Discuss your most recent training

[Masato]

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.

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

[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.

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

I'm in no hurry either, but now that my brown belt teammate is now black, it's like a kick in the ass for me to hurry it up as well. Was never a belt chaser but it's kinda lit a fire in me. I do feel like I need to get better at the gi though. I'm not very well versed in gi specific guards like spider, lasso, etc. I pretty much fight gi like I do nogi. And I don't wanna be a BB who don't know those type of guards well enough.

hey man, remember the phrase, "a black belt is just a white belt who never quit". You can do it bro. I'm sure Canuckster's told you that too!

[Edge Guerrero]

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.

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

- I didi the same thing!

[Masato]

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.

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

- I didi the same thing!

LOL I thought I was the first

I think it's the decent thing to do.
Did you switch clubs?
Otherwise I think it's disrespectful to whoever gave you the stripes.

I will be more proud if I get a stripe from Zahabi, than I was for both stripes from my previous coaches.
If my previous coaches ever see and ask I'll blame the laundry

[Edge Guerrero]

- I got the flu. But the training is gooing pretty good!

[Edge Guerrero]

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.

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

- I didi the same thing!

- Yes. I switched to a new one, one year ago.The teacher on the other ct was a major jerk.

[Masato]

Hey DB thanks for checking in

So great to see you're still going!

My physical abilities tanked the last couple years, but I kept pushing and think I may be building back up again. I had a decent class yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Re; belts
I started the club I'm at maybe a bit more than 1 year ago. I had 2 stripes on my purple but I took them off because I was performing like shit and the club had a pretty high bar for belts.
Now I'm starting to get my physicality back again and still and way below where I should be I'm starting to wonder about those stripes I took off lol
Oh well I am in no hurry
Sometimes I wonder if brown or black is actually a possibility if I keep going. It seems crazy

We will have a party for your next promotion DB!
I would still like to roll with you one day

- I didi the same thing!

- Yes. I switched to a new one, one year ago.The teacher on the other ct was a major jerk.

Switching clubs can be healthy imo

I've trained at lots of different clubs and each switch was an eye-opener. New styles, new training partners etc.
Unless your club is awesome, it's easy to get stuck and develop a bit of a false sense of your game.

Hope you enjoy!! The coach at one of the previous clubs I was at during covid was a jerk too, lol

[Professor Diet Butcher]

Masato, can you change my handle to Professor Diet Butcher? I have been promoted to BB. Coach is moving house this week, gave me his black belt and said, I gotta go home and pack, the class is yours. Aiyaaaaa!!!

[Masato]

Masato, can you change my handle to Professor Diet Butcher? I have been promoted to BB. Coach is moving house this week, gave me his black belt and said, I gotta go home and pack, the class is yours. Aiyaaaaa!!!

DUDE!!!

That is epic news!! I am blown away
I have so much respect for higher belts in BJJ, as I have a taste of what it takes to get there. Black Belts to me are like demi-gods or something lol

Wish we could celebrate somehow.
So thrilled for you dude

I'll even make you a new avatar if you have any inspirations

I'll try to figure out the name change

AMAZING congrats brother!!!!!!!

[Masato]

I just had my first class in over a month.

1 of our cars broke, so everyone is fighting who gets to use the other car lol. People have jobs and such so I used the excuse to slack off a bit.

Wasn't as bad as I thought, I'm lit up again and hungry to make it real again in life. I had forgotten how much it keeps my mental health clearer. I was going a bit buggy there, lol
I'm going back tomorrow