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Count Roland posted:Handless bridge? I can't imagine doing bridges with my hands, how would they even help? You're bridging on your head.
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Count Roland posted:Handless bridge? I can't imagine doing bridges with my hands, how would they even help? 
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Mechafunkzilla posted:You're bridging on your head. Oh ok. My bridges are also with my arms up, but shoulders down. That's... certainly a way to get a stronger neck.
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You can also use a swiss ball to work your way up to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiaO8-QJs3s
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Man, banning knee reaps is really frustrating since its an easy way for me to escape mount. I am flexible enough to get my legs around the hips of a mounting opponent and push them off, but its banned because it apparently requires you to cross the leg over like a knee reap sadness
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Jun 13, 2018 02:48
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Jun 13, 2018 03:15
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because russians were winning medals and the IBJJF are garbage if you can make a bit of space, you can still get to single leg x without breaking that rule
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Man, banning knee reaps is really frustrating since its an easy way for me to escape mount. I am flexible enough to get my legs around the hips of a mounting opponent and push them off, but its banned because it apparently requires you to cross the leg over like a knee reap You can post your foot under one of their armpits from under mount and use that to create space.
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old.flv posted:You can post your foot under one of their armpits from under mount and use that to create space. Well yeah but I am not talking about creating space. I mean I can literally push a guy from mount to his guard with my legs.
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The only Youtube video on the technique I've seen described that mounted-to-on-top-in-guard move as the goathook escape. It was my lazy I'm Too Tired For This mount escape hack, but almost every time I did it to someone who wasn't as bad or worse than me it wasn't very effective. Eventually I tried it on an instructor who effortlessly trapped my leg against my chest and popped something in my hip. That was over 2 years ago and it's still an ongoing issue, so that's one move I won't ever be trying again.
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Got my 4th stripe on my blue belt today. Still entirely unready to become a purple belt.
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Skjorte posted:The only Youtube video on the technique I've seen described that mounted-to-on-top-in-guard move as the goathook escape. It was my lazy I'm Too Tired For This mount escape hack, but almost every time I did it to someone who wasn't as bad or worse than me it wasn't very effective. Eventually I tried it on an instructor who effortlessly trapped my leg against my chest and popped something in my hip. That was over 2 years ago and it's still an ongoing issue, so that's one move I won't ever be trying again. Yeah what I did was not quite the goathook because I went for pushing back instead of rolling. Unfortunately I am pretty sure the goathook would also not work since it still cross the leg like a knee reap. I've realized have crazy flexible legs and some of the guys have started commenting on it. I've caught dudes in head leg scissors when they have me in side control. When we stretch out I can do a butterfly stretch where my knees and nose both touch the mat. What I am trying to do now is figure out ways to use it that don't break the rules. JaySB posted:Got my 4th stripe on my blue belt today. Still entirely unready to become a purple belt. Congrats
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JaySB posted:Got my 4th stripe on my blue belt today. Still entirely unready to become a purple belt. You never feel ready. 
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JaySB posted:Got my 4th stripe on my blue belt today. Still entirely unready to become a purple belt. Congrats!
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JaySB posted:Got my 4th stripe on my blue belt today. Still entirely unready to become a purple belt. Good job. I hope one day to feel as not ready as you.
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Really dumb question Since doing BJJ I have noticed that my elbows crack like knuckles if I flex my triceps hard enough. Anyone else have this happen to them?
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Really dumb question Yeah mine do that, but I'm one of those people that all my joints crack really easily. The elbow thing started with jiu jitsu though
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Dave Grool posted:Yeah mine do that, but I'm one of those people that all my joints crack really easily. The elbow thing started with jiu jitsu though Yeah same, like I can crack knees, ankles, knuckles, neck, back, etc. but elbow just started with bjj
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Jeff Glover retired from competition. That bums me out for two reasons: He was one of my favorites to watch, and he's my age so it makes me feel old.
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FreakyMetalKid posted:Jeff Glover retired from competition. That bums me out for two reasons: He was one of my favorites to watch, and he's my age so it makes me feel old. He's got a school and he's pretty focused on teaching but I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out of retirement once or twice.
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Super dumb question, does anyone know a good way to get a dual colored bjj gi? I already have two full color gis, but want to eventually get a white kimono/black pants combo in tribute to my Hapkido instructor from back in the day
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Jun 16, 2018 03:57
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Yeah I figured that was the choice, has anyone tried any Gis from your jiu jitsu gear? I like the idea of a completely plain gi but they are also kind of cheaply priced
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Hey guys - quick question - Does anyone here know of any gyms that do Disabled BJJ? Over the last year I've lost use of my legs but still have a big urge to compete. If it's MS, my doc says I could probably get healthy enough to compete in grapple sports again. But is this a thing? I've done a good deal of googling and found single events, but not a disabled league or anything like that. Oh, I'm near Portland if it matters. Hope you guys are still kicking rear end!
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Captain Log posted:Hey guys - quick question - I've never heard of Disabled BJJ as a separate discipline. I'd just go to a regular BJJ gym that seems appealing and talk to the instructor. I'd not thought about this before, but BJJ really is a great sport for people with disabilities, and I don't think you'd have a hard time fitting in or taking most of the classes.
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yeah i think bjj is the perfect sport for working within your own personal limitations. poo poo danaher is basically disabled at this point and he still gets about it. i'd just let your coach and teammates know and just do what you can.
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Count Roland posted:I've never heard of Disabled BJJ as a separate discipline. I'd just go to a regular BJJ gym that seems appealing and talk to the instructor. I'd not thought about this before, but BJJ really is a great sport for people with disabilities, and I don't think you'd have a hard time fitting in or taking most of the classes. About a year ago I was in talks to go train with Team Quest for a single fight and continue if it went well. (It wouldn't have) I think I'll start there and check around. I just wanted to ask the Goon Think Tank if there was something particular to look out for. I appreciate it! Edit : Was Danaher injured by a motorcycle? Can't remember.
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Captain Log posted:About a year ago I was in talks to go train with Team Quest for a single fight and continue if it went well. (It wouldn't have) An MMA fight?
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Stephan Kesting was researching this recently. He called it "Adaptive grappling". He was crowdsourcing reddit for information about events and leagues. My personal thoughts are that you would need a good teacher. Not a specific person, just somebody so good that they can look at the same sport and all the same moves that they've been doing for decades and they can shift their mindset to approach it from a completely new perspective and create a new set of fundamentals for you.
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Count Roland posted:An MMA fight? Yep. I wanted to wrap up my athletic career with a pro fight against a can and ride off into the sunset. It's wasn't a big deal to me having competed in Muay Thai and tiny rear end BJJ tourneys before. But I didn't think my legs would gently caress off like they have. Looks like with the right coach, I could actually earn some belts in a few years. Sounds like fun and way better than just giving in to disability.
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Given your propensity to injury I really wouldn't recommend competing. I have, however, rolled with a purple belt who was a paraplegic. I'd really like to see you be able to keep up your grapple journey but I'm afraid you may do it at the detriment to your long term health.
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JaySB posted:Given your propensity to injury I really wouldn't recommend competing. I have, however, rolled with a purple belt who was a paraplegic. I hear you, man. It's 100% going to be a doctor's call. It looks like my proclivity for injuries may have been this mystery condition all along. Which makes sense, I guess. Although I like to appear totally gung ho in the threads, I wouldn't step on a mat unless a doctor told me I could hold together. It probably won't be in this subforum, but if I'm proper boned I'm going to try and get a DDP Yoga thread going.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Super dumb question, does anyone know a good way to get a dual colored bjj gi? I already have two full color gis, but want to eventually get a white kimono/black pants combo in tribute to my Hapkido instructor from back in the day Not dumb at all. I've always liked to have bit of flair to my clothes. Go find a local tailor. You might have to get two gis and have her/him mix and match the parts you want. Or you could find a local embroidery shop (with the CnC computer embroidery machine) and you can get all sizes/colors of stuff on your gi.
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Captain Log posted:Hey guys - quick question - Check your local gym. My gym has more than a couple of folks with disabilities at least as "restrictive" as yours. Go for it.
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I'll let you guys know how it all works out. A test in being run on the 20th that should pin down what's wrong and let me know my abilities going forward. (I'm putting this in parentheses because I'd rather never talk about it again. Last year, I had a medicine give me severe aphasia (word soup) and insomnia and this very thread is where I noticed a problem. I'm sorry for going crazy. It shouldn't ever happen again. Now may we please never speak of it again!) If it's bad news, I'll let you know when I get to the DDP yoga. By the way, do we have any new black or brown belts?
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I had one of those days on the mat where I could see my own progress in a very measurable way. Feels good to know that my 10-12h of mat time/week is paying off.
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CommonShore posted:I had one of those days on the mat where I could see my own progress in a very measurable way. Feels good to know that my 10-12h of mat time/week is paying off. awesome, it's good to be on the up of the curve 
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spacetoaster posted:Not dumb at all. It never occured to me you can get your gi tailored. There is a guy near my work I will check out.
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