Oh you need to stop. Saying that he was overhyped without any major accomplishments or strings of significant/high profile wins doest equal calling him a scrub.
Eddie Cummings vs. Reilly Bodycomb
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Oh you need to stop. Saying that he was overhyped without any major accomplishments or strings of significant/high profile wins doest equal calling him a scrub.
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In case I wasn't clear, I don't have any beef towards Bodycomb and don't think he is a horrible grappler. He is certainly not a "scrub" on the mat. I do feel he is an above average instructor as well. That said, I believe that his stated credentials are grossly overrated on here and that he isn't on a world class level as far as grappling goes.I am basing that on the fact that he has lost to every world class grappler he has competed against. He also came off as extremely arrogant and I was very disappointed in this because I looked forward to his seminar after purchasing that Top Rock instructional. It is certainly possible that he has changed since or had a bad day that particular day, but I felt my experience was relevant to this thread. It is also possible that he has improved greatly since then(about 4 years ago).
They are just building a strawman argument
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I don't typically comment on stuff like this, but this is just false. I attempted the ADCC trials at 170lbs in 2009 and lost. I didnt do ADCC because I was not good enough. I then did the ADCC american event in 2014 at 155lbs that had the same rules because I liked them.
As far as arrogant is concerned, I am truly sorry you had a bad experience at my seminar. I don't know witch one it was, but I am sorry. I for sure feel you misinterpreted my feelings on BJJ or ADCC. I may have stated issues with the rules that force the BJJ players to behave a certain way, and how that can be detrimental to their overall martial arts progress. That is of course true with Judo, SAMBO, BJJ and any other combat sport. Each of the sports lends it self to certain skill sets, and ignores others. That's ok of course. I just prefer to use the different rule sets as training tools for myself and my students so they can develop a broad set of skills.
As far as accomplishments go, I am proud of what I have done, even if its not world level. I worked hard, and I did my best in the tournaments I won. Could some Russian do it better?... probably. But I am still proud of winning the Sambo Pan-Ams. And, yes, I had 3 matches... they are on youtube if you want to watch. I got Bronze in the 2010 USA sambo championships, with 3 matches, Silver in the 2013 championships is 4 matches, and then gold in the 2016 with only 2 matches. Yeah I had less matches in 2016, but I am still proud because I had been trying to win since 2010, and it let me get to the Pans. I did worlds at 2016 and got smoked by a guy from Armenia.
I did earn my black belt in BJJ. I competed two brown belt gi tournaments in 2017. I got silver in one and gold in the other before I was promoted. It was a challenge for me because it was a different rule set then I was used to, so I am proud of doing it. It was not elite by any means, but It was tough for me, so I am proud of it. (Edit: I started bjj back in 2011, but had not competed in the rule set until 2017)
As far as my instructional material goes, several people seem to feel it has helped their game, so I keep teaching. Teaching martial arts is my job. I enjoy it, and some people enjoy learning the material from me, so I think I will keep doing it.
And I never wanted to be misleading about my competitive abilities. The last time I think I responded to a thread on here was when someone tried to compare me to Rafael Mendes back in 2012. I logged in to say how silly that was because of how high level he is. here is a link to that: http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/best-in-leglocks-reilly-bodycomb-vs-rafael-mendes.1974289/page-2
As far as whatever I did to give you a bad impression of me, or to make my seminar unenjoyable for you, I am really sorry.
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I am now remembering this is the SECOND time I have apologized to you about this time you felt I was rude, and you are STILL saying these things on here. I really don't get it man.
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/footlock-counters-to-1lx-guard.2855243/page-2#post-100148029
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Get em Reilly. Anyone hating is just a hater
Who is hating tho?
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where do you train luta livre in the US?
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Pretty obvious whose hating on him.
I would say your slightly a hater as well (claiming he has legions of nuthuggers when in reality a search of him on the search bar shows mostly just people complimenting his teaching style/instruction videos and nobody nuthugging him as some elite competitor).
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The last thing I wanted to do was to come off as a hater. That is why I clarified that I wasn't saying he was a bad grappler. That said, every single thing I said was true and anything to the contrary is inaccurate. I didn't realize I shared the exact same story years ago in another thread. I saw this thread and shared my experience and opinion like anybody would.My overall points was that it shouldn't have been a surprise that an accomplished world class level beat him. He agreed. I also shared my experience at a seminar which he doesn't remember but I didn't make it up now or 2 years ago in the thread he quoted. He may have had a bad day that day, might have been nervous at the seminar,might not have meant it I really don't know, but arrogance was the impression I got and he said what I said he said.All of that said, I've heard nothing but good things from everyone I know that knows him and he comes off as much more humble and cool in his post above than he did when I met him. I have no negative feelings towards anybody in the Grappling game but was sharing my personal honest experience as i'd expect anyone else to in any other thread on this discussion forum.
Do a deeper search
yeah back in 2009 he was the tits here hes who i use to watch to get my heel hooks leg locks from
This is the nonsense that needs to stop:
No one is shitting on/hating on Riley just because they can objectively look at his competitions or wins.
im not shitting on him i was just saying that yeah back in 2009 him jeff glover and ryan hall and marcelo garcia were the most talked about guys on f12
the types of people who randomly shit on guys they dont know are just jealous that they cant make a living as a grappler or be half as talented generally
