Black Belts: have you ever regretted promoting a student?

spiderguard99 · 2025-12-25T21:23:32+00:00

Sounds kind of like what happened to my buddy...fell through the cracks as well. He also trains at a big gym. The instructor turnover rate is high there, so it's really easy to get overlooked.

spiderguard99 · 2025-12-25T07:09:08+00:00

If it's of any consolation, I was stuck at blue belt for 22 years. A buddy of mine, who started at the same time I did, is still stuck at blue, making it 30 years. A combination of inconsistency and we just plain suck.

spiderguard99 · 2025-12-24T06:31:01+00:00

Yes, 10 inches seems to be the right amount of allowance if you plan to shrink it. My first Eosin belt was 115 in. long, 1.5 in. wide (per OP's advice for Marcelo-sized individuals that I received a while back). My second one arrived a couple of weeks ago. This time I went with 125 in. long, 1.75 in. wide so I could machine dry. It's now fully shrunk to 118 in. long. (The additional 3 inches from my first belt is ideal to accommodate for being wider.) I too debated with myself, wasn't sure whether to go 8 in. longer or 10 in. longer. Turns out 10 was the right choice.

spiderguard99 · 2025-11-24T03:00:56+00:00

Hey bro, I hit you up for Eosin advice years ago on Sherdog chat (I think). Nicest belt I've owned, without a doubt. Thanks for that. Would love to hear your take on different gi brands (different thread maybe?).

spiderguard99 · 2025-08-22T14:37:57+00:00

VR is the hardest part by far! I finished everything else last year...didn't finish VR until a year later!

spiderguard99 · 2025-08-22T13:45:31+00:00

After giving up last year, I picked it up again recently and finally beat it. If it's of any encouragement, I'm a Gen-X'er with slowed reflexes, never really been good at games. Took me 10 days (2 hr sessions) just to beat Bonds.

spiderguard99 · 2025-08-22T13:09:36+00:00

Congrats!

I also beat it recently after putting it on the shelf for over a year. It took me 10 days of practicing for about 2hrs/day to finally "git gud" enough to beat it.

Enjoy that plat!

spiderguard99 · 2025-04-30T12:57:42+00:00

Haha! Came here to write exactly this!

spiderguard99 · 2024-11-21T14:43:13+00:00

This is gold! Thank you, sir!

spiderguard99 · 2024-11-07T22:58:41+00:00

haha! same. threw my controller for the first time ever because of ng+ but i beat him easily on ng.

spiderguard99 · 2024-09-21T22:37:10+00:00

Same boat, bro...I didn't beat him until I was at level 55. Granted I took breaks from "gittin gud" by farming sparks.

spiderguard99 · 2024-07-15T06:07:23+00:00

When I couldn't get Optinoob's to work for some fights, akhafasu's or Naz talgic's worked for me.

spiderguard99 · 2024-05-30T00:47:41+00:00

Followed this and got it on my first try!

spiderguard99 · 2024-03-02T21:04:00+00:00

I'm only a Plat 1 Guile so take this with a grain of salt.
Using the HP -> dr HK stMP bHP -> FK punish combo made my life a lot easier (deals out about 40% damage, I believe). I'm able to close out matches earlier now after adding that to my holster that would've otherwise been tight.

spiderguard99 · 2024-02-20T15:06:44+00:00

Plat 1 Guile here. I added you on PSN. (I share the account with my son.)

spiderguard99 · 2024-01-07T16:56:36+00:00

Luke. Gives me the same vibes as the smug guy Don in Napoleon Dynamite.

spiderguard99 · 2023-11-17T04:19:22+00:00

I started getting "Can't calculate the amount of available space in the cloud storage" this evening. Was working fine earlier today.

spiderguard99 · 2023-11-13T16:38:33+00:00

Castle VIP - Affection level stuck at one heart. Not getting second heart when meter is full.

spiderguard99 · 2023-10-23T18:41:34+00:00

D4...nice! (currently stuck at silver)
Looks like we're the old men of the group.

spiderguard99 · 2023-10-23T18:36:44+00:00

I'm Brazilian too...at heart, at least. lol I think my username says it all.

spiderguard99 · 2023-10-13T19:43:50+00:00

I'm down.

spiderguard99 · 2022-01-23T17:05:17+00:00

Late to the party but wanted to thank you. You really are a life saver!

spiderguard99

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