Discuss your most recent training

[Edge Guerrero]

That sucks. I popped my knee once and took almost 4 months until I could roll again. shit... that\s a third of the year.

How well did it eventually heal?

Mine's feeling better but in certain positions it just gives out and feels like it at certain angles it will just come apart completely.

I was gonna go back tonight just for super light training but maybe that's dumb

- Dont use protectors?

[Masato]

- Never thought about doing those!

I recently realized I've got a nice handful of techniques/options from that sit up guard. Been thinking about it a lot but haven't really made a solid effort to test it out and actively practice it in rolls.

that's a great drill to start using it more

- Do you own one of those training dolls?
They quite expensive here

No, lol I didn't watch the rest of the vid. I thought it was a short video, I thought it was just about the sit up/sweep position drill, which you don't even need the equipment for.

Sorry, my misunderstanding. I've never seen that product before

[Masato]

That sucks. I popped my knee once and took almost 4 months until I could roll again. shit... that\s a third of the year.

How well did it eventually heal?

Mine's feeling better but in certain positions it just gives out and feels like it at certain angles it will just come apart completely.

I was gonna go back tonight just for super light training but maybe that's dumb

- Dont use protectors?

protectors? what do you mean?

[Professor Diet Butcher]

So I just got back to BJJ training last week after a 5 month hiatus. As expected, my cardio is now shit. And in sparring I'm just falling back on my A game as I've gotten rusty on the newer stuff I was working on before I took the break.

Anyways, there's this other brown belt whom I was very competitive with for years. I was a blue belt when he was a white belt. He's also in his 30s and has over 20 lbs on me. So he was this dude I would tap all the time when he was a white and blue belt, and then when we were brown belt, we pretty much end in a draw most times in rolls. And the ego in me would put a lot of pressure on me to not lose to the guy. But I knew he would eventually surpass me given his age and weight difference.

So now, after 5 months, he now has one more stripe on his brown belt than mine. I feel like a huge load has been lifted from my shoulders. I can accept losing to him now... which I did... tapped to a Choi Bar which I guess I could have defended against longer but I didn't want to take the chance. Then he dominated me for the rest of the round. He's also a leg locker and I escaped every leg lock attempt, so I'm happy about that, lol.

It's good to be back!

[Masato]

So I just got back to BJJ training last week after a 5 month hiatus. As expected, my cardio is now shit. And in sparring I'm just falling back on my A game as I've gotten rusty on the newer stuff I was working on before I took the break.

Anyways, there's this other brown belt whom I was very competitive with for years. I was a blue belt when he was a white belt. He's also in his 30s and has over 20 lbs on me. So he was this dude I would tap all the time when he was a white and blue belt, and then when we were brown belt, we pretty much end in a draw most times in rolls. And the ego in me would put a lot of pressure on me to not lose to the guy. But I knew he would eventually surpass me given his age and weight difference.

So now, after 5 months, he now has one more stripe on his brown belt than mine. I feel like a huge load has been lifted from my shoulders. I can accept losing to him now... which I did... tapped to a Choi Bar which I guess I could have defended against longer but I didn't want to take the chance. Then he dominated me for the rest of the round. He's also a leg locker and I escaped every leg lock attempt, so I'm happy about that, lol.

It's good to be back!

Great story, I've been on both ends of similar experiences over the years.
I like to be happy for people when they advance faster than me and start kicking ass. Its so much better that getting down about it and trying to compete with others. We are all on our own journey, that's one thing that makes BJJ awesome imo

I've been out for 2+ months with a knee injury.
I've done fuck all except walking the dog in the woods the whole time. I am stiff as cement and sore and heavy and have been eating and drinking a ton. Injuries are nice like that lol

But now my knee is better, and I have no more excuses. If I continue this lifestyle I will be fooked before I'm 50.
My wife just took me as a guest to one of her yoga classes. It was super mild but a great wakeup call to see how out of shape I really am. Now I know if I had dove right back into BJJ I would have hurt myself for sure.
Need to start changing my diet again, stretching, lifting for at least a week I think.

Starts today. I'm a bit psyched out but I've been here before.

I feel like I've forgotten everything I'm seeing BJJ vids that 'every white belt should know', lol and I don't know em. I'm familiar with them but do I know them all sharp, with all the details? not a chance. Sometimes I wonder if I'm too stupid to ever be able to do jiu jitsu really well/higher belts. I feel I just don't have the brain capacity to remember all those details.
we will see I guess

[Edge Guerrero]

How well did it eventually heal?

Mine's feeling better but in certain positions it just gives out and feels like it at certain angles it will just come apart completely.

I was gonna go back tonight just for super light training but maybe that's dumb

- Dont use protectors?

protectors? what do you mean?

- Knee pads dont know the name

[Masato]

- Dont use protectors?

protectors? what do you mean?

- Knee pads dont know the name

Yes, there is a brown belt in his late 50's at my club that swears on knee pads. I will get some for sure.

Have to do some research if there are any specifically for grappling or if I just get some regular sports knee pads

[Edge Guerrero]

- The summer is being very hot here. Since i use aerolin. I got cramps on my legs for the second time on this weel. Just brought Slow K, but reading the medicine informations, it's says people thatr had kidney stones cant use.

[Edge Guerrero]

protectors? what do you mean?

- Knee pads dont know the name

Yes, there is a brown belt in his late 50's at my club that swears on knee pads. I will get some for sure.

Have to do some research if there are any specifically for grappling or if I just get some regular sports knee pads

- I use the cheap ones for volley.

[Professor Diet Butcher]

Today I could have been a black belt. Coach asked me last week if my goal was to become BB but I said I didn't feel ready for it yet. Today he promoted the other brown belt. If he had promoted me anyway, I wouldn't have refused. Would have been a check off my bucket list. Oh well. Funny thing is, one of the members of my gym who I'm trying to sell BJJ privates to, asked me if I was a BJJ black belt today. I answered yes. The lie could have become truth. LOL... can't help but feel the blues right now tho.