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FiestaDePantalones posted:Words were said; mistakes were made: congrats
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FiestaDePantalones posted:Words were said; mistakes were made:  best face.
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Jun 6, 2022 18:34
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Congratulations man! Well done!
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Jun 6, 2022 20:41
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Thanks all! And I'm quite fond of my Inverted Gear stuff... just wish they would quit shrinking on me (yes cold water wash and hang dry).
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Jun 6, 2022 20:54
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Congrats, welcome to the club! Yeah, IG gis shrink like crazy. I had a lightweight one from them that shrunk so much that I gave it to to a training buddy who's nearly a head shorter and at least 40lbs lighter than me, even with exclusively cold water and air drying.
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Jun 6, 2022 20:59
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Congrats!
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Jun 6, 2022 21:38
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Crongats!
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Jun 6, 2022 23:07
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I got a stripe on my white belt lol
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Jun 7, 2022 10:58
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stramit posted:I got a stripe on my white belt lol Nice! Keep up the good work.
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Jun 7, 2022 12:06
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FiestaDePantalones posted:Words were said; mistakes were made: Sup, goon! We also had a surprise belt ceremony. 
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Jun 7, 2022 12:16
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Congrats to the purple belts 
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Jun 7, 2022 13:17
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Pyle posted:Sup, goon! We also had a surprise belt ceremony.
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Jun 7, 2022 15:54
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Hell yeah, congrats guys
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Jun 7, 2022 16:39
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Thread is ranking up, drat.
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Jun 7, 2022 16:50
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I got my blue belt a month ago but forgot to take photos.
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Jun 7, 2022 16:52
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Pron on VHS posted:I got my blue belt a month ago but forgot to take photos. There's still time
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Jun 7, 2022 17:03
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Pron on VHS posted:I got my blue belt a month ago but forgot to take photos. You've still got a belt and a a face and a camera duder. Belt mummy it up!
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Jun 7, 2022 17:08
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stramit posted:I got a stripe on my white belt lol In all seriousness this is the promotion that goes to the smallest %age of eligible participants. A greater percentage of 1-stripe white belts will become black belts than complete novices will become 1-stripe, so congratulations! The rest just requires that you be too stupid to quit.
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CommonShore posted:In all seriousness this is the promotion that goes to the smallest %age of eligible participants. A greater percentage of 1-stripe white belts will become black belts than complete novices will become 1-stripe, so congratulations! The rest just requires that you be too stupid to quit. yea, every promotion is good and impressive. I'm gonna celebrate the hell outta the third stripe on my purple belt, because the time it took between getting my second and third is currently at about 2 years, and a lot of people who are in the same boat don't look like they're coming back.
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Jun 7, 2022 19:01
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CommonShore posted:In all seriousness this is the promotion that goes to the smallest %age of eligible participants. A greater percentage of 1-stripe white belts will become black belts than complete novices will become 1-stripe, so congratulations! The rest just requires that you be too stupid to quit. I am very stupid. It's kind of silly but it feels really good and I know so much more than I did 6 months ago (even though I know I don't know anything). We have a new 101 class coming into the fundamentals classes in a week or two. I'm very excited for this.
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Jun 7, 2022 19:15
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i dont have a belt yet, but a guy was rolling with said “good job today”
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Jun 7, 2022 19:28
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stramit posted:I got a stripe on my white belt lol Congrats! When I got my first stripe they told me I had to stay for 10 more years so you better be ready to so the same!
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Jun 7, 2022 19:37
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Head Bee Guy posted:i dont have a belt yet, but a guy was rolling with said “good job today” Hespecht e parabéns
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Jun 7, 2022 19:40
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FiestaDePantalones posted:Words were said; mistakes were made: I’m wearing that same shirt literally right now. Also, good job!
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Jun 7, 2022 20:13
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Wow thread, great work at the moment.
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Jun 8, 2022 22:32
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Injured my rib FTW
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Jun 9, 2022 16:50
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Tried to post on my head but it didn’t work and I head butted the floor and bent my neck weird. No injury or pain but ehhhh didn’t feel good man.
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Jun 9, 2022 20:11
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Also there was a bigger guy in the class today about my size (6”4’ 220+) and it was nice to roll with someone my size. The smaller guys are too fast for me but having a slower bigger guy was nice.
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Jun 9, 2022 20:16
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Congrats on the purple belt. Purple is a really fun place to be!
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Jun 9, 2022 23:08
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 Got my first belt
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Head Bee Guy posted:
Straight to black? Noice. sorry about the injury
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Jun 9, 2022 23:57
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FiestaDePantalones posted:Words were said; mistakes were made: Pyle posted:Sup, goon! We also had a surprise belt ceremony. Congrats goons! Head Bee Guy posted:i dont have a belt yet, but a guy was rolling with said “good job today” I am probably a million years away from getting a belt but when someone tells me that I'm getting better it makes me feel great all week
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Jun 10, 2022 00:40
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The folks saying they don't have a belt: is that just no gi? Our gym starts out white belt in gi but they don't give people who do no gi only belts. It's mostly an mma gym though.
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knuthgrush posted:The folks saying they don't have a belt: is that just no gi? Our gym starts out white belt in gi but they don't give people who do no gi only belts. It's mostly an mma gym though. Oh, I just mean I'm a white belt. Our gym doesn't do stripes either
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stramit posted:Tried to post on my head but it didn’t work and I head butted the floor and bent my neck weird. No injury or pain but ehhhh didn’t feel good man. I did that once in my first year and my neck "cracked" like knuckles and so I've only just now started tentatively posting with my head again, and never from height - I'll just touch my head to the ground on my own decision, in say mount.
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Jun 10, 2022 12:16
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What position were you posting from? I’ve done that when I was trying to do rolling armbars from the turtle position, or trying to enter a similar kind of position while rolling through kimuras. I’ve found that if you aim your head towards their butt, it’s safe to post on the floor, and hold yourself up, even with a little bit of force. If your head is facing away from them, or even straight down, I won’t risk it.
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I don't remember if it was side control or mount, but we were both dumb white belts and he was bridging me up and over to roll me ; it probably also matters that he was significantly bigger and more athletic than me. I posted on my head, he kept trying the roll, and my neck cracked. I was fine, thankfully.
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:What position were you posting from? I’ve done that when I was trying to do rolling armbars from the turtle position, It was basically this. Ehhh
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Jun 10, 2022 14:54
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Thinking about promotions... Got my BJJ brown belt in 2016 and in the meantime moved, part time grad school, 2 kids and the COVID break. I kept training at least casually but obviously way slower and no comps. The senior BB at my new school moved, the guys teaching are great but they're new to the rank. So lol, I'm basically never going to be a BB. I've got like 3 buddies back home that started with me who were promoted so probably I'll just ask one of them to do it over beers in a couple years. I'm kind of over that stuff really mattering but ngl sometimes makes me a little sad. Especially when I'm seeing more dudes of my cohort or younger making it.
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Xguard86 posted:I'm kind of over that stuff really mattering but ngl sometimes makes me a little sad. Especially when I'm seeing more dudes of my cohort or younger making it. Nothing wrong with wanting to be acknowledged dude. You made it to brown it's basically only a matter of time before you can dunk enough on newer black belts that someone is gonna be embarrassed enough about it to promote ya.
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