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Originally posted by Sean Dempsey
I would say that there is no such thing in strict Gracie BJJ. Maybe for beginngers... up to blue belt range.
Or maybe I'm up in the night. I'd like to know what other people who train strict GracieJJ think. |
Hm. I learn GJJ techniques but at the school I go to, some of the other (annoying, cocky) guys train BJJ too. The big guys there get lazy and REALLY like to use their weight against you...like just resting on your chest/face if they get the chance. I don't like it. And I know that they're being lazy by doing it. But I've seen them try to do that to more skilled people (I'm a beginner white belt) and have it be useless. I have also seen others of about the same skill roll with these big blue belts and have some trouble dealing with the lazy-rest-my-weight-on-you "technique." Really, they're not supposed to be doing that but since they can they do. In somes ways, it makes for good practice, I guess. You know what I'm saying? ^_^
I basically agree with your previous post as well. I like the "they all move like they're asleep" line actually. It paints a perfect picture.
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Originally posted by Great Sage
I don’t know of any advanced BJJ guy that doesn’t do strengthening exercises. |
I'm not so sure if I'd call it strength excercises so much as exercising for stamina. Stamina is one of the greatest factors to me in GJJ/BJJ. I mean, if you get tired, you're done. And you can get tired FAST if you don't have enough stamina.