BJJ players with advanced degrees

Hillary said:
So he made a leap, you made a guess. Ah, now I see. Very different.

Of-freaking-course kids with supportive parents and a decent socioeconomic status will lead to more higher education, anyone could tell you that. I've (unfortunately) seen a lot of smart, talented people with a lot of potential lose it because they simply couldn't afford to be in school; they had to get into the work force immediately.

As for the vanity thing, sounds like a personal vendetta of yours, lol. No one puts themselves through years and years of bullshit (except for those force fed it through obsessive parents) for vanity, but rather because they want a good job that they may or may not enjoy doing. Comfort and future security may be less noble, and common, reasons than 'serving the people?' Sure. But vanity is low on the list.

I put my little part in there to show that I did everything and a half during high school. And I'm not particularly smart, nor particularly athletic, but I managed it, so I think that your "guess" doesn't have much to do with it. Yes, anecdotal evidence is about as quality of a response as the claim, but it was to show that the time commitment to high school education really is not enough to force anyone dedicated to quit sports. Of the 10 kids in my high school who are now in medical school with me (if many responses here are "X years into X degree," and due to the fact that OP asked who was also working on one, I don't see why you're harping on me not having a degree yet) many played--and never quit--high school sports. Some quit and some just didn't give a damn in the first place. I just think you made a silly claim.

Here's my thing: you're either good or you're not. You'll meet guys who are super smart, super analytical, watch DVDs, take notes, and they're too damn stiff from thinking the whole time to actually perform any of the techniques. I've met World Champions that people would consider "dumb" based on no access to general education but that can tie you into 400 different knots because they just get it. There is "smart" that society values (the kind you get paid a lot for) and "smart" that tends to get taken for granted. Having a degree gives you the money and time to pursue Jiu Jitsu, but very little advantage, or disadvantage, otherwise.
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This wins the thread.

Ignorance and stupidity are too different things and intelligence in one area doesnt translates to another.
 
Even though this thread doesn't have any scientific value for the OP, I do find it interesting to find out what educational background some of the posters on here have.

I myself have an MA in Linguistics and Literature and an MA in Third World Politics. Lots of lawyers though...
 
armtriangle said:
I think it would be interesting to look at the percentage of individuals with advanced degrees who quit high school sports as opposed to others. I would guess that the overall percentage would be higher than the general population. My hypothesis is based in economics. They would need more time to dedicate to studies, and thus the things that they arent as good as would be shelved. Also, since people respond to rewards, people tend to stick to what they are already good at. Your yoga teacher was probably pretty flexible before she started yoga. Your math major was probably always good at math, etc.
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The bolded statement above tends to be true amongst medical students. Those who have extracurricular activities beyond the hobbyist level often are forced to reduce their experiences significantly as they go through medical school.

Unfortunately, we start with a certain amount of free time in the first two years, which are mostly classroom based didactics, and then free time gets really cut short during the last two years, which are clinical. Beyond that is internship (which, depending on what specialty one pursues, can be zero free time, or a respectable amount) and residency. The majority of doctors don't regain enough free time for serious pursuit of extracurriculars until they become attendings, and even then the responsibilities of junior attendings can still be excessive.

One of the Deans at my medical school, 4 years ago at our inducting white coat ceremony, begged us not to give up our non-academic passions because they made us who we are, and that a large part of our acceptance into medical school was based on our personas. He said that over the years, he saw too many students at the end of their education turn into cookie cutter drones.
 
theres a doctor that goes to my gym and hes been there a while... longer than me dude sucks balls and is totally clueless. he always goes, "what do i do from here? i don't know what to do!" he says that shit even though hes been there a long time.

dude singlehandedly made me realize that just because your a doctor that doesn't make you smart. he is a retard as far as im concerned.
 
EternalRag3 said:
This always amazes and inspires me. MD PHD and won the worlds 4 times? And he's only 33 yrs old?? zomg...
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bruno malfacine is the only bruno with four black belt adult world titles - I know the gb Montreal site references them against fernandes' profile but he "only" has a silver from 2002 where teammate pe de Chumbo took gold and a bronze from 2001 where shaolin took gold. I don't know which years the other two refer to.

Bear in mind also his phd etc were done after his competitive peak in bjj.

Still impressive to medal at the mundials and have a phd of course!
 
xPharaoh said:
theres a doctor that goes to my gym and hes been there a while... longer than me dude sucks balls and is totally clueless. he always goes, "what do i do from here? i don't know what to do!" he says that shit even though hes been there a long time.

dude singlehandedly made me realize that just because your a doctor that doesn't make you smart. he is a retard as far as im concerned.
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Cool story, bro...
 
J Sho said:
bruno malfacine is the only bruno with four black belt adult world titles - I know the gb Montreal site references them against fernandes' profile but he "only" has a silver from 2002 where teammate pe de Chumbo took gold and a bronze from 2001 where shaolin took gold. I don't know which years the other two refer to.

Bear in mind also his phd etc were done after his competitive peak in bjj.

Still impressive to medal at the mundials and have a phd of course!
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Maybe he's got titles as blue,purple, brown belt or in the master division
 
Draculino has a law degree from one of the best law schools in Brazil. You can tell even from his English interviews how articulate & educated he is. I remember one interview where he described Eddie Bravo as being "very polemic"
 
Hillary said:
Holy shit. You have the coolest degree and focus EVAH.
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Coming from you that's an absolute honor! :) Cheers !

Slideyfoot : Hmmm Tough one... I don't watch that much animation movies myself for some reason, that's a pity. The last good stuff from France that I can recommend are Kirikou and Les Triplettes de Belleville. I heard La proph
 
oh, and I forgot to answer that :

slideyfoot said:
I agree with Hillary, that sounds even cooler! I can definitely see that link with Moore, Gaiman to an extent, but I haven't read as much of Ennis (just Preacher) or Ellis (just Transmetropolitan). Are you looking at Preacher and Transmetropolitan, or is the other stuff they've written more in line with the style of Moore and Gaiman?
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I'm still in the process of reading stuff and trying to define a corpus which is not way too big. I'm thinking about both yes, Preacher is still the best thing Ennis ever wrote to this day. I'm also thinking about what both of them wrote for Hellblazer, which is the core of British comics for me, the manifesto if you will, (just like Dredd for instance). For Ellis there's a few things that I need to read from him as well that could be very useful, like planetary.

All of them have different common points, and that's what I'll try to point out... (if everything goes well).
 
I haven't gotten into Hellblazer yet (I flicked through one a while ago but wasn't grabbed by it), though from the amount of acclaim it gets, sounds like it would be worth the effort.

Bullheaded said:
The last good stuff from France that I can recommend are Kirikou and Les Triplettes de Belleville. I heard La proph
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slideyfoot said:
I haven't gotten into Hellblazer yet (I flicked through one a while ago but wasn't grabbed by it), though from the amount of acclaim it gets, sounds like it would be worth the effort.
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It is ! It took me years to read it all, but I read every single issue to this date. Everytime a new book comes out of Hellblazer, it feels like I'm seeing an old friend. :)

The title has had a who's who list of wonderful writers to it, and interestingly enough it's not always the big names that wrote the best pieces. Still : Delano, Morrison, Gaiman, Ennis, Ellis, Jenkins, Carey, Milligan... even Eddie Campbell wrote a piece for Hellblazer and god knows I admire the guy.

The only problem with this book is that it makes you wanna smoke a pack of silck cut afterward. :( That aside, it's fantastic !
 
I used to watch Asterix when I was little (it used to come on the Disney Channel in the 80's).I didn't know it was French until I moved to France.
I have to decide soon what I want to pursue (law school,business school,or a masters/Phd program).It stresses me out just thinking about it.
 
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