Masato wrote:
Nice! I didn't know you trained, at least not regularly
I also had a 6-7 year layoff, I think more. Lost a lot of good years of training Its not easy doing BJJ in your 40's, we should support each other here lol
Masato, we've PMed about this. I would understand if this was a forum with hundreds of members and you're flooded with PMs every day. But..... it's not. So. You must have been high or something!
Funny story. I have a dojo nemesis already. As i pointed out, I used to be "That no-gi dude" for many years... on and off. So I would say a total of 4-5 years of no-gi grappling experience before I joined this current gym. Now I have embraced the gi and am starting again at white belt.
It's a new gym with mostly white belts, a few blues and 2 purples. The purples are not regulars. They jump from gym to gym and only comes around once every 2 weeks or so. The blues, well most of them are cool with me being able to hang with them on the mat, knowing that I had several years experience prior. Even with the 7 year layoff... my positioning is still pretty solid. I'm just very rusty with finishing.
But there is this one blue who has a beef with me. He probably thinks he's losing face because he can't a white belt. I pass his guard like butter. Dominate him in side control. Mount him at will. I kinda let him save some face by not really going hard for subs but if it was a tournament, I'd probably win by 20 points. He avoids sparring with me now, lol... never talks to me and I've caught him giving me dirty looks. I just think its funny, lol. Now i just have to steal his girl to make it a perfect story, lmao.