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Mordiceius posted:I've known people that have done BJJ before and liked it but from watching videos of competitions on youtube, it just seems like 90% of BJJ is rolling around on the floor. That seems kinda... boring. :-\ mewse posted:you're not allowed to say this until you've tried it yeah seriously. Submission grappling is extremely boring to watch until you have a good knowledge base and know what is going on. "rolling around on the floor" gets extremely interesting and technical, fast. I've done plenty of martial arts before (stuff like karate and TKD) and while all of that looked flashy and awesome, training was actually repetitive and boring. I accidentaly stumbled uppon judo and would never have guessed that it could be this awesome if I had never tried it.
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mewse posted:you're not allowed to say this until you've tried it I just said it looks boring, not that it actually is boring. :P I guess that's just the reason I never found watching MMA to be interesting.
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grappling is probably the biggest example of a sport thats fun to do and incredibly boring to watch. Also, high level matches are often more boring than your average roll in practice or non BB tournament. At the highest level there are basically zero mistakes or technical holes. At lower levels, there are a million mistake and technical flaws that lead to more interesting action.
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Jan 31, 2012 04:20
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Well, everyone makes mistakes, lets not deify anyone (e: who doesn't do judo). If someone could play a zero-mistakes game that would take all the fun out of it! But you're right that the high level matches are often more boring, because competitors play very carefully to try to avoid taking any risks.
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Jan 31, 2012 08:46
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Going abroad to a country with a proper campus is awesome, and a state of the art sport center with loving EVERYTHING in it, judo included, for €45 for a semester is brilliant. First class yesterday, god drat the gis are big, even after washing them. Wish I would've brought my washed out Koral ;(
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Jan 31, 2012 10:20
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Just keep using a dryer until it shrinks enough.
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Jan 31, 2012 12:29
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Thoguh posted:Just keep using a dryer until it shrinks enough.
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Ridleys Revenge posted:Well, everyone makes mistakes, lets not deify anyone (e: who doesn't do judo). If someone could play a zero-mistakes game that would take all the fun out of it! But you're right that the high level matches are often more boring, because competitors play very carefully to try to avoid taking any risks. I guess I should have clarified that there are mistakes but they are very small and happen very infrequently. Top guys also seize any advantage, so you don't often see big swings in the action once someone has the slightest edge. Its like those chess championships where a bad pawn choice leads to a checkmate 25 moves after it happens. If you don't know chess or have a breakdown by someone who does, its almost impossible to tell why one guy lost. Compare that to a match in the park where both people aren't as good and make way more mistakes, swinging the advantage back and forth as they both exploit gaping holes.
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Jan 31, 2012 17:00
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going to my first IBJJF event and getting to watch high level competition was really eye opening, watching the black belts made me realize how important grip fighting was, because the matches were all 10 minute battles for grips that ended with one guy winning by advantage or maybe 2-0. But from a spectator perspective that gets boring pretty fast, the really exciting matches to watch were the blues and purples.
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Jan 31, 2012 17:07
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mindtwist posted:going to my first IBJJF event and getting to watch high level competition was really eye opening, watching the black belts made me realize how important grip fighting was, because the matches were all 10 minute battles for grips that ended with one guy winning by advantage or maybe 2-0. But from a spectator perspective that gets boring pretty fast, the really exciting matches to watch were the blues and purples. That's why Gi BJJ stinks!!! IN my opinion
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Jan 31, 2012 17:58
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dude with chemtrails in his UN says gi Bjj is boring. Eddie is that you?
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Jan 31, 2012 18:39
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Xguard86 posted:chess Hey does anyone else here play chess? We should get a chess.com thing going on.
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Jan 31, 2012 19:34
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I used to fairly often but I'm really bad and never seem to get better, even with practice.
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Jan 31, 2012 20:07
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I like how the gi slows things down and forces you to use just the perfect combination of technique, strength, and quickness. I know gripfighting and slow, deliberate progressions aren't the most spectator friendly parts of grappling, but they are some of the funnest parts.
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Jan 31, 2012 20:49
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my new boxing gym has a grappling class -- should i get a cup before i even think about participating?
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mewse posted:my new boxing gym has a grappling class -- should i get a cup before i even think about participating? I very rarely put my cup for Judo and forget it 50% of the time for BJJ. I only ever very rarely get nailed in the balls. You can start now and just buy the cup as soon as it's possible.
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Jan 31, 2012 20:55
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Yeah I found that wearing a cup while grappling tended to hurt me more than help. There was a lot of constant pressure when you're all entwined, and I found it dug in more than it prevented anything. Wear a mouth guard for sure, though.
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Jan 31, 2012 21:07
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I wear a cup when grappling because every time i think it might be safe to leave it off someone instantly decides to elbow me in the cock.
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Jan 31, 2012 21:15
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I grappled cupless for like 4 years but once i started wearing one Ill never go back, as long as you get one that actually fits your shaft and satch' comfortably there is no downside to having the protection
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Jan 31, 2012 21:16
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Ridleys Revenge posted:Hey does anyone else here play chess? We should get a chess.com thing going on. mewse, Proper grundle protection is key. You might not think you need a cup until you get sacked on a guard pass or something. Legit Businessman fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Jun 10, 2013 |
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Jan 31, 2012 21:24
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Drewjitsu posted:EDIT: mewse, Proper grundle protection is key. You might not think you need a cup until you get sacked on a guard pass or something. hey the class is with curtis brigham, i'm pretty psyched  where do you train btw?
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Jan 31, 2012 21:46
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Drewjitsu posted:I'm on there though facebook. My username is the same as my sa name. Sent you a challenge. I'm Bodhisativa if anyone else wants to get in on this
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Jan 31, 2012 21:58
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I stepped on a partner's balls last night while trying to get out of spider guard so I'd wear a cup.
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Jan 31, 2012 22:00
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Got kneed in the balls by the teacher demo-ing something. I brought a cup the same day.
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Jan 31, 2012 22:07
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While learning uchimata, I nailed many guys down low (And still do occasionally!) But very few people wear cups in Judo.
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are you guys trying to say i don't need a cup until i get hit in the balls really hard because that seems to be the theme of these stories
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Jan 31, 2012 22:10
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mewse posted:are you guys trying to say i don't need a cup until i get hit in the balls really hard because that seems to be the theme of these stories No point in closing the door until the horse is out of the barn
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Jan 31, 2012 22:12
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I wear a cup when I'm doing anything combat-related, even boxing. You never know what creative new way some dumbass is going to come up with to tag your junk, even under the most unlikely circumstances. It's just not worth the risk.
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Jan 31, 2012 22:26
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for boxing i'm eventually going to get a foul protector with the padding for the lower abdomen, haven't been tagged in my junk yet
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I might be a huge crybaby, but if I show up for grappling having forgotten my cup, rashguard, or knee-pads than I'm going home to get them. The knee-pads are crucial after having experienced bursitis of the knee before, and goddamn is that an annoying injury that takes forever to go away (never actually 'heals', just stops draining fluid into knee after 2-3 months). The cup does hurt my junk sometimes, and I have calluses forming on the sides of my thighs from where it constantly rubs... it especially hurts when I go for armbars if the cup gets jostled off-center. That being said, even beyond protecting my junk, at the very least it makes the experience of grappling much less gay. I'm not homophobic, but I prefer to grapple without my junk rubbing directly up on my opponent. And the rashguard is just because grapplers are filthy fuckers, and I'm tired of getting ringworm from all the unwashed mma grapplers that don't wear gis. Can't be too safe. It's weird though, I've never worn a mouthguard and never had a problem without it. I get accidentally hit in the face sometimes, which leaves cosmetic damage, but nothing serious. Kumo Jr. fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Jan 31, 2012 |
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I've eaten enough elbows to the face in my limited bjj career to always make sure and wear a mouthguard.
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swmmrmanshen posted:While learning uchimata, I nailed many guys down low (And still do occasionally!) But very few people wear cups in Judo. Cups are illegal in Judo competition (no hard objects under the gi), so most guys don't wear them in Judo. But the mouthguard has more than paid for itself.
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I don't wear a cup. But you'll never catch me without a jock strap or compression shorts.
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You'll find a cup is a bit of a hindrance. If everybody rolls like a psychpath at your club you might want to wear one anyway, but I find it's weird when you're in half-guard, hurts you when you take someone else's back, and makes armbars weird. Definitely a mouthguard though.
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Polyrhythmic Panda posted:I wear a cup when I'm doing anything combat-related, even boxing. You never know what creative new way some dumbass is going to come up with to tag your junk, even under the most unlikely circumstances. It's just not worth the risk. I got side kicked in the sack while sparring in tae kwon do (this was twenty years ago, we didn't know any better) and it turned one of my balls loving black. I had to go get ultrason done on it and it hurt so loving badly I can't even put it into words. So basically I wear a cup for everything now.
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How do you go about deciding which cup to get? Its not like you can try it on and then take it back with ball germs all over it right?
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:You'll find a cup is a bit of a hindrance. If everybody rolls like a psychpath at your club you might want to wear one anyway, but I find it's weird when you're in half-guard, hurts you when you take someone else's back, and makes armbars weird. You need a cup that fits better. I don't really notice mine, and it makes armbars a lot less stressful since I don't have to worry about crushing my nuts. I also occasionally tap people by stretching them out with a body triangle and pressing my cup into their spine, and it doesn't hurt me at all. Nierbo posted:How do you go about deciding which cup to get? Its not like you can try it on and then take it back with ball germs all over it right? I would just get the biggest size they have. I've had smaller cups before that were incredibly uncomfortable, but the one I have now has plenty of room and I never have trouble with it.
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Thoguh posted:I don't wear a cup. But you'll never catch me without a jock strap or compression shorts. Same here though. I don't wear a cup most of the time, but I always wear some shock doctor compression short that have a little pocket for a cup. They have a little bit of padding and keep my junk from moving around.
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Rolled my (weak, previously injured, had physical therapy for) ankle in judo last night. Been stuck at home all day icing it. The guys in the dojo said you can wear almost any protective gear you want (elbow pads, ankle/knee braces, etc) in judo tournaments and it's a good idea. I can't believe I didn't buy an ankle brace before I even started judo as this was bound to happen, but I've learned my lesson. I've been to four practices so far, this time they had us doing ukemi (I think that's what it's called, the rolls) and I'm managing to roll all the way through and stand up even though my form isn't the greatest. We've learned o-soto gari and ippon seionage and they had us two newbies practicing our grip by doing a little randori. The guy is really aggressive in trying to push me off guard to the point of not maintaining his own balance, he tried to o-soto gari me and I clumsily but effectively countered and "won" that match. Then I rolled my ankle and I was done for the night 
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You can wear any protective gear or brace that isn't metal or hard plastic. For practice most clubs are far more lenient (especially concerning cups). A big metal knee brace would be unsafe for practice, but I can't see anybody caring if you wore something hard over your ankle.
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