Ive rolled the first time in my life with a black belt but not one, no two. I thought the gap between me and my trainer, whos a brown belt,was insanely big. Anyway one of those black belts was the bjj trainer of alistair overeem and the other one was the head coach of GB Belo Horizonte. I think i got tested for the blue belt but i failed. It was still probably the best training session in my short BJJ career
From what I know Alistair trains BJJ at the gym of Martijn de Jong, so did you roll with him? Or was it someone else and does Alistair have another BJJ trainer as I thought? Must be a great experience though, I haven't had the privilage yet. I hope to go train at Martijn de Jong's gym soon, so I hope to get to roll with him, Alistair, maybe Gilbert (Yvel) and get my ass kicked
No it was a brazilian guy. I just remember his first name, Igor. He was huge though but still didn't use much power. Very skilled guy, great spirit and nice guy in general. There was a big language border because i speak just little portugese and they speak not much english and no german.
There are 2 blackbelts at my gym. I've wrestled with one of them a few times. He rolls with me maybe bi monthly to see for himself how my progress is. I love how they always encourage you and say how you're getting better after they tap you 10 times in a row.
Im sorry for my poor knowledge. I thought Caveirina was the headcoach of Belo Horizonte but i was wrong. That evening inspired me most in the past year with the insane performance of Marcelo Garcia of course.
that sounds like a great opportunity. youre exactly right about the difference between black and brown belts vs. beginners. its like night and day - they feel so tight with their movement and everything is grindingly crisp. hope youlearned tons from it as those experiences will laways make you better
