Why I shouldn't be a blue belt

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Exhibit BX
Rolling with another purple belt today. Some how I sprawled in such a way that my chest landed on his knee and I knocked the wind out of myself.

Been there.
When I wrestled in college we practice a takedown called the 'sprawl'. Done correctly, you could land with your knee up pulling them down chest into your bent knee.

 

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Exhibit BY
Professor asked me to explain to the kids that it's not right to shake your partner's arm out of their socket when they shake hands at the end of the round.

In demonstrating the wrong way to shake someone's hand, I hurt one of the other coaches.

 

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Thus proving why it's the wrong way. A job well done, I say!

 

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Exhibit BY
Professor asked me to explain to the kids that it's not right to shake your partner's arm out of their socket when they shake hands at the end of the round.

In demonstrating the wrong way to shake someone's hand, I hurt one of the other coaches.

I tuck my elbow in to my body whan I hand shake which supports the structure a lot better.

And also stops drunk people hugging me.

Side note. The thing we have is the zero resistance hand up off the ground.

So you help someone up. But give them no counter pressure to get up with. Basically making you get up on your own. But with only one hand.

 

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Exhibit BZ
Apparently I've been misreading the IBJJF rulebook this whole time. Did you know it's possible to score a single point in an IBJJF match?

My Professor and I both competed this weekend. My Mom watched my Professors match while I was waiting at the podium for my participation bronze medal. I asked my Mom how my Professor's match went. He won because, "He had 1 green point and the other person had 1 red point."

I asked the other coaches and my Professor what happened in his match. I said, "My Mom said it was 1 green point to 1 red point."

They all said, "Yup, that was the score."

Exhibit BA
My participation bronze medal.

 

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Exhibit CB
Was working with a trial class student today. Taught him how to go knee-on-belly. When his knee hit my belly, I accidentally spit on him.

 

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Exhibit CC
Walking into the bathroom to change after class, my gi sleeve got caught on the door handle.

 

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Not an exhibit, but another funny story.

I was rolling with a 4th degree black belt last week. He's letting me work and I'm still not getting anything done. Then he gets bored and effortlessly escapes mount. I just started laughing. He asked me "why you laughing?"

"Because you rolling with me, is the same as when I roll with a no-stripe white belt."

Yesterday I was rolling with a no-stripe white belt and hit an effortless butterfly sweep. Just caught her leg while she was trying to pass and she went flying. She just started laughing.

Yup, Professor rolling with me is exactly like me rolling with no-stripe white belts.

 

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Exhibit CD
I was rolling with my Professor. My fingers got trapped in his gi while he passed my guard. He asked if my fingers were stuck. I said yes. He let me take my fingers out of the gi. I said, "I would've tapped if I was in trouble."

Half a second later, he wristlocked me and I said, "tap".