Mouthguards

[ScottRay]

oh we roll hard... but its still controlled. At HQ the skill lvl on those mats is so high that everyone can roll at a good pace and stay safe and smooth..

[ScottRay]

a bunch of white belts going as hard as they can is always dangerous.
2 blackbelts going 95% are probably still safe

[ScottRay]

Regardless!! Wear the mouthpiece and cup!

It's like a seatbelt.... 99.9% of the time you genuinely don't need it... But that 0.10% when you do, you really really need it...

[Chris Herzog]

Brian 'Barncat' Debes is the instructor of our now full on affiliate school. also, Im a 12 year blue belt. I was and am still very anti-gi, which living in Texas means your anti-rank. If any high level guys thought what i said was wrong, they woulda spoke up... but i didnt...i really did drop knowledge. roll softer. try to learn and train in class instead of trying to "win" ... trust me bro

I did speak up. Telling someone to roll soft without knowing or understanding someone goals is silly, and uninformed. Goals dictate the approach one will take towards rolling.

[Chris Herzog]

oh we roll hard... but its still controlled. At HQ the skill lvl on those mats is so high that everyone can roll at a good pace and stay safe and smooth..

All levels roll hard at HQ.

[ScottRay]

ok, i got rank pulled on me and since he has a brown, he;s right. you roll hard as you can... power out of moves, crossface with bad intentions, neck crank people when you know the choke isnt there, etc etc. Zog says thats the way to roll... so go for it. I just plan on doing this when im 75 years old still, so im gonna roll safe.

[ScottRay]

I did speak up. Telling someone to roll soft without knowing or understanding someone goals is silly, and uninformed. Goals dictate the approach one will take towards rolling.

with that logic, then it would be wrong to tell him to roll hard also, no?

[Kurzy]

Regardless of rolling hard or not, we are practicing Jiu Jitsu. Shit happens. People are going to have accidents.

[Chris Herzog]

ok, i got rank pulled on me and since he has a brown, he;s right. you roll hard as you can... power out of moves, crossface with bad intentions, neck crank people when you know the choke isnt there, etc etc. Zog says thats the way to roll... so go for it. I just plan on doing this when im 75 years old still, so im gonna roll safe.

You said no upper ranks challenged your point, i did. I know Eddie does as well, as I discussed hard/light rolling with him a number of times. Also if the above is your understanding of rolling hard, you are misinformed.

[Chris Herzog]

with that logic, then it would be wrong to tell him to roll hard also, no?

Did you see me tell him to roll hard?