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40+ Practitioners Question! Do you berimbolo?
3 year(s) ago • 4022 views • 71 replies
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
As an older practitioner, do you berimbolo? I was able to fairly easily when I was younger, not so much these days. Any one 40+ still doing them?
BMBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
As an older practitioner, do you berimbolo? I was able to fairly easily when I was younger, not so much these days. Any one 40+ still doing them?
Yes, sir. I'm 42 and I'm working through Espen Mathiesen's crab ride system as we speak. Lots of bolo action there. I'm planning on still being able to invert well into my 50's if nature will allow it :).
MGPurple beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
Started Jiu Jitsu at 23 and I’ll be 40 in two months. Not once have I ever berimbolo’d.
SEBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
Well, I will be 50 next year and I learned to deal with all the bolo-stuff but it never became part of my game. My JJ was very old fashioned style from the beginning and turns more and more into a „sloth“-style.
AAWhite beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
I was listening to a podcast the other day talking about "Old Bastard Jiu-Jitsu." I just about spit my tea out when the host said, "berim-bullshit guard."
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
54 yrs old and still go for it here and there.
Most of the time I spend laying there like an old pos. Lol
Most of the time I spend laying there like an old pos. Lol
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
Yes, sir. I'm 42 and I'm working through Espen Mathiesen's crab ride system as we speak. Lots of bolo action there. I'm planning on still being able to invert well into my 50's if nature will allow it :).
That's awesomse! There's still hope for these old bones! LOL
LMPurple beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
43 yo here… Negative ghost rider! But nor did I ever have much exposure to it. Even when I trained more with competitors this style was not part of their game so haven’t seen a lot of it.
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TRBlack beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
45 years old and history of 4 herniated discs. If I start doing berimbolo I need a wheel chair afterwards.
VCBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
I'm feared by 8 and 80yr olds. I bolo them like there's no tomorrow, cos usually the next day I'm holed up in bed resting from all those inversion and only the 8 and 80yr olds can't run away fast enough for me to tell them about how I reinjured my neck trying to bolo someone and it didn't work cos I got squashed mid way through
DBlack beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
48, I only try to counter bolos now ... which can end up in bolos, but the goal is to counter them.
RCBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
46 yr old here… if my back says yes then inverted we go but if the back says no then on the mats is where it stays..
CBBrown beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
I'm 47. Direct quote from after a tournament, "How are you over 40 and playing Inverted spider guard and doing birembolo back takes!?!?!?!" :-D
Though at least in my gym, I'm in the minority, even among guys who are much younger than I am.
Though at least in my gym, I'm in the minority, even among guys who are much younger than I am.
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SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
As an older practitioner, do you berimbolo? I was able to fairly easily when I was younger, not so much these days. Any one 40+ still doing them?
I'm 42, no berimbolo stuff for me. I made the decision when I started BJJ at 25 that I wasn't going to bother with anything (in terms of using it in sparring, naturally I still try and learn how popular stuff works, so I can teach it) I was unlikely to be able to still do when I got to 65+. Very happy with that decision so far. :D
PDBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
Berimbolo, inverting and many things that were easy when I was younger now are in the category of only if I absolutely positively have too.
As I age I notice my game stripping away things that take attributes. In a pinch I still do them then afterwards thin I can't believe I can still do that. Then again at 60 the body co-operates less and less every day
As I age I notice my game stripping away things that take attributes. In a pinch I still do them then afterwards thin I can't believe I can still do that. Then again at 60 the body co-operates less and less every day
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
Berimbolo, inverting and many things that were easy when I was younger now are in the category of only if I absolutely positively have too. As I age I notice my game stripping away things that take attributes. In a pinch I still do them then afterwards thin I can't believe I can still do that. Then again at 60 the body co-operates less and less every day
Given you've got the experience, it would be interesting to know the various techniques/positions etc that you used to do back in the day, which you've since dropped as you got into your 60s.
Also, what's stood the test of time in your game?
Also, what's stood the test of time in your game?
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PDBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
I have always used a simple basics oriented game and was a big leglocker.
My game when I was younger was a speed based game and now it is very pressure oriented as I am a lot bigger. The biggest changes have been in my guard game I used to fish for subs now I focus on sweeps
My game when I was younger was a speed based game and now it is very pressure oriented as I am a lot bigger. The biggest changes have been in my guard game I used to fish for subs now I focus on sweeps
RPBlack belt 6th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
As an older practitioner, do you berimbolo? I was able to fairly easily when I was younger, not so much these days. Any one 40+ still doing them?
Yes
We need to understand old and new school
(All is circular… so there is no new school)
Due one hand can’t clap
We need to understand old and new school
(All is circular… so there is no new school)
Due one hand can’t clap
DBlack beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
Yes We need to understand old and new school (All is circular… so there is no new school) Due one hand can’t clap
Holy shit, you're the Remco Pardoel?! Legend.
JWBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
I used to run away from inversions(40+, ultra-heavyweight, fairly flexible), but changed my mindset after listening to the Just jiujitsu podcast with Kroyler saying that he does them. Mix that with Professor Danaher doing them with his bad knees and his, and I decided that I needed to make sure I could invert.
TL:DR, yes, I do it.
TL:DR, yes, I do it.
RPBlack belt 6th degreeVerified
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
MGPurple beltVerified
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ARBlack beltVerified
3 year(s) ago
As an older practitioner, do you berimbolo? I was able to fairly easily when I was younger, not so much these days. Any one 40+ still doing them?
I would, but I'm too dumb to figure it out. I go for it and end up with my back taken.
JBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
I'm almost 47 and I have suffered two serious neck injuries, so I don't invert. That said, I did attend a seminar about five years ago where the instructor taught several hours worth of berimbolo-related material. I was glad to learn it, but it was purely academic for me.
RPBlack belt 6th degreeVerified
VCBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
TSBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
I will do it in class while sparring and filling around with teammates, but it has never been a major part of my game, and isn't dialed in enough to be part of my competition game. I'm bigger, though, and never really had the kind of finesse that I feel is required for birimbolo play. For reference I'm 44 and currently out of shape at 230lbs. Knee injury, but no back issues.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
3 year(s) ago
45 years old and history of 4 herniated discs. If I start doing berimbolo I need a wheel chair afterwards.
I feel ya! I got 6. 3 in my lower back and 3 in my neck.
