tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post3163529915387319437..comments2023-07-24T22:29:02.523-07:00Comments on Tangled Triangle: Why do you get out of bed?Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13229873505463921052noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-17641042961663486852010-10-17T18:33:14.405-07:002010-10-17T18:33:14.405-07:00DYING laughing @ 1
There's a good "upwar...DYING laughing @ 1<br /><br />There's a good "upward chain" of problem reporting at my gym and they seem to know about problems before they hit the grape vine, or at least before they make it to my tendril. By the time I'd heard about this, it had already been addressed. <br /><br />I'm definitely starting to find my "spot" in the gym, and I think that's why this bothered me even more. I just know there's no good reason for that kind of behavior...I mean...it's not like your butterfly guard gets better by beating up on other students. Stuff like this is definitely an argument for having occasional "women only" sessions.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229873505463921052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-21624194532789973362010-10-17T16:46:27.513-07:002010-10-17T16:46:27.513-07:00You know what, this really gets my blood pumping. ...You know what, this really gets my blood pumping. I have encountered similar things before, and all I can say is what I have learned from what brief experience I have:<br /><br />1. That guy is a moron. I can't wait until you can clean his clock. I even request that you video said cleaning when the time comes and post it so I can laugh maniacally from my computer room. <br /><br />2. I know exactly how you feel about being an outsider. That's just how it is at first. But you'll work your way in. <br /><br />3. You girls aren't the cause of the drama. The insecure guys who can't handle the fact that a girl might make them tap are the ones causing the problems. <br /><br />4. That guy is a moron. Oh wait. I already said that. <br /><br />Just keep training hard and don't listen to what he says. If he continues to be a jerk, tell your instructor. Then maybe he and his big mouth can get a taste of what it's like to be bullied. :)A.D. McClishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019434821749308292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-76513630903687938822010-10-14T19:25:55.244-07:002010-10-14T19:25:55.244-07:00That is odd. Maybe he let non-bjj issues get to hi...That is odd. Maybe he let non-bjj issues get to him or miscommunicated what he meant to say. Character requires constant practice, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-23886473481019244302010-10-14T16:09:42.250-07:002010-10-14T16:09:42.250-07:00Two things get me most about the situation... 1) t...Two things get me most about the situation... 1) the girl in question is tough. She takes blows and injury better than some of the guys. 2) The guy didn't seem to have any issues before. <br /><br />I guess that's just another weakness for someone to overcome. Character can improve too.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229873505463921052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811893258346327939.post-70964983399580364052010-10-13T19:53:58.403-07:002010-10-13T19:53:58.403-07:00I go to work because it’s my responsibility.
I go ...I go to work because it’s my responsibility.<br />I go to the gym because it’s my responsibility to myself.<br />I go to church because it’s my responsibility to God.<br />I go to jiu jitsu practice because it’s my passion. <br />I’m not quite so responsible about those two in the middle.<br /><br />I think once a guy gets over the concept of grappling with women, that’s the first objection to disappear. Lack of physical toughness is probably the last. Personally, I least want to be partnered with someone significantly weaker than me who I’m afraid to hurt or who isn’t able or willing to take normal roughness that goes with jiu jitsu. Well, other than someone who I think will hurt me, but that goes without saying. The handicaps that someone brings to the mat may persist for a long time, perhaps forever, but eventually, acquired skill will make you a decent, and then a good training partner. Does your instructor assign partners when you roll? I think that really helps newer people, especially, benefit as much as possible from class. Because even if I really hope to not get paired up with someone, once the instructor tells me to train with him/her, it's a done deal and I don’t let my feeling show. It’s simple common courtesy and doing unto others, like your mother taught you. (I hope.) It's just the right thing to do. Once upon a time, each of us was a spastic, weak, slow, out of shape, or cocky white belt. If we forget, there’s often a senior belt around to remind us what that felt like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com