Am I a sandbagger???

[Jeremy Gould]

Alerto, that made me feel great. Ive been training since 2006 and still rock my white belt.

[Will Thaxton]

Best compliment you can get is "man, I love to train with you"

[FRANK BARCA]

What I hate the most is going to a gi school and having to wear my brown belt, although only training in gi for about 19 times. But a belt is a belt, I tell myself. If I'm brown in jiu jitsu, it doesn't matter whether it's gi or nogi, I should still rep the brown belt. And then I think to myself, "the more I get thrown to the wolves, the sooner I'll become a wolf.. And that's that. Against the mendes brothers, I got caught with a wrist lock and GUI got the straight leglock, only after I let him have the heel back.
Moral of the story: train with the best, get mashed by the best, and you will be a wolf before you know it.

I like it!

[Bill Keeling]

"training for 5 years you must have gotten "somewhat good" at least have a good understanding of bjj...don't worry about what belt you are, i maybe have wore my belt twice since i got promoted, i think number of years tell more that the color of the belt"

This, if you go buy no-gi competition rules, over three years = expert in most Org's.

[David Rosado]

every jiu jitsu school i've ever done a drop in at has always, always shit talked me the second i move into mission control, always given me shit when i ask about leg locks (too dangerous, white belts, not in rolling, etc),. it almost seems inescapable.

i have no idea how i stumbled into the school i train at where we do everything you can do nogi,., and thus i had no idea that people were adverse to leglocks and something as simple and logical as securing a high guard by underhooking your leg. it's made me appreciate the difference between grappling and jiu jitsu,.

jiu jitsu guys sometimes just dont like things that go against jiu jitsu convention, i guess is what i'm saying

Stories like this make me really grateful to be part of my school. It's great to have an open minded teacher.

[Jon Watkins]

You aren't really a sandbagger until you've wrecked the white/blue/purple belt division 3 years in a row at the same tournament, you train at a legit Jiu Jitsu school, and you still haven't received promotion. I have met a few of these guys and you don't seem like the type, Nelson. Ronin's aren't sandbaggers.

[Tyler Larsen]

True dat

[Tyler Larsen]

every jiu jitsu school i've ever done a drop in at has always, always shit talked me the second i move into mission control, always given me shit when i ask about leg locks (too dangerous, white belts, not in rolling, etc),. it almost seems inescapable.

i have no idea how i stumbled into the school i train at where we do everything you can do nogi,., and thus i had no idea that people were adverse to leglocks and something as simple and logical as securing a high guard by underhooking your leg. it's made me appreciate the difference between grappling and jiu jitsu,.

jiu jitsu guys sometimes just dont like things that go against jiu jitsu convention, i guess is what i'm saying

I got nothing against leg locks, but I like to be comfortable with the person i'm rolling with before it will start exchanging them. I can see some peoples point in not wanting to do them the first time they meet you.