Hi, not to much to say about me.
21 year old college student out of Texas, fairly new to jiu-jitsu.
I'm sure I'll have a good time posting here, but I have a few questions.
First I just wanna see what everyone here thinks of Gracie University.
I myself thought it was a great idea to be able to train from home, and in their video about it they said all you needed to do for your first belt was to learn and demonstrate that you can preform the techniques to qualify.
I was more excited that they had the videos up to watch than the ability to get a belt, but I felt a little bit mislead.
They said "all you need to do", but left out the 80 dollar fee, and that's just to send in a video.
No telling if you actually pass.
Didn't like the lack of a forum either...it says forum, but it's really just a FAQ section.
At the moment though, it's my only source of information that's actually structured.
As in "this is what you learn first, then this, then this" ect ect.
Which leads to question number two.
I'm already going to be buying Eddie's books, but does anyone know any other good books for starting out, preferably ones structured to show from the basics onto more advanced things?
Lastly....anyone from Texas?
Wish there were more places to train near me.
Sadly I live out in bum f!ck nowhere.
21 year old college student out of Texas, fairly new to jiu-jitsu.
I'm sure I'll have a good time posting here, but I have a few questions.
First I just wanna see what everyone here thinks of Gracie University.
I myself thought it was a great idea to be able to train from home, and in their video about it they said all you needed to do for your first belt was to learn and demonstrate that you can preform the techniques to qualify.
I was more excited that they had the videos up to watch than the ability to get a belt, but I felt a little bit mislead.
They said "all you need to do", but left out the 80 dollar fee, and that's just to send in a video.
No telling if you actually pass.
Didn't like the lack of a forum either...it says forum, but it's really just a FAQ section.
At the moment though, it's my only source of information that's actually structured.
As in "this is what you learn first, then this, then this" ect ect.
Which leads to question number two.
I'm already going to be buying Eddie's books, but does anyone know any other good books for starting out, preferably ones structured to show from the basics onto more advanced things?
Lastly....anyone from Texas?
Wish there were more places to train near me.
Sadly I live out in bum f!ck nowhere.
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