I was also hearing a lot of "Man, you totally earned that stripe. You're JJ has gotten a lot better."

Hearing that stuff just gets me more motivated to get my ass in the gym.

Yeah, but I always wonder if they let me get to that positon. There's like one smaller purple belt I can hold my own verse, sometimes even catch him if I get top position. But then theres like blue belt's that toy with me all day.

Also if there's a new white belt, I'll let him get me in bad positions. To A build his confidence and keep him coming to class ( it is a team sport in a way) and B, work positions I have a huge problem with relatively stress free.

Rolling with master lloyd is scary, any position you get to, he gave you it. Watching him and JT go at it 100% is pretty insane to watch.

Sometimes I wonder as well. There are times when you can tell they are letting you have a position (like when my teacher walks backwards at me until i take his back lol), and other times when it feels like you genuinely progressed.

I'd love to watch Irving roll, forget that it would be with JT lol!

I expect people that are training long & serrious enough to get into a cage to have decent fighting gear.
Seems like both guys are wearing regular t-shirts and shorts.




I know the feeling.

Last week after sparring the instructor came to me and told me: Hey buddy, seems like you're getting the hang of it.

It felt great to hear the instructor say he notices my improvement. I felt very good the rest of the day and walked around with a smile.

??? Regular shorts + shirts does the same as any other piece of clothing?? My shorts were short enough to allow me to kick and my gloves and helmets are amazingly good so I don't see see the problem here? Or maybe you think you are a better fighter because you have some hayabusa or sprawl shorts....

No I don't think the brand of the shirt and shorts matter. The shorts look really unconfortable (especialy from the guy thats being choked) and wide t-shirts easely get torn or ripped during grappling.

This post was edited by Hellskin on Mar 1 2012 07:46pm

Yah... that's the other guy... He had 8oz gloves and a crappy headgear... And I agree that the kind of clothing is important.

They start rolling 12 mins in really light.

My buddy has been training with Eddie bravo for the past few weeks.

He always has tons of cool pictures and video's when he's training abroad.

This post was edited by Hellskin on Mar 2 2012 06:18pm