I took the plunge!!!!!

[Water Dragon]

Yes, that's right. I am now an official BJJ white belt. Didn't I tell y'all that as soon as I could I would.

Damn, It's good to be back.

[SweepEm]

Congrats Dude,

welcome to the club.

You are no longer the arm chair martial artist like others here.

[penguinman000]

Now you get to experiance first hand what we talk about. And BJJ chicks are hotties!!!

[Quad]

Way to go dude I hope you dont end up vomiting after class the first days(like me.....)

[Pintufa]

Welcome to the club!

[Water Dragon]

And just so you know that I'm still down...

They do NHB fights too. So I show up for the mixed class. They are working on Thai kicks (which I don't do) The guy I was working with states "Just kick the pad as hard as you can. So I puts a little Tai Chi juice into it. After he gets up from his leg buckling he kindly asks me "Don't kick the pad quite so hard next time"

And yes, pressure points and Chinese style locks DO work in BJJ, actually quite well when you learn BJJ positioning.

[EJ]

Awesome!!!

Another BJJ brother!!!

That is, until I renew my CREONTE efforts and switch to Japanese Pro Wrasslin' classes!!!


!!!VIVAN LOS CREONTES!!!

[Lacrymosa]

Should I invest in a pair of orange trunks, Oh Senor Creonte? Or should I wait until Water Dragon starts the Tai Chi Armbar Revolution?

[Water Dragon]

I'm kind of partial to the orange trunks myself.

But, in a half azzed effort to make a semi serious post...

BJJ arm locks work much better. But, it is not too hard to get a wrist press when your in someone's guard. The position allows you to drop your weight on it. Also, using the second knuckle of your index finger on their breast bone works wonders as your trying to set yourself up to pass their guard. Ahhh BCN (Brazillian Chin Na) ya gotta love it.

[ILONGGO]

welcome, my Brutha!

Oh yeah, watch out for them wrestlers

[Eazy-E]

WD

Congrats on the new school. Hopefully it will be the start of a beautiful relationship.

A word of caution about using some of your Chinese submission techniques. Make sure that you are careful and apply them slowly. People may not be familiar with them there.

Also, dont let them substitute for solid technique. A judo master one told me that a big body move always dominates a small body move. ie dont work so hard on getting a lock/submission that your opponent is able to get a superior position on you and cancel out the lock.

We have had a few Ju-Jitsu guys train with us before - they know many painful locks, but werent very good at overall ground positioning. At first they would try very hard to get one of these holds on you, but often let you get a dominant position at the same time.

The end result usually would be somewhat painful to me, but I would put my knee on their belly and end their attempted submission. And then I would be rather annoyed and finish them off with a bit more intensity than I usually use on new people.

So I would caution you to work on learning the basic positioning first. If you can dominate position, then use the submissions. But if you try to force the submissions on without really having the dominant position, you may just cause the senior belts some (manageable) pain and piss them off to crush you.

Best of Luck

E

[Water Dragon]

I agree 100 percent. I try to spend an inordinate amount of time working on what I am given. Usually to the point where my partner is saying "Come on we got this one" and I'm saying "No, we need to work on this more, it's not good enough yet" (I guess it's too much internal habits built in, better to have 1 good technique than 1,000 sloppy ones) The few times I've gotten these locks has been rolling with other whites. The Blues all dominate me relentlessly, and yes, it is the positioning. But don't worry, I have the utmost respect for anyone I am training with, higher level or lower, they all teach me something. I save my smack talking for here

[Lacrymosa]

Remember Water Dragon...

TIE THE DRAWSTRINGS ON YOUR GI PANTS BEFORE YOU WASH THEM....

Trust me...that's priceless advice, my friend!