My 16 year Jiu-jitsu Journey explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2024
- In this video I explain all the schools I have trained at and what belts I have earned. Also a little about what I learned at each belt. I will be making more videos with this format. So please leave your questions in the description and I will try to address them in future videos!
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man the fact that i’ve been watching you for so long. especially while i eat and appreciate watching technical rolls and the hear your journey is really awesome. i train at renzo gracie lake houston and i can say the same things here that you said about corellas. the home vibe and the building of the school is so important. i recently got my second tab on my white belt after almost two years and i look forward to keeping this journey going, along with you for the ride as well 💪🏽
Thank you for watching and commenting! I am happy you found another gem of a school! It really is all about the journey. Respect!
Thanks for the candor. As another old guy on the mats, I appreciate your thoughts. Greetings from western Canada 🇨🇦 ✌🏾
@@blackfriarsffc5232 thank you! I wish I would have gotten more detailed but Im still new to this
That was a good video. My school is like yours. Somewhat competitive, great instruction and everyone seems to stay. When I started we had one Black Belt, the owner. We now have 16 and they all stick around. 56 year old purple belt. 4 years purple. We earn our belts here. Great videos. Thanks.
@@gmny13 thank you! Yes we also have around the same number of black belts!
@@gmny13 where are you located?!
@@Jitsover50 Sacramento CA
Good video. I admire your persistence. I’m a 57 year old white belt and love BJJ and train 5 to 6 days weekly. I have a lot of ground to cover. Best to you
Thank you sir! Thank you for watching. I wish you an injury free journey. For me 4 days is more than enough. haha. Hats off to you
I'm a one stripe white belt out of Kentucky, and I love your videos. I watch every roll video and pay attention to your suggestions. Thanks for your contribution to BJJ!
Awesome! Thank you! That made my day. I appreciate you
What a journey. Interesting details. Greetings from eastern Canada, french part.
@@tededo hey Ted! Thank you sir!
Thanks so much for this. Great perspective. I started at 40
You are welcome! I started at 36
It's cool to hear your story. I enjoy watching your rolls and learn a lot.
Thank you. I am glad they bring entertainment and value to your path!
This is great man! Very candid.
I have a question. How did you develop such killer instinct for your tripod sweep? You hit it so often you must’ve drilled the hell out of it!
Good recap on your journey. It's very interesting to see someone my age (albeit much further along in bjj) talk about their experiences. I'm interested to hear more about it and your ups and downs and tips for improving.
Trained with you at Elements + Marcelos. Glad to see you in your 'get off my lawn' era. I cant stress the importance of finding a home gym that fits your personal needs.
Hey! Ha yes get off my lawn! lol. Who are you and where are you now?!
As someone who has been sidelined since the pandemic because of leaving gyms and injuries, I’d love to hear the injury story
There are many. I will make it Pete. That is my fathers name btw
I agree with you when you have 30-50 people in a class it is hard to focus or even here with the instructor saying I prefer schools that have no more than 10-15 a class.
Even when I trained Shaolin kung fu at this big academy. I got zero personalized attention. Then I found a monk who just moved to NYC and trained with him. My style became so much more polished and technical.
Hello! You said you weren't through some periods of ups and downs in your journey...can you please make a video with more detail and explaining what pushed you past those barriers to get where you are today? Also, how did you develop your game and what were some things you wish you knew earlier that you would let white and blue belts know to focus on now that will help their game to black.
Thank you for the videos and thank you for sharing. The beach weather looked great! Take care!
These are great questions. Especially what I would have done differently at white and blue belt! Thank you!
awesome vid!
Thanks!
I heard Depends is sponsoring you now. Congrats! If anyone needs some adult diapers, Jitz Over 50 is your man!!
Do you know any sponsors? I could also model dentures!
@@Jitsover50 😂😂😂
@@djmenace3646 Nick is one of my training partner that uses too much muscle. ;). haha
@Jitsover50 that makes sense 😂. Keep up the good work!
Advice for a white belt, what to focus on or try the most? Id like to try learning some leg locks but don't want to rush.
Don't focus on leg locks other than the simple Achilles heel lock. Most leg locks are not permitted in competitions amongst white belts focused on taking people's back and choking them focus on submissions from the guard focus on how to choke somebody in the guard like in Ezekiel in the guard. (You are on your back)
Thanks I haven't tried it from guard. Looks like a sneaky one.
got a question, what are optimal grips and entries for walking into someone's situp guard?
@@Dstyles254 hmm I need to think about that
Interesting background.
The beach or my history? Ha
@@Jitsover50 all of it. I really liked the backdrop of the beach.
Jits over 50 is a childhood friend. A dear friend. His journey is one of the many that inspired me to take up jits
@@bespokestrong and Jose is an awesome guy. Dietician and personal trainer. I look forward to your development. I just remembered I used to see you at NYJJ but you weren’t training.
The guys that ran that academy were my buddies and my nephew used to work there as well
That’s why you’d see me there
@@bespokestrong Anthony? He is on TH-cam now also.
@@Jitsover50 yes!!! He was my very first manager when I became a trainer. He gave me my first break
How did you get that catchy, cool little guitar riff intro? It's actually really good.
Thank you! www.epidemicsound.com.
Dang guy trained w marcelo garcia.
@@robertporto4008 and some other big names. Lol
What was the shoulder injury and what happened with it?
I just broke my heel/fibula after first 8 months of training, can you talk more about recovery some time?
Will do. Sorry to hear that. I wish you a speedy recovery. Sounds like 4-6 weeks
I'm a blue belt. If you could go back and tell yourself something to work on as a blue belt what would it be?
@@travisboothe5670 I like that!
What kept you coming back to jiu jitsu in spite of all the injuries?
Great question. I'm saving the answer for a future video.
What would you say to a 44 year old, 170lb lb, blue belt who has been training 3x per week consistently for 3 years but still gets beaten by larger/younger white belts? Asking for a friend (really)... :)
That is a great question. The same thing used to happen to me. My friend and I would joke about how I got my ass kicked by a large out of shape white belt wearing a bandana. lol. I would say your ability to handle large white belts will come when your skill increases. When you are a good purple belt you will have too many answers and too much anticipation.
@@Jitsover50 thank you very much, he'll be happy to hear it.
@@seanrudden5647 haha. So its not you?
Focus on sweeps and reversals this way even if you're on the bottom and you sweep a guy who's bigger than you then you have the top position.
@@Jitsover50no, it really is for a friend. I’m a purple belt and have come to terms that I’m gonna struggle with younger and stronger wrestlers.
Please clarify how many schools did You go through??
probably around 10 schools in total.
Have you ever felt like an imposter at any belt level? Like maybe you felt one belt was earned too early, or another one was earned later than you thought it should have been? Or were they all basically right?
@@DanB718 great question! I never felt like an imposter. I trained for 3 years before earning my blue. I trained mostly no gi and felt it was over-do. I earned my purple after 3 years of consistent training. I was a purple for 7 years so I don’t feel my brown was too soon. If I stayed at the same school and never got injured I would have been a black belt 5 years ago. lol. So they were basically all accurate. I have seen guys get promoted to quick. So I could understand why they might feel like imposters. Just remember belts are only a loose assessment of your skill, loyalty and devotion. The belts are usually a shadow of the skill.
@@Jitsover50 wow, you put in a lot more time than most brown belts (in a good way). I hope you get your black belt soon, it'll be well deserved.
@@seanrudden5647 Thank you Sean!
How many sessions do you do a week ? What would you recommend for someone your age ?
@@Pacopaco888 I try to do at least 3 sessions per week at 90 minutes per session.
@@Jitsover50 do you do any weights / recovery ?
@@Pacopaco888 I started lifting light weights on my off days. I mainly have a protein shake and take a 60-90 minute nap about 2 hours after class.
@@Jitsover50 thank you
You are very inspirational
@@Pacopaco888 That's great to hear and hard to imagine. lol.