BJJ Experiment

[Danny Stolfi]

It will help more than it hurts, you'll definitely learn some new things. Nothing to lose.

[Peter Hirt]

A student approached a Master one day and asked how long it would take to master his art. "Five years" was the Master's reply. "But what if I work night and day, and train harder than anyone else?" asked the befuddled student. "In that case, ten years."

-Old Zen proverb

[Andy Lopez]

i like your idea. people can learn in different ways, some people need to physically drill to get something down others can watch a technique a few times and do it maybe after drilling it a couple of times. in any case never compare your skill level to your belt level. there are white belts who can hang with black belts but are not blackbelts themselves due to the process and politics of jiu jitsu. its frustrating but i suppose its necessary

[AJ Camacho]

BJ did nothing but live at that gym. Huge difference between that, and occasionally grabbing somebody to roll with you in your garage. It's about time on the mat, not days.

[bobby rivers]

Master? 6 weeks? You will find how deep the rabbit hole goes. Train six weeks, enter a large tourney advanced division and please post vid. Good luck.

Master is a really strong word brah. Confidence is good, but damn.

[James Davis]

your a rebel.....I'll give you that....you're flying in the face of all of the acquired BJJ knowledge of our ancestors. We have all been taught...learn a new technique and drill it 1000 times...and then 1000 more....

I am with everyone else though...if you really mastered it get in a grapplers tournament at the advanced level and prove it...

[joemilla]

i think you should relax bro, take your time and learn it thoroughly. wheres the rush? Bj Penn has his glory story, you should create your own if you have the heart for it. thats how you'll get it.

[Jon Watkins]

You're really gonna have to cast away the illusions being thrown at you right now. And Mastering the System is going to be all on you. But LLoyd Irvin's promoted one of his students to a Brown Belt in 3 months. And like it or not, his students place in tournaments so nothing's out of the realm of possibility. I bet you in 6 weeks you won't be able to tap me tho.


My defense is impregnable.

-Mike Tyson

[Justin W.]

You're really gonna have to cast away the illusions being thrown at you right now. And Mastering the System is going to be all on you. But LLoyd Irvin's promoted one of his students to a Brown Belt in 3 months. And like it or not, his students place in tournaments so nothing's out of the realm of possibility. I bet you in 6 weeks you won't be able to tap me tho.


My defense is impregnable.

-Mike Tyson

I really like the "cast away the illusions being thrown at you" line. Thanks, and of course I know, no matter how good or great even I get, I will never be as good as Jon Watkins.

A little update on progress - the 10th planet combining of my already solid basics has resulted in my black belt instructor straight up telling me that all he can hope for now, is to get a leg lock because he knows I have not even bothered learning them yet. those are last on my list.

As for the people telling me to join a tournament, it's kind of hard when there is just one real one per year where I live. Believe me, I live for competing. I do better with pressure and I would prefer it. This is basically why I am saying I want to "Master" not "get decent" at this in 6 weeks.

[bobby rivers]

Then how do you plan on proving your mastery? hearsay?