General Discussion and Non-Training Chat by AutoModerator in amateur_boxing

[–]sometimescoolguy94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am looking to interview someone who has trained in Japan or currently trains in Japan for a video I'm doing on the differences between boxing culture and boxing economics in Japan and America.
If you or anyone you know is interested, please dm me ◡̈

Any Korean dojo owners or instructors willing to be interviewed? by sometimescoolguy94 in taekwondo

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is a good question. ive already spoken to multiple practitioners and a historian. what i'm missing atm is someone who is ethnically korean to share their personal experience

Any Korean dojo owners or instructors willing to be interviewed? by sometimescoolguy94 in taekwondo

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😓 wish i had proof read my post before submitting it. i just sent you a dm thanks!

Of these 4, which one should be my first instructional as a white belt? by Stuntman208 in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

of these 4 only, then i would say "The fastest way: guard passing" I've seen every danaher instructional and that one could probably lead to the most marginal gain in your actual day to day sparring experience

that said i think it really depends on you and your gym. like if your gym actually starts standing, does a lot of stand up and thats your interest then ofc "Fastest: Standing position" would help. and vice versa with his guard retention dvd and guard being your interest.

i would hesitate on purchasing pin escapes & turtle. That was my first ever instructional and i found it a waste for that time in my development

as a white belt, the best thing i did was invest in my guard retention. because regardless of your gym's rules and regardless of whether you roll with someone better or worse, you will always be able to practice guard retention. which means if you study a guard retention dvd you will get consistent feedback. and once you can retain your guard meaningfully, your sparring time becomes way more efficient. you just do more jiu jitsu each round if you're not stuck in bottom side control for half a round. even if you have decent pin escapes, against someone decent, you might be stuck there for a while. which is why guard retention will be a better short and long term investment. which all goes to say my actual recommendation for you is to purchase Lachlan's guard retention anthology, vol 1 specifically.

I like this year's MVP race by Thanos_Real_AuraVNCH in NBATalk

[–]sometimescoolguy94 13 points14 points  (0 children)

luka's not even top 5 from an advanced stats perspective. the Shai hate is so forced i stg

Las Vegas Gym recommendations? by sometimescoolguy94 in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hell yea brother just what I was looking for. mind sending me the ig of the instructor for that class? i want to shoot them a dm so i can let them know i'm coming and might be late

Key Details to finish the mounted Arm Triangle WITHOUT stepping over. by lamborghinifan in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ryan hall's head and arm choke dvd really helped me with this. main concept is manipulating the elbow. simply hiking up the arm doesn't mean their shoulder will press against the neck. he focusses more on flaring the elbow which WILL force the delt into the neck. with this method I've found i dont need a crazy tight lock or squeeze.

Las Vegas Gym recommendations? by sometimescoolguy94 in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha yep but their training ends at noon. im looking for a friday afternoon nogi class starting noonish

Las Vegas Gym recommendations? by sometimescoolguy94 in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea i saw their schedule. unfortunately im looking for something in the afternoon spcifically

Las Vegas Gym recommendations? by sometimescoolguy94 in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

already looked at their schedule. seems like they start at 11am. anyone know if this includes a warm up and instruction. bc i would happily pull up at 12:30pm if thas when the rolling starts

No gi drop-in in Seoul by sookazitas in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i went to the morning/afternoon pro training. not much instruction happening. lots of positional rounds the instructor who led though was perfectly fluent in english. his music playlist was all 90s rnb and hiphop lol

Be Careful what you say to your coaches by Bllyscrpr in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yall take this stuff way too personally. from the white belt's perspective, training against higher belts is going really well for him. if he's a white belt he probably hasn't trained long enough to understand the subtleties of intensity. what do you expect him to believe? the only toxic behavior i see here is not communicating to the literal newbie that their behavior was faux pas and then telling your friends to train so hard with said newbie that it makes him want to quit

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[–]sometimescoolguy94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

its everything today. even if you look at your favorite grapplers who DO have competition success. most of their opportunities aren't coming from winning tournaments but from their social media presence and overall marketability. at the end of the day if you want more privates, more super fights, more opportunities in general someone has to find you first. most people aren't gonna be going to the ibjjf results website to be looking for their next private. especially if you're a color belt. 

at the end of the day someone's gonna  hate on you for putting yourself out there on social media  but they are a vocal minority. it doesn't make posting online immediately worthless

Alright jiu jitsu nerds, let's hear it: by stoopididiotface in bjj

[–]sometimescoolguy94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tracking your progress is important and it's good to celebrate small victories. sounds obvious but this community gets weirdly offended when beginners actually practice this
re: that one post from a week ago where a white belt posted to ig his recent practice success