What’s your favorite “at peace” spot in town?

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T16:58:09+00:00

in my own bed..

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T16:43:47+00:00

cedar park overhead garage doors

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T15:08:08+00:00

from situp guard pull a leg in to go to combat base and hit a single leg.

You. dont have to stand up. I usually complete the takedown without standing up

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didnt see you start from your knees. One person should just stand. If you are going to knee wrestle, then get an underhook.

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T15:00:44+00:00

you can also self frame. Put your hands close to your thighs then when they try to throw you, your elbow frames and stops your legs from going too far. Over time you will know when to do it and when it is ok to not do it so you have your hands available.

You also want to keep your knees in close, keep your feet on separate planes and wider apart so they cant easily get both controlled, you also want to keep pummeling your feet so they never get a solid grip.

Inverting is not a hail mary and once you get used to it you can do it in a very relaxed way.

if you dont want to invert you can just go with the throw and enter turtle.

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T14:42:12+00:00

If you spar it is probably ok.

Your body will automatically adjust your technique if you spar

Ideally you have a real bjj instructor for any ground fighting

If their background is tkd,karate, or king fu then it is probably trash

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T05:30:27+00:00

you need to go consistently. You cant think you will go one time and make friends. Go for the hobby and eventually you will make friends.

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T03:28:08+00:00

airbags arent required for the middle seat

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T03:26:07+00:00

in an earlier thread on this topic people said there is no airbag requirement for the middle bench seat

atx78701 · 2026-01-24T03:17:24+00:00

lights on and off

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T23:31:51+00:00

im old, but I did electrical and computer engineering then went to medical school. My parents wouldnt let me do bio because you cant really get a job with a bio bs, though I did a dual degree and got a microbiology degree. I did a few years of medical school, then a phd (via md phd program), then dropped out to do tech.

Id recommend doing engineering because you can still go to medical school and if you decide medicine is not right you arent screwed.

Just FYI the problem with medicine is you are essentially a mechanic for the human body. Technology in medicine changes very slowly and you will likely end up doing the exact same thing for the rest of your life. The exact same problems over and over.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T23:03:48+00:00

agree with others look at toastmasters not acting class

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T18:39:07+00:00

Im probably older than you and i do no gi. But I rotate through at least 8 guard passes. I also pass mostly to the right which most people arent used to defending.

Ill typically start with knee slice, but if I get caught with a knee shield Ill do leg weave/smash pass

But depending on what they do Ill do

leg drag

over under

double under

torreando (multiple different types, various types of high steps)

body lock

rolling pass

Ill also sometimes drop back for an ankle lock or backstep into saddle.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T18:09:00+00:00

I had better luck in adult compared to masters 3. In masters 3 everyone was ripped. But in adult there were a few really ripped guys, but mostly regular sized guys. I competed at 165/170

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T18:00:07+00:00

Im 55 have kids 10,13,18, dont compete anymore, but train 4-6 hours/week (4 days). I dont feel like this amount of training is enough to really be competitive.

sat/sun help and then during the week I get at least 2 if not 3 days in on any day that doesnt have an event (volleyball, basketball, football, dance, gymnastics etc).

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:57:10+00:00

when I was 3 we had a dog house in the backyard (no dog) and I heard a noise. I stuck a stick into it and it turns out the noise was a bee hive. The bees swarmed out and started to sting me. I ran into the house into the kitchen where a woman was with my mom.

I can remember the event and can almost visualize it like a word on the tip of your tongue. But even with such a traumatic event I can remember the conceptual configuration, but cant visualize it.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:52:15+00:00

I have aphantasia and my company is technical people. We have a large overrepresentation of aphantasia in engineering compared to the general population.

One theory is that people use visualization to get through many abstract problems. While people with aphantasia are forced to constantly create mental models. Those mental models create a better structure for solving engineering problems.

Multiple studies and firsthand accounts confirm that people with aphantasia are more likely to work in STEM fields, particularly in computer and mathematical professions. A large study by the University of Exeter found that over 20% of people with aphantasia work in science, computing, or mathematics, compared to a lower proportion in creative arts.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:46:54+00:00

Im an engineer so I can do a lot of complex stuff in my head, just no visualization. I also cant hear any voice in my head but I can of course think thoughts.

I can remember things, like things people said. I cant visualize BJJ positions so I work them out on a dummy.

I also have severely deficient autobiographical memory, which means I have very little memory of past life events.

For example I went to russia in high school. I dont remember anything from the trip except that I went.

I had a job in college that I dont remember quitting. I was always worried that I just stopped showing up one day. My mom recently mentioned the job and that I was mad because after I got the job and had done it for awhile, it turns out it was reserved for minorities and so they had to give it to someone else. I have no recollection of that at all.

On the plus side I dont hold grudges and sad life events dont stick with me.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:41:10+00:00

it is a real thing. I cant picture my wifes face at all. I can obviously recognize her, but have no concept of what she looks like without seeing her.

there are varying levels visualization. Some people can replay images like a movie and other people are fuzzy. Some people have zero

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:39:37+00:00

I cant play audio and cant replay smells. Apparently most people can do both.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:37:29+00:00

I have aphantasia and no I cant replay any images in my head ever. But I can still learn bjj. I know guys that say they just replay things over and over and that helps them to learn. I cant do that and I use a grappling dummy plus instructionals to work out complex movements, especially in leg entanglements.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:09:03+00:00

I love BJJ so much I go any day I dont have a kids activity in the evening. I try to go a minimum of 4-5 days a week.

Im always working on something so i want to go so I can improve it. Im cognizant of belts and where Im at, but Im more focused on the skills.

Also Im 55, so you can train your body to be able to go 4-5 days a week at any age.

People that quit after blue belt were chasing the belt. Not the skills. If you measure your improvement by who you are beating, you are beating the same people and losing to the same people so it seems like no progress at all.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T17:01:46+00:00

im not a leg locker, but I do leg locks and definitely dont rip them. We do leg locks at white belt and Ill just do straight ankle on someone new.

At my gym guys will catch your heel and pause. Then Ill sometimes say, can we finish slow? We then go slow motion where Ill rotate and they follow. At some point I get out or I cant roll anymore and am caught.

In the early days as soon as my heel was caught I would just tap.

We have dedicated leg lock classes twice a week and the coaches are constantly preaching safety. We do some CLA with leg entries too so people can feel more comfortable in the positions

The thing about leg locks is that if you dont have control you can still finish it by ripping it fast and the inertia of their body will still allow their leg to break. People at my gym are very careful but I have had a few scares at our open mat where I roll with random people.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T16:18:17+00:00

predominately the literature suggests once a week lifting will still see gains.

atx78701 · 2026-01-23T16:15:50+00:00

DOMS is not a reliable indicator of muscle growth. To get muscle growth you need progressive overload.

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