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Fatherdog or Yuns, what do you know about johnathon hellwig? I've just started training under him at ama.
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Oct 20, 2015 00:47
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Dangersim posted:Fatherdog or Yuns, what do you know about johnathon hellwig? I've just started training under him at ama. You've inserted an extra H and an extra L, for one thing. Helwig and I actually trained together for many years when we both got started in grappling; I was in his corner for his first professional fight. We have fundamental disagreements about politics and the career merits of Fedor Emelianenko, but he's an excellent grappler who's very talented at leglocks and chaining submissions together. He has an enviable work ethic and approaches teaching with the same seriousness he approached fight training. You might find him a little overserious if you're used to a more casual class environment, but if you approach training with that in mind you'll get plenty out of it.
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Oct 20, 2015 01:21
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I'm actually at that strip mall where the school is located all the time and have dropped by to observe the school. Seems fine but I haven't taken the class. I would obviously trust fatherdog on the issue.
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Oct 20, 2015 01:22
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fatherdog posted:You've inserted an extra H and an extra L, for one thing. Yeah today we actually were doing a leg lock chain. I did come from a very relaxed school, but I actually kind of enjoyed his "no talking, just train" method because I know just getting down to work is the best way to get better.
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Oct 20, 2015 01:24
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Yuns posted:I'm actually at that strip mall where the school is located all the time and have dropped by to observe the school. Seems fine but I haven't taken the class. I would obviously trust fatherdog on the issue. Why in the world are you regularly at a strip mall in whippany?
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Oct 20, 2015 01:30
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My local gun shop is there. If you see a dude wandering around in a classic Korean Zombie t-shirt with mangled ears who isn't heading into AMA then that's me.
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Oct 20, 2015 01:32
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Been training for 9 years and my ears aren't mangled at all  Don't get me wrong in reality it's probably a blessing but I wish I had a little just so I could go to client meetings and they would... know. On a more frustrating front: 9 years still a purple belt. I deserve it too, maybe just bust me down to high blue given there are some whom I can't handle. It gets annoying going from mat rat to part timer. Traveling for work has consequences. I'm also realizing the distinct difference in quality of curriculum between my old home gym and others As I attend various schools. Not so much in individual teachers but schools with a plan vs "just roll and oh here's a thing".
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Oct 20, 2015 19:53
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Xguard86 posted:I'm also realizing the distinct difference in quality of curriculum between my old home gym and others As I attend various schools. Not so much in individual teachers but schools with a plan vs "just roll and oh here's a thing". However much people bitch about Gracie Barra (and they do, and often deservedly so) the consistent curriculum for lower belts is a really good thing for development.
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Oct 20, 2015 20:39
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fatherdog posted:However much people bitch about Gracie Barra (and they do, and often deservedly so) the consistent curriculum for lower belts is a really good thing for development. Agree. I actually went to purple under a guy with an extremely regimented curriculum. People (and me) bitched about it being too basic and repetitive. When I started traveling, I attended a similar gym and realized how much faster I was growing before moving to a more chaotic environment. Felt really thankful I had that run because I got further in less time, even if it was a grind sometimes. I think "good teaching" is actually more about a process than what you do in a single lesson. Now I'm training with a guy who's really consistent with his themes and focus. It's revolutionizing my game. Xguard86 fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 20:57
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what is considered a normal frequency for visiting one's local gun shop
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Oct 20, 2015 20:57
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david carmichael posted:what is considered a normal frequency for visiting one's local gun shop If you actually go to a range regularly to practice (which you should if you plan on owning guns for any reason other than display) you usually have to restock ammo on the reg
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Oct 20, 2015 21:00
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Xguard86 posted:Agree. I actually went to purple under a guy with an extremely regimented curriculum. People (and me) bitched about it being too basic and repetitive. When I started traveling, I attended a similar gym and realized how much faster I was growing before moving to a more chaotic environment. Felt really thankful I had that run because I got further in less time, even if it was a grind sometimes. Are you still around DFW? That sounds a lot like my coach. Does he say things like "Palm hands face to you" or "is not wrong, is different?"
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Oct 20, 2015 21:06
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Xguard86 posted:Agree. I actually went to purple under a guy with an extremely regimented curriculum. People (and me) bitched about it being too basic and repetitive. When I started traveling, I attended a similar gym and realized how much faster I was growing before moving to a more chaotic environment. Felt really thankful I had that run because I got further in less time, even if it was a grind sometimes. I'm in a pretty "relaxed" "here's a demo, do it 5 times, then go roll" place. Is there any way that I could realistically impose a curriculum on myself, between books, personal practice, and asking questions of the instructors? Or does it not work that way?
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Oct 20, 2015 21:13
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CommonShore posted:I'm in a pretty "relaxed" "here's a demo, do it 5 times, then go roll" place. Is there any way that I could realistically impose a curriculum on myself, between books, personal practice, and asking questions of the instructors? Or does it not work that way? I think you could. And to a certain extent everyone is responsible for their own training so you should have some idea. But are the things being shown consistent with each other? Do you see the techniques multiple times a week? If yes I think you're ok. It's the hodgepodge that you see for 30 minutes and never again that I am talking about.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:23
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Xguard86 posted:I think you could. And to a certain extent everyone is responsible for their own training so you should have some idea. But are the things being shown consistent with each other? Do you see the techniques multiple times a week? If yes I think you're ok. It's the hodgepodge that you see for 30 minutes and never again that I am talking about. Oh yeah we see things over again. I think I've done arm bars and gichokes from half mount four times since the end of August. They're consistent with each other too, at least within any given class. What we get at the main class isn't always consistent with what we get at the ad hoc off-day class for crazy people who can't get enough BJJ. I'd just like to see a list of stuff that I should learn/practice before moving on to another list of stuff. I just googled "Gracie barra curriculum." I'm a dumbass.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:28
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Xguard86 posted:I think you could. And to a certain extent everyone is responsible for their own training so you should have some idea. But are the things being shown consistent with each other? Do you see the techniques multiple times a week? If yes I think you're ok. It's the hodgepodge that you see for 30 minutes and never again that I am talking about. I didn't realize how helpful this was until I started attending a second gym. At first I was frustrated that every day in a week we'd be covering starting from the same position - for example, everything one week would start off an inside control to single leg setup. Then I tried it in rolling the next week and realized that I was nailing the takedown every single time because I'd put in close to a thousand reps by that point.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:58
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Xguard86 posted:On a more frustrating front: 9 years still a purple belt. 6 year blue belt, still deserve it CommonShore posted:I'm in a pretty "relaxed" "here's a demo, do it 5 times, then go roll" place. Is there any way that I could realistically impose a curriculum on myself, between books, personal practice, and asking questions of the instructors? Or does it not work that way? I think I've learned more this way than I have from most of my instructors, but my city doesn't have particularly good BJJ. My first school was run by a black belt who had a decent curriculum but didn't care about anybody below purple, when I decided I didn't like that place I switched to a school run by a purple. He was very good at teaching the stuff in his own game but he didn't go outside it very often. My current instructor has an interesting concept-based approach to teaching which I'm enjoying a lot, and he spends a lot of time 1-on-1 troubleshooting things with students, which is really cool. But before him, I was largely imposing my own curriculum on myself. It had some great benefits but there are drawbacks too, sometimes I would misdiagnose a problem I was having and spend a couple of months drilling things after class which in retrospect didn't help at all. Other times, when I successfully diagnosed my problems, I felt like I was improving at a great rate.
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Oct 20, 2015 23:43
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Xguard86 posted:On a more frustrating front: 9 years still a purple belt.  Just got my purple last year, started training in 2007. I've switched clubs 3 times because of work-related moves which doesn't help. But also I think I just don't take it seriously enough to get promoted consistently.
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Oct 20, 2015 23:51
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Broke my sinuses in two places because a dude from another club felt like he had something to prove during yaku soku geiko and pulled me like crazy while he was falling and that ended up with my face hitting the back of his head. Out until xmas, poo poo sucks!
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Oct 21, 2015 13:29
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At jits last night I subbed two people who I had never subbed before! Also re: skin infections. I've started a conversation with an actual nurse on the topic. I'm getting lots of information. I might do an effort post on it soon, if people are interested. Re: defense soap - she looked it up and at its claims and she says that literally any soap, at least one that is non-scented, could make all of the same claims.
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Oct 21, 2015 13:56
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CommonShore posted:At jits last night I subbed two people who I had never subbed before! fatherdog posted:Don't remember where I first read this (possibly this thread!) but relatedly -
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Oct 21, 2015 14:12
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Neat - thanks. The nurse had a few things to add to that about the effectiveness of specific cleaning agents and the process of prevention. She works less from a "bacterial researcher" perspective and more from a "how do we keep patients from getting medicine-resistant infections and dying" perspective, so I'll probably still do the effort post, but I'll incorporate information from that article as well. My nurse friend just also offered to get a doctor to review what I end up writing, too.
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Oct 21, 2015 14:49
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KingColliwog posted:Broke my sinuses in two places because a dude from another club felt like he had something to prove during yaku soku geiko and pulled me like crazy while he was falling and that ended up with my face hitting the back of his head. I hope everyone else went extra hard on him for the rest of the day. gently caress gym warriors.
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Oct 21, 2015 15:16
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fatherdog posted:However much people bitch about Gracie Barra (and they do, and often deservedly so) the consistent curriculum for lower belts is a really good thing for development. Yeah, that's the one thing I miss about Gracie Barra. I wish my current school offered a fundamentals class that just cycled through the basics and drills.
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Oct 21, 2015 17:12
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Also, get hype. College wrestling starts up in a couple of weeks. Here's a bunch of preseason rankings Intermat Preseason Rankings FloWrestling Preseason Rankings Amateur Wrestling News The Open Mat The first big tournament of the season is the Vegas Invitational December 4th-5th, but there are lots of opens, duals, and team dual tourneys in November.
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:I hope everyone else went extra hard on him for the rest of the day. gently caress gym warriors. I doubt it since he was big and there were only a few people that night, most of them being lower belts (only 1 black belt and I was the only brown other than him). Doubt anyone could have done much, but I know the coach was on is case when I left (he was being rough with a white belt minutes after breaking my face). Anyway I wouldn't know since I left in the worst pain I've ever felt 5 minutes later. Breaking your face is no fun. Luckily, after a day spent in the hospital and receiving a CT scan of my whole head doctors decided I didn't need surgery. So, so, so happy I live in Canada and didn't need to spend thousands of $$$. Still can't wait to go back to judo though! The worst thing is I didn't want to do anything with him since he behaved like a guy that has something to prove (drilled way too hard on some newbies, slight arguments on how to do stuff with the coach, etc.) and since he had 50+ lbs on me and a few inches I thought this could mean I'd get injured. Didn't trust my instinct and deeply regret it. The fact that he felt like he had to avoid falling and "win" in a technique drill pisses me off so bad. If it happened during a randori I'd say well things happen and sometime in the heat of the moment you do something stupid. But the way it happened is so loving dumb KingColliwog fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 18:14
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KingColliwog posted:I doubt it since he was big and there were only a few people that night, most of them being lower belts (only 1 black belt and I was the only brown other than him). Doubt anyone could have done much, but I know the coach was on is case when I left (he was being rough with a white belt minutes after breaking my face). Anyway I wouldn't know since I left in the worst pain I've ever felt 5 minutes later. Breaking your face is no fun. Luckily, after a day spent in the hospital and receiving a CT scan of my whole head doctors decided I didn't need surgery. So, so, so happy I live in Canada and didn't need to spend thousands of $$$. Still can't wait to go back to judo though! Real sorry about that stuff man. Knowing you live in montreal and doing bjj I was wondering where you train? Take it easy with the sinuses man. i hope you're gonna be able to breathe normally after. I had a hard time pre surgery.
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Oct 21, 2015 19:23
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Odddzy posted:Real sorry about that stuff man. Knowing you live in montreal and doing bjj I was wondering where you train? Take it easy with the sinuses man. i hope you're gonna be able to breathe normally after. I had a hard time pre surgery. I'm in Quebec City and do mostly judo, but some BJJ at with BJJ Québec with is affiliated with BTT canada. The pain is really faint now and I think i'll be able to breathe fine once all the blood comes out. Can't blow my nose for 3 weeks so it's hard to tell. Right side is still perfectly fine so there's that!
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Oct 21, 2015 19:29
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Don't usually get to do standup but yesterday at lunch class it was only me, a purple belt who was a collegiate wrestler, and a 6'4" ex-Marine white belt so we had the space to do 5-minute round circuits. My body hurts.
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Oct 21, 2015 19:32
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Thoguh posted:Also, get hype. College wrestling starts up in a couple of weeks. Here's a bunch of preseason rankings I can't believe Mark Hall is still in high school.
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Oct 21, 2015 19:38
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KingColliwog posted:I'm in Quebec City and do mostly judo, but some BJJ at with BJJ Québec with is affiliated with BTT canada. Once you heal up, if you ever visit montreal, I train at Bjj revolution, its a nice place. If you want to roll with other goons.
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Oct 21, 2015 21:07
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Just got back from the Eddie Cummings seminar which was pretty much the greatest thing ever. He launched into a story at the end about a brown (now black) belt at Renzo's and I thought for sure I was about to get a Yuns tale but alas it was someone else. In addition to dropping so much practical and conceptual knowledge, he was just a super awesome and nice guy. Hung out for an hour after the seminar answering questions, then another hour after that rolling. Anthony Bourdaine's wife was there as his assistant and was super cool as well. Man its not often things live up to expectations but this really did. Got some poo poo to work on now.
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Oct 24, 2015 21:50
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Oct 24, 2015 23:02
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Yuns posted:What was the story he told about the brown belt? can you also touch a bit on what he taught you during the seminar?
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Oct 24, 2015 23:16
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Yuns posted:What was the story he told about the brown belt? He'd been asked something along the lines of "what do you need to know to get better, and what is nice to have", so he started talking about a guy that does nothing but kimura and heel-hook, but he does those two things really well. The morale being that you don't NEED anything. Odddzy posted:can you also touch a bit on what he taught you during the seminar? My main takeaways were how there is always a honeyhole entry if your entry to single-x is blocked (he uses the japanese names, Inside Sankaku(sp?) and Ashi Garami) , and how he finishes heel hooks (bridge vs twist, something Josh Hayden's also tried to drill into my fat head)
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Kekekela posted:He'd been asked something along the lines of "what do you need to know to get better, and what is nice to have", so he started talking about a guy that does nothing but kimura and heel-hook, but he does those two things really well. The morale being that you don't NEED anything.
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Oct 25, 2015 00:13
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There are some Gracie University blue belt teen girls who are the head instructors a Gracie Academy gym in Fort Collins, CO. A few weeks ago they were outed as wearing their made-up style black belts for teaching BJJ, which incidentally are the same as BJJ black belts. Some photos of them rolling while wearing black belts are available online. Rener/Ryron made them stop wearing black belts with red bars on them while teaching. Problem solved, until their dad started proposing challenge matches and calling out a local black belt, which evolved into proposing people come visit them for a class to see how good the girls are. A brown belt dropped in for their advanced class a couple of days ago and they called him a keyboard warrior and threatened to call the cops. I've always figured Rener and Ryron were great ambassadors for BJJ even with their sleazy business stuff, but with these sort of incidents piling up for their affiliates, I'm starting to doubt that the good outweighs the bad. Keg fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Oct 26, 2015 |
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Oct 26, 2015 18:03
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While I agree with you that their schtick is irritating, how exactly is that Rener or Ryron's fault? According to the story the only thing they did was actually the right thing, i.e put a stop to the nonsense?
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Oct 26, 2015 18:32
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I'll never be in a position to run a BJJ affiliation and I don't love money as much as Rener/Ryron, but if the head instructors at some hypothetical affiliate of mine were misrepresenting their rank and the owner of the gym was challenging people on behalf of his children and refusing the let upper belts come check out a class, I'd probably drop them.
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