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Gotcha. I was comparing my own progress with yours and was a little disheartened at first! You've got way more mat time than I (a brown belt) have. I've dealt with "imposter syndrome" in the past with BJJ and professional roles too.
Even though I only have 1,700 hours of mat time, I try to feel good about being a brown belt. I recently did a BJJ Globetrotters camp and tapped 4 black belts, including the instructors. I'll tap regular Joe black belts but anyone who competes a lot, even at purple belt (world champions etc) I realllllly have a tough time with. Some purple belts absolutely destroy me, and I even got dominated and tapped twice by a regular Joe blue belt the other day.
Then again, I am not nearly as small of a human as you. I bet with your over 2,000 hours of mat time you probably know a lot more technique than I do. Me being a 200lb former powerlifter definitely helps a lot lmao
You should not compare, you have an athletic body with a good core strength so it helps you a lot to stand the harshness of the training and to progress quicker, I am sure you are a legit brown belt. I have more hours of training than you but as a lightfeather who got crushed by heavier guys and I am not so gifted despite having a background in Taekwondo I have to train more than the others to compensate the physical struggles. I have rolled with a purple belt world champion and he completely obliterates me. Recently I got dominated by a young very competitor blue belt who is half my age (I am forty) and I had to be in the defensive. Once I had a bad day and I did a mistake where a heavyweight blue belt managed to sub me with an armbar but it was a lesson for me.
The way I train and roll exposed me much more to get subbed in live rolling but it's necessary if I want to expand my game and be much more complete on the bottom, top, side and take back aspects.
regarding the "insposter syndrome", I have met it too but it makes us humble and willing to continue to train and it's much better than bragging a black belt from a shady mcdojo where you got your belt after very few hours of training barely sweating and wasting a huge amount of money.
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