Advice/Suggestions for a 10p n00b

Hey Guys,

Firstly would just like to say I´m sure that this has been answered a ton of times but couldn´t see anywhere on here so apologies if im asking stuff thats already been answered.

My friends and I live in Barcelona and we really enjoy the 10th planet style. We recently bought some mats and have been training on my friends rooftop which is awesome. None of us are ranked/graded in any jiujitsu style but between us have been training in various places etc for a few years.

My question is really if anyone has any advice on how we can progress in the system even though we´re so far from a near by gym?

I appreciate it all sounds very amateur and I´m opening up myself for some criticism but we use the MTS videos and the "mastering the twister" DVD. Is there anyone else out there doing the same? I´d really like to try and get my blue belt in the long term. We´re picking up things from the videos but not sure if we´re getting it right etc. I don´t want to be a "youtube warrior" or whatever, I just want to get better and enjoy learning.

Sorry for the long post, just really wanting to learn more and develop but don´t know if i´m doing it the right way.

Thank you!

Welcome to the forum!

Best place to start is the 10th Planet Warm Ups. Then use mts and the other 10p resources to fill out your game.

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Originally Posted by Chris Herzog

Welcome to the forum!

Best place to start is the 10th Planet Warm Ups. Then use mts and the other 10p resources to fill out your game.

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In addition to this I would add making a point of attending 10thPlanet Training Camps or Seminars whenever possible. As someone who lives 3 hrs from a 10th Planet gym, I plan at least 1 Traincation per year where I travel to HQ/SoCal or a Training Camp on top of trips to the gym every 2 weeks.

Thank you both for your welcome and for your advice, I´m looking to head up to 10p Amsterdam every few months to see if I can join their classes I´m hoping that will be OK with them.

Thanks again and if anyone reading all this is in Barcelona or nearby, please get in touch my friends and I are always looking for people to learn from/with.

I am also looking forward in visit 10p Amsterdam !!

Hi I'm from an MMA gym in Toronto Ontario the closest affiliate is 1.5 hours away in peterborough Ontario and it's very far. I have been grappling since 2009. I use the lockdown everytime I roll. I was wondering how do I go about being evaluated to see if I'm good enough to be blue rank. Our gym doesn't have Jiu jitsu ranking. Thanks

I drill a lot of mastering the rubber guard on my open mat days. I do a lot of studying of it. I'm actually starting to hit submissions from it. I wish there was a 10th planet in New Jersey where I live. Hopefully a seminar comes around my way. Have a good one

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Hi I'm from an MMA gym in Toronto Ontario the closest affiliate is 1.5 hours away in peterborough Ontario and it's very far. I have been grappling since 2009. I use the lockdown everytime I roll. I was wondering how do I go about being evaluated to see if I'm good enough to be blue rank. Our gym doesn't have Jiu jitsu ranking. Thanks

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I live a 2.5 hours drive away in good road conditions and traffic from my closest 10thPlanet gym. I make the drive at least once every 2 weeks. If I lived as close as you do to a 10thPlanet black belt I would travel even more often. Don't worry about being evaluated for rank, just worry about being evaluated for technique. In general, people respect what you can do on the mats, more than your rank.

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Hi I'm from an MMA gym in Toronto Ontario the closest affiliate is 1.5 hours away in peterborough Ontario and it's very far. I have been grappling since 2009. I use the lockdown everytime I roll. I was wondering how do I go about being evaluated to see if I'm good enough to be blue rank. Our gym doesn't have Jiu jitsu ranking. Thanks

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An hour and a half away is close enough to go there frequently enough to build a relationship and worry about ranking later. I spent a year traveling about that far three times a week. Gordon Ryan talks about how much time he spends traveling into NYC to train.

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I wish there was a 10th planet in New Jersey where I live. Hopefully a seminar comes around my way. Have a good one

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How far are you from Woodbridge Nj? Chris HEndricks (high level purple under Zach and JM) runs a moon there, look him up on FB and the moon's page. I'd urge you to visit him as often as you can.

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An hour and a half away is close enough to go there frequently enough to build a relationship and worry about ranking later. I spent a year traveling about that far three times a week.

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I live a 2.5 hours drive away in good road conditions and traffic from my closest 10thPlanet gym. I make the drive at least once every 2 weeks. If I lived as close as you do to a 10thPlanet black belt I would travel even more often.

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Ditto to both, I spent the better part of this past summer fall and early spring driving in the evening on Fridays to crash at a friend's (who also trains in CT) to visit Pat at Fairfield, and I try to visit Zach and JM quarterly (or so) in PA. Once you make the trip a few times (even alone) it becomes routine and you always feel better once you walk on the mats.

Enjoy and let folks know if you have any further questions!

I absolutely agree with Coach Herzoz and would like to add to it. Before discovering 10th Planet and becoming a MoonHead I trained at other facilites while on active duty in the Army. While deployed, I discovered Eddie on Youtube and loved the style so I ordered his "Mastering the Rubber" DVD's and sutdied/rep'd the living shit out as well and eventually the "Mastering the Twister" DVD. I recommend training at a facility at home you enjoy training at while you and your friends can get together and study 10th Planet on your own. Then you will be able to apply what you've studied at home while rolling with different people. If you the instructor is one of those that doesn't allow 10th Planet technic, then change gyms. This will train you on a wide variety of systems. Since you don't have a 10th Planet senior belt ranked coach, as Coach Herzog and I stated, it's important to study the smallest details of the warm ups, MTS, and the DVD's. Hope this helps.

It's hard to get ranked when you ask for it. Do the work, and drive to the nearest moon as consistently as possible

Wow, you guys really are doing it hard - having a gym 2.5 hours away. I'd be jumping up and down in happiness if I had that. Nearest 10PJJ gym for me is a 2 hour plane ride. I still manage to get there at least once a year, sometimes twice. Price I have to pay for living in paradise, I guess.
So what I'm saying is: don't complain, train!!

Thanks for all your input. I heard there is a 10th planet opening soon in Scarborough.