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Hey guys, I have 2 bulging discs in my lower back. It was diagnosed last year with an mri. The pain wasn't bad unless I stood up for a long time. I was able to lift and still train lightly but during the quarantine, I must have aggravated it somehow because now the pain can be unbearable if I'm...

I hurt my back years ago doing deadlifts. One of the worse pains I'd ever felt, I think that might've been what started it all. I hurt my back again years later doing deadlifts, and that was the last time (around 2007). With a bulging disc, wouldn't that be compressing your spine, making the...

And how many of you still train frequently? I just got an mri of my lumbar done but it hasn't been read yet. Looks like I have a herniated disc between my sacrum and l5 based on my research. How do you guys deal with it? What helps? Are you worried at all?

I was going to ask about this... I've been training around 6 years. I had some fluid build up in my ears a few years ago, it's hardened and you can only feel them if you press really hard around them, but it does not look look like cauliflower ears. My ears are really soft and flexible, I...

I fell/fall into that self lie as well. I don't go 100% many times because when I used to, I would come home feeling too sore and would get many injuries. Firas Zahabi says his first few rolls at the gym are just relaxed and flowy, then he turns it up towards the end after he's warmed up to...

In bjj, we talk a lot about technique and how to counter A with this or if they do B, then go for this. Something that I'm starting to think more about, especially since I'm a 3 year blue that is trying to get out of this blue-belt plateau, is the mentality you have when it comes to training...

sounds like you love bjj, you've done it for 12 years, but are just feeling overlooked and under appreciated and perhaps just venting on the internet to air out your grievances. You know in your heart you're not going to quit.

The way Craig Jones did it, if done correctly, is my favorite way to finish the armbar. It's good control and hard for the opponent to sit up or bridge. Their head is immobilized.

I love this guard (because of bjjscout as well) whenever I can get the grips. Once you have it, it's pretty unstoppable. I do have a hard time with some defenses though. One way some guys will defend is they will step back far with their free leg and I can't control it. Then I get taken...

I think by blue belt, you should know when a higher belt is taking it easy on you. At least I think I do.

After reading your posts, it seems like you're looking for a way out. A lot of people have quit after getting their blue, I think the Gracie brothers even talk about this in one of their videos. Sounds like you tried it, enjoyed it, but the benefits aren't enough to keep you coming back. I...

Thanks for the feedback, I'm the opposite of you, I never go for triangles outside of drilling. As for my arm bars, I don't intentionally go for them but they present themselves a lot when I am rolling. I always thought arm bars from guard were just legendary tales, but after reading your take...

If so, which one helped you out the most? I don't have the bank account nor the patience to go through all of his material, looking to study only one of his instructionals at the moment.

I typed in "bomboclat pass" in youtube and there's nothing bjj related. Is there another name for this? Are there any other videos of this kind of pass? Does anyone do something similar? Is this good control in no gi where you can't grab the sleeve?

I can't speak for the other guys in my gym, I'm not sure what they were doing while in the lockdown to injure their knee. For me, I played lockdown for my first 2 years of training and I think I'm pretty well versed with the position as well as defending it. I was competing and was put in the...

I saw Bravo showing that outside leg to staple their knee on his rubberguard dvd. I don't ever do that because when I get up to dogfight and have a body lock, I'm squeezing below the rib cage to fold the opponent over and bulldoze them to finish the sweep/pass (I think Askren calls this rib...

Sounds like we have a very similar approach to the kimura. The only difference is that I don't consciously keep my upper arm pressing into their body. I do the motorcycle grip but am conscious of their elbow positioning. I also attack the leg scissor choke as well, great grappling has a good...

I want to train smart. I've seen too many gym mates over the years who show up consistently to class but you can tell they don't put in time to analyze their game because their progress is damn slow.

Bottom A game : knee shield half guard to dog fight sweep. Where I get stuck is forcing the half guard to a standing passer because I pull rdlr. If I can't tripod sweep or kotd, they eventually start attempting to knee slice and end up grabbing a hold of my head and from there, it's just a...

I go for the tripod sweep frequently when I am in rdlr. When I hit it, I'll keep their ankle controlled and elevated as I come up into top half. Does anyone do it differently? Anyone have a clean pass after hitting a tripod sweep? Kent Peters posted an ankle control backstep video recently...