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    Can anyone be a world champion?

    I don't think athleticism is as universal as we make it out to be. The athletics demand of jiu jitsu are quite different from football or soccer. I'm pretty sure we all know who were not especially strong or explosive; but took to jiu jitsu very quickly because they were lanky with mobile hips...
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    10th Planet good for guitar players?

    how did you dislocate your toes?!?
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    Vicious belly down ankle lock at ADCC Trials

    Just an FYI - the texas cloverleaf/leg lace grip will get you DQed in IBJJF source: https://www.flograppling.com/articles/6293257-gordon-ryan-demystifies-the-rules-around-reaping
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    Gi company...Noble Savage?

    Refined Roughneck
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    Eddie Cummins and dds break out details revealed

    I could literally give a shit about this, but I feel like a lesser human being than I was a week ago having watched (more than once now) a Youtube video consisting of screen caps rehashing jiu jitsu drama in an Instagram comment thread. Christ, it wasn't even an app that makes it easy to have...
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    How many people on earth could beat Karelin in a wrestling match right now?

    Herbert got silver at worlds (in 2009) a few months after he graduated, actually. Kyle Snyder is a better example ;-) Bad-ass Mother F****er
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    How many people on earth could beat Karelin in a wrestling match right now?

    42. We've finally found the question that it's the answer for. In all likelihood, Karelin would be overwhelmed by the top tier. At the Olympics - where your country actually has to qualify the weight (either through placing at their continental games or through the qualification tournament)...
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    Quintet 3 line up

    I'll see your Unity line-up and raise you Eddie, Paulo, Joao, Thalison Soares and Babilonia
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    What's the quality of BJJ classes in the UFC gyms?

    It varies wildly. UFC gyms are franchises (or at least the ones I've been to) that grant a decent amount of leeway to the owner to hire whomever they want to run the various programs. It's not uncommon to find blue and purple belts teach for a discount rate. I've also seen situations where...
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    Why are competitions classes alway in the middle of the day?

    This is to ensure that the class is (largely) limited to full-time competitors, and allows them to have the most space to train. The other thing is that the evening is the most the valuable real-estate on the gym's schedule. They don't want to have a class there that a sizable portion of the...
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    Will we ever see the return of Marcelo?

    To answer OP's question... probably not. What else does he have to prove? Between his academy and website, he's doing really well for himself... preparing for a superfight or whatever would just be taking time away from his family for money he probably doesn't need. And for pete's sake, after...
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    USA Wrestling Scores Another International Stud - Nodirjon Safarov

    ...so, can we call start calling Kendall Cross a creonte?
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    Jimmy Pedro showing some no gi judo

    His sister (Katie Mocco) was a highly succesful Judoka. It's not super clear to me how seriously Mocco ever trained Judo; or if he just did enough and the winning happened on account of him being Steve Mocco (he was arguably the most dominant HS heavyweight of all time).
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    What type of single leg defense is this?

    I'd add what's a bit crazy is Nolf has been a bit overshadowed by some of his teammates like Zain Retherford and Bo Nickal (and others) who are also absolute savages. The whole Penn State lineup has been and is staggering in the depth of talent and dynamicism.
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    What type of single leg defense is this?

    Nolf is an absolute machine. 2x NCAA champ and 3x finalist going into his senior year. His record is something like 86-3. There's a ton to be learned for Jiu Jitsu from watching/studying funk positions. It's a pity there's not more energy dedicated to it.
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    10th planet JJ or wrestling for 5 year old and 7 year old ?

    I'll largely parrot what's been said already: (1) Why not do both? Break it down by seasons. (2) You should probably weigh how you personally feel about the instructors, what the other kids are like, etc rather than comparing the sports head on. (3) Even if you have some goal of producing a...
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    John Danaher Back Attacks instructional is out

    I think trapping the arm and retaining on the underhook side are tremendously useful, as is the instruction about attacking the turtle, and probably the rear triangle and top lock stuff. So I don't think the DVD is a total wash. I do this stuff all the time in the gi. That having been said it...
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    No points for body triangle back take - one od the dumbest rules?

    Given how many weird, hyper-specific rules get added to the rulebook annually, I'm pretty sure we could come up with a straightforward definition of "back control" that includes body triangles, leg across, *and* hooks that also excludes obvious edge cases, WHILE still being relatively...
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    No points for body triangle back take - one od the dumbest rules?

    I think there are reasonable adjustments to the wording of this rule that encompass both the hooks, body triangle and other such permutations of how the legs are used to control using the rear mount; ie, being able to touch one foot to the other leg or something like that.
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    John Danaher Back Attacks instructional is out

    Gentleman might be pushing it
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