Martial Arts - What Do/Did You Study

[zemekone]

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu only for 3 weeks...

[Blueface]

Isshin-ryū

Had to give it up when I had my accident and herniated two discs.

Originally Posted by zemekone

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu only for 3 weeks...

What school are you studying at? I've heard quite a bit about Gracie Barra out there...just curious.

[zemekone]

Originally Posted by LordOfWu

What school are you studying at? I've heard quite a bit about Gracie Barra out there...just curious.

im studying at a Gracie Barra school, in a 25 mile radius there are more then 10 including the headquarters...

Less then 30min i have Royce Gracie's school (i forgot what its called)...

then less then a hour away i have the Gracie Academy, Machado's school, and Eddie Bravo's school (The 10th Planet)...

Originally Posted by zemekone

im studying at a Gracie Barra school, in a 25 mile radius there are more then 10 including the headquarters...

Less then 30min i have Royce Gracie's school (i forgot what its called)...

then less then a hour away i have the Gracie Academy, Machado's school, and Eddie Bravo's school (The 10th Planet)...

Be careful, the Gracie schools had a reputation in the 90s for having the most injured students at any given time.

Originally Posted by Drat

Be careful, the Gracie schools had a reputation in the 90s for having the most injured students at any given time.

so do the hurting and don't get hurt

Originally Posted by Drat

Be careful, the Gracie schools had a reputation in the 90s for having the most injured students at any given time.

That's interesting, I wonder what belt level they had most of their injuries in? I trained with a young man tonight that just moved to CO from FL and had trained in a Gracie Barra school. Our school requires 20 beginner classes of just techniques before you can start live training (grappling at speed with a partner). His school allowed live training from day 1. Just wondering what would happen to a bunch of guys in their first week rolling with someone with a few months but not a lot of control.

Anyway, tonight was my 71st class!

Good times!

[zemekone]

at our school white belts can only roll at less then 60% with the blue belts (for safty reasons)

When I used to teach and go to schools, we'd put the advanced students with the less advanced when learning new things so they both will learn... one will learn by teaching, the other will learn because they don't know...

Originally Posted by zemekone

at our school white belts can only roll at less then 60% with the blue belts (for safty reasons)

For the whole time you are white belts? So white belts never roll with each other? So how long are you guys white belts? I'd think it'd get old getting your a$$ handed to you every night for a year! Getting a chance to roll with yet lower level white belts helps boost my confidence, I know that (although I have submitted blue belts twice...legitimately...and I'm still stunned!).