General Any old fuckers get back into BJJ?
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Wish I could give you a reasonable tip but I took an 11yr break & went back last year. Been sidelined for about 2mo now with a fucked up knee. Not completely Bjj fault this time as I ended up aggravating an old hs football injury where I had dislocated my kneecap & torn my mcl. Just found out my kneecap never completely reset properly, developed bone spurs that have been enlarging tendons & ruptured some fluid sack behind my kneecap that’s required draining a few times over the last couple months.
In short, take it easy. You’re not 25 or 35 anymore. Things that hurt back then & you ignored will be worse now.
On a positive note, the old school stuff works wonders now 😂😂😂. Even purple belts hadn’t seen an Oma plata sweep from guard or from a single leg attempt they’re trying for. Once the “feel” came back, the old, slow & high pressure style worked great 👍
I’ll be 48 in about a month fwiw as far as age goes. Once doc clears me on my knee I’ll probably be back (waiting on the type of surgery they are going to do. Scope the spurs or entire knee replacement).
Has BJJ become what Karate was in the 80's?
Gyms on every other block but the teaching and approach isn't the same as when it first arrived?
Gyms on every other block but the teaching and approach isn't the same as when it first arrived?
I rolled with a purple belt a year or so back and it went well. I never got past white belt back in the 2000's. Granted this is in thailand but I was surprised he didn't outclass me.
The focus has changed mostly. “Back in the day” we used to have days where we’d put on mma or boxing gloves & roll with punches. That’s not a thing anymore from what I’ve seen. The style has changed from slow & tight simple games to these overly complex, loose & fast styles that love leg attacks & entrapments. Inverting is also everywhere now.
I quit engaging with that & started just standing up for a reset if I didn’t understand the position. Luckily all the judo from decades ago still comes in handy as Bjj guys suck pretty bad on their feet. When they pull guard I can usually get an inside reap to top half, mount or side, as long as I react quick enough. First several months were rough for that lol
Go slow, stretch before and most importantly after.
Don't roll with "kids" for a while, any guy that walks in and says I used to train will have a target and young guys with rubber tendons will try you. And you're a big target. It'll be some 135er most likely lol.
You're a different person than you were when you were on the mats before. Older, probably a better understanding of your body and limits, hopefully not coming to class to "win" every roll.
Different phase of the path requires you to consciously set new goals for training..
Keep your yap shut. Don't be "at my last gym" guy or "here's a better way to get out of that" guy. Just don't. Be humble and quiet and just blend into however they run their program.
Don't over do it the first month. Your strong, make a conscious decision to not rely on that. Hulking out isn't skill, it's desperation lol. Really focus on technique not strength, you'll always have that in your pocket if you need it.
I started judo as a kid in an old school judo club. Because of that I always showed up early and cleaned mats (you trust anyone to actually do it right?) and just found shit to make it a little better. Its just tradition, it's a show of respect. Because I never really lived in the same place for more than a year , pretty much up into my late 30s, I've been in alot of gyms. I've always taken that attitude of respect into each one of those guns and it goes an incredibly long way, it's noticed.
And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD was your gi, wash yourself BEFORE class if you can, if you're a hairy fuck wear a rash guard, and trim your goddam toenails!!!!
Good luck and have fun. Its supposed to be fun, especially when you're older.
How deep are you diving back ? 1 day/wk, 5 days/week?
Don't roll with "kids" for a while, any guy that walks in and says I used to train will have a target and young guys with rubber tendons will try you. And you're a big target. It'll be some 135er most likely lol.
You're a different person than you were when you were on the mats before. Older, probably a better understanding of your body and limits, hopefully not coming to class to "win" every roll.
Different phase of the path requires you to consciously set new goals for training..
Keep your yap shut. Don't be "at my last gym" guy or "here's a better way to get out of that" guy. Just don't. Be humble and quiet and just blend into however they run their program.
Don't over do it the first month. Your strong, make a conscious decision to not rely on that. Hulking out isn't skill, it's desperation lol. Really focus on technique not strength, you'll always have that in your pocket if you need it.
I started judo as a kid in an old school judo club. Because of that I always showed up early and cleaned mats (you trust anyone to actually do it right?) and just found shit to make it a little better. Its just tradition, it's a show of respect. Because I never really lived in the same place for more than a year , pretty much up into my late 30s, I've been in alot of gyms. I've always taken that attitude of respect into each one of those guns and it goes an incredibly long way, it's noticed.
And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD was your gi, wash yourself BEFORE class if you can, if you're a hairy fuck wear a rash guard, and trim your goddam toenails!!!!
Good luck and have fun. Its supposed to be fun, especially when you're older.
How deep are you diving back ? 1 day/wk, 5 days/week?
It's been that way for a while. I was training at a 10th planet in around 2017 and it was all kids fuckin breakdancing around your legs and shit.
Starting back at 2-3 days a week depending on recovery. Still need to balance it with arm wrestling practices and lifting.
And yeah... I just went back in being vague about my past experience as its been so long and my body has stiffened up like a motherfucker since then. So definitely not trying to win rolls, act like I know anything, or muscle out of or into positions.
That was pretty much my first ask of the coaches and always touch base with the people I roll or drill with... to let me know if it feels like I'm just muscling through anything.
And... in two days back I broke a toe and forgot how bad mat burn is until your body gets used to it.
Getting older is bullshit.
yoga is your friend
I tried to get into DDP yoga 5 or 6 years ago. Seemed to tweak my back.
Would have been a dick move for him to ragdoll your ass. You wouldn't learn anything that way.
I don't even train, and I rolled with a brown belt and felt competitive. But we both knew he could have bent any of my limbs into a pretzel whenever he wanted.
passivejay isn't gonna be happy with you
I rolled with a brown belt when I was a white belt and he told me to slow down, I was going to hard, trying to muscle my way through versus technique, I learned a lot from that roll.Would have been a dick move for him to ragdoll your ass. You wouldn't learn anything that way.
I don't even train, and I rolled with a brown belt and felt competitive. But we both knew he could have bent any of my limbs into a pretzel whenever he wanted.
I recommend Bryan Kest power yoga over DDP, he's a fruit loop but he really breaks down moves good and shows basic, intermediate and advanced positions, all 3 discs are on youtube
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsyjBmTfKE
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO8vFG54eeY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15yVrWeE4D0
I got to roll with Damien Hirtz when he was a brown. Camarillo guy. It felt like grappling a wet wad of modeling clay that weighed 600lbs. Then out of nowhere he could move like a specter.
Also rolled with Greg Nelson my first day at the academy. Didn't know who he was. He was supervising class and I had no partner so insaid hey, you and me? I'm like damn this old guy is good. End of class they want me to sign up and bring me into the office where I learn who Greg fucking Nelson is. I signed up.
Also rolled with Greg Nelson my first day at the academy. Didn't know who he was. He was supervising class and I had no partner so insaid hey, you and me? I'm like damn this old guy is good. End of class they want me to sign up and bring me into the office where I learn who Greg fucking Nelson is. I signed up.
Can you blame him?
First Dominos delivered a pizza he wasnt happy with... and still ate... and complained about to both the store and corporate and tried to get the OG to brigade... and THEN his BFF and soulmate Diamond Dallas Page had the audacity to block him.
DDP Yoga would never have been popular without the success story of Fart Curtain Jay.
PJ threads were ruthless and hilarious
some real beauties
some real beauties
You mean Detroit real estate?
Lol, remember when he got a cease and desist when he was ripping off pictures from a real estate company in the area and posting them like they were his own.