Just came across this! My 10 year old has been rolling a couple months and just picked up his first stripe. He got me into taking classes and on my 2nd class they put me in a round robin for 20 mins at the end of the class 😂 the objective was to pass or sweep closed guard and take side control. I did ok considering I had no idea what I was doing, and somehow stayed on for 3 rounds against much younger guys (I’m 49 😂). After the 3rd round I was gassed so hard I had to give up my spot because I couldn’t continue! Totally feel that embarrassment you describe…was mortifying! Tell me it gets better bro?! 😂😂 great video 👌
Man, I can't believe you had those first THREE comp rounds back to back. That is terrible luck. I had about an hour in between first and second, and I swear I needed so much time to get my HR down. My left tricep was going into spasm. It was like I was going into shock. You're a hero for stepping into that third round.. I can't even imagine. The burn is real. There's no real preparation for the intensity of competition. Pressure and adrenaline.. thanks for posting, I appreciate the honesty.
44 years old white belt here going into my first comp. today. Thanks for sharing this video with us and good job on making it through back to back to back fights.
You being exhausted isn’t pathetic man. You’re doing so much more than an overwhelming majority of people at any age group much less 30-40 year olds. Youre a warrior for going forward and not quitting.
Rob, As a 55 yr old just in his first week of JJ, I'm so green (and sore) this is all like a foreign language to me. Really enjoy your explanation and I look forward to the day all of this seems obvious and elementary. Thanks for the vids and all the help.
39 year old 165# 2 strip white belt here. 40 in may. Started bjj last August , I injured a rib about a month in to my training where I did an awkward half cartwheel guard pass attempt (forgot my age for a minute there) and landed on my team mates knee. That knocked me out for almost 3 weeks. Everything hurt , hurt to pull, push , breath. Never got it checked out but it was painful. Made a full recovery there. Love your videos bud. Congrats on the blue belt by the way .
Hahah yes i feel that when you forget age 😂. Right on brotha appreciate it, ive only been training 1-2 week for a month trying to let knee recover completely 🤜🤛
I really enjoyed watching this. I am only three weeks into BJJ and I got so excited and was shouting 'go on' when you applied the triangle. Hats off to you for entering any tournament as they must be nerve wracking enough. Amazing effort!
Fun to watch this one. Seeing the difference between blue and white followed by purple vs. blue was a great contrast. Great job. Hope that knee heals up well for you.
one other suggestion: when rolling with elijah, if he favors putting himself into top half, then check out the choi bar setup. it's a slick way to get a strong clamp on the nearside arm (the one that's trying to crossface you) while simultaneously using a strong knee shield. it kills his chance to kimura you like he has been, and now allows you to attack. i personally switch back and forth from threatening the choi bar to scooping that nearside leg to enter into leglocks. both the choi bar and the leg lock entry use a bit of inversion, but nothing too crazy. i used to hate getting stuck in bottom half with guys like elijah, but now i am the one purposely putting myself there, and my opponents usually dont know how to deal with it. choi bars (or even just entering the legs) are hard to stop if done correctly. oss
i didnt rewatch the vid but the purple passed pretty effortlessly at least twice, and on the first one you mentioned a sao paulo pass, did he do it on the 2nd one also? either way, there are tons of youtube vids on how to counter, or at the very least defend, every pass imaginable. just me .02 and is a good way to shore up your defense if it's getting past your guard consistently.
Hi - Purple Belt here. at 5:32 when you pull guard, have you ever considered going right into New Jersey utilizing the Rubber Guard. I mean, you swing your leg over that arm you have omaplata, gogoplata set ups, along with meathook variations, gogoclinch and hindilutines. you can also hit my favorite move, the Carni where you swing that leg over his arm (kinda of like an omaplata) but then you straighten out ur opposite butterfly hook (which stops him from rolling forwards). Great content otherwise, keep it up.
Yo Adam thanks for the feed back! Ill be honest i gotta look up most of what you just said lol! I do need to play more instead of getting in my comfort zone, that is closed guard. I need to take a few weeks and just not focus on triangles haha. Thanks in advance will check out those options
@joecrow13 Just because its not common in ADCC doesn't mean you should not consider 10th planet JJ. Also, not everyone is training for ADCC, some people, including myself, just do this as a hobby.
Nice of you to pull him into closed guard. I’ve seen so many white belts make that mistake and get their knees caught up under them. It can be brutal and dangerous if you aren’t flexible
Your vids helps me, I dislocated my elbow rolling so i been out for a month. The mental rolls helps me hopefully I’ll be ok to get on the mats soon enough. Keep going.
Great job, everyone who's competed understands the fatigue that you're talking about, after my first competition match my body was destroyed and it stayed like that for like 3 days, those 5 minutes in comp felt harder than 30 minutes of straight sparring.
I did my first white belt competition a while ago, it’s really hard and new it’s not like a rolling with partners it’s so much harder and so much pressure. Thank you for making a video.🎉🎉
You shouldn’t feel embarrassed fam. You’re out there doing it while most ppl watching from sidelines wishing they could compete ✊🏽✊🏽. That wanting to throw up feelings are the worst 😫. I noticed that the day before if you stay on top of your hydration then you don’t really get sick to your stomach. At least that what works for me fam 🤷🏽♂️. You looked relaxed tho ✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯
Grazie per questo video. E' facile trovare video di cinture viola o cinture nere che si, sono belli da vedere, ma non sono utili quanto il tuo video. Io tra poco farò la mia prima competizione con cintura bianca e sono molto agitato. Tu come hai gestito lo stress e la paura prima della gara?
Cool thanks brother! Honestly, I was trying to just breathe and relax and stretch but mentally your body knows you’re about to go into a battle with someone new so I felt my heart racing all day! Haha I would say, just don’t forget to breathe in your match and maybe not take it so serious try and be playful like you would in class Easier said than done though, the pace is different. Good luck!
La gara non è andata molto bene e ha vinto il mio avversario con un bel arm lock! Però il mio avversario più grande era la paura e la preoccupazione, andando alla gara li ho vinti!
I don't know if it'll help ya..... But at 52...at a very competitive gym, I find I always talk and compliment my opponents lol. I swear when I do that I stay extra chill and never really gas. It distracts my opponents in tournaments....I'm like..." Nice dude!"...and they'll give me that weird side glance and get momentarily distracted. It's just habit now.
