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JaySB posted:Speaking of gym drama, my instructor just posted on all his accounts a fairly long winded speech about loyalty and how people who constantly switch teams aren't worth your time. I have no idea who he's talking about. As a dirty Creonte, lol. edit: If you have enough people who just straight up leave, it's probably the quality of the instructor either personally or professionally. If you have enough people who want to train with other gyms as well as yours consider it a compliment, because they're willing to pay to keep up their membership instead of straight up ditching and they believe they're getting something meaningful from your gym. Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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JaySB posted:Coincidentally he's also offering a promotion now, training for life for $5k. Thats actually not a bad deal. Do you plan on training for more than 5 years, if so and you have the money, do it.
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Jan 8, 2019 18:57
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Tacos Al Pastor posted:5 years Goddam I wish my gym was only 1k per year.
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butros posted:Goddam I wish my gym was only 1k per year. Try golfing. Sheesh.
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JaySB posted:Speaking of gym drama, my instructor just posted on all his accounts a fairly long winded speech about loyalty and how people who constantly switch teams aren't worth your time. I have no idea who he's talking about. This sounds like someone who is going out of business and is trying to get money before cutting and running.
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Jan 8, 2019 19:25
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^^^Basically this.butros posted:Goddam I wish my gym was only 1k per year. If I buy in for a year at my gym its $1720 or its $160 a month for everything. SoCal is expensive..for everything. So yeah thats a pretty good deal at least for me. But I always wonder about gyms that offer these types of deals. How good are the doing financially and will the gym be open in 5 years?
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Jan 8, 2019 19:34
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My gym only offers month to month. The owner/head instructor has a thing about how he is confident that the quality of the instruction is enough to keep people coming so no contracts are necessary. That being said I wouldn't mind an option to save by pre-paying for 6-12 months of training at a time because like SoCal NYC is crazy expensive, but he also has a thing about hating admin (he used to do 10-class packs but ditched it) so I'm not holding my breath.
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Jan 8, 2019 19:38
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^ my club is similar, but I pay 6 months at a time anyway and I just remind him when I owe him and he trusts me. We're virtually a grappler's co-op anyway. The head instructor has another business and a second job, and fees basically just go to facility costs. Half the time I pay him in-kind rather than in cash anyway. My last 6 month payment was a combination of a gi and some cash. Before that I've done things like get a shitload of belts for kids promotions or track down and buy 400 pounds of rags for stuffing heavy bags.
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CommonShore posted:This sounds like someone who is going out of business and is trying to get money before cutting and running. He has 4 gyms in this city, is expanding the current gym next to my house because of class sizes, and has been here for 20 years. I don't particularly feel like he's going out of business any time soon.
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Jan 8, 2019 20:04
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JaySB posted:Speaking of gym drama, my instructor just posted on all his accounts a fairly long winded speech about loyalty and how people who constantly switch teams aren't worth your time. I have no idea who he's talking about. That's not a bad deal
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Jan 8, 2019 20:46
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There is no way that dude is planning on honoring those 5k contracts lol. How often do your gyms clean the mats? I have no idea about the frequency of mine, but my feet are often filthy when I finish warming up. I also think I have contracted athlete's foot for the first time in my life. I don't know if it is unreasonable to ask management to clean mats or whatever, but at the same time I also don't like seeing people run to the mats directly from the bathroom without flops.
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Jan 8, 2019 21:29
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Shadow225 posted:There is no way that dude is planning on honoring those 5k contracts lol. Every night
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Jan 8, 2019 21:31
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Shadow225 posted:There is no way that dude is planning on honoring those 5k contracts lol. We clean the mats after every class. The instructor puts water + bleach in a sprayer and sprays the mats down and several of us wipe it with towels.
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Jan 8, 2019 21:31
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spacetoaster posted:We clean the mats after every class. The instructor puts water + bleach in a sprayer and sprays the mats down and several of us wipe it with towels. Need to get yourself a big rear end 2 yard long mop like we have
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Jan 8, 2019 21:34
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Every night, the mats are sprayed with some sort of cleaner that comes out of a giant hand pump. The owner does it some nights but students help semi regularly from what I've seen.
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Jan 8, 2019 21:36
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Jack B Nimble posted:Every night, the mats are sprayed with some sort of cleaner that comes out of a giant hand pump. The owner does it some nights but students help semi regularly from what I've seen. I almost always stay behind to clean because I am a massive toady
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Jan 8, 2019 21:37
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One a day should be the bare minimum for cleaning. One per class is best.
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Jan 8, 2019 21:40
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We do once after each set of classes, so three times per day once after morning, noon, and night classes. If they're not cleaning it at least once after every set of classes you should move on before you catch staph or something.
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Jan 8, 2019 21:49
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we only have one set of classes so I think it works out for us at least to do it after that set
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Jan 8, 2019 21:51
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My gym has a cleaning crew that cleans them early in the morning (basically they clean the whole gym). Only in the summer do we have issues with things like the worm popping up but even then its rare.
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Jan 8, 2019 22:08
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I almost always stay behind to clean because I am a massive toady Same except I do it once a week because 1) it's hard on my bed time and 2) there are a couple of great students who have some kind of agreement to help out, I assume in exchange for membership, so I don't step on that. Edit: we baaaasically have one set of classes, it's 5:00 to 7:30 with kids then adults. Jack B Nimble fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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Jan 8, 2019 22:26
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We need a roomba for mats.
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Jan 9, 2019 01:15
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Doing competition prep after class today I figured out a really cool kimura/crush variation that works really well with my usual north-south double wristlock armbar <-> kimura <-> headscissors flow 
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Jan 9, 2019 03:52
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Sensei complimented my balance and base today while situational sparring with a black belt. I think it's just because I'm holiday thick.
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Jan 9, 2019 04:27
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Question for advanced guys or that have seen it demonstrated by an advanced guy: When doing an armbar, what is considered a better leg position? both legs underhooking the far arm or overhooking it?
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Odddzy posted:Question for advanced guys or that have seen it demonstrated by an advanced guy: I don't know if one is strictly better, I prefer "underhooks" because I can transition to elbow crush away from their legs and I like extending their arm out at that angle towards their head. It's definitely worse if you gently caress up and cross your feet on the underhook side of the arm though because there's a toehold there Mechafunkzilla fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 05:29
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Mechafunkzilla posted:I don't know if one is strictly better, I prefer "underhooks" because I can transition to elbow crush away from their legs and I like extending their arm out at that angle towards their head. Not sure I see the elbow crush you're talking about, is there a vid online somewhere? Odddzy fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 05:46
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Odddzy posted:Not sure I see the elbow crush you're talking about, is there a vid online somewhere? There's a few extra/unnecessary steps here but they've got the basic idea. When I do it I'll post behind me with my right hand (assuming I'm the guy in the video) and use it to help me stay balanced and upright on the turn -- you don't need both hands or to keep the double wristlock to finish the slicer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohPmkADJys Mechafunkzilla fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Jan 9, 2019 |
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Jan 9, 2019 05:54
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Mechafunkzilla posted:There's a few extra/unnecessary steps here but they've got the basic idea. When I do it I'll post behind me with my right hand (assuming I'm the guy in the video) and use it to help me stay balanced and upright on the turn -- you don't need both hands or to keep the double wristlock to finish the slicer. Thanks!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BsaT3ukgx4i/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=9s9x3nbky7yi Team Shrek
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Odddzy posted:Question for advanced guys or that have seen it demonstrated by an advanced guy: I don't know that one is better or worse. The escapes for each are different as well as the follow ups.
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Odddzy posted:Question for advanced guys or that have seen it demonstrated by an advanced guy: Dealer's choice as far as I can tell. I used to think you needed to have your other leg over their head but I've seen some stuff recently that doesn't seem to require even that! Jiu jitsu is getting weird
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I asked a black belt who likes arm bars about this kind of thing recently - he does not give a poo poo where the waist-side leg is, but he has a strong preference for the cross-head leg being straight and mushing the face away to limit hip mobility. One of our brown belts has an arm bar off of his back where he keeps one leg behind the head and crosses his feet, and it looks like silly white belt stuff that needs correction, but it's super tight, kind of like an inverted S-mount armbar. I can't remember the details unfortunately even though he shows me how to do it occasionally.
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I've started focusing more on posturing and defensive movements and the benefit is that I am not getting tapped as much but I am also not tapping people as much either its five minutes of grapevines and squirming which i know is the point but it feels underwhelming at times
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Jan 9, 2019 15:35
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I've started focusing more on posturing and defensive movements and the benefit is that I am not getting tapped as much but I am also not tapping people as much either That’s how you get good, although it is boring at first. When your basics get tight then you start getting subs more and more. Survive , then get good positions and hold them then submit. But you’re right, it’s super underwhelming. The good thing is that people that get caught up in wanting to get subs all the time will progress much slower than you will and in time you’ll start subbing them.
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KingColliwog posted:That’s how you get good, although it is boring at first. When your basics get tight then you start getting subs more and more. Survive , then get good positions and hold them then submit. But you’re right, it’s super underwhelming. Yeah I think the big struggle, psychologically, is seeing a delay as a victory. Like, two rolls in particular stick out. One, a guy had me in a baseball bat choke but I managed to run out the clock for the next three minutes keeping him from locking it in. Another time, a guy had me in side control and I spent two minutes again running out the clock by preventing him from taking advantage. So, on one hand, the fact they didn't finish me was a win, but I still felt like I was losing because I spent the whole time in the submissive position.
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I have scored 1 sub in my entire time doing BJJ but nearly every single roll against someone around my skill level results in 5 min of struggling for position with no sub Also I started asking for rolls from standing. Most guys just say ok but they sit on their butt while I stand. This is still cool because it’s a bit easier for me to try to pass guard. One blue belt stood along with me and I used my favorite takedown from high school on him (Russian arm tie drag into either single leg or pull down) and it felt great to not be the guy suffering for once
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SHOAH NUFF posted:Also I started asking for rolls from standing. Most guys just say ok but they sit on their butt while I stand. This is still cool because it’s a bit easier for me to try to pass guard. One blue belt stood along with me and I used my favorite takedown from high school on him (Russian arm tie drag into either single leg or pull down) and it felt great to not be the guy suffering for once Yeah I am doing Judo classes to supplement my stand up. Someone in the thread recommended squatting instead of starting from knees and it also works well.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Yeah I think the big struggle, psychologically, is seeing a delay as a victory. Like, two rolls in particular stick out. One, a guy had me in a baseball bat choke but I managed to run out the clock for the next three minutes keeping him from locking it in. Another time, a guy had me in side control and I spent two minutes again running out the clock by preventing him from taking advantage. Not getting subbed is the definition of success for a white belt.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I've started focusing more on posturing and defensive movements and the benefit is that I am not getting tapped as much but I am also not tapping people as much either https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3P-IzKDHs Do this to not be grapevined, the rest of the video isn't necessarily really applicable to you if you do IBJJF Gi rulesets in your gym. But it teaches the right movements and something I use to avoid being grapevined.
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