Bjj

[blackbelt22]

I am 15 years old and have my black belt in one martial art.now i am going to start doing bjj.is there any advice anyone could give me?Any help is much apprreciated.

[JkD187]

get ready to be sore as hell......and get ready to be tapping alot.

[lopezma]

Best advice I think would be, it's ok to tap! Don't try to be to tough. It's ok to tap; anyway that way you can come back and train. I've seen to many "macho" guys not tapping because of ego. Then they get hurt and have to stop training for 3 - 6 months because they broke something. Stay away from the jerk (if there is any). This is the guy that has technique and has won some tournament and will show off but might end up hurting you. Go get'em kid!

[blackbelt22]

thanx for the advice you guys!

[LoneHusky]

Stick with it. Starting is the toughest part and the longer you do it the more fun it becomes.

[aseepish]

I wish I had started BJJ when I was 15. I wish I had started BJJ when I was 20 too.

Stick with it and you'll have a second black belt by the time you finish college. Or maybe grad school.

[LoneHusky]

Or maybe never but you'll still be a fuckin badass.

[SweepEm]

work on cardio, work on flexibility, when you have those at peak, you're far ahead of most dudes.....

oh and do as many sit ups as you can. Strong stomach muscles are very important.

If you're in great shape, have excellent cardio and flexibility, you'll do well.

[Hardball]

Pump Iron, do you push ups on your knuckles, stretch every day.

Congrats, you are about to become a complete fighter.

[blackbelt22]

cool thanx for the advice

[medic06]

Congrats, you are about to become a complete fighter.

Assuming he already has weapons training

[Hardball]

Assuming he already has weapons training

Thanks for reminding me of that. I love this site!!

[medic06]

Thanks for reminding me of that. I love this site!!

yea, we should change the name to Assholes.net

[Tom Yum]

yea, we should change the name to Assholes.net

You might want to check the availability of that domain name...

[blackbelt22]

last night i took the free trial class at az combat sports in tempe.it was awesome!i went with one of my friends who is also a blck belt.we learned an arm bar,a lapel choke, north to south and some other stuff.gustavo dantas wasnt there but i did get to see drew ficket.a purple belt who worked there took us aside from the class and taught us.at the end we got to roll with some of the guys, it was fun.the guy who taught us said we did really well and that he could tell we had some experience in martial arts.i am definitely signing up!