You complain about pussification by using 'shaming' as a pejorative term?
Complaining about shaming is like confessing you have a vagina. It doesn't make you a bad person, it just means you aren't male.
Shut up, fatty
Most of the competitive lighter weight guys like to roll and drill with me, especially standup/takedowns and sweeps and also to get comfortable taking pressure from the pesadissimo so that when they execute those techniques or receive pressure from other fighters in their own weight division it's a lot easier. I am happy to help my teammates in this way, and we've got really tough lighter weights which I'm proud to play some small role in helping develop.
Where do people draw the lines between what one considers small/medium/big guys btw? I'm a dad bod 190-200 lbs and considered a big guy where I train for instance.
Where do people draw the lines between what one considers small/medium/big guys btw? I'm a dad bod 190-200 lbs and considered a big guy where I train for instance.
Nobody said speed or flexibility beats size, nor did did anyone say they have to be smaller to have a speed or flexibility advantage.good thing they made weight divisions to save big guys from little guys ruthlessly exploiting these advantages.
That's a mighty big dump. You may have a medical problem.Im a strong guy, 5'10 200-210 depending on the size of my dump that morning.
Nobody said speed or flexibility beats size, nor did did anyone say they have to be smaller to have a speed or flexibility advantage.
To not use physical advantages is stupid.
Unfortunately, I train mostly with bigger guys. And the guys close to my size, are much more experienced, faster and more flexible!It really depends on your goal and the goal of your team.
A few year ago, I had 6-7 guys on the mats that were under 70 kg.
It was great as they could spar against each other.
Once.you hit 200 you are a big guy and can't pull he's bigger than me card
I think a lot of people are overly dependent on their size and strength.
Yes, size and strength are important. They should be used. But often times people rely on their size and strength and forsake learning the art because of it. If all a person can do is get to side control and use their attributes to land a keylock, they will never truly learn the art. Yes, they might be able to "beat" a lot of people they can out-muscle in the gym, but can they do that against people of similar weight/size in a competition?
If your size/strength is inhibiting you from actually learning a full array of techniques because you have a "go to move", you do need to use less of it...because once you run into a person who can counter your bread and butter, what's next?
In the grand scheme, I feel that BJJ is about movement more than it is about moves...if your movement is on point, the pressure shouldn't ever be considered an issue. If you keep doing one thing because that's what you have to do to "win" in the gym, your priorities are off.
Just my 2 cents.
I'm sure it's just me being a white belt but I don't know how to NOT use my weight when rolling. When I see successful passing it usually involves speed or pressure. I'm too big for speed so I use pressure and I methodically improve my position at the same time.
It seems weird to suddenly decide to use less pressure. Isn't that just poor technique in the context of top game?