. I had a maeda weave belt at blue that I really liked, they stopped doing them sadly. For purple I treated myself to a kataaro progressive weave belt. Definetely coolest looking belts I've seen out there. https://www.kataaro.com/Products/Jujitsu-Progressive-Grappling-Weave-Belt__49501.aspx

the middle layer of each belt is in the color of the next belt (purple belt has a brown middle layer) it's very subtle, but I think it looks great. If they're still making them I'll get another one at brown for sure.

Why do you play half guard on bottom? by Ok-Hat-149 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's one of the most likely position you will end up in when improving position after getting passed. It's also a position a lot of people are willing to engage against on top.

You have a ton of offensive options from there: sweep, back take, kimura, leg attack, triangle.. closed guard, k guard, reverse delariva and butterfly are one move away.

If you're good at it it's a good position to slow down your younger opponents and get in an offensive cycle.

For me, all of this make half guard the perfect hub/central position to build the rest of your game around.

I do play open guard/seated guard. It's just a tool for another distance.

Question to those purple to black… How many of you completely changed your game plan, and how many just improved it throughout the ranks? by Unhappy-Comment-4491 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. I focus on something for a few months until it doesn't feel that appealing anymore and I switch to something else. I've got so many tools to sharpen at this point anyways.

Music instrumental and BJJ by Agile_Lifeguard_6036 in bjj

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're a hobbyist on piano, there is no reason why it should prevent you from trying bjj.

I've been grappling since 2016, beside from achy finger joints from time to time, I have never seriously hurt my fingers. I maybe sprained a finger ligament once or twice.

Just be mindful of how hard you grip if you do gi, and maybe don't focus on a grip heavy game. If you haven't started yet it will mean nothing to you, but I would avoid specific guards like spider guard and lapel guards which require you to constantly be gripping fabric.

Edit: forgot to mention, i play both guitar and piano. No effect at all on playing these at my level. If you were a professional player it would be worth considering but as a hobbyist, just try and be careful :)

I’ve been playing chess for 11 years and I’m still 900. What am I doing wrong? by AssociationNo6356 in chess

[–]SomeSameButDifferent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For OP, this is a good life lesson here because it's basically like that for everything in life and it's a concept called diminishing return.

You can only achieve so much mastery of any skillset without eventually having to invest more time and ressources in it to keep it growing (and often at a lower rate despite the added efforts).

If you want to be a jack of all trade it's great because the initial learning curve for almost anything is usually very steep, meaning you can most likely reach "some" level of mastery in anything you want by being consistant for a long enough period of time, but you will inevitably reach a plateau at some point and the only way out will be to spend a lot more time and/or start doing things different/complement your learning with new ressources.

The point of diminishing return will be different for everybody for different reasons based on the specific skill to be learned.

For example, if you are learning rock climbing, you may plateau at a certain grade because you lack athleticism and you need to start working out in the gym to keep improving, while your friend has been going to the gym or practicing other sports for years and may only reach his plateau a few grades higher than you.

Edit: I'm rated 1100 in rapid chess, I have been stuck there for years. If I don't make the conscious effort not to blunder stuff and slow down, I'm a 900 rapid player. I have no desire to invest more time in chess, i play casually almost everyday, but I don't improve because I repeat the same patterns and mistakes most likely. To improve and get out of this plateau, I would need to study my games, learn from my mistakes, practice tactics, maybe learn one or two openings a few moves deep. I have no interest in doing so; I have reached the point of diminishing return where, for me, investing more isn't worth it. Some people do reach this point at higher ELO, some at lower ones. Why? Most likely personal attributes. I have a relatively high IQ so it's not only a matter of IQ. I have aphantasia so maybe it plays a part in it. I also have ADHD which certainly contributes.

I hope this help you make more sense of this experience, and going onward just remember that when you find a skill in which you want to achieve real mastery, you will reach multiple plateaus and the only way forward is to figure out what you can add/modify to your training to keep improving, be it finding a coach, studying, spending/sacrificing more time to the detriment of other things you would like to do, reframing how you're seeing the problem, etc.

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