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FGHi All, This may be a silly question but I have been training BJJ for over 21 years now and have no idea of the dates that I got my blue and purple belts to ...
WMWho among the BJJ players here have advanced medical degrees, law degrees, Ph.D's, etc, and what is your discipline?
MGRecently, whenever I get a notification for recertification, I’ve made it a point to see how many profiles that person has voted for before reconfirming my vote...
MI will be moving to a different state and would like people to recommend a new gym that they have trained at or currently train, or know the professor. I have ...
DBOk. I haven't been following the comp scene closely, but I just caught a highlight of Gordon Ryan armbarring a guy with just a triangle control of the guy's...
GMHey Team! Curious how many of you are training in a small town. I run a gym in a seasonal town of 4000 people in BC, Canada. We get lots of tourists throug...
BJToday after class, a guy was chatting with me in the parent waiting area when he started removing his gi pants. I guess he forgot he was only wearing underwear ...
JJSpace Time & Deception. S: Creating or removing space. T: Creating time/timing with distance management & strategy. D: Creating false sense of securiti...
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BJI think I'm going to sign up for my first competition, Illinois NewBreed on March 13th. I haven't weighed myself in a bit. Weighed myself this afternoon; 16...
DBI have been a Traditional Martial Artist since 1985. I am a 5th Degree Black Belt in Karate and own a TMA school. I am also a Purple Belt in BJJ. I think EG...
JGHave you ever grappled with someone who claimed to be a certain rank but obviously was not? How did the situation go? I've never come across this situat...
MMJust thinking of an extra incentive to buy the certificate and support the site. Please accept my apologies if this is already the case. But, what about...
NTI enjoy listening to grappling podcasts on my drive home. Here are some of my favorites. Who do you all like to listen to? -strenuous life with Stephan Kesti...
JMOur gym has a very lighthearted presence in social media that helps tell folks who we are. Sure we are dangerous and represent when we show up at tournies, but...
ECAs the end of the panini starts to look like it's on the horizon, I've been looking forward to getting back on the mats. To tide myself over in the mean time, I...
JWI find something very zen about looking at well worn Jiu jitsu belts. I see a lot of ragged black belts but what about your old white, blue, purple, and browns...
ADHey Guys, Germany is Back to a Lockdown light. Kind of boring know and its getting colder. First Lockdown was ok, I was motivated but now. It feels like, g...
DKConsidering words like: hespect, hespetch, heferee, gwuard, beltch, any word starting with 'R', etc. You can see a ton of example if you search for these words ...
DBhttps://youtu.be/dZyZV3y9loM?t=180 Masters Vladir Ferreira vs. Adivaldo Batista III Sequence starts at 03:00 Notice the left handed amassa pao grip on...
EGOne of my students came back from a holiday with 2 new stripes on his white belt, I asked him where he got them, and he told me a friend and brown belt from his...
ABHow often have you encountered a case where a coach refused to confirm a student's belt? We are not talking about this Internet resource. it's about what's happ...
PDI am going to be in Falls Church VA to take care of some family issues for 2-3 weeks starting next Monday, Is anyone on here in that area that would like to hav...
BMJust curious how folks are deciding which tournament matches/medals to include on their profiles. Personally, I decided to include my Judo tournament matches...
JJSo I am 10-4-1 against Purple or higher belts in competition. 3 of the 4 losses I finished on top after my opponent became exhausted and I was near kimura fi...
CGCome on, that was 100% planned out. No way you can slap a roided Brazilian like that and not get punched back.
PDI was on the Dr Phil show yesterday and I am wondering how many of you guys as instructors get people like this.. The try and be something they are not on the i...
BJRecall my thread on a couple of apparently fake black/coral belts in New Mexico: https://www.beltchecker.com/forum.php?p=read&type=1&id=30770&u=602ef6e3b8fb...
MGMy friend recently got his young daughter in BJJ at another local school. Tonight he posted on Facebook that she broke her arm while posting it during a takedow...
DBThis is madness. Don't do it. I have two kids, and I will keep them off social media until they can tap me out. I honestly think this site should be ...
DBOh, the shame. Years of my life wasted, laughing at fools armlocking mannequin dolls in their basement. Or weird kung fu people hammering a wooden dummy. ...
