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You know dude, I am looking at your post as an outsider since I do not train at 10th planet school or anything, but let me tell you this. If YOU are taking a one week trip to HQ and fund this trip with the money your wife needs to heat the house you are not proving that you have major commitment to JiuJitsu. You are proving that you are a horrible, irresponsible husband, who should have never married and took the responsibility of a relationship. Grow up, go take care of your family. Jiujitsu will be there for you when you come back, and if you can never come back well thats ok too, your family comes first.
irrational much? sounds like getting your blue belt wouldn't have been a cure-all for your problems bro
I say keep going as long as it doesn't drastically impact ur family...
A belt's for holding up your trousers!!
Seriously dude your family must come first, before training.
If you are that serious about jits and want to get ranked and compete. Then you need to start making some serious plans and look into moving your family from the small town you live in to a place where there is sufficient jits.
A lot of people make a great big song and dance about their training but dont actually do anything serious to solve the problem.
Most importantly you must consider your family and if they love you they will consider how you feel about jits. Then you can make plans to solve the problem. Isn't that what marriage is all about. Working together to tackle what life throws at you - together!?!?
I hope you can turn your words in to actions.
Good luck
What in the fuck just happened.....
With ya on that one Palmer!! I read this and was kinda like wtf. I cant tell if he is pissed that he did not get promoted by going to hq or what. Makin a trip to hq for a week expecting to get a promotion out of it is not the right mindset. This is jus my opinion tho.:cool:
a belt is just a color man.
I've never had sex with a woman:(
Listen im not one to judge people all that often because i am a true believer in to each his own but Gerrit Take care of your Family, Training is great but if you dont have a home food and all the other things that you need for your family you arent doing the right things sir. Ive been a Purple belt under two different teachers been a blue belt under 4 different teachers it means NOTHING keep training and rolling when you can and ENJOY THEY JOURNEY.
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Originally Posted by chris herzog
hahaha
This was depressing to read......
These are my fav Zog posts ever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
I'm sorry bit this thread is ridiculous. I lol'd even though I know it's not appropriate.
Humble yourself about that blue bro...it took me 6 years to get blue. Not once did i ever consider quitting i do JJ cuz i love it not for some colored fabric... most displeasing. When i tested for blue i honestly did not think that i was going to get it, but i changed my mindset and said ill roll twice as hard and learn twice as much and get it next time(turns out i got it). Never quit...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerrit Butler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9rewnLFYw
Family always comes first!!! I'm still waiting to train because of family obligations. It sucks but, a real man takes care of his responsibilities! If you truly love jiu jitsu....then you need to talk to your family and try to make a financial successful plan on how to make it happen. It might take many more years to make it happen but if you truly love jj it will be worth the wait! Most important, your family needs to agree or it won't work.
Realtalk. What are you trying to accomplish with this thread? Venting? Cause anyone on here can relate. Frustration is universal and noone is immune. So jj means alot to you? Thats awesome. Where did you learn it? Friends and net? Me too. Or in a gym? Either way you learned it and it seems your pretty confident in your skillset. People make the place and if there is no infrastucture already in place you must relocate or create one. My guess is there is something there because your right next to a big army base.
I understand you're upset, but seriously dude... You just got to spend a week at fuckin HQ! Ya life is so horrible, I just got to roll with Eddie. So what that you didn't get a belt?! Who the fuck cares! The belt doesn't make the man. Do you want others to respect you or what is the deal? Look at wrestlers for example, they don't need a belt to feel good about themselves. Trust me man. A lot of us have it rough too, and would have loved to have been at HQ.
wat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerrit Butler
Damnit this one always gets me, and get me it did!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
Ok, i just read this thread again and it's fucking gay. I'm sorry, it just is.
lol, it is funny.
WTF....... F*#K the belt color. If thats why you went to the promissed land/HQ ? You went for the wrong reasons. Did you think Master Eddie was going to walk up and say "where has this guy been !!!!!! this guys the future of my system." Than hang a belt on you with a hug !!!!
Sorry maybe I shouldn't feel this way,but I was personally insulted. There are so many of us banging it out for this system. First thing I thought of was Gabby, Me, Coach Herzog and all the guys I know from his school. Plus countless others on this forum. Not one of us havn't hurt....bled.....or walked away because it seems sometimes like we give everything for what. But I don't know if your heads in the right place if any of that has ever been about a belt. You leaving someone you love with no heat why you go chase a belt, tells me your heads not in the right place. I have always said, someday Eddie will hang a black belt on me. I hope to be his youngest ever. But I have never put a time limit on it. If it never happens, it's because I'm lacking something, either in skill....or character. But it all will be on me. You say you would cut your arm off to prove yourself (earn a blue belt). Me and the people I thought of would cut there arm off to just train at HQ.....Thats the difference bro.
I know I will go to HQ someday, the only way I would ever leave dissapointed is if Eddie didn't introduce me to some of Lux's friends. :) Sorry got a little angry there, thought I better end with a laugh.lol.
I went to HQ a week before you and consider myself privileged just to get some roll time in with Eddie, Victor, Rogan, Copella and all the other bad asses. Maybe your just looking at the trip the wrong way? Going to HQ is more of a learning experience because the talent pool is so good.
If it's a belt you're searching for you should try that gracieacadamy online school. If your as good as you say you are they should send you your blue belt in no time.
Why can't I read OPs post?
Because he edited itQuote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Rae
I got to go to HQ just for a couple days and I felt so grateful. You went to HQ for a week man! That in itself is an awesome experience. If you don't stick with it at least remember that as a fond memory.
It's right hereQuote:
Originally Posted by John Alighieri
So first off i wanna thanks everyone who rolled with me this week, really had a great trip overall.
Reasons i made this trip were because i have been with the 10th planet organization for about 7-8 months paying for pro membership and wanted to show my skills and impress people so that i could get some insight on what i need to do to finally get my blue belt after 8 years of Jiu Jitsu. Is it because i dont have the skill? No, because i hang with most purples/browns just fine. Its because i live in a fucking small town and cant get ranked there.
Most people dont understand how frustrating it is for me not being able to compete at my skill level or compete at all. Competeing in Jiu Jitsu tounaments is everything for me, I gave everything up to come here for 1 week. Spent all my familys money, how much you say? enough so my wife who called me yesterday couldnt pay for fuel to heat my house at -11f. She had to call her dad and have him pay. I have given everything i have to be here, walking 1 mile to and from practise two times a day.
What did i learn from the trip? Lots of stuff, More about myself and were my priorties should be. I get looked over while competion matches are going on because i am injured, its a thumb i am fine let me prove myself. I will cut my fucking arm off to prove myself for my family. I just wanted one chance to show that Jiu Jitsu isnt just something i like to do but that I could go somewhere with it.
8 years, 8, years, and I have nothing to show for it. But i guess i can always be a camera man.
Once again thanks for everything, i met many people I will never see again but I will call my friends for the rest of my life.
The Life of living in a small town with no possibilities of doing anything with my life.
My e-mail is gerrit@wtflol.net if u guys want the competition matches from my week at HQ. 1-907-799-4481 if u can catch me before i leave LA.
lol Cody, hes clearly trying to get rid of that post either cos he regrets it or because he doesnt care anymore. you could at least let him end this :/
I've only repped a few people, but this post deserves one, love the maturity bro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conner MACHINE Gibbons
I know : ). But somehow i feel slightly offended so im not ready to let him live this down yet. Honestly i hope he sits down and changes his mindset comes back and say his head wasnt in the right place and that he is back on the grind. Then ill drop it, but until then haha its not going away!Quote:
Originally Posted by Karim Graham
I only posted Jackie, and waited to comment, because I found this thread rather disturbing.
Gerrit, I'm not going to comment on you and you're family situation other than this. Sacrifice for Jiu Jitsu is a important part of the process, However the sacrifice should be your own, not your families.
1)When something doesn't go the way you expect, then best course of action is to internalize. Find our what "YOU" did wrong, rather that imediatley focus outward, this works well in both life and with Jiu Jitsu. Remember their is always at least 1 constant in failure, "You". What could "You" have done diffrently?
2)"8 years, 8 years, and I have nothing to show for it" Then I guess Jiu Jitsu isn't as important to you as you think it is, because you're missing the entire point. Jiu Jitsu really has little to do with belts, and if thats your focus you likely wont get far with that attitude. Focus on training and getting better.
3) You've been a member of the forum and "with the organization" for 7-8 months. Welp that maybe one of your first indications as to why you didn't get promoted.
4) Did you communicate your intentions that you would like to be evaluated by Eddie for a blue belt promotion?
5) Regardless of whether you did or didn't, there was a reason you weren't promoted. "YOU".
Your comments and actions clearly demonstrate that NOT promoting you was the right course of action, as we don't need your type of representation. It may be a bitter pill to swallow, looking in the mirror is the best course of action when things don't go "your" way.
I'm with you, I'm a bit more than "slightly" offended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody Kietzman
+1, this is high level bullshitQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
I dont get it. So what if theres no place to get ranked in no gi where you live. There are options. Start a hot box, get affiliated, travel to HQ more than one time, compete in as many tournies as possible and get noticed. You cant just sit back and expect things to be handed to you. Im sure theres something legit nearby. If not theres always GQ and Worlds. Just save that money.
Well said coach Herzog !!!!!! As always way more gracefully put then my WTF !!!!! lol.
Jiu Jitsu is about the journey, Thats what Master Eddie told me one time. I'm proud of my journey so far. It has taken me to great places, and let me meet amazing people. I have also hit the wall at times in training and felt like a failure. I think it's the lows that teach you the most. It you can't handle the lows then maybe jiu jits isn't for you. And maybe the people at HQ saw that...and thats why you walked away without what you were looking for...... something to think about maybe.
My record for the last 2 years is around 115 wins with around 20 loses. Many of those wins were fights against black belts and jr black belts from all kinds of styles. I'm a 10th planet white belt. I wouldn't trade my journey for someones black belt for anything !!! Because if you think about it.....does it really matter??? Not unless your just looking to tell everyone there a black belt. Again back to my first post...... your heads not in the right place.
That being said..... master Eddie unless I see my black belt in the mail, were done !!!!!!! :)
First off i didnt expect to get anything but knowlege in going to HQ, which i got. I didnt expect to get a belt. I wrote this because I was angry about the situation with my injuries and mental state after finding out my house ran out of fuel and didnt have heat, (Turns out we didnt run out of fuel, the furnace just broke so i had to drop 6grand for another.) I wrote it hear because i was looking for some positive reiforcment and something that would cheer me up. Turns out this forum is full of trolls like any other forum and it was a bad idea.
I worked my ass off at HQ and got everything I ever expected out of it, including a surgery to repair the damage to my thumb. I apoligize if my first post was misleading but i also want to thank everyone who understood what I was going through and took it was me reaching out for help. I am not only in Jits for a belt, jitz has been my life for a long time and will continue to be. I dont "Expect" to get a belt from anyone or any other organization than the 10th Planet family unlike alot of u on the forums who settled for other schools.
Once again I am sorry if my first post was misleading.
Cant start a Hotbox, cant meet the requirments for comps. because alaska only has 2 a year and I missed one to go to HQQuote:
Originally Posted by Brent "Deimos" Smith
Once again I am sorry for the post, I went to HQ and had the time of my life and expect to go back, I never quit at anypoint on my trip, even after I found out my thumb joint was destroyed and had to be surgically repaired. My dedication is more than any of u will ever know and I will prove it to myself because I will not quit. Thanks and sorry again. Dont hold it against me, i am human and i was angry and we all make mistakes.