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Subject: Dead Forum Cont. Belt Ranking for NO-GI Schools Author: James Speight [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:42:32 01/01/07 Mon In reply to: James Speight 's message, "Dead Forum Cont. Belt Ranking for NO-GI Schools" on 13:53:36 12/27/06 Wed This happened a few months ago, I let another clubs student visiting from another area roll with our guys on a weekend he came a few times and everything seemed cool. He claimed to have a few months of training only did no-gi but that was cool it was during an open mat. And he had skills. Didn’t know he was talking smack about one of our blue belts. Now let me explain I have a blue belt that just got his blue belt in Seattle Washington right before he took a job here, and he is about 50 years old, he is doing this to stay in shape, had a heart attack 3 years ago, due to stress. But you couldn’t tell it by looking at him. Or rolling with him, but to have someone who haven’t put a gi to make a comment “I was expecting more out of a blue belt” I guess it takes all kinds. One of our guys told him “to put a gi on and see if that changes his mind” Oh by the way, he wasn’t from anyone’s gym that posts here. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Dead Forum Cont. Belt Ranking for NO-GI Schools Author: Ses [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:40:38 01/04/07 Thu Your performance changes according to what the task is.... Jordan proved it in basketball (highlevel) and baseball (marginal). the gi is training tool, no different than a boxing glove is used to improve performance. Ex: You want to learn how to evade jabs, I put a glove on to protect my hand and you put on a head gear for protection. I throw jabs, you learn to move. Technique will improve by measurement of the performance. the gi is no different/ You want to learn how to avoid gi chokes, put on a gi - I will attempt to choke. These one-sided drills are task oriented and help build your arsenal of weapons in a progressive manner, but if we want to spar under certian conditions (called rules) we have to give ourselves over to that standard. A student once had the pleasure of meeting a World Class Wing Chun man who teaching one night and asked "What if I double legged you and took you down?" He said he would fall down "but you would not be doing wing chun." Maybe you should make the Smack talker put the gi-on to roll but you shouldn't go out of your way to impress this guy. A coach is not measured by his ability or his fighters ability, rather he is measured by his ability to improve the quality of anothers performance. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]