https://www.amazon.com/Revansh-Brazilian-Jiu-Jitsu-BJJ-Belt/dp/B0F4PGKL8Q

Why are there no proud Native Americans at the upper echelon of submission grappling when they have strong wrestling traditions

need me a cornfed bjj gf https://youtu.be/2DRS5de9gk4

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>>260914
Thinking about doing BJJ or AJJ to get into shape and quit alcohol. Good idea yes or no? Here are my stats
>26 years old (almost 27)
>6’5”
>223 pounds
>25% body fat
>9 INCH COCK (and girthy)
Also I want male only classes and less than 10 people if preferred since I hate crowds (I’m autistic). What do you guys think?

>>262479
>Thinking about doing BJJ or AJJ to get into shape
Jiujitsu is a great workout, but IMHO it's an even better reason to work out. Improving your strength, resilience, and gas tank on the mats could be a great motivator to get in the gym and do your strength, mobility, and conditioning work.

>quit alcohol
Don't know much about alcoholism/sobriety, but I gotta think that seeking challenge, learning, growth, etc can't hurt.

>stats
Seems fine, great time to start training. You're about the same bf% I am, we both need to get leaner.

>Also I want male only classes and less than 10 people if preferred since I hate crowds
Hard to guarantee, but that matches the vibe of a lot of small hardcore gyms. Just get on google maps, find all the jiujitsu gyms in your area, figure out which ones are within driving distance, and start visiting them.

They'll have some form of trial period. Take advantage of that and try them all. Don't get pressured into signing up until after you've made the rounds. Then select the gym you like.

Report back with your findings.

>>262479
>>262603
>IMHO it's an even better reason to work out.
>quit alcohol
these all kind of play nicely together. i had already been working out for years and was cutting out drinking a lot in the year or two prior to when i started. hangovers were a huge part of it and now im in the gym friday night, saturday morning. dont get hungover. dont want to be hungover. having classes in the evening during the week and doing cardio or lifting in the morning i just dont have time in the week to feel like shit. shifting some of my focus outside the gym to bodyweight exercises and adding regular stretching i feel better now than i ever did before training. the idea that everybody gets hurt or ends up with major injuries is perpetuated by people that treat them like inevitabilities. ive been hurt twice in the gym in years and missed a grand total of a week. jacked up my knee and just gave up sweeps from half guard on that side for two weeks. took myself out for longer as a white belt getting drunk one night and doing stupid shit. havent had more than two or three drinks at a time since. if you find the type of gym youre looking for theyll pull you along quick. just listen to them and train smart

>>262479
Dude ignore that guy above lmfao

Are you an ex wrestler? Insanely flexible? Athletic? Ex rugby player?

You're gonna get injured my dude. Enjoy the high whilst you can, because your day is going to eventually be spent thinking about injuries and skin infections

Anyone find Gi a LOT easier than No-Gi? I'm surprised when I checked online that people say No-Gi is easier. Maybe because I had previous training but I feel like I give much more of a fight in GI just because it's so much easier to just grab hold of the collar or sleeve compared to trying to fetch an arm or pin an arm down. I'm like scrambling pretty hard with no-gi but with Gi most of the time I can just GRAB and HOLD to just take some time and space to try shit out.

So Ive been traveling around 1 hour to a gym and it's been good so far. Nice people, great instructor, feel happy there. But the commute is tiring.

There's a gym close to my house, 10 minute walk. Essentially same price but they force you to pay for a trial class, and buy their uniform (gi and rashguard) if you want to continue with them

This leaves a really sour taste in my mouth for some reason. Am I being unreasonable?

>>264301
impossible to say what actually training there is like without trying it out. on the surface it does sound like one of those places that like to nickel and dime you for everything, such as belt promotions.
rather commute an hour to a gym you like and keep training consistently, than walk 10 minutes to one you dislike and quit training because it sucks

>>264307
I just don't know if I can stomach the commute anymore. I'm around 40 sessions in. When I think about how much time I spend getting there it makes me feel depressed.

>>264341
1 hour to go training is insane unless it's a god tier gym and you're trying to become a professional athlete

>>264391
Its definitely not and Im definitely not

Try this on for size, I am 1 hour away from a God tier professional gym
The owner, instructors and people on the mat are people you've heard of
Not only that but there's even free classes twice a week
And additionally, a few of my friends go there

All of that in its favor and I will still never travel that far for jiu jitsu on a regular basis
Unless it is literally your only option and you really need to do this there is no gym so good it's worth organizing 4+ hours per day around


I really like this place, everybody's super nice and I get a lot of really great training and get to catch up with people I don't see very often, I still only go over there if I have a day off and my friends are really pestering me about it

>>264412
daisy fresh is like an hour from me

I guess at least go there once and try it out to see what it is all about, why not?

>>264497
May be worth a visit, they have an actual gym now though, right?
I always end up with the itch whenever I visit other gyms, I've actually had walking pneumonia for a couple weeks since I last visited a place from all the vaporized sweat in the air and no ventilation

Not everywhere takes hygiene seriously

>>264558
yes Daisy Fresh is a real gym not a run down laundry mat. I had a seminar with Heath and others from there so I don't have to go there.

I'm sick right now. With a cold. Sucks dick. It's bad too.

My gym doesnt' get me skin issues but the one that cleaned the mats with bleach did, go figure

I think most of the issues are skin on skin contact rather than condition of the gym desu but idk