Last nights lesson on the mat

**SevenStar** · 09-16-2002, 08:49 PM

literally hundreds? you should apply for a job at the National Inquirer

**jon** · 09-17-2002, 02:03 AM

God darn it i love Ralek...
I always want to steal his quotes for my sig.

"I do train."
*Pure gold...

How is the Gracie cd-rom anyway? Those big men in the little shorts still turning you on?

I would fight with you ralek but i dont know how to defend a double leg takedown and i have no idea what a naked rear choke even is let alone how to escape one. I have also never seen 'the gaurd' or have the slightest clue of its use. The whole prospect of being given a 'rear mount' frankly scares me and being 'pinned' just sounds kind of suspect.

Ahh well back to my dancing

I guess ill just have to do what ralek does and play my games and dream.
Hey Ralek in the Xbox version of UFC how the heck do i get sprawl? I cant seem to get the button combination right

Small disclaimer...
I actualy rather like BJJ and try and pick up bits off my friend who studys it whenever i can. Was a dig at Ralek not bjj.

**TaoBoy** · 09-17-2002, 03:13 AM

Any chance this thread can be salvaged?

**Helicopter** · 09-17-2002, 03:36 AM

Our school started its grappling programme on sunday, 4 hours worth just to give us the basic drills so that we can start incorporating them into our regular training.
**** good fun, completely knacking, and I came off worse in my match-ups.
I'm still f'ing sore and training again tonight.

P.s. How do get out of a choke where he's underneath and behind you (on the ground).

**Former castleva** · 09-17-2002, 03:53 AM

*sigh*

Try interconnecting the mats.

**Chang Style Novice** · 09-17-2002, 06:15 AM

Okay, Ralek, give us another laugh.

Where do you train?

**Liokault** · 09-17-2002, 07:19 AM

Helicopter what is involved in your grappeling program and why was it not done before? Did you have to get some one in to do it or are you just wrestling and seeing what happens?

**qeySuS** · 09-17-2002, 08:00 AM

You can get wrestling shoes if you want to, i have a pair but i never use it in BJJ. For one people go for leglocks on me a lot more (and get them a lot more), also it feels harder for me to squirm from back to guard (which feels oh so good when i'm barefooted).

**fa_jing** · 09-17-2002, 08:09 AM

Originally posted by Helicopter

P.s. How do get out of a choke where he's underneath and behind you (on the ground). [/B]

Pretty much the worst possible place to find yourself. Try pushing your elbows into his thighs or just squirming for your life.

**fa_jing** · 09-17-2002, 08:12 AM

Ground fighting is fun. Even to know the most basic things about it will make a huge difference. Still, to beat a skilled groundfighter on the ground would require a lot of training in a ground-oriented grappling art.

**SanHeChuan** · 09-17-2002, 01:09 PM

I took BJJ from my college last semester from Clay Pittman, one of Carlos Muchados students. I don’t know if the muchados have a different belt system than the Gracie’s, But Pittman sure did. He had white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, red, brown, and black, with several stripes in-between. Supposedly pittman changed from karate to bjj after getting beaten by a small girl bjj yellow belt. I rolled with guys and galls up though green. I could beat people up though orange and hold my own with green as for the rest I don’t know. I only had one class a week for like 10 weeks vs. dudes who train regularly. While Pittman and I’m sure many of his advanced students could give me a royal a$$ whoopin on the mat, I just don’t buy low ranked students in bjj beating high ranked people from other styles.

**ewallace** · 09-17-2002, 01:23 PM

It was proabably the ranking system, the fact that it was held at a college, as well as the caliber of fighters. I have heard many good things about Carlos' school up in Dallas so I am inclined to believe it may have had a lot to do with the class structure and not the actual style.

**Ford Prefect** · 09-17-2002, 01:29 PM

San,

Were you in the kids class?

j/k All BJJ schools rank the same because that's how the tourney's are divided up. The only time I've heard yellow, orange, and green belts mentioned (never w/stripes) are in the kiddy classes. I know Machado guys and Gracie Barra (where the machado's learned bjj) don't use that system. I don't know why this guy is.

**TaoBoy** · 09-17-2002, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by Former castleva
*sigh*

Try interconnecting the mats.

They were interconnected - I think I managed to find the only gap with my little toe. And toes don't like it much when they are jammed between mats while some guy practices a takedown.

Aaah, the joys of the martial arts.

Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
Where do you train?

If that was directed at me - I've started at Dominance JJ - a school run by some brown & purple belts from John Will's school (JW is a Machado black belt). Nice bunch of guys.

Any other experiences to share ppl?

**qeySuS** · 09-17-2002, 05:17 PM

once you have a strategy for almost all positions it gets a lot more fun IMO.

My favourite is the guard (being small and all) and if i get sidemounted/mounted i'll get haflguard and from tehre i'm pretty good at catching peoples back or getting back to guard, so even though it doesnt work nearly always, i always have a thing to do (i'm not just flapping about doing whatever to get out). IMO once you get there it's a lot more fun, i have a lot more to learn obviously but i at least have a basic thing to do from most positions now

It's a nice feeling to know what to do even though you may not succeed (nice chaneg from flapping around like i was doing first).

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