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Alfalfa posted:my white gi is looking pretty (really) dingy no matter how often I wash it. 
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Alfalfa posted:Anyone in here strictly do no-gi BJJ? I did strictly no-gi for a few years and just started with the gi a couple weeks ago. Outside the high level stuff, it's probably down to preference, though training in both technically doubles the events you can comfortably compete in I guess?? Also (most?) no-gi places don't rank via belts (I'm a white belt  ) if that matters at all to you. The gi is cool and adds some interesting dimensions to the game but I find it cumbersome and don't like that it limits the distance between me and the hot sweaty body of my opponent
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Apr 28, 2016 16:45
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my grip strength is pretty good but I follow the classic regimen of furious masturbation and opening pickle jars
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Apr 29, 2016 16:06
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Captain Log posted:What's a good measure of grip strength? I'm curious as I was able to death grip like a crab when I rolled due to having huge hands, working in kitchens my whole life, and playing bass. Seemed to mean I could hold on to things. idk but there was this grippy thing we used for one of my electives in college for measuring grip strength. i had the #2 record in our school behind some guy that was an olympic discus thrower while i was just some kid that death gripped my turgid wiener every day
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May 7, 2016 06:30
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Marching Powder posted:i toss off my incompetent african fighters for forearm strength. also myself. there are some pretty choice comments there
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kickascii posted:I've been a fat goon all my life and decided to try a bjj class. I never really played sports and I'm uncoordinated in general but I just wanted to get out of my comfort zone. I think this is basically what Stephan Kesting's free book at grapplearts.com covers. From most of what I've seen/experienced, the attitude you describe is pretty universal in the bjj world. Experiencing humility on such a regular basis makes for great people.
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May 10, 2016 19:29
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the rapist lloyd irvin and that weird australian guy have really warped my world view on this whole jiu jitsu thing
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May 11, 2016 18:10
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origami posted:if you're brand new and just starting out I don't think you're going to get any benefit from visiting other gyms i think it would be virtually impossible to not at least get something out of visiting a gym if you're new
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Jun 3, 2016 19:57
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JaySB posted:Girls are gross obv yea. i get to roll around with attractive women on the reg. if you think jiu jitsu is anything less than a thinly-veiled excuse for me to know the intimate primal touch of a man you are mistaken
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roll untuil youre fukken daed
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Jun 7, 2016 03:22
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anyone ever train in nashville? I've got to spend a week there due to work and have a pretty good streak going that I don't want to mar
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Jun 7, 2016 20:37
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beautiful los angeles, california, famously known for its low cost of living
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Jun 8, 2016 16:59
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can a blue stripe still open a franchise because lol if so
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Jun 8, 2016 20:40
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:I think I'm done with BJJ. There's humbling experiences and there's getting your rear end kicked in sparring week in week out for 10 months straight, even against people with only a month's experience I just get flattened. that's life my dude. bjj is a controlled way to go to these humbling moments again and again and turn yourself into someone that can face them with class and grow. it is not about how good your berimbolo is .
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Jun 10, 2016 21:01
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JaySB posted:Class still says oss twice at the end, once to Helio and once to instructor same for my current place. i do not otherwise oss or jits but respect everyone's right to do so because out of all the dumb gay things in this dumb gay sport they are amongst the least dumb and gay
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Jun 29, 2016 22:15
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Seltzer posted:What are people's approaches to smaller injuries? I feel a bit bad taking time off for small things but it seems so easy to accidentally make a small injury worse in bjj despite looking out for it. I see a bunch of people at my gym who are addicted and they come back seemingly too early and they have niggling to significant injuries that last a really long time and I can't help but think the bjj isn't helping. I took off about 2 weeks after a rotator cuff injury I got from moving a friend in/bjj/weight lifting and I think it was a really smart decision seeing as how it was flaring up just shooting a basketball and now it's 95%. I'm mainly asking because I've got a bright red swollen toe atm from yesterday's class and I want to train tomorrow, it feels lame to take off for an injured toe (idk if it was jammed bent whatever) but it hurts to walk and I know I probably won't be able to resist doing a bit of rolling if I show up to class tomorrow. i tape up fingers/toes and roll bc I have plenty of spares. I don't have many feet / shoulders / knees etc. to go around so those I baby a lil more
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Jun 30, 2016 20:17
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i intend to die quite young, ideally at my own hand, so injuries mean little to nothing, to me
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Jun 30, 2016 22:51
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eventually your toes will wither into hard gnarled claws that feel nothing
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Jul 3, 2016 00:28
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i'm rolling 5x a week now & all I know is pain
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Jul 12, 2016 16:15
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what's that even mean
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Jul 12, 2016 18:20
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teach me how to fix my warped spine goons
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Jul 12, 2016 18:58
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origami posted:be honest - do you have an abnormally shaped crotch that's a big ol' yes from this poster
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Jul 25, 2016 18:11
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lemonslol posted:Is it rude to my new school to not tell them I have a blue belt? I started there about a month ago, really into doing nogi right now. But I got a blue belt 12 years ago and quit immediately after. I've tapped some higher belts on the open mat, and I get asked what my rank is after every single roll; when I say white, they ask me if I am a wrestler, sambo etc. Ive been truly enjoying being a white bellt though, no pressure. I don't feel like I remember enough from when I used to train and that a lot of stuff I do just feels natural. When I signed up I told the instructor that I had done bjj before, but I didn't specify if you're going to compete under the school name I'd have a chat with them but if you're just going in and rolling who cares
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Jul 26, 2016 19:51
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12 years ago I could and would jack off like 10 times a day every day. if i tried to do that now sure, I could maybe recapture some of the old magic but I'd end up tearing the dick right off my body. your blue belt is much the same
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Jul 26, 2016 20:00
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CommonShore posted:Anyone ever use a grappling dummy? I'm trying to get a deal on a used one from a guy who seems to have quit bjj. Will it be as useful as I imagine for practicing things like spinning for armbars and drilling leg positions? they are useful as light free weights that you can toss around and probably not much else tbh
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Aug 16, 2016 17:43
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as the kid rubbed his diseased necrotic flesh all over my face and body, I knew that I had to draft up blueprints for the intricate rube goldberg device that would deliver to him a map leading to a key leading to a treasure chest containing a hastily scrawled note reading 'p-p-please consider h-hygene'
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goongratulations!
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Aug 25, 2016 15:56
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i just spent way too much money on an origin gi
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Aug 25, 2016 15:56
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Nierbo posted:God drat, during mma class 100kg beefcake russian (maybe ukranian) dude slapping on arm triangle with 100% power as soon as he gets position. I tapped and then called him out as we stood up and said you start at 50% and then work your way up till I tap, and then he refused to roll with me after that saying 'no I'm afraid I will hurt him'. Maybe if you don't hit every submission like your life depends on it perhaps no one would ever get hurt. Fricken annoying. find a new gym
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ive been out for a month now w/ rib-based issues & i truly miss huggin dudes
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yea I thought it'd be really cool to get stacked & stay stacked by a dude with literally 100 lbs on me. i could have done literally anything else and been okay 
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Wangsbig posted:ive been out for a month now w/ rib-based issues & i truly miss huggin dudes I went to open mat this friday and my poo poo feels the same way it did a month ago. I haven't been doing anything that would aggravate my ribs in this time, just some light jogging & weights to stay looking / feeling human. very frustrating.
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CommonShore posted:I can't remember if I posted this above, but a training partner of mine came back after a month on the shelf with rib issues, and he magically improved in that absence. He spent the time stretching a lot and watching vids. I'm spending a lot of time stretching, too but it will only result in significantly improved grip strength in my dominant hand
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Gay Horney posted:how the gently caress do people wrestle every day. we did just doubles and sprawls for an hour today and I want to loving die, somebody got hurt and everyone got a little dinged up. wrestlers are tough and insane. im not tough and insane but managed to wrestle every day thanks to this weird trick: im bad
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Captain Log posted:I went to class. Holy gently caress. I'll effort post later. I literally spent the last three years being told I could never do anything more intense than yoga, so this was an awesome day. I also went back today. here's my effort post: ribs held up good & I came back stronger than I thought I was going to. very worn out afterwards. going to start up @ 5 days a week again until something else breaks. namaste
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our school is pretty big and probably something like 80% of people past a couple of stripes on their white belt compete. it's not crammed down your throat or even highly encouraged ever, but our location gives us access to tournaments in several major cities so there's always something to train for
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Tezcatlipoca posted:My ankles pop loudly every time I'm put in a straight ankle lock. It's like they're helping me. i pop people's backs whenever I go for whatever the double unders > gable grip lower back > foot sweep is called and to a man they have said that it feels great. i should start charging for my services
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Decades posted:Well since we're sharing competition updates, I did my second one a couple weeks ago at grappling industries Manhattan. Long story short got smashed 8 times. Still sorting through some feelings. Competition is hard. 8 matches worth of experience is a pretty drat good return on your investment, win or lose
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JaySB posted:"There's no crying in the UFC" rofl I really love this and am gonna start saying it every time anyone gets hurt or taps hell even outside of the gym
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WayneCampbell posted:Oh I feel absolutely loving awful about it. The guy is like me and makes a living with his body, he has 2 young kids.... I feel like poo poo and this only happened like 2 hours ago so I'm still pretty shook up. But I also feel like maybe it wasn't my fault and just wanted to get some outside perspective. I feel like the adult man wagering his family's livelihood by violently pirouetting his entire frame on his acl is at fault here
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