I gotta be honest, I feel super cringe talking to the dudes at my BJJ gym about self defense/combatives stuff. So many people in that space are weaboos or fake tough guys peddling bullshit. Even the...
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I gotta be honest, I feel super cringe talking to the dudes at my BJJ gym about self defense/combatives stuff. So many people in that space are weaboos or fake tough guys peddling bullshit. Even the...
Gun retention seems to be pretty awful on your fingers, from my limited experience (2 classes) drilling on them. I'm looking into blue guns now and trying to think if there's anything to consider to...
I think we had 3 "injuries" in this class.
The worst was one guy had a minor finger dislocation during an evolution when the other guy used a gun disarm and his finger got stuck in the trigger...
I'll start out with what didn't -- it was by far the best organized and best instructed class on *anything* I have ever attended. The pedagogy, congruency, and intentionality of everything that Craig...
Thanks for the answers, ya'll!
Kind of confirming what I expected, but it's nice to check :-)
Frustratingly, none of the ranges around here seem to rent them. :-/
Yeah, mostly just curious for my understanding than for feedback on the specific gun, but I appreciate for the recommendation...
Whatever people haven't been training as much. I know in the gym it feels like cheating when I come in with some technique off a video that no one is used to dealing with. I kind of hate that, by the...
Hey, all.
I'm getting back into shooting and looking to buy an actual modern semi-auto. Following the advice of this forum, I'm looking at the standard suspects (M&P 9c, Glock 19), but the...
It's absolutely where things are headed, especially in no gi.
The nice thing is that they work really well with each other. There are so many leglock entries off of failed shots, or even...
Oooh, man. My first white belt competition, my opponent was clearly better on his feet than I was. Took me down, I escaped, we stood back up. Repeat x3, then I finally ended up in his closed guard....
Over covid, a buddy and I trained in the basement for 18 months, and thought we'd teach ourselves to wrestle. After like 3 months of trying to drill Jeff Jordan and Cary Kolat videos... I've still...
I was wearing a knee brace when I accepted it, lol. Stupid meniscus...
If anyone is starting this -- LEARN HOW TO SHOOT PROPERLY. I beat the crap out of my knees from bad imitations of wrestling...
Just wanted to drop in and give thanks again for all of you. I got my brown belt yesterday and I'm still kind of in shock.
I know I've dropped off in my activity in this forum, but it still holds...
Of course, you have to take some of that with a grain of salt -- good enough control on a kimura or americana to cleanly finish a training partner is very different from "grab this and rip it as hard...
For fun, Quintet is my absolute favorite. Best solution I've seen to the points/overtime problem. Sub or you're both out and the next guy goes in. Call stalling actively almost like it's a wrestling...
Personally I've found that I stay much healthier when I train no gi. In gi I am constantly getting a fingers sprained, gi burn on my face from a missed choke, or new cauliflower ear.
I also kind...
I liked Ryan Hall's approach in his most recent 50/50 instructional -- there is a heavy emphasis on not letting them get close enough to punch you in the face while you're sitting there digging for a...
That is awesome for your son! I hope he keeps at it!
You know, that's a good reminder that I should brush up one some of my self-defense targeted techniques. My gym has kind of a "competition-oriented, but traditionally-influenced" kind of culture to...
Oh man, tell me about it. Friend and I were both very close to purple, so my instructor had us fight for the belt. I lost :( But he was planning on promoting me in just another month or two last...
I took a *single* grappling course with them at a PEP almost seven years ago. JUST ONE. But like a dealer in a Very Special Episode of a 90's sitcom, they hooked me.
I don't know how many $$$s in...
This video just highlights the vast gap in what 'normal people' thing is a reasonable way to interact with the police and what things look like behind the badge.
Most people I've talked to...
Comparing the Greco/Folkstyle/Freestyle it's amazing how the different rulesets affect how you approach the same basic techniques.
I've been working for the last few months on Folkstyle shots, but...
You might also just ask around and see if anyone wants to train. As the last year of quarantine has shown me, 12 months of garage work with a blue belt is still a lot better than no training at all.
BJJ has honestly changed my views on aging. I never had older men who were still fit as role models before. My image of a dude in his mid-forties has a beer gut and can maybe still hit a 3-pointer or...