People need to keep in mind there's a big difference between a full-time-competition blue and a twice-a-week-hobbyist blue. Awesome work and beautiful edit!
So true. I will never forget when I saw a world class purple belt destroy a decent black belt at my gym. Makes a bit of a mockery of the belt system tbh.
Absolute facts Josh is a well established blue belt he puts some real time and effort into his craft can’t wait to see what the future keeps holding for him
@@nickessex555 thats only true for watered down belts at shitty schools, we have no regular or competition belts, you dont get even a blue belt unless you can catch purples on a regular basis, our blackbelts hang with adcc champs.
@@timothycarey3883 that makes entirely no sense. That’s just sandbagging/holding students back. It’s what poor instructors do to make their schools seem like better training.
That knee at 1:07 was 100% intentional and he even tried to grab the back of your heart and drive it home. He needs to be knocked down a few ranks for that childish shit.
Nah he just wanted something to grab onto. That’s a knee cut pass or knee slice. Normally you’d grab the gi, but this is no gi so maybe he grabbed his head as a substitute.
What's a hobbyist belt ? When i did judo in my small town you had to take points in departemental/regional competitions in order to win your belt, on top of the technicity tests of course. By hobbyist do you mean you partake in competitions from time to time ?
@@TheMusicalKnokcers it means all he does is train he don’t really do competition meaning he won’t have as much experience and won’t be as good at decision making as someone that goes competitions regularly
Awesome competition performance, attitude and edit. The respect that you portray to your opponents in this video is admirable, you don't skip a beat in humour and you still manage to be humble and in general keep it real. A lot of people could learn a lesson or two by just watching and listening to this video.
Being respectful is good. But do not respect your opponent in the combat. Giving respect makes you hesitate. It makes you weak. As a long time wrestler and BJJ practitioner, and as someone who has many accolades in such, trust me. Being nice like this will only weaken you.
Yeah your not a bluebelt, maybe in time as the rank but not skill. I was a bluebelt for about a year and a half, granted I had prior martial arts experience and trained 5-6 days a week doing tournaments 1-2 times a month. There are principles to each rank and you have significantly passed blue principles and are showing purple belt accument. Much respect for reaching such a high level of understanding in only 2 years.
I love how Danaher’s words come to your mind in the midst of the battle like the wisdom from some sensei that you were training under. Danaher is like everyone’s Master Splinter
I have a brain injury from boxing and muaythai. After a few years off your videos have been inspiring me to just get back into jiujitsu. Sometimes the thought of a light head bonk dissuades me from actually doing it. That knee to the face tho... NOPE! Great video! I think your purple is in the mail.
Hey man, great rolling. But, I see a few problems with your technique. You could be so much better with some simple changes. First and foremost, I saw barely any tickling. Tickling really elevates the experience for both you and your opponent. Second, hair stroking. You came close to stroking a couple of times, but I didn't see any gentle caresses. Every time you come close to a good stroke, it devolves into a frantic pat or tap and that's just bad form. You should also work on vocals, which I find a lot of practitioners ignore completely. This is where you can really let your personality shine through. Have fun with it! Moaning, groaning, growling, and even whispering can all really bring the match to a completely different level. Lightly kissing is a complete necessity that you barely put any thought into. Not too much kissing, don't make it too meaningful. Just a little kiss on the shoulder or top of the head is a really classy way to honor your opponent. An advanced technique is pinching. It's really difficult to work in a playful pinch in the middle of all the fighting. You don't want to hurt someone with your pinch just a tiny bit of pressure with your thumb and forefinger as a sign of respect, but you can wait until after you're a black belt to worry about it. Incorporate these moves and you'll be well on your way to joo jitsu stardom.
Been following your journey for the past 2 years, you are truly inspirational lol. That first match vs the purple belt was a dangerous one. You can tell that the spazzy purple belt guy is an ultra-competitive type who wouldn't hesitate to knee ppl in the face or rip a joint lock to win some plastic medals yikes.
He only has his blue belt for one year. You need to have it for two years (at least) befor getting promoted. Respect the hustle.. 6-9 times training per weeks is not easy
@@kinderadenauers9724 he should have had his blue belt years before then he'd could have had his purple belt by now, but then there wouldn't be a story ha ha ha
I went to an AJP tour tournament in October 2022 and in my bracket i had a blue belt with 60+ wins being a blue belt since 2018, josh is fine compared to him
@@electron1324 if you want proof of this then just search up "the ultimate self defence championship" on youtube, it's a competition of loads of different martial artists vs self defense situations. Even the pro mma fighter couldn't different attacks from a single guy with a knife
@@nokoh yeah, if you are untrained but if you are a black belt in taekwondo, kung fu or other martial arts. That focus on fighting rather than scoring points. You can easily take out 5 guys.
the brown and purple belts got their belts on Amazon. I know white belts that are better, the brown belt just jumped flat into your guard. Either you’re capping or this is some weird comp and the black belt looks weak af
Trust me, when your grappling your brain is more focused on the grappling part, you can tell if it gets *gay* by if atleast one person stops trying to move out of the position
Main issue with all of your opponents was that they were going for the submission right away, Lui who was your hardest match did not actually tried any submission, his mistake was that he remained very stationary while he was on top and time benefited you because you did take the swipe eventually. Great job in any case.
My buddy was a wrestling champ both in state in nationals so I decide to introduce him to bbj. With in one month he learned all the blue requirements and got promoted. Then in competition he also was put into a higher bracket as well but he dominated blue, and brown belts and kept up with some black belts.
@Adam Khan Stupid analogy, The OP's story was about a D1 wrestler running through random blue and brown belts, not Gordon fucking Ryan...Don't be that guy...
in ibjjf your friend is required to start at blue belt because he won a national competition above age 16 in wrestling, so its pretty normal for them to do that. Also, if his first tournament was worlds and he won he could be promoted to purple early.
@Adam Khan A high level wrestler (d1 college) who competed in different rulesets is going to pick things up faster than someone with no experience. I've seen wrestlers winning high level ibjjf black belt tournaments after 3 years of training. A lot of people in a bjj gym lie about their wrestling background. They'll say they wrestled in college but in reality they entered an open tournament while in college or they tried a club team or an intramural tournament which is basically a division that filters out almost every serious wrestler because the best wrestlers are wrestling in the NCAA or the US Open, world team trials, etc. I was a high level NCAA wrestler and yes submissions are something wrestlers lack experience with but a wrestler joining a bjj gym is there to learn that and they know where their weaknesses will be, the get to focus all their time on those weaknesses.
Congratulations on your wins. Beautiful display of good jiu jitsu and a never quitting mindset. With all do respect I have to disagree with your last comment. I believe martial art belt rank should not be determined based on time spent but the level of skills/competence. Cheers.
One of my last fights in the 90's, I lost to a green belt in a championship karate bout, final match. Was kind of demoralizing, especially as I was 28, and he was only 18. Oh, well. Life goes on, and I excelled in other things. If I'd have sold the business i was doing at that time and focused on karate, the sky would have been the limit. But God had other plans for me.
@@wanderer9569 you think it’d be hard to get into? i’m super introverted with social anxiety but i’ve just been needing something to do in my life as it’s mundane as of now and i feel like this could be something good
first time watcher (channel and JJ) and holy hell this was INTENSE. I kept realizing my jaw was clenched or I was leaning forward or to the side as though I could help ya wiggle out of some of those. Amazing stuff and you've got a subscription!
1) you’ve got other grappling skills, 2) your competitor was significantly older. In either case, a standard BJJ blue belt not beat a black belt. Or the black belt never deserved his purple. And you need to dial it back on this video. Don’t be “that” guy.
only a blue belt for two years thats already beating higher belts .. THAT MEANS you need promoted and if he isnt promoting you its boarder line sandbagging
@@JoshRichBJJ hey bro you are the best I literally started 2 days ago and I'm watching your vids to see were I have to go you taught me to see Gordon Ryan and other people techniques and try to learn more and Your vids are very funny and informative to wach I hope you keep doing this, have a good day 😃
Congratulations, brother - that was some great grappling right there. Also, love the narration you put in the video. Keep the hard work going and good luck in your fututre events.
You are not a blue belt. I believe you if you say that you have yet to take your purple belt test, but you are not a blue belt. The amount of time you've had your belt is immaterial.
I was white belt for year and blue belt for 5 years and trains a lot before becoming a purple belt. I remember submitting a brown belt older than me and only trains 2x week. Now I’m the older brown belt with chronic injuries, trains once a week. I just got submitted by purple belt 20 years younger who trains 5x a week. Any more stupid questions?
AWESOME job Josh! I see a lot of details from Gordon and Danaher's instructionals. And shout out to that One Piece soundtrack at the end, definitely gave a boss fight vibe. You had to go gear 5th for that last match.
yo that is super badass, def inspired me as a fellow blue belt, i was trying my best to analyze what you did, tips, tricks, and all and implement them into my own grappling, I appreciate the video and the hard work man keep it up!
Idk why but looking at the refs just calmly staring at two guys rolling kills me every time it looks like a bartender who’s seen one too many fights that night and is letting it sort itself out now
BJ Penn made black belt in 5 years. He then went on to become a BJJ World Champion. I think your training and dedication is right up there, and your coach/professor is doing you a disservice by holding you back. Great video, great job, and you just earned a new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing your journey.
It's almost like we shouldn't even have belts anymore 😂. At this point it is definitely about skill overall, especially from a frequent competitor. Amazing footage man, I am definitely subscribing for more! 🤙
belts only roughly indicate technical level, they're very relative. especially young competitors are often underranked, since they progress faster than they get promoted to higher belts. some instructors deliberately postpone awarding higher belts to promising talents so that the athlete could develop better and gain more experience.
Belts are relevant when you face off opponents who have a similar competition record and experience. If you only train and never or just rarely compete than a lower belt who regular competes can be much better but when you have to similarly experienced fighters the belt does matter.
Some schools give easy belts. It was much harder to get a BB and the progress to PB 15 years ago , like much harder. The Art been dilluted. Another thing is as a young athletic man competing against different kinds of age groups and athletic levels. Thats why this never happens in wrestling
I’ve never been belted but I trained a lot and drilled a lot with some old school rollers who learned off the old Gracie combative Video tapes. Later on I was able to go to an actual jiujitsu dojo to roll. Come to find out I fit right in with the blue belts 😜🥋🙏🏽 y’all stay blessed. And for the record I still have no belts. I am just a man who loves to roll 😁
This is something that happens more than you think speed and athletism with just enough technical skill will beat a mediocre brown or black belt bj penn the great mma fighter was beating black belts as a white belt
When I was 4 stripe white belt I was tapping blues every class and occasionally a purple here and there. But also randomly I'd get tapped by strong guy with only a couple classes experience. I trained 4 days a week, went home and watched a solid 1-2 hours of instructionals a night, then if I had any common issues during my rolls id ask coach personally or make reddit posts for tips and links. Id focus hard on 1 guard or sub a month and aim to be in that spot all the time during open mats etc. After only a month I was stealing taps from other white belts with multiple stripes, after 6 months I was stealing wins off blue belts, after 1 year I was starting to near go 50-50 with blues then I got my blue and got injured and slowed down big time. Point is I'm not even an athlete I'm a skinny asthmatic geek who just studied the positions an hour a night and put in a solid 5-7 hours of mat time a week (which isnt even much) and even I was able to progress past others who started in some cases a whole year or two before me. So its totally plausible to me that other more gifted people than I who put in double/triple/quadruple the time would be able to be stealing wins from part timer purples/browns/blacks with only a year or two training.
I never realized how insanely complicated and the shere amount of effort and how quick thinking you have to be for this. This is something I could never master in a million years. Cudos for every practitioner not to mention OP. Amazing determination! Super impressive
You are wrong. You most certainly can master this; in about 15 years, if you practice at least 3 times a week and I bet you'd be surprised at how quickly you get 'good' at it. Losing is learning, particularly in Jiu Jitsu, you'll get creamed for a long time in the beginning, by everyone, but if you just keep putting in the effort, you'll suddenly start seeing more of the opportunities and threats, and you'll begin to out think your opponents. It's been four months since your comment. Go look up your local Jiu Jitsu club. It can change your life.
People need to keep in mind there's a big difference between a full-time-competition blue and a twice-a-week-hobbyist blue. Awesome work and beautiful edit!
So true. I will never forget when I saw a world class purple belt destroy a decent black belt at my gym. Makes a bit of a mockery of the belt system tbh.
Agree. That’s why this is a silly title…
Absolute facts Josh is a well established blue belt he puts some real time and effort into his craft can’t wait to see what the future keeps holding for him
@@nickessex555 thats only true for watered down belts at shitty schools, we have no regular or competition belts, you dont get even a blue belt unless you can catch purples on a regular basis, our blackbelts hang with adcc champs.
@@timothycarey3883 that makes entirely no sense. That’s just sandbagging/holding students back. It’s what poor instructors do to make their schools seem like better training.
That knee at 1:07 was 100% intentional and he even tried to grab the back of your heart and drive it home. He needs to be knocked down a few ranks for that childish shit.
Nah he just wanted something to grab onto. That’s a knee cut pass or knee slice. Normally you’d grab the gi, but this is no gi so maybe he grabbed his head as a substitute.
You did great. I love how you instruct what went wrong and went good. Awesome vid
tough competition, but you were able to keep up with your level of experience, im sure you have done your teacher proud!
its crazy how you can just knee someone in the face possibly causing severe damage and get away with it
Darn good matches man.
Thanks bro 🙌
Bro I have no clue about jiu jitsu but this video is so entertaining
Belts don't make fighters, fighters make belts.
The sandbagger wins again
I agree with the normal amount of time but after imo, you should be promoted to purple
great job bud
that was close he almost lost his eyeball 1:08
I'm a hobbyist blue belt, and this is just insane to watch. Grats on your performance!
I'm purple and this is insane to watch! High level skills there.
What's a hobbyist belt ? When i did judo in my small town you had to take points in departemental/regional competitions in order to win your belt, on top of the technicity tests of course. By hobbyist do you mean you partake in competitions from time to time ?
@@TheMusicalKnokcers it means all he does is train he don’t really do competition meaning he won’t have as much experience and won’t be as good at decision making as someone that goes competitions regularly
@@nifLefty oh i see thank you my friend
@@TheMusicalKnokcers yeah. I train 3 times a week and compete once a year locally. Pretty casual compared to these TH-cam guys. Still enjoy it!
Awesome competition performance, attitude and edit. The respect that you portray to your opponents in this video is admirable, you don't skip a beat in humour and you still manage to be humble and in general keep it real. A lot of people could learn a lesson or two by just watching and listening to this video.
Thanks you so much man!
Being respectful is good. But do not respect your opponent in the combat. Giving respect makes you hesitate. It makes you weak. As a long time wrestler and BJJ practitioner, and as someone who has many accolades in such, trust me. Being nice like this will only weaken you.
@@matthewcolvard6410 That's utter bullshit.
😮😮@@matthewcolvard6410 great advice my brother. we can always be polite and respectful before and after the match.
Yeah your not a bluebelt, maybe in time as the rank but not skill. I was a bluebelt for about a year and a half, granted I had prior martial arts experience and trained 5-6 days a week doing tournaments 1-2 times a month. There are principles to each rank and you have significantly passed blue principles and are showing purple belt accument. Much respect for reaching such a high level of understanding in only 2 years.
so why purple and not brown ? i bet he is better than at least 80% of the BJJ brownbelts that exist
@@lordad zero standup and takedown game
“When I can’t shoulder crunch, I shoulder crunch.” Josh Rich 2023
Can*
I love how Danaher’s words come to your mind in the midst of the battle like the wisdom from some sensei that you were training under. Danaher is like everyone’s Master Splinter
Well done geez 👏🏿
Thanks bro 🙌
Damn its him
@@lanceocana9059 him before he was him
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That's probably the most aggressive cuddling I've ever seen, congrats tho!
I have a brain injury from boxing and muaythai. After a few years off your videos have been inspiring me to just get back into jiujitsu. Sometimes the thought of a light head bonk dissuades me from actually doing it. That knee to the face tho... NOPE! Great video! I think your purple is in the mail.
wish you well bro, those type of injuries are never nice
that bro in the beginning was way too aggressive, way to heel hook him
@@MangoBums Too aggressive in a competition? lol
If you don’t mind me asking what happened? I wanna get into Muay Thai, but if it’s dangerous then maybe I should stay away.
@@dna8269 is he allowed to thow knee kicks ?
Hey man, great rolling. But, I see a few problems with your technique. You could be so much better with some simple changes. First and foremost, I saw barely any tickling. Tickling really elevates the experience for both you and your opponent. Second, hair stroking. You came close to stroking a couple of times, but I didn't see any gentle caresses. Every time you come close to a good stroke, it devolves into a frantic pat or tap and that's just bad form. You should also work on vocals, which I find a lot of practitioners ignore completely. This is where you can really let your personality shine through. Have fun with it! Moaning, groaning, growling, and even whispering can all really bring the match to a completely different level. Lightly kissing is a complete necessity that you barely put any thought into. Not too much kissing, don't make it too meaningful. Just a little kiss on the shoulder or top of the head is a really classy way to honor your opponent. An advanced technique is pinching. It's really difficult to work in a playful pinch in the middle of all the fighting. You don't want to hurt someone with your pinch just a tiny bit of pressure with your thumb and forefinger as a sign of respect, but you can wait until after you're a black belt to worry about it. Incorporate these moves and you'll be well on your way to joo jitsu stardom.
This is bjj not bbc
Been following your journey for the past 2 years, you are truly inspirational lol. That first match vs the purple belt was a dangerous one. You can tell that the spazzy purple belt guy is an ultra-competitive type who wouldn't hesitate to knee ppl in the face or rip a joint lock to win some plastic medals yikes.
Lol fr fuck that guy 😂 he got so heated when he got tapped. It ain't that serious bro.
I wanted him to get slightly injured. am i an asshole for that lol
@@hallomeinfreundflaviosimon7930 No, you're not 😁
That knee to the face wasnt the purple belts fault at all.
@@CJFripp what exactly about his reaction is bad?
You talking about when ref raises his hand? Blokes just exhausted
Even though BJJ is a good sport, the sitting/guard pulling definitely needs to be sanctionned
bro, you’re not a blue belt. Your instructor is sandbagging the hell out of you and you should at the very least be a purple
welcome to competition bjj
He only has his blue belt for one year. You need to have it for two years (at least) befor getting promoted. Respect the hustle.. 6-9 times training per weeks is not easy
@@kinderadenauers9724 he should have had his blue belt years before then he'd could have had his purple belt by now, but then there wouldn't be a story ha ha ha
I went to an AJP tour tournament in October 2022 and in my bracket i had a blue belt with 60+ wins being a blue belt since 2018, josh is fine compared to him
realistically he's a brown
Nice work, Josh. You've been inspiring me since you were a white belt. Awesome to see you keep progressing. 👏🔥💪
Competitive cuddling
lol
@@electron1324if 5 guys come at you with knifes your done no matter what tbh
@@electron1324 if you want proof of this then just search up "the ultimate self defence championship" on youtube, it's a competition of loads of different martial artists vs self defense situations. Even the pro mma fighter couldn't different attacks from a single guy with a knife
@@nokoh yeah, if you are untrained but if you are a black belt in taekwondo, kung fu or other martial arts. That focus on fighting rather than scoring points. You can easily take out 5 guys.
@@electron1324 I'm convinced you must be trolling
the brown and purple belts got their belts on Amazon. I know white belts that are better, the brown belt just jumped flat into your guard. Either you’re capping or this is some weird comp and the black belt looks weak af
When you say stuff like it makes all the work that the blue belt put in seem useless
Bro your probably ass like use your brain he’s a really good blue he’s a purple belt now and he just pulled trough so hush lil boy
Josh is really good he trains almost 11x a week and it’s intelligent training too I’d say by now he has close to black belt skill as a purple belt
4:31 gay lmao
Trust me, when your grappling your brain is more focused on the grappling part, you can tell if it gets *gay* by if atleast one person stops trying to move out of the position
I competed against you during this competition in the gi. Great vid, keep up the good work man 🤙🏼
Thanks, you too bro
Main issue with all of your opponents was that they were going for the submission right away, Lui who was your hardest match did not actually tried any submission, his mistake was that he remained very stationary while he was on top and time benefited you because you did take the swipe eventually. Great job in any case.
My buddy was a wrestling champ both in state in nationals so I decide to introduce him to bbj. With in one month he learned all the blue requirements and got promoted. Then in competition he also was put into a higher bracket as well but he dominated blue, and brown belts and kept up with some black belts.
What is "bbj"?
@@Eppu63 he meant bjj as in Brazilian jiu jitsu
@Adam Khan Stupid analogy, The OP's story was about a D1 wrestler running through random blue and brown belts, not Gordon fucking Ryan...Don't be that guy...
in ibjjf your friend is required to start at blue belt because he won a national competition above age 16 in wrestling, so its pretty normal for them to do that. Also, if his first tournament was worlds and he won he could be promoted to purple early.
@Adam Khan A high level wrestler (d1 college) who competed in different rulesets is going to pick things up faster than someone with no experience. I've seen wrestlers winning high level ibjjf black belt tournaments after 3 years of training. A lot of people in a bjj gym lie about their wrestling background. They'll say they wrestled in college but in reality they entered an open tournament while in college or they tried a club team or an intramural tournament which is basically a division that filters out almost every serious wrestler because the best wrestlers are wrestling in the NCAA or the US Open, world team trials, etc. I was a high level NCAA wrestler and yes submissions are something wrestlers lack experience with but a wrestler joining a bjj gym is there to learn that and they know where their weaknesses will be, the get to focus all their time on those weaknesses.
Congratulations on your wins. Beautiful display of good jiu jitsu and a never quitting mindset.
With all do respect I have to disagree with your last comment. I believe martial art belt rank should not be determined based on time spent but the level of skills/competence. Cheers.
Danaher said it himself too
*due
Jui Jitsu is basically people hugging a lot.
(In kids language)
I competed in the gi with Lui earlier that day. That weird crunching position from bottom closed guard is terrible lol
Looks a lot like he's trying to set up a Sao Paulo pass. Feels terrible when you're on the botto..
Yeah it felt absolutely horrible lmao
I do that to athletes bigger than me, but I spare those smaller unless they are man-handling me already 🤷🏽♂️😆
One of my last fights in the 90's, I lost to a green belt in a championship karate bout, final match. Was kind of demoralizing, especially as I was 28, and he was only 18. Oh, well. Life goes on, and I excelled in other things. If I'd have sold the business i was doing at that time and focused on karate, the sky would have been the limit. But God had other plans for me.
Huge inspiration to us all, Josh! Keep Going 💯
Glad that you mentioned that he signed up for masters instead of boosting yourself for beating a black belt. Big congrats on the win! Great rolls-
What a performance bro!!, I'm a brown belt and you scared me!!! And you have motivated me to be focused against all kinds of belts. Thanks bro.
"A black belt only covers 2 inches of your ass, you have to cover the rest" -Royce Gracie
Jesus is our saviour ✝❤
No cap Josh is the goat fr. TH-cam superstar bjj phenom
Thanks joel!
@@JoshRichBJJ Dude can you make a video on your mindset and why you train so hard? Like you are making gains for faster than the average joe.
On God, no cap, frfr triple OG, OG triple triple. Dead asses and facts and sh*t. Herp herp.
Bro josh has gotta be one of the most inspiring blue belts out there 🔥🔥🔥🔥keep it up my guy
Thanks man will do!
Me too when i was a blue belt i beat a black belt at a no gi comp. It was a huge confidence booster for me throughout my competition years.
You trained how many times a week back then?
@@turano3574 7 with 2 hour sessions
@@wanderer9569 you think it’d be hard to get into? i’m super introverted with social anxiety but i’ve just been needing something to do in my life as it’s mundane as of now and i feel like this could be something good
@@SePBs just do it man, don't think, Just do.
@@SePBs Yo whatup, did you start your bjj journey?
I'm about to embark on mine.
first time watcher (channel and JJ) and holy hell this was INTENSE. I kept realizing my jaw was clenched or I was leaning forward or to the side as though I could help ya wiggle out of some of those. Amazing stuff and you've got a subscription!
1) you’ve got other grappling skills, 2) your competitor was significantly older. In either case, a standard BJJ blue belt not beat a black belt. Or the black belt never deserved his purple. And you need to dial it back on this video. Don’t be “that” guy.
Young Josh is a killer💪 Stay save, stay healthy, keep it up!
only a blue belt for two years thats already beating higher belts .. THAT MEANS you need promoted and if he isnt promoting you its boarder line sandbagging
Dude how you have so much stamina to fight? And how much time have you do jiujitsu
I do 8+ six minute rounds a day so that helps my stamina lol. I’ve been training for about 3 and a half years now
@@JoshRichBJJ hey bro you are the best I literally started 2 days ago and I'm watching your vids to see were I have to go you taught me to see Gordon Ryan and other people techniques and try to learn more and
Your vids are very funny and informative to wach I hope you keep doing this, have a good day 😃
@@Sindra2025 thanks man you have a good day too!
Congratulations, brother - that was some great grappling right there. Also, love the narration you put in the video. Keep the hard work going and good luck in your fututre events.
Thank you bro
7:30 AYO WTF
Entertainment
You are not a blue belt. I believe you if you say that you have yet to take your purple belt test, but you are not a blue belt. The amount of time you've had your belt is immaterial.
I was white belt for year and blue belt for 5 years and trains a lot before becoming a purple belt. I remember submitting a brown belt older than me and only trains 2x week. Now I’m the older brown belt with chronic injuries, trains once a week. I just got submitted by purple belt 20 years younger who trains 5x a week. Any more stupid questions?
not only can this guy roll like an expert but he can explain things really well. "blue belt"
Belts are kinda silly just grapple
AWESOME job Josh! I see a lot of details from Gordon and Danaher's instructionals. And shout out to that One Piece soundtrack at the end, definitely gave a boss fight vibe. You had to go gear 5th for that last match.
I’m a white belt and I defeated a yellow belt and all I can say is it’s not about the belt or weight it’s about the skill
Fun fact my grandfather was swedish champion in jiu jitsu
yo that is super badass, def inspired me as a fellow blue belt, i was trying my best to analyze what you did, tips, tricks, and all and implement them into my own grappling, I appreciate the video and the hard work man keep it up!
Thanks man! If I could give one tip, whenever you can try to record your rolls. That is one thing that has helped me a lot
worddd, i appreciate that man, wasn't expecting a reply but hey i genuinely appreciate that. For sure will, you are a badass bro @@JoshRichBJJ 🙏💯
Lots of Academy owners keep their people at blue or purple forever to increase their win percentage at tournaments.
I’ve been looking for someone to follow for a long time and your stuff is so dope! Funny, illustrative, great matches!
Something was not clear in the video..
Was that the final of the tournament? Did you win the tournament? Its wasn't precised...
Yeah I did win the tournament I should have made that more clear
Imagine that you are a black belt and being destroyed by a guy with a blue belt
@6:00 I was no longer getting crunched up into a ball and I could go back to OH MY GOD, hahaha... couldn't help but laugh out loud.
0:16 you try and come on top????? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Hey you have a video of me getting DQed going for an Aoki lock on the mat next to you lol. 😂
Please do guard retention and guard recovery tutorial also what to do when they got your legs passed
This may sound dumb, but is there a spot with Jiu jiutsu and punching combined??
Yeah a lot of guys have jiu jitsu and Muay Thai/boxing. Or look for a gym that has mma
wtf kinda martial art is this where you can just sit on the ground and wait for your opponent to come to you ????
Idk why but looking at the refs just calmly staring at two guys rolling kills me every time it looks like a bartender who’s seen one too many fights that night and is letting it sort itself out now
BJ Penn made black belt in 5 years. He then went on to become a BJJ World Champion. I think your training and dedication is right up there, and your coach/professor is doing you a disservice by holding you back. Great video, great job, and you just earned a new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing your journey.
3 years
@@DustinPacleb Thanks for correcting that. Realize it later in the day that it was 3 years.
@chris2perez No prob man :). It's crazy though! 3 years is unheard of in the BJJ world
3 years!!
He really was the Prodigy
I don’t understand how you go full time in bjj because how do you make that money to keep doing it?
I make money from my TH-cam channel and live with parents lol
@@JoshRichBJJ And you're doing an excellent job man! Keep it up!
POV: a robber breaks in
Karate: *punch*
Jiu jitsu: *starts flopping on the ground*
(Yes I am prepared for the hate comments 🫡)
00:10 did he knee you in the face ???
fart
A failed knee cut probably. It happens to me
Nice job lol. I've been getting more into jiu jitsu. I've been doing taekwondo most of my life, but it isnt the most practical. I'm 12 by the way
Your endurance is just on another level dude. It's like your inexhaustible lol
I don’t do jiu jitsu, but i do taekwondo and i have a friend who does jiu jitsu. Even though i don’t know much, THIS IS AMAZING!!!
Edit, narration, music, all a vibe!!! Great video
Thanks man!!
Im in jujitsu right now and i cant wait to do this when i get to this level ! New subscriber! 🥳
I don't know anything about this so I was just screaming in my head "*DONT GO FOR THE NUTS.*"
Earned that purple that day my guy. Keep training and don't stop. This video was very well made!
Would be cool if you went to a new school and tried to guess everyones belt ranks/ stripes
BRO YOU'RE THE BEST BLUE BELT IVE EVER SEEN
Does that mean that you move up a belt rank?
New video, lets gooo 💪
jake paul beat up anderson silva so anything is possible
Hi josh
hey
@@JoshRichBJJ Hello
My move is the armadillo, aka fetal position and saying “don’t hit me”
25% of the time it works 100% of the time
Hey Josh, great job. Your progress and channel is both inspiring and helpful. How often do you compete?
Once every 1-2 months or so
Damn! I'm a bit like you, Im and still an orange belt and recently heated 2 brownbelts, but a blue belt and a black held? God damn!
It's almost like we shouldn't even have belts anymore 😂. At this point it is definitely about skill overall, especially from a frequent competitor. Amazing footage man, I am definitely subscribing for more! 🤙
belts only roughly indicate technical level, they're very relative.
especially young competitors are often underranked, since they progress faster than they get promoted to higher belts.
some instructors deliberately postpone awarding higher belts to promising talents so that the athlete could develop better and gain more experience.
Belts are relevant when you face off opponents who have a similar competition record and experience. If you only train and never or just rarely compete than a lower belt who regular competes can be much better but when you have to similarly experienced fighters the belt does matter.
Some schools give easy belts. It was much harder to get a BB and the progress to PB 15 years ago , like much harder. The Art been dilluted. Another thing is as a young athletic man competing against different kinds of age groups and athletic levels. Thats why this never happens in wrestling
I’ve never been belted but I trained a lot and drilled a lot with some old school rollers who learned off the old Gracie combative Video tapes. Later on I was able to go to an actual jiujitsu dojo to roll. Come to find out I fit right in with the blue belts 😜🥋🙏🏽 y’all stay blessed. And for the record I still have no belts. I am just a man who loves to roll 😁
This is something that happens more than you think speed and athletism with just enough technical skill will beat a mediocre brown or black belt bj penn the great mma fighter was beating black belts as a white belt
When I was 4 stripe white belt I was tapping blues every class and occasionally a purple here and there. But also randomly I'd get tapped by strong guy with only a couple classes experience. I trained 4 days a week, went home and watched a solid 1-2 hours of instructionals a night, then if I had any common issues during my rolls id ask coach personally or make reddit posts for tips and links. Id focus hard on 1 guard or sub a month and aim to be in that spot all the time during open mats etc. After only a month I was stealing taps from other white belts with multiple stripes, after 6 months I was stealing wins off blue belts, after 1 year I was starting to near go 50-50 with blues then I got my blue and got injured and slowed down big time. Point is I'm not even an athlete I'm a skinny asthmatic geek who just studied the positions an hour a night and put in a solid 5-7 hours of mat time a week (which isnt even much) and even I was able to progress past others who started in some cases a whole year or two before me. So its totally plausible to me that other more gifted people than I who put in double/triple/quadruple the time would be able to be stealing wins from part timer purples/browns/blacks with only a year or two training.
I fully support gay rights, but can't they do this in the privacy of their own room?
"Sandbagging Blue-belt beats Black-belt" is a more appropriate title.
Or "Hey guys, look how good I am at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu"
How is he sandbagging if he competes in higher divisions? Both weight and rank
@@Flbari claiming he's a blue belt.
@Flbari black belt beats blackbelt could be another title.
I never realized how insanely complicated and the shere amount of effort and how quick thinking you have to be for this. This is something I could never master in a million years. Cudos for every practitioner not to mention OP. Amazing determination! Super impressive
You are wrong. You most certainly can master this; in about 15 years, if you practice at least 3 times a week and I bet you'd be surprised at how quickly you get 'good' at it.
Losing is learning, particularly in Jiu Jitsu, you'll get creamed for a long time in the beginning, by everyone, but if you just keep putting in the effort, you'll suddenly start seeing more of the opportunities and threats, and you'll begin to out think your opponents.
It's been four months since your comment.
Go look up your local Jiu Jitsu club. It can change your life.
Wait I *just* realized how good you used that one piece music, and also that that is one piece music.
Black Belt: I'm strong, I have black belt!
Blue Belt: I'm BLUE, Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di 🎶🎵
i have no idea what i just watched, so what im gonna assume is that jiu jitsu is legalized sexual assault