Originally Posted by
Arman Fathi
Question: have you gone into tournaments before and gotten first place only to be accused of sandbagging? If you have, I will rescind my post. If you haven't, I'd go with what your instructor says and prove the concept before assuming it'd be a case of sandbagging. i.e. walk the walk before talk the talk. The forums can be a dangerous place. I know dudes that have been training "10" years, but maybe just got their blue or purple belt. So...10 years would appear to be a relative number. But interesting discussion. Hespect.
This is exactly my point. I have done many tournaments in no gi. Had I never done a tournament I would agree with him. However, that's not the case. Now as a gi player, absolutely I agree with white belt because I am a fish out of water. My no gi game helps but I still get caught in some rookie mistakes. To me it's my reputation and ethics on the line. I'm going to go into a no gi as a beginner knowing it's a lie.
Zog, I hear ya brother and the last thing I want to do is question my instructor. I could care less about my belt, I just like to roll. But I think it's moral/ethical issue I have. Only been at this gym since February and he has preached points. I'm not a points guy, it's sub or nothing. This is kind of a tipping point for me. I want to see how my instructor acts at the tournament. If the vibe is wrong, probably going to switch to the Machado gym.
To be completely honest, I almost feel it's a slight towards 10th P. He has made comments about not using those 10th planet "tricks" come tournament time because they won't work on seasoned players. Also he has made comments about me wearing my 10p rashies lol. It started after I posted all my pics on Facebook about the seminar in Altus, OK and other students wanted to know what I learned. Just saying lol
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