any1 else hate how you can beat higher belts

Discussion in 'MMA Forum' started by younghypnotiq, Dec 30, 2008.


  1. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i hate it basically i do mma as opposed to purely BJJ like some other guys at my gym do so they are at every practice as opposed to me who tries but obviously cant make it to all of them since i have to worry about boxing, wrestling, etc as well. so since i dont go to every practice i upgrade slower yet i can still beat a bunch of guys who have higher belts then me. any1 else hate that?
     
  2. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    If you're beating higher belts then you're either ready for a promotion or else they just suck. I would let my arm get broken before I let a lower belt submit me.
     
  3. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I submit higher belts quite often. IMHO promotion should be given when you can submit higher belt consistently.
     
  4. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you already beat higher belts than urself. WTF are you complaining about?
     
  5. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    You climbed mount Everest yet? I heard its a really tall mountain.
     
  6. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Doesnt happen much for me ive been training since the very end of May. Ive submitted a Bluebelt like one time I think ive dominated a few with postional wrestling and what not. The only thing I really hate is like tonight I competed with another Whitebelt albeit a much more experienced one but he ****ing killed me submitted me like 4 straight times it felt like I did when I first started.
     
  7. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gracie and im far away from u.
     
  8. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i no but i think its BS that they upgrade ppl based on attnedance and not skill
     
  9. karatekid530

    karatekid530 Milwaukee's Best Full Member

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    it's not the belts that matter its the people and the system. if you can submit people of a given belt then good for you, its probably the person. across the board i guarantee you're not submitting everyone at that given belt where you are. how bad do you think bj penn was subbing people when he was a lower belt? its the person that matters.
     
  10. Koa

    Koa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shiiit. I hit the Gracie Baja spot and have to take on the Judo, Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu instructor at the same time, just to break a sweat.
     
  11. younghypnotiq

    younghypnotiq Boxing Addict Full Member

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    haha yup i get my ass kicekd by prety much all the higher belts but wat im saying is why did that kid upgrade if i can still beat him. and he cant beat like any one of that belt. and alot of lower belts can beat him
     
  12. Wilhelm

    Wilhelm Well-Known Member Full Member

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    All this tells you is that belts don't tell you everything about how good someone will be. This is an athletic pursuit after all, and someone with more strength and coordination should be able to beat someone with less given roughly equal training. Someone with way more strength and coordination being able to beat someone with way less and somewhat more training shouldn't be a surprise. It's not like before a promotion they make someone beat everyone in the school below them. Just worry about yourself and not what color belt someone else is wearing.
     
  13. MaliSlamusrex

    MaliSlamusrex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    strenght is important, i am not very good at judo but i can beat black belts by powr slam or just grabbing the gi and throwing people. some people are high grades because of their hard work and dedication in training and some people have just got athletic gifts.
     
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    Next time you need it. I used those after our last budget meeting where I work...
     
  15. ufoalf

    ufoalf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No offense, but thats teachers failure. If its as bad as you describe it, it's either charity or failure to notice incompetence.