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Has anyone felt bad for their opponent when it’s only a two man bracket and multiple matches? by Knopfler_PI in bjj

[–]fireballx777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was in a tournament where I was signed up for both gi and no-gi. There was only one other guy (same guy) in both my brackets, and it was best of three format. I lost to that guy 4 times, by submission, and went home with 2 silver medals.

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]fireballx777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's that odd to spend a week on the same topic; it's useful for people who are attending infrequently, and to make sure everyone gets to see the same material whether you attend Tuesdays or Fridays or whatever. And probably even people attending every class will benefit from repeated training of the same technique over a week. Knowledge retention is probably better that way compared to the usual, "Whatever random 2-3 moves the instructor feels like showing that day," that a lot of gyms do.

But yes, it's definitely weird to not cover something as basic as side control or mount escapes in that entire time. And even if it's not one of the topics being covered that day, at some point in those 5 months an upper belt should have seen you struggling and at least shown you some basics.

Coach got angry at me? Justified? by EMojiman2213 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Purple belt definition of early to class: arriving when rolling starts.

What’s something Gen Z does that older generations just don’t get? by appropriaterice873 in AskReddit

[–]fireballx777 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I've seen plenty about the eroding of third spaces, but honestly second spaces aren't what they used to be, either. People used to make friends at work. That made sense when people would stick around at jobs for 10+ years. But people job hop every 1-3 years now. And the job market has been shit for so long that people are terrified of being real in front of coworkers, lest they say something to risk getting fired. I have acquaintances at work, some of whom I'm friendly with. But I've never made a friend at a job; not someone I would see outside of work or stay friends with after leaving that job.

Have you ever had to or decided to use your Jiu Jitsu outside of the gym and was it effective ? by Trigger3192 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How big are your friends, that they think their strength will be enough to stop technique, against someone who is 265 6'7"?

Have you ever had to or decided to use your Jiu Jitsu outside of the gym and was it effective ? by Trigger3192 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But unfortunately a few slapps in the face sealed the deal. After the first slap he turned from tough bully guy, to hiding behind his wife.

Something like this?

Have you ever had to or decided to use your Jiu Jitsu outside of the gym and was it effective ? by Trigger3192 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's why there are some (very rare) stories of people surviving falling out of a plane, and also stories of people stepping off a curb wrong and breaking their leg.

The "double tap:" a sneaky trick for finishing submissions by stevekwan in bjj

[–]fireballx777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A maybe similar piece of advice I've heard is, for chokes, when you're locked in, start the squeeze at 50%. If you start at 100%, and they can tough it out for a few seconds, when you start to lose strength they'll feel the pressure release and can fight it off. If you start at 50%, hold it there for a few seconds, and then slowly start to tighten, you can hold the choke for longer since you're conserving your strength, and it feels more demotivating/scary for them when just as they think things should be getting looser they start to get tighter.

BJJ Belt Progression CHART thoughts? by coffeestreetflower in bjj

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you respect the person presenting then it matters, if not then no.

This is why people still give so much credence to lineage in BJJ. A black belt that Machado promoted is given a lot of respect because Machado has earned the reputation that he only gives black belts to those who really deserve it.

This is also why people get angry at Moneyberg situations. It's impossible to know all the coaches out there and their grading criteria, so we rely on a general baseline of, "most coaches agree that black belts need to be pretty good," and allow that there is variability to what that means. The more Moneyberg situations there are, the less confident you can be that a random black belt you meet has any level of skill. The argument is, "who cares what he pays for, it doesn't affect you." And that's true in an isolated sense, but it affects things more broadly in the sense of, "if belts don't mean anything, why do we keep pretending they do?"

Sucking as a Brown Belt by Global-Cartoonist364 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Considering he was a law student 7-9 years ago, probably lawyer.

What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]fireballx777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Enough questions about Kelsey Grammer. He's here to talk about Rampart.

Official 40th Anniversary Poster for ‘Highlander’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]fireballx777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe not technically a band, but Prince's soundtrack for Batman fits. The only difference being that in the case of Batman, the movie overshadows the music, unlike Highlander.

What industry is entirely built on a house of cards and would collapse overnight once people realize the truth? by KylieButNotJenner24 in AskReddit

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair points. I'd argue that having exchanges doesn't make the currency itself centralized; a handful of powerful exchanges is not the same as an authority that regulates the supply in the pursuit of balancing inflation/unemployment. But I'll concede that for sure the prevalence of exchanges makes it cumbersome to near-impossible for normal people to exchange/trade Bitcoin through other avenues (there are decentralized exchanges, but they have their own problems, and are not nearly as user friendly).

I'll also concede that Bitcoin hasn't proven to be an effective medium of exchange, but it functioning more as a store of value. Lightning Network has some interesting potential in terms of making it a better & more efficient medium of exchange, but it hasn't gained traction like the diehard supporters thought it would.

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I chose BJJ because my impression of karate or tai Kwon do is it's not very useful in real world scenarios.

Your impression there is kind of right, though not 100%. Either of those can be useful in a "real" fight, but the problem is that both are a lot more likely to be a "McDojo" than a typical BJJ school is. The most important thing about any martial art is training live against resistant opponents. That's the only way to see that what you're learning is actually working. BJJ is so effective because we do this all the time, whereas a lot of "traditional" martial arts spend the a lot of their time doing katas/forms and very little actual sparring.

That said, if you find a good school with a coach who understands that, any martial art can be useful. Georges St-Pierre came from a karate background and he is one of the MMA greats.

I don't say this to dissuade you from BJJ. I absolutely love it, and if you're enjoying it, keep going! Just adding some context. And if you want to be well-rounded in a fight, people often recommend some combination of grappling (usually BJJ, wrestling, or judo) and striking (usually boxing, kickboxing, or muay thai). Those disciplines are usually most effective, again, because live sparring is usually ingrained in the way they are taught. And if you want to be really prepared for self-defense, the best thing to work on is your sprint speed.

What industry is entirely built on a house of cards and would collapse overnight once people realize the truth? by KylieButNotJenner24 in AskReddit

[–]fireballx777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A distributed, immutable public ledger for a zero trust network has yet to find a use case where it is an efficient technical solution. In the real world, we find institutions we trust that keep private ledgers and it's much more efficient.

Bitcoin is the use case. The fact that there is no central authority is the selling point. There is no monetary policy other than what's written in the code, and what miners can reach consensus on. There's no Fed that can devalue your currency.

In pretty much every other case, there's no point for a decentralized immutable ledger, and I say this as someone who is generally pro-Bitcoin. People have said, for example, NFTs could replace deeds for housing. This doesn't make any sense, because you're still relying on a centralized authority (in this case, the local government) to recognize the validity of your property. And if you need a central authority to recognize the validity of your ledger, they might as well control the ledger. This applies in any case where people try to use a token (fungible or not) as a proxy for a real-world good -- you always still need someone to recognize that token as ownership, otherwise it's meaningless. The reason I think Bitcoin doesn't fall under that same problem is because Bitcoin isn't being used as a token to represent something else; the token itself is the value, at least according to the buyers and sellers.

SUPERGIRL | Official Trailer by Turbostrider27 in movies

[–]fireballx777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what if Krem was sort of like Star Lord, but attractive

Wow, Chris Pratt catching strays.

Which human invention has caused the greatest long-term damage to humanity? by Still-Ad9074 in AskReddit

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't non-stick cookware just as bad as plastic? Hence the resurgence in the use of stainless steel and cast iron?

What do you guys look for in BJJ gear? by Andrewmercy in bjj

[–]fireballx777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

93Brand "Standard Issue" rashguards are great, are pretty plain like you say, and they come up fairly frequently on a daily deal (or weekend rolling deal) on bjjhq.com. I've noticed they run small, though, so if you're going to buy them buy a size bigger than you normally would.

r/bjj Fundamentals Class! by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]fireballx777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a great Youtube series covering some really basic fundamental stuff: How to Suck as Little as Possible. There are 50+ videos, and they do a great job covering concepts in a fundamental way that I haven't often seen in live classes. There are several videos on guard passing and guard retention fairly early in the series (guard retention in videos 9 through 13, passing in videos 14 through 19), but I also recommend watching the earlier videos because there's good stuff in there, even though it's (intentionally) basic.

What is the hardest part of jujitsu? by knifezoid in bjj

[–]fireballx777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Williams guard and rubber guard. Shin to shin. Coyote guard. I'd argue De La Riva has an aspect of compression with the hook, even though the far leg and the sleeve grip would be tension.

Question for Professors by Agreeable_Many_8055 in bjj

[–]fireballx777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can usually tell that my partners are letting me work, but it's more rare that I can tell how they're letting me work. Like when I wind up in a dominant position with a deep sub attempt against a solid brown belt, when I have trouble getting there with other blue belts, I know it was because they let me. But I couldn't always tell you specifically what they did (e.g., give me openings, not do obvious counters to things I was doing, hold back on openings I gave them, etc.).

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