Got destroyed today!

[Brent Alvarez]

I remember my early days of playing rubber guard. My game wasn't very polished at the time, but not many people played rubber guard back then. This allowed me to have more success with it early on. Today it is well known and the traps and such are better defended in general. Continue to work on your rubber guard game. However, I would stress focusing on your half guard game first. Eddie lays it out first in his book for a reason. Most people will give you half guard b4 giving you full guard. Also, you will find a lot of times you can transition from half to full guard with your partner already broken down. This will allow you to start you rubber guard game a step a head. Its not going to be easy. You will need to rep and roll often, but if you focus on your half as much as your full guard, it will be hard to shut you down early on.

[Brandon Mccaghren]

I remember my early days of playing rubber guard. My game wasn't very polished at the time, but not many people played rubber guard back then. This allowed me to have more success with it early on. Today it is well known and the traps and such are better defended in general. Continue to work on your rubber guard game. However, I would stress focusing on your half guard game first. Eddie lays it out first in his book for a reason. Most people will give you half guard b4 giving you full guard. Also, you will find a lot of times you can transition from half to full guard with your partner already broken down. This will allow you to start you rubber guard game a step a head. Its not going to be easy. You will need to rep and roll often, but if you focus on your half as much as your full guard, it will be hard to shut you down early on.

Great post.

You're gonna get pounded on in the beginning of your jiu jitsu journey. It's just part of the process. I'm going on 7 years now and I still get whipped regularly.

Take your lumps and enjoy the education.

Learning the 10th Planet system can be very difficult at times. In some ways it is easier and in some ways I think it can be harder. But the important part is that you commit to the philosophy underneath the techniques. That's what truly sets it apart and will allow you to explore and develop your own game.

[Kitto Chavez]

your rubberguard probably isint at "A" level, you practice it against wrestlers and learned ir from youtube. Drill drill drill and you can control them

[Yonko Tsenkov]

Dude, I got smoked at HQ/Burbank. My cardio sucked, I got submitted a few times, pulled only a few sweeps, etc. At the end I am twice as motivated. Next time I'm in HQ/Burbank I won't run out of steam or I ain't going. All the stuff that worked against my game I took back home and ran it by my instructor. Prepare to learn from your mistakes/opponent's advantages.
That said we are all white belts for a reason. What do you expect!? Of course they will blow though your guard. I've been working my half guard/lockdown day-in day-out for a while now with all sorts of belted practitioners and my half guard still sucks. You are rolling occasionally with less experience guys. Do not think your rubber guard is all that good. It will get better with time on the mat. It would help, if you ask the Gracie guys to slow roll with you. You can see how they are breaking your guard and make adjustments. It will also give you time to improve you dexterity and execution. When you roll do not expect to win. The goal is to learn and improve.
As for those who say "10p sucks", tell them to ask Royler!

Edit: I should have read the 3 previous post instead of repeating the same things.

[Stephen Rae]

Thanks everyone for your advice and encouragement! I'll go back today and get my ass whooped some more, get my reps in, and impove little by little!

[Chris Garry]

Thanks bro, looking forward to it. :-)
Was thinking about it couple days ago and would make sense for me to head up towards the mid/end of the kids school summer holidays maybe. My mother in law is one of the heads of department at the local college, so i know she will be off work then and able to help look after my kids for a couple hours each day while i am away and my wife is working at her part time job. They don't know it yet, but that is my plan LOL. Obviously if you got stuff going on then we can rearrange for another time. :-)

Mi casa su casa bro

[Joachim Hoff]

What you put in is what you get out!

[bennett]

i personally love getting smashed in class it makes me just want to figure out my mistakes and try to not let it happen again lol
joys of grappling is there is no wrong or right! Rolling for me is a time to be creative and just FLOW!

Rep drill rest rinse repeat

[Sam Sales]

fact is, if you are not getting smashed at least 75% of the time you are training, you are likely training at the wrong place/at a very low level. Stick with it. It is so rewarding. :-)

[Stephen Rae]

Got smashed, but only because the purple belt was the only one there. It was an incredible learning experience, and I have one more day visiting here in Colorado. I can't wait to go back! Gracie Combatives is really different from 10th planet. I love 10th Planets unorthodox style, and all the options you have, but you have to give the practicality of GC props too.