tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854782138456412028.post7070428548497431295..comments2022-11-12T01:41:49.602-08:00Comments on Absolute White belt: First real session in a whileFried Chicken Skinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055993537611297194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854782138456412028.post-5943633266146782302010-07-14T10:16:00.381-07:002010-07-14T10:16:00.381-07:00Thanks for the words G-Stamp about the patches. Wi...Thanks for the words G-Stamp about the patches. Wish me luck on this LOL<br /><br />I do die on the mats quite a bit but I am working on cutting it down again. <br /><br />I think I will be using the elbow technique as a last resort because it seems to use more force than actual technique to pass guard.Fried Chicken Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055993537611297194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854782138456412028.post-36964746641965318332010-07-12T14:40:44.280-07:002010-07-12T14:40:44.280-07:00Some folks at University of Jiu Jitsu have Saulo&#...Some folks at University of Jiu Jitsu have Saulo's patch along side the traditional Gracie Humaita patch. Not really two different/competing schools as much as a parent/child schools I suppose. But I wouldn't put a University of Jiu Jitsu patch on my Gracie Barra gi. I'm too green to know why there is such a rivalry between GB and GH, but I'm aware enough to know I probably shouldn't mingle the patches/gis. Maybe it's all in my mind. <br /><br />But, yeah, quit smoking. I like to have a cig every once in a while, but I couldn't imagine training as a "smoker." I'd 'bout die on the mats. Fo sure. <br /><br />Oh...and breaking/passing guard by digging in the elbows? I only do it if the opponent absolutely refuses to let go. My professor did it to me, so do the purples and blues, when I refused to break guard. Got deep bruises as a result. My purple belt friend says, "You always have an option. If you don't want it to hurt, just give up the pass." I've only had to dig in the elbows a couple of times, but, yeah, it does seem to work. "Technique" of last resort I suppose.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600267842086890594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854782138456412028.post-33209706729763578302010-07-12T13:25:17.301-07:002010-07-12T13:25:17.301-07:00I'll be interested in what I discover too. It ...I'll be interested in what I discover too. It should be fun talking to him :)<br /><br />No worries on lecturing me I need it every once in a while. I'm sorry to hear about your parents passing away, thank you for sharing. That is one fear that has been sticking in my head lately, I don't want to leave this world at a young age and want to see my if I can have grand kids one day...but not too soon!!! I've never thought about how it affects who rolls with me though but that's another good reason to quit, I may be missing out on some good folks to roll with cause I smell like an ashtray. <br /><br />As to the patches, all the schools here including my friends send competitors to all the local tourneys but I haven't heard anything as far as any rivalries between them. I'm going to ask this new gym I'm looking at if they'd mind the patch on my Gi and am hoping it will be okay, I'm emailing them once I post this - I have goldfish memory too or would it be that fish Dory from Finding Nemo? LOL<br /><br />My buddy did invite me to train with him at his school. But the drive and schedule wouldn't workout very well. Plus I think my 95' Accord would die from that commute :)<br /><br />Yeah I think for my next class with him I'm gonna find out another guard without elbows. I've heard similar thoughts about breaking guard using your elbows.<br /><br />As always thank you madam for your insights! :)Fried Chicken Skinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055993537611297194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854782138456412028.post-74582996800116161022010-07-12T11:54:20.890-07:002010-07-12T11:54:20.890-07:00LOL no worries :) Will be interested to read what...LOL no worries :) Will be interested to read what you discover though.<br /><br />Hey. Seriously? Quit smoking. (Brief lecture-mode: my mom smoked. Died of lung cancer when I was 17. My dad smoked. Died of lung cancer when I was 24. And don't think people can't smell it all over you when they roll with you. It comes out of your lungs and pores. I won't roll with guys who smoke, but at our academy, there's only one or two. Out of two hundred plus.)<br /><br />Back to happy things: I see other patches from other schools on different peoples' gis. Usually it's a place they used to train at, or trained at briefly while visiting somewhere else. Usually not offensive unless it's a local competitor and you're actively training at both places.<br /><br />FWIW I don't like relying on the elbow-dig-into-thigh method of breaking guard.Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705282002904234217noreply@blogger.com