The black belt was having a field day with the cadets 😅

Great video Tom! These guys are lucky to have you!

Love training with you guys! It's been a blast!! 🥳

Pew pews

Is it part of the training to yell that? Like some kind of emotional attack

Funniest "stopphhhhh rrhhhheessisting" i ever heard😂

theres alot of good reasons to stop training and I wouldn’t call it quitting, not one ever says someone quit skydiving

Thanks for showing this. I look forward to using it. What is the technical name for this attack? Also, what is your success rate with this move?

Feeling really lazy today so going to let my guard get passed and try this out at open mat. OSS!

Does your gym want paying customers more than teach for the passion of it

Blue belts leave. Because bjj is not taught correctly And people get bored of it Quite simple

Great stuff guys

0:28 LOL 😂!

I quit at purple. Might go back at some point, but the pains, constant aching and continuous rolls with kids in their 20’s became too much for me to endure. Switched to Boxin

Jiu jitsu is lo impact…. Lol you guys must be doing sambo

She didn’t carry anything.

Good work everyone!!! They did fantastic this year and I wish I got to go!!

Can the stitches be repaired too when starts to be worn out?

This is dope! Gonna test it out! Granted, I found your video while looking for a "Calf slicer counter" when someone else (on the bottom) is fully engaged in the normal X-guard position. I know it exists, but I forget how it works. Basically, the guy on top loops one of his arms under the bottom guy's leg and does a forward roll, and ends up in a calf slicer. If ya'll remember how to do that, would love to see it as well!

Another big reason that I heard on a podcast is that there are a lot of people that train at the wrong gym. When they started the gym was right for them but now they should move on to another gym because of various reasons. Or what the podcast speaker said happens even more frequently....,the jiu jitsu practitioner starts at the wrong gym and tries to force the gym to conform to their needs when they should move on to a better gym, or start a jiu jitsu club.

After a year you should be able to handle yourself on the ground well enough. Anything more than a year is not helpful unless you're into the sport.

We gave blue belts based on skill at my academy sometimes it’s one year sometimes it’s a couple depends on the skill and knowledge absorption also if u don’t know any helio Gracie self defense u will never get blue belt at our gym we do let white belts roll though and we train with strikes

Great video Tom. You were a great professor also. Shout out from Jaime MDC 2006.

This is why cops carry tasers and have back up.

🙏

I’m a blue belt who stopped training due to the military.. I went to a few training maybe once every 6-12 months for the last 12 years.. now I’m 2 months back in.. still wear my blue but wasn’t sure if I was supposed to wear it due to being in a new school.. just had to prove my skills and get back my endurance..

Injuries are a big part of it. Gets old tending to strained elbows, knees, fingers, necks etc. Especially past 40.

2:15 she easily escapes his submission and ends up choking him. He was clearly going 100% while she was only going 50%

Cannot hear you guys at all..

If it was easy it would be called taekwondo

Love it❤

You guys are on the news!! ❤❤❤

Amazing!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I am proud to say I help coach here.

Spot on. I quit as a 4 stripe white belt after my 2nd daughter was born. 60-70 hour work week, a 6 year old and newborn baby at home was just too much. Something has to give. Life happens.

Just do a threat free Gracie Jiu Jitsu blue belt at a Rener/Ryron certified training centre, and you wont have to go through the suck!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊

That was awesome.

so clever of a move .... Nacho does this to everyone ! It is one of his signature moves !

One time full speed at the end would be excellent

Amazing edit. Absolutely love this.

I think far too many beginners focus way too much on winning rolls, submissions and chokes vs improving learning about the positions, their personal strengths and weaknesses' in said positions, they don't develop their guards correctly, guard passing, retention, take downs/defenses, grip fighting, throws, sweeps etc. There is SO much to learn and improve on as a Blue belt. Quitting is really just a way of saying, I don't want to learn or put any effort into trying anymore to progress. I am about a year as a Blue belt, was a White belt for FIVE YEARS (1.5 years out due to Covid lockdowns) and I still have a lot to learn. I have zero problems with that and am eager to see where my progress will be in a year or two from today. BJJ is the long game, a marathon, not a sprint and I believe far too many people do not respect or appreciate their own personal growth and journey.

spot on

Brilliant 😂

Thank you.

Classic!

The KZbin algorithms are a mystery, but I cannot be more happy for them now!

omgoodness <3

LOL

Because their not really blues yet. If you get blue in a year...it's fake. Lot of that going on. Turning into karate in the 90s.