BJJ Experiment

[Art "ART OF WAR" Belarde]

Glad you put vids up to show progress. Fact is you are only going to get as good as the people you train with. Reping that sh!t, Rolling after and applying your new stuff. Who cares if you get taped bro it is practice. A video of you tooling your buddy in a garage isn't going to raise any eyebrows. Think about it. Best of luck to you on your Journy.

[Jon Watkins]

Glad you put vids up to show progress. Fact is you are only going to get as good as the people you train with. Reping that sh!t, Rolling after and applying your new stuff. Who cares if you get taped bro it is practice. A video of you tooling your buddy in a garage isn't going to raise any eyebrows. Think about it. Best of luck to you on your Journy.

Why didn't you read the whole thread?

Look at what the dude said:

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.

[Jon Watkins]

Hope you work on the leg lock stuff soon JusLove. I'd suggest looking into Chris Herzog, Igor Yakimov, Reilly Bodycomb and Ryan Hall. Rener Gracie has some good basics to look into as well on the Gracie Academy channel on youtube. All the other guys have some youtube stuff. Train hard! Train smart. Keep growing. Be human.

[Art "ART OF WAR" Belarde]

Crap Jon you are right. With further review it looks like he has it down already. I think you can mold this one to be almost as good as you there bud.

[Jon Watkins]

Yeah it scares me a bit, but I'm all heart like John Starks!! But this kid might be Neo. I wanna roll with this dude a figure some shit out.

[bobby rivers]

3 days left. Maybe a vid of you tapping your instructors with go-gos and twisters would prove your hypothesis and shut me up.

[AJ Camacho]

I respectfully disagree. You can't just force your mind to continue learning for as long as you want it to. There is a threshold. If you're at something for too long, your mind starts to become overwhelmed and you stop comprehending as well. Like when a computer has too many applications open and starts to freeze up, it needs a reset. I usually take a quick nap to reset, then go at it again unless I feel myself too wrapped up in whatever I'm learning, then I just play some video games or get out or just anything where I can throw myself mentally into a different environment and continue whatever it is I'm learning, the next day. This is why I would attribute the main reason for BJ Penn getting good is not from repetition (even though it was probably a factor, just like being flexible, strength, speed etc... are factors) but from his unwavering competitiveness and momentum. He aims high, then once he reaches there, he aims higher and still has everything fresh in his mind. If he's losing in the boxing aspect, rather than taking it to the ground, he tries to beat them in the boxing. Others give up to quickly IMO, where as people like BJ Penn don't know when to give up. There's good and bad about both but you can have both by always being honest with yourself. Anyways, point is, it's not all about putting mindless hours of physical repetition in, otherwise you would never see white or blue belts who have been there for 6+ years and I know a lot of them.

Well you can read his bio and decide for yourself. BJ specifically accounts for his mat time and he essentially smashes 8-10 "Nine to Fiver" years into his 3 years of training. There's nothing magical other than hard work and focus.