The importance of the Fishnet!!!

[leach_jeffrey]

Hey, Josh

Don't fear the purple belt. He's just a guy. Yes he has more experience and more skill, but it's not unusual for a white belt to be able to tap a purple belt. Sometimes white belts have a built in fear of higher belts and it causes them to play too conservative. Just go for it. Once you tap a purple belt, you'll find that you are tapping others ones (not as often as they are tapping you, of course).

Oh, and please don't put two guns up when you do tap one. That would be kinda disrespectful.

[Heidi McCreery]

Josh I have a question for you. Your a pretty big dude and in the videos I see of you you seem to play around with the guard and half guard etc etc. Do you not excel in your top game? I know if I had all that extra strength that you have or someone big like Herzog or some of the guys around here I would never pull guard or half guard. One of my instructors I used to train with was a big guy and he really uses the extra strength perfectly complimenting his technique and explosive speed. I pull guard most of the time because I suck at passing the guard (I need to train this) and my guard is decent. These days rolling with higher belts I seem to only get half guard which is a bitch cuz I can get a sweep around 40 percent of the time, 20 percent I get darced, 20 percent i get to full guard, and 20 percent i get my half guard passed so its really a struggle. Hell with it all I guess.

He usually starts by pulling guard or half guard but usually gets a sweep and end up on top. At least with me he does. And when he gets on top, it's hell trying to get out from under him. He usually ends up on my chest or across my diaphragm and I end up using more energy to breathe than anything else.

[Jonathan Wylie]

LOL damn it....I meant "Rubbing it in", but either way I "wasn't" doing it

lmao good job Bill

[Jon Watkins]

Hey, Josh

Don't fear the purple belt. He's just a guy. Yes he has more experience and more skill, but it's not unusual for a white belt to be able to tap a purple belt. Sometimes white belts have a built in fear of higher belts and it causes them to play too conservative. Just go for it. Once you tap a purple belt, you'll find that you are tapping others ones (not as often as they are tapping you, of course).

Oh, and please don't put two guns up when you do tap one. That would be kinda disrespectful.

Agreed. Purple Belts are endowed with limbs, hips, a neck, and a spine...and they hurt and break just like yours. Cast off the illusion that color makes the difference and be perfect.

[Joshua Jarboe]

A little blurb from Musashi on this subject:

To Become the Enemy

"To become the enemy" means to think yourself in the enemy's position. In the world people tend to think of a robber trapped in a house as a fortified enemy. However, if we think of "becoming the enemy", we feel that the whole world is against us and that there is no escape. He who is shut inside is a pheasant. He who enters to arrest is a hawk. You must appreciate this.

In large-scale strategy, people are always under the impression that the enemy is strong, and so tend to become cautious. But if you have good soldiers, and if you understand the principles of strategy, and if you know how to beat the enemy, there is nothing to worry about.

In single combat also you must put yourself in the enemy's position. If you think, "Here is a a master of the Way, who knows the principles of strategy", then you will surely lose. You must consider this deeply.

[Josh Ritchie]

fish net love handles.....fish net love handles.....fish net love handles.....

[Josh Smith]

Josh I have a question for you. Your a pretty big dude and in the videos I see of you you seem to play around with the guard and half guard etc etc. Do you not excel in your top game? I know if I had all that extra strength that you have or someone big like Herzog or some of the guys around here I would never pull guard or half guard. One of my instructors I used to train with was a big guy and he really uses the extra strength perfectly complimenting his technique and explosive speed. I pull guard most of the time because I suck at passing the guard (I need to train this) and my guard is decent. These days rolling with higher belts I seem to only get half guard which is a bitch cuz I can get a sweep around 40 percent of the time, 20 percent I get darced, 20 percent i get to full guard, and 20 percent i get my half guard passed so its really a struggle. Hell with it all I guess.

Ya know man I play alot on bottom because that's where I am weakest... I like to work my escapes and defense alot cuz it prolongs me getting tapped against quality grapplers... My top game is pretty good due to the fact that I weigh 220lbs and I know how to distribute my weight evenly... But my ultimate goal is to be comfortable in any position so I work defense alot...