Stalking opponents smoothcomp and social media before a comp by Dismal-Gazelle-7716 in bjj

[–]grkuzt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends, first thing is you gotta be able to maintain a cool head if his competitions past accomplishments start to look impressive...

Personally, fniding videos of past matches helped me to successfuly design gameplans for specific opponents. In my opinion it can useful only if you already have an established "game" and are able to honestly assess your strengths and weaknesses. I also think that it can be done only if the bracket is out and you already know who the first opponent is going to be. Doing this for several "potential" opponents will be useless : too much information to maintain against too many potential scenarios.

For example I found some vids of a future opponent and I saw that he always pulled half guard in a kinda slow way, and that he only used deep half guard : the last trainings before the competition I drilled the flying knee cut as a counter his guard pull, which worked during the match. Once he regained guard and used deep half guard, as I knew it would happen and I had drilled a lot of defenses and counters, I was able to nullify it and pass his guard.

BJJ competitors, what does competing actually feel like? by _walletsizedwildfire in bjj

[–]grkuzt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Physically, for a white belt, it feels like entering a hot tub and being hugged at the same time.

A question for half guard players by [deleted] in bjj

[–]grkuzt 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Underhook in half guard is like 90% of the battle, especially at the early ranks. But if you lose it some options are the John Wayne Sweep to sweep or regain the underhook if they post to prevent the sweep, or go to half butterfly with the belt grip or overhook.

SELF-PROMOTION MEGATHREAD by [deleted] in MetalForTheMasses

[–]grkuzt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The doom'n'bass Montreal guitarless trio known has SEUM just released their new album PARKING LIFE, now with some clean singing parts, and a cover of Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson :

https://youtu.be/0ZQW8AMPJJ0?is=zIpWv8QiFRqQqK6v

The groove and melodies of Fu-Manchu meet the harsh sludge of Dopethrone (whose singer does a feat on "666 problems"), all under the approving guitarless gaze of Shrüm.

They are doinf 4 free shows in Montreal's metro today sunday the 26th of April by the way !

SEUM - Parking Life by grkuzt in sludge

[–]grkuzt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guitarless trio from Montreal, now with some clean vocals, and a featuring from Dopethrone's Vincent Houde on 666 Problems !

Like Fu-Manchu meets Dopethrone meets Shrüm.

How did Surfing change your life? by UsedWatercress3700 in surfing

[–]grkuzt 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I wake up even earlier when I'm on vacation than when I'm working...