Twister roll and truck variation

[Eddie Bravo]

Thanks for the support Eddie. I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this nor am i worried about it. This will all work itself out one day. You guys have no idea the politics around here. This is prime Gracie country, your either a Gracie school or a Gracie affiliate, a no-gi guy ain't getting shit out here...and i did Gi only my first 6 years and the next 2 were half and half. I've only been no-gi only for the last 3 years...I just fell in love with no-gi, i was a wrestler...enjoy the faster pace, attacking legs and the freedom of movement it provides.

Considering that this is Eddies forum and he vouged for my skills in no-gi as a purple I will change my forum rank and get off this thread (i had no intentions of hijacking it..lol).

Craig...my offer still stands if you ever want to get together and spar...no ill will from me...just looking for someone to spar with while in Manchester...don't really care what you skill level is.

Vj, just tell them dudes you are a nogi purple belt and a white belt in the gi :-)

[VJ Bella]

Yo their heads would implode!

[Wing-Jitsu Craig]

I wasnt being deceptive at all chris, i have a brown belt in another discipline and didnt know that the ranking on the forum was only for 10th planet and bjj ranks, which is why i respectfully changed it to blue, (as i have a blue belt in the gi from a Caio Terra affiliate), when you informed me of this mistake. And calling someone names (poser) for not knowing the "rules" of the forum is pretty sad.

Thanks for the constructive criticism Eddie, really appreciate it

[Mick Broster]

Vj you need to pop down to Birmingham its not far from Manchester.
You're more than welcome to come train and roll with us anytime you are in the UK

[Chris Herzog]

I wasnt being deceptive at all chris, i have a brown belt in another discipline and didnt know that the ranking on the forum was only for 10th planet and bjj ranks, which is why i respectfully changed it to blue, (as i have a blue belt in the gi from a Caio Terra affiliate), when you informed me of this mistake. And calling someone names (poser) for not knowing the "rules" of the forum is pretty sad.

Thanks for the constructive criticism Eddie, really appreciate it

You come to a Jiu Jitsu specific forum and you input a rank of an art other than Jiu Jitsu and you have a rank in Jiu Jitsu, that just so happens to be considerably lower. That is being deceptive.

Urban Dictionary Definition: poser. 1.one who pretends to be someone whose not. 2. who tries to fit in but with exaggeration.


2 outta 2 ain't bad.

[Rockanrollin]

Looks like some kids having fun on the mat. Nobody means any harm by it, so I say carry on. And have a great 4/20 day. :-)

[VJ Bella]

Hey Mick, how far is Birmingham from Manchester. I usually stay right outside Manchester in Prestbury. Let me know I'd love to stop by and get some rolls in. Thanks for the offer!

[Mick Broster]

Its about 80 miles from prestbury, about 2 hour drive. Not something you'd probably want to do everyday, but certainly doable for the odd time

[robster]

Thanks for the support Eddie. I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this nor am i worried about it. This will all work itself out one day. You guys have no idea the politics around here. This is prime Gracie country, your either a Gracie school or a Gracie affiliate, a no-gi guy ain't getting shit out here...and i did Gi only my first 6 years and the next 2 were half and half. I've only been no-gi only for the last 3 years...I just fell in love with no-gi, i was a wrestler...enjoy the faster pace, attacking legs and the freedom of movement it provides.

Considering that this is Eddies forum and he vouged for my skills in no-gi as a purple I will change my forum rank and get off this thread (i had no intentions of hijacking it..lol).

Craig...my offer still stands if you ever want to get together and spar...no ill will from me...just looking for someone to spar with while in Manchester...don't really care what you skill level is.

i wasn't meaning to question anything about you or your rank VJ, i was just confused, i knew i had seen you were purple on here and was just curious/being nebbie lol

[Chris Garry]

Sometimes less experienced grapplers can see things that those with experience may not.

I like the leg lace variation and would not have discovered that myself, irrespective of the loose basics. Guys we gotta remember that there are still many, many places out there that have not had the finer points of the system drilled into them yet. For instance, me and mick have been training with future 10th Planet Budapest and they are really going places despite not having the kind of support that exists in the more established 10P zones.

It reminds me of when Eddie was shown a new way of getting to double bagger on an MTS by a guy doing his first seminar. The dude looked outside the box and came up with a nice little detail. Did Eddie question his guard and all the finer points that make a world champions guard great? No. Because regardless of belt we can all learn from one another. Now we all understand the importance of what Zog is saying and there are rules to stop shitty techniques being shared but once in a while something different comes from somewhere we didn't expect.