
Originally Posted by
Daniel D.
On another message board I go to, everyone shits all over 10th planet. They're constantly shitting on lockdown, rubber guard, and you name it when it comes to 10th planet. So gratifying to see that Eddie's lockdown was untouchable and showed how effective it truly is. Was so stoked as it is trained 10th planet, and now I'm just that much more excited to train in a system that is innovative and ahead of the curve from the competition.
Today on JRE, Eddie mentioned that one motivation for doing the Royler match was to give his supporters a little more firepower against the endless forum hate from gi guys. That made me go back and look at some of the stuff guys used to say to me all the time on the UG.
In just one or two threads from 2009, one well known Los Angeles area black belt had all of the following to say about no-gi only training:
"What I can tell you, without a doubt in my mind, is that 99% of the guys Ive rolled with who come from no gi backgrounds...are NOTHING on the ground compared to decent purple belts who put their time in with the gi. It's night and day, and Ive rolled with tons from both sides of the debate over the years."
"This is a typically American thing you are doing, by the way.
Something comes here and before we even have our feet wet in it (a matter of less than 20 years since BJJ was even known by anymore than a handful of people here), we are already figuring out how we think it should be done better. It's a stupid arrogance.
Good luck with your Luta Livre."
"I think that going after heel hooks is probably a smart strategy for a no gi only player. They usually aren't great at position, which was kind of my point, so things like heel hooks and guillotines are perfect strategy for them."
"There ate some good no gi guys (who never trained in the gi), but I stand by
my claim that 99% of the are horrible compared to their gi trained counterparts."
"Generally speaking, they leave a lot of openings for passing, sweeping, and submissions...their best hope really is to catch a submission in a scramble."
I redacted a bunch of extra text in the above quotes for brevity, but you get the idea. I wonder if he would still spout the same close minded nonsense today.