The school I'm at now and have been at for the past two years is great my teacher rolls with us every night. It has helped me so much and I have so much respect for the guy because he rolls with every one every night. Some nights he'll just beat on us other times he has a specific technique he's working and so that's all he'll try to get you with. Other times he'll just escape over and over again or let me try to pass his guard and see if I can make it a little longer before getting swept, or he coaches you through a match against him while he wrestles with you getting that kind of training gives me a lot more confidince. I have a hard time respecting guys that never spar with their students. I went to two other BJJ schools where the instructors rarely if ever rolled with their student's I've only been able to roll with five black belts so far in BJJ and it is awsome just to be able to feel the differnt style of each of those black belts was a good learning experience. I try to take every opportunity I can to roll with a black belt because those guys have so much mat time, you can learn a lot from watching them you can also learn a lot from actually grappling with them as well. I've done a lot of privates with him too and he rolls with me a lot in the private sessions and has me work moves and drill techniques, he'll also leave stuff out there for me like an arm bar opportunity or a choke or sweep or something just to see if I'll see it and take it right away. The last private I had we worked on going for the submission right away and making adjustments right after. Because I was adjusting too much before attempting the submission by the time I went for the sub the guy knew I was going for it ten years before it happens now he has me going for it as soon as I see the opportunity and then making my adjustments. Stuff like this has helped me a lot then when I get into the mat for a tournament I tell my self I've been training privately with a black belt and I doubt this guy has there is not way he should be able to take me and I'm a lot more confident.


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