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I have this with my co workers all the time, I'll make a little dig/ joke at them and laugh but they just look at the ground. And I was like "oh snap I thought I was being playful". If you just laughed along with him it'd could have been a pretty light exchange.
I had two stripes before I trained at my current gym. After about 6 weeks I was paired to roll with someone and he was like "take it easy with this white belt with no stripes he just came in here after watching some youtube videos or something"
And I just laughed, it was a good burn, whatever.
Same thing a 2 stripe white belt said he didn't know the double under pass and he was like "oh my god give me a stripe back" once again we just chuckled. A lot of times taking little jabs at someone is a sign of friendship/acceptance.
I don't know I used to get more emotional about stuff that happened in the gym. But after getting smashed so many times in full view of my whole team, I got pretty thick skin. A lot rolls off my back.
Jiu Jitsu's hard dude, you don't always see it from the bottom of the totem pole, but everyone struggles and everyone is self conscious about their progression. And everyone is worried that their coach saw someone less experienced pass their guard last roll. And everyone is getting their ass kicked by someone.
I had two stripes before I trained at my current gym. After about 6 weeks I was paired to roll with someone and he was like "take it easy with this white belt with no stripes he just came in here after watching some youtube videos or something"
And I just laughed, it was a good burn, whatever.
Same thing a 2 stripe white belt said he didn't know the double under pass and he was like "oh my god give me a stripe back" once again we just chuckled. A lot of times taking little jabs at someone is a sign of friendship/acceptance.
I don't know I used to get more emotional about stuff that happened in the gym. But after getting smashed so many times in full view of my whole team, I got pretty thick skin. A lot rolls off my back.
Jiu Jitsu's hard dude, you don't always see it from the bottom of the totem pole, but everyone struggles and everyone is self conscious about their progression. And everyone is worried that their coach saw someone less experienced pass their guard last roll. And everyone is getting their ass kicked by someone.