Thoughts on Eddie’s obsession with conspiracy theories

[Brett Grayson]

I attend a traditional bjj gym, but am happy to vouch to my classmates for the 10p system and all it entails. I’d go to an official 10p moon, but there isn’t one near me. From what I can tell, criticism of 10p technique is dwindling now that most serious bjj players acknowledge its efficacy. Sure, we might hear about it being “attribute-driven,” but that’s not so hard-hitting considering Royler’s escape from Eddie’s electric chair was to do the splits.

Debating the merits of 10p is something I’m happy to do, as we probably all are - we’re on the Nibiru Forum, after all.

However, it’s getting increasingly difficult to overlook Eddie’s penchant for publicizing wacko conspiracy theories. Some of them are goofy, but some are actually hard to listen to. You could say, “then don’t listen to them,” and that’s an idea. But 10p technique and Eddie himself are intertwined; you can’t really discuss one without the other.

Does anybody else think that this obsession with conspiracy theories undermines the credibility of his work? If someone asked me, “Why should I entrust my jiu jitsu instruction to a guy who tweets out Sandy Hook conspiracy videos?”, I wouldn’t know how to answer that.

[David Rosado]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

[Chris Herzog]

If you care, you're an asshole. His personal view on politics, conspiracies, etc. has nothing to do with Jiu Jitsu, period.

I also hugely disagree with "attitude-driven", if you think that, you don't know the man.

[Joshua Jarboe]

I attend a traditional bjj gym, but am happy to vouch to my classmates for the 10p system and all it entails. I’d go to an official 10p moon, but there isn’t one near me. From what I can tell, criticism of 10p technique is dwindling now that most serious bjj players acknowledge its efficacy. Sure, we might hear about it being “attribute-driven,” but that’s not so hard-hitting considering Royler’s escape from Eddie’s electric chair was to do the splits.

Debating the merits of 10p is something I’m happy to do, as we probably all are - we’re on the Nibiru Forum, after all.

However, it’s getting increasingly difficult to overlook Eddie’s penchant for publicizing wacko conspiracy theories. Some of them are goofy, but some are actually hard to listen to. You could say, “then don’t listen to them,” and that’s an idea. But 10p technique and Eddie himself are intertwined; you can’t really discuss one without the other.

Does anybody else think that this obsession with conspiracy theories undermines the credibility of his work? If someone asked me, “Why should I entrust my jiu jitsu instruction to a guy who tweets out Sandy Hook conspiracy videos?”, I wouldn’t know how to answer that.

Not much to do for it. 10th Planet is Eddie's creation. Other people have helped to build it and they are stakeholders. I imagine they talk about the direction of the whole constantly.

For us little people, we can smile and keep rolling. If you're not content to look weird, I'm not sure 10p is for you. The truck looks pretty weird until you see a few submissions from there.

My two cents.

[Axel NL]

This sounds like they can't critizice the techniques anymore, so now there is criticism about the 'believes' of the founder.

[Nick_Schmidt]

I think this is easy to answer. Revolution and advancement don't come from the masses that think like everyone else.

While Eddie is maybe skewed to automatically believe there is a conspiracy and buy into only the "facts" that support his world view that doesn't necessarily mean he's completely wrong.

I don't think it affects the credibility of the 10p system at all. I accept that I think my worldview is correct, just as much as Eddie or anyone else believes there's is. That means I may not be right, and I can live with that.

[Mike Nall]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

edited. I don't wanna be that guy lol

[David Rosado]

I really think this is comical. If a guy is a damn good chef, but he believes in conspiracy theories, does his food suddenly taste bad? Does a mechanic start breaking cars because they're antivax? Do architects ruin building because they believe 9/11 was a set up?


If you have questions about Eddie's BJJ legitimacy, go ask Royler's knee.

[David Rosado]

edited. I don't wanna be that guy lol

LOL. By all means. I was just being facetious though.

EDIT: I was referencing this cartoon. Makes me laugh for some reason.

[David Rosado]

Royler didn't escape the electric chair because of splits. He got swept like 10 times.

But besides that, 10th planet is made up of 100's of guys who don't agree with each other on 100's of things. Christians, atheists, agnostics. I'm sure some are Muslim. I'm sure some are Buddhist. Some are homophobic, some aren't. Hell, we disagree with eachother on our facebook pages. But on the mats, none of that matters. What matters is what works and what doesn't. And 10th planet works. Simple.