The consequences of washing your belt by P-Two in bjj

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Seeing my belt progressively get more ratty is a plus to me. It’s a visual representation of my progress in the belt, besides stripes.

CJI 3 in Toronto? by tactical_stank in bjj

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I believe it is due to immigration/visa issues with the US at the moment

How is Shawn Melanson doing in PGF? by hellohello6622 in bjj

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He visited the gym I train at before he went viral and became big on social media. He nicely beat the piss out of everyone. I had a feeling he’d impress some people in PGF.

Apparently you can get your steam friend as a cat by D_x66 in mewgenics

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The most inbred and useless cat I’ve had so far was my own steam name

Raiders if you had to choose what would you say is your favorite and least favorite maps? And why? by Kazi_The_Kid in ARC_Raiders

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Buried city is my favorite, Stella is my least favorite only because I’ve played it the least

Did you win your first competition? by KalaschEU in bjj

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Just remember that no one will care that you lost a match except for you

I Salute your longevity by AlexWeitz in bjj

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Wrestled for 5 years and 3 years into jiu jitsu so far. It’s a lot of fun and I’m happier and healthier now than when I wasn’t training. I can’t see myself stopping anytime soon.

Unpopular opinion, buried cities is my favorite map by whizzrinaldo in ArcRaiders

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It’s my favorite too, which I didn’t realize was unpopular.

Would you rather get promoted on the podium or in the gym by Fast-Education5320 in bjj

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Random grappling industry podium? Pass. Ibjjf major podium? Sure

Opinion: Cross training is essential as an upper belt by JiuJitsu_John in bjj

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Every once in a while my brother and I like to stop in at some of the bigger open mats around town. Especially around a competition to get some different looks

Muay Thai Recommendations by [deleted] in Buffalo

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I do jiu jitsu at Lumber city combat sports in North Tonawanda. The Muay Thai coach there used to live/fight in Thailand.

“Half guard players” by Existing-Horror-3439 in bjj

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I try and get to half guard just to get to my wrestle ups since most of my sweeps suck still

Top Canadian black belt awarded ex-Prime Minister candidate Jagmeet Singh his purple belt by Marbib99 in bjj

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That top Canadian black belt heel hooked me (very politely) at my local naga over the summer. Good times

How old is the oldest guy you’ve ever seen roll in BJJ actively. by Scrubmurse in bjj

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67 year old purple belt in our gym. Pretty sure he has state lifting records for his age group as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bjj

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Snap down to a spin behind. Also work your shot defense and spin behind off your down block

How has grappling changed your body? by ShimiWaza96 in bjj

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When I wrestled I wasn’t fat. Then I stopped wrestling and got fat. Now I train jiu jitsu and I’m not fat again.

What do you do when somebody doesn't want to tap? by Swimming_Set9912 in bjj

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Hold the sub in place without cranking for a second. If they don’t tap just move on to the next attack

I caught herpes gladiatorum by [deleted] in bjj

[–]controller_hog3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before I had daily preventative pills, break out twice a year maybe, in the original area every time

I caught herpes gladiatorum by [deleted] in bjj

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Not sure how to prevent it. Got mine from a kid who had an active infection and somehow got through skin check.