What's my best course of action? Most of the jiujitsu I know is 10th Planet stuff. The first techniques I ever learned was from an Eddie Bravo dvd. I'm willing to fly out and stay for a while wherever if I have to. I'd love to have a 10th Planet here in Greensboro or High Point, NC.
Go to HQ or moon near you. We have 50+ moon now so yea :cool:
Dude, just train jiu-jitsu. You got plenty of good non-10P schools in the area, including the one you are in. The ranking thing won't really matter until black belt and you have a long time to worry about that.
I've been training for 8 yrs already and no rank. Also, I actually want to run a 10th Planet program, so I need rank for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiseop
*No, I don't suck. I've just been sidelined with injuries and work and have had to change gyms several times. Now, due to schedule, I train at 3-4 different places, so no one will belt me without allegiance.
I'm in Wilkesboro and no one around here does 10th planet jj. Wanna roll sometime?
1) Compete
2) Make sure the 10p warm ups are flawless
3) Make sure your lockdown, Rubber Guard, Twister, swim move/spiderweb material is flawless
4) Put in time (not a weekend) at a moon, regular visits over a period of time.
No one will rank you if you just pop in for weekend, you have to make a commitment to the 10th Planet system. Then Eddie or another moon head will consider ranking you.
You gotta earn that shit! ;)
Don't get caught up in ranking if you can't regularly make it to a moon. I've been training almost 2 years at a couple different no gi schools where I can't be ranked, so I'm a white belt by virtue. But I really don't mind that, my whole game is 10th planet based and I'm pretty happy with where I'm at with my progression as a grappler. To be honest, not having a rank is a pretty cool gig, the whole mental barrier of belts kind of dissolves and you can just focus on developing your game
How far away are you? You need a gym we can use or have one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mojoplata
In response to Chris Herzog** Ha! I've learned moves from your videos before. Cool. That is great advice. Thank you, sir. I just wish there was a 10th Planet closer to me.
Yeah, that's been kinda my thing, but for teaching purposes, an official rank would be beneficial. Of course, tournament wins are going to speak for themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by hespectnogi
I would fly out somewhere for a week if somebody would house me.
If you can't make it out to a moon, you need to put in consistent time with SOMEONE somewhere, if you've been training for 8 years it shouldn't be difficult to acquire your blue belt at a local BJJ spot. If you're passionate about becoming a 10p representative in your area you will have to compete and show that your skills are worth passing on to your community. and everything Herzog said ;)
I commend you for this! This is real shitQuote:
Originally Posted by hespectnogi