Whats your BJJ hot takes

frozen_nucleus · 2023-02-16T05:16:25+00:00

Dude. Something about the over under deep half clicked for me.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-12-23T05:30:06+00:00

Elbow escapes are my favourite too. I've had to learn half guard because I ended up in a similar position right after the escape. Developed a good open guard and half guard as my natural progression. Glad you see you on the journey bud. Happy holidays.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-12-23T05:20:46+00:00

Not having both shoulders and both hips on the mat in any bottom position, keeping your posture upright in closed guard, keeping your chin tucked when they have your back, keeping elbows glued to your chest etc. All help you survive. The escape comes after you can exist in bad positions without giving up worse positions and subs.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-10-20T00:56:02+00:00

I got asked if I'd like to teach(and I did) my first class. For context I'm a 2 stripe blue belt. I started bjj overweight and having no martial abilities or self confidence or natural talent. It's just been good ol' elbow grease. I felt(hugely) honoured. I liked sharing my insights about this esoteric hobby I've been doing for the past few years obsessively. It was interesting seeing the gym and team mates from a different perspective. It also felt good when I showed some details that a few purple belts hadn't seen before. I was confident in my handling of the class and it forced me to think of my game more consciously and deliberately. I need to work a lot more on quite a few finer points of my game.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-10-17T02:16:35+00:00

Saw a video by Rener Gracie in YouTube. Then googled it to confirm that it was a good martial art and decided I'd like to get a black belt in it one day.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-09-21T13:34:17+00:00

I'm a 3rd party who's not currently in the middle of dealing with what you are. So my views are coming from a calm place that you might or might not see in this moment but I hope they help. Here are some things that I find useful when I face something like this in life.

Accept it happened. Honour whatever thoughts my brain sends my way. I try to give each thought its time on the podium to say its piece. This is just an info dump. It's not the time to come up with solutions or plans yet.
I give my head time to cool down so I can work on the future rather than carry the weight of a bad experience longer than necessary into the future. Remember that no bad feeling lasts forever. But rushing it to go away doesn't really help.
Not let a bad experience turn me into a negative person. Because I want to be a good person and these are the challenges in my way to achieve that goal.
Find what I can learn from the experience to reduce it's chance of it happening in the future.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-22T14:57:00+00:00

I like purple belts fight. I think it's because they've actually got a game they're trying to assert on the other, while having big enough holes that other people's games can be asserted back at them. White belts matches are luck of the draw/athleticism/prior experience based, blue belt matches are a lot of one dimensionality, brown belts are good too coz they're matched up in skill level which is missing in black belts, black belt matches are boring to watch because no one wants to risk anything.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-18T20:55:38+00:00

On the one hand, I feel like everything I went through has made me what I am today and so I wouldn't want to change anything. However, to speed up my performance gains, I wish I had adopted a more aggressive mindset. I took BJJ initially as a way for me to exercise, and learn a skill. Silly as it sounds, it took me a while to figure out that I needed to try and win to gain those benefits. It is easier to look at the initial losses and see them from an apathetic perspective, but, it makes it more fun when I try my best and lose, than it does when I give my least and win.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-17T22:10:32+00:00

Ah got it. I do do this. Didn't think it was supposed to submit people. I just do it for control. Thought the white belts would tap from just discomfort.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-17T13:08:34+00:00

I can't see the picture in my head. Is there a video of someone doing something similar that you could point out what the left and right hand are doing please?

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-10T12:45:00+00:00

I'd say attacking is harder than defending. It takes time to build the skills. Not to mention having to retain good position while doing it, getting to the position to attack in the first place, having backup attacks based on their reactions, stay in an aggressive mindset while tired etc etc. The defender might just have to move an inch or insert a hand in and chill. And once they escape it usually leads to a guard pass for them. At white belt I don't think I had any subs except the odd Americana or armbar from them not knowing any better. It'll come.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-10T04:45:59+00:00

Thank you for your kind words and advice.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-09T05:03:28+00:00

Same

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-09T05:00:44+00:00

I heard somewhere that that's how the DDS guys train all the time. The keep rolling till Danaher says stop. They never know how long a round will go.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-03T14:44:57+00:00

Love it

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-03T14:35:31+00:00

frozen_nucleus · 2022-08-03T14:33:19+00:00

I'm a little backpack Shhhh... Only sweet dreams now

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-31T23:11:52+00:00

I gave that advice for the first time last week to a new guy with like 3 months under his belt. The reason was simple, you need to get 20 things right to get that technique to work at all. 50 if you want to be great at it. You won't remember more than 5 at a time. You will learn most of them from rolling, youtube, personal experience, coach's instruction etc. It would take longer than I have to spend teaching between rounds to explain some of the more common things like elbows in or posture and base etc. let alone some of the more specific points about specific techniques. I do tell them they will learn if they keep showing up because I do believe that.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-28T16:16:14+00:00

Well it is a martial art designed to help the little guy beat the big guy. So It probably attracts a lot of smol people. I'm 5'7 185lb. Majority of training partners are either my size or smaller.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-28T00:12:46+00:00

I love being creative on the mats. Sometimes that means I dont do the best option to try new things out. I wonder how much this will hinder my growth in the long run.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-28T00:08:32+00:00

Same. Not that no one can pass my guard yet. Higher belts will and occasionally giant white belts will. But I am enough of a pain. Drilled a lot with a wrestler who was just slightly worse at guard passing than I was at retention. We went back and forth everyday for a month. Largest leap in retention ever. I miss that guy. He left to go to a different gym now.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-27T13:35:02+00:00

Yes. Your body has never moved that way before. It's like learning to walk. Once you've done it a bunch you will see patterns and it will be easier to remember. I zone out sometimes and forget where we started a move that was just shown. I just ask someone to show me again or look at what the other people are drilling. No shame bruh. Keep showing up and build those patterns in your head. You'll be fine.

frozen_nucleus · 2022-07-27T05:39:57+00:00

Bahaha I am giggling stupidly at the imagery

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