How to get belted

[PJ Sisco]

I understand was chris is talking about... I call it "the Jiu" (Jiu meaning gentle) you can feel a difference with people when you roll with them...
I know a guy that gets a ton of taps because he's so damn strong and doesn't use his "Jiu" at all and people just tap in practice cuz they're not gonna let this guy try to rip they're arm off when they are just training. But you can tell when people aren't just using a technique against you... You "feel" the setups... You "feel" the patience... And you "feel" the calculation... That's stuff you can't get from a video

[bobby rivers]

Then your not watching it right

[bobby rivers]

Mike Dewitt, Stewart Landry, Louis Ho, Scott Yockel, Ian Quinto, Kevin Green, Daniel Valdez, and AJ Camacho are just a few of the people I have never rolled but seen vids of. I can tell they grasp what jj is through vids alone. And giving someone a hypothetical blue belt in my head and actually promoting them, which I have never and wont do for a while, is different. I have rolled dudes and found out later that they were blue and I was like "no way". Anyway, im just sayin I can tell. jmo

But I would also give Taylor a bb for attempting to kick the ceiling, soooo...

[bobby rivers]

When I watch, its not the winning that stands out. It is, however, often a byproduct of good jj. Blue belt level jj, while not at all easy, is also not that hard to obtain through dedication. Which jj somehow tends to make people often.

[PJ Sisco]

Eh...still it can be easy to take what you're seeing for granted too.. Flying armbars look easy when Aoki does them... But I can't get my big ass up like that to save my life...

[bobby rivers]

Thats why there needs to be multiple vids. If a guy lands a sick ass flash sub, however badass, Im gonna need to see another vid. If he lands them often, then there might be a pattern. I also like to see what a guy does in bad spots or how he counters counters.

I think alot of blues are still gonna break a sweat against other blues, but they've got an evolving game and style. But thats why blue is as high as I go with this. Ill never say,"hes at least a brown" or purple, because that is delicate territory. Blue is somewhat obvious and usually when I say it they're closer to or officially a purple most times.

[Chris Herzog]

Then your not watching it right

Then you have never "felt" it.

[bobby rivers]

Mines bigger

[PJ Sisco]

If you can see everything in a video then 10th planetjj wouldn't have had to deal with as much controversy as it has... All the shit talking black belts would have said "oh I seen in that video... Rubberguard works!!". Instead, they had to "feel" it to believe it... Cuz when they "felt" it they changed their story to "we were already doing that stuff"

[bobby rivers]

Yeah, but maybe after they have spent hours feeling it and seeing it in person, then maybe they can recognize some of the traits on a vid.