I’ll be rolling for the first time in a year in about 2 hours. I’m off to my friends house right now. I’m friggin’ hyped!!!
I’ll let you guys know how it went tonight (hopefully I don’t puke 
)
Yeah, I’m also going trolling!
Good luck. Don’t break anything, and watch your neck!
Ryu
seriously…watch your neck…
i rolled with my friend who did catch and a trained with some bjj guys… and since i had little grappling experience he caught me in a guillotine(i prolly misspelled that). not realizing the severity of the situation, i tried to force my way out of it..hahaha. and then pain. neck has never been quite the same since.
Got back. I love the class. Every one is real cool. Gassed quick, but not as quick as I thought I would. Got completely dominated, but I knew I would. We did some grappling from stand up. I couldn’t get any throws, but they couldn’t get me either. Well, except for a Blue who snapped a flying armbar on me.
It’s gonna be a good, good year. Tomorrow morning is Shuai Chiao class. I LOVE training hard.
Cool. I expect to pick up some good stuff next time I go up there.
Yeah, I’m hoping to have some tricks by then. They have a cool style. They use the leg extensively on the ground. It’s almost like they have three arms. It’s hard to describe but real cool.
Oh yeah, the place where they train at is a Shaolin Do school, LOL.
are they friendly to the sdz or they disrespect
I wonder what ralek would have to say about this
prolly respect them, otherwise they’d get put out
Water,
Exactly!
People really don’t understand that playing against somebody with a good open guard is a messy affair–you are contstantly watching your balance, and trying not to get submitted. Backing out to kick and punch just isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Did you get to “ride the wave yet?” That beautiful feeling of utter helplessness when the grips are in and you feel like everything you do results in some part of you being tilted in danger of getting swept or manipulated? 
Bro, I’m OK at defending but that’s it. (It’s the one thing from Taiji that translated over to BJJ) I can’t position, I can’t control, and I sure as he.ll can’t finish. So me rolling is basically me defending against a blue for 2 minutes and tap. To me, rolling IS riding the wave
But give me 2 years Dam-mit!!!
I know what you mean. My size is my saving grace. I can position, and due to my size I can control, and also muscle my way out of positions and muscle opponents into them. My submissions are limited, they could use some expanding. I have great breath control and relaxation on the ground though, so I don’t tire easily. There’s a Royce purple belt here, but he charges 60 a month so until I get some bills paid off It’ll be hard paying for that and longfist. Hopefully I can drop by there soon though, even if I have to try and work something with him where I only go once a week.
Well, that’s what I’m doing. Once a week on Saturdays. It’s a good deal. My strategy on the ground is totally dofferent. I like to use that yielding $hit to roll out of set ups. And of course, stay relaxed. I refuse to fight them.
"They use the leg extensively on the ground. It’s almost like they have three arms. It’s hard to describe but real cool. "
I would say the use the legs extensively on the ground, and it’s almost like they have four arms.
While we’re talking about this, I got my first person to tap from a submission from the guard yesterday (that didn’t let me - I’ve “tapped” my instructor more times than anyone else) it was a triangle. I used to hate the guard, and only try to sweep from my back, but now I’m learning to live with it.
“riding the wave” huh? I used to call it “Ryu gets his butt kicked”
Because of judo, my escapes and top fighting was really solid, but my guard wasn’t too good. I have been improving it lately, but I still don’t feel as comfortable as i do when I’m going for a pin, hold, etc.
Ryu
Ryu,
How were your passes? There is a guy who played Kosen style in Japan for a few years and has WICKED pressure, but I tend not to notice that kind of pressure coming from folks who work more on their olympic type judo.
We have a big blue with a murderous grip that sends me flying through the air when I try doing stand up with him and coming to grips… when sparring all out, I never let him get his hands on me and I just shoot from forever away
First since this is a kung fu forum why are you changing topic and talking about bjj? What do you believe is in bjj that is better than Kung Fu? Let me tell you something, traditional jiu jitsu has everything bjj plus more. And it was developed from Chi’n Na while the best stuff from Chi’n Na was kept hidden from the Japanese. See, what the Gracie’s did was take a part of the traditional Jiu Jitsu system, and ignore the rest of the system.
Order,
It’s called specialization. Name me a Chinese system that focuses almost exclusively on groundwork. You get good at what you train for. Some of us just think its cool and like it and don’t find it incompatible with other arts. There is a whole neat world down there!
Waterdragon has some ring aspirations using traditional Chinese martial arts systems as his primary stand up. However, you absolutely have to know what’s going on on the ground in order to ringfight, so he’s training BJJ.
No one said anything bad mouthing kung fu, or claiming BJJ had more than the other offered. Merry, simply asked a question.
MerryPrankster, my guard passes were actually not bad. I have a stocky frame in a way, and had a lot of “umph” when I blasted through them. My mistake would be occasionally leaving myself open for a gi choke. 
But I worked on that for a while, and am better at it I think. I worked with a Brazilian BJJ blue who came to the dojo frequently who showed me some awesome passes hot out of Brazil. I was very fortunate, but couldn’t do them half as well as he could.
When I was in guard, I choked a few people out with gi chokes, but I would focus more on trying to sweep, or reverse to get back on top.
I’m trying to keep my practice up. 
Ryu
Ryu,
Yeah, being stocky like that helps when you are going THROUGH peoples guards because it’s more natural to make a “wall,” so they can’t get their hooks in.
I find, even at my height, that I prefer to go through than around