Deep Butterfly Half for Graham & Pete

[GrahamB]

Welcome to the journey!

[gzregorz]

Just had my first BJJ class last night (Marcelo Alonso). Had a great time. Down the rabbit hole, it seems....

Good for you, I hope you enjoyed it.

Keep in the mind that the first few months are the toughest!

[middleway]

Looks like a pretty nails test this. Demonstration of your technical skills, then rolling with a bunch of grades and your instructor! Hardcore!

[Dmitri]

Wow that guy's a freakin' beast! The roll from half-guard to taking the back at 2:20 looked nice/sneaky... remember learning it once, but completely forgot about its existence...

(Why didn't they stop when blood was dripping? Makes no sense to me... )

[Taste of Death]

(Why didn't they stop when blood was dripping? Makes no sense to me... )

They're freakin' beasts, perhaps.

[GrahamB]

Looks like a pretty nails test this. Demonstration of your technical skills, then rolling with a bunch of grades and your instructor! Hardcore!

Knee reap at 7.27 - he should have got DQ-ed!!!!

[middleway]

Knee reap at 7.27 - he should have got DQ-ed!!!!

Yeh but does it pass the Helio filter Graham ... thats the REAL question!!!

The roll from half-guard to taking the back at 2:20 looked nice/sneaky... remember learning it once, but completely forgot about its existence...

Yeh i noticed that badboy too .... Tried it rolling no gi last night. i couldn't get it to work initially but i think i was over rolling, by the end i was rolling about like a Miyao! (in my head)

[GrahamB]

It's hot in the UK at the moment. For some reason I can roll around doing BJJ, sweaty as hell drenched in another guy's sweat and it doesn't bother me. But catch a whiff of some guy with BO in the office or on the street and I want to barf.

What's that about?

[Dmitri]

Dunno what that's about, but the solution is obvious -- whenever you come across a smelly guy, take him down and roll with him.

On a serious note -- there are some guys (fortunately very, very few) that attend our classes who apparently have a complicated, on-and-off relationship with the shower, and rolling with them can get close to unbearable. But again, that sort of thing happens extremely rarely, like once or twice a year.

[fuga]

Slowly returning to the mats and testing my healing knee.

I am excited that I will be led towards a different game since a few of my go to guards simply will not hold up under pressure for a while. Once I am back rolling (in a month or so if hopefully), I am looking forward to exploring the idea of the light feather being as heavy as the ultra. Cem kilos!

[GrahamB]

Dunno what that's about, but the solution is obvious -- whenever you come across a smelly guy, take him down and roll with him.

On a serious note -- there are some guys (fortunately very, very few) that attend our classes who apparently have a complicated, on-and-off relationship with the shower, and rolling with them can get close to unbearable. But again, that sort of thing happens extremely rarely, like once or twice a year.

I have a theory that there's a difference between honest swet and, er, dishonest swet....

[shawnsegler]

I don't mind a little BO. It comes with the game but while I don't roll often I do sometimes and I remember a couple of very unpleasant situations where someones bad breath just about made me vomit all over them.

S

[grzegorz]

Thanks, 100kilos, for that.

Yes, thanks 100.

I've had similar experiences with instructors teaching BJJ by relying on feeling, at which point it can become like push hands.

[GrahamB]

I really like the look of this technique and using the hook from turtle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv6BLUo9Mh8



Anybody else got any turtle go-to techniques they want to share?

[RickMatz]

I'm the newest guy whose stuck around (three months now, I think). Everybody taps me out...
... until last night.

I was able to defend myself and get a draw against one opponent. I stayed defensive, looked for opportunities and when they didn't work out, withdrew rather than leave my arms out there.

I feel good!