Jiu Jitsu discussion / complete beginner!
Discussion
Happy New Year fellow grapplers of all ilk!
I'm still trundling on at my own pace, normally getting at least a couple if not 3 sessions in, 1x BJJ an 2x general sub grappling with a fair bit of emphasis on wrestling, 100% no gi.
Working on butterfly in the BJJ class, chaining arm in guillotine - under hook setting the sweep through to the d'arce or alternatively the 'monkey' back take yesterday with clinch work and straight foot locks tonight.
I'm still trundling on at my own pace, normally getting at least a couple if not 3 sessions in, 1x BJJ an 2x general sub grappling with a fair bit of emphasis on wrestling, 100% no gi.
Working on butterfly in the BJJ class, chaining arm in guillotine - under hook setting the sweep through to the d'arce or alternatively the 'monkey' back take yesterday with clinch work and straight foot locks tonight.
Almost 4 years now, March 14th is the date according to the start of this thead.
Recently my training has been a split of Gi and NoGi, however, I still prefer the technical nature of Gi. Recently I've picked up the Tom Deblass half guard series again and also working through Keenans Lapel Encyclopedia (worm, ringworm, squid, rdlw etc.)
Looks like I'll be competing alot more this year also, exciting times.
Recently my training has been a split of Gi and NoGi, however, I still prefer the technical nature of Gi. Recently I've picked up the Tom Deblass half guard series again and also working through Keenans Lapel Encyclopedia (worm, ringworm, squid, rdlw etc.)
Looks like I'll be competing alot more this year also, exciting times.
I did my first grappling session since last spring today. It was an "MMA" session, so no gi - which should hopefully preserve my fingers. I was a bit rusty and the lack of canvas clothing meant nothing to grab hold of, though! Difficult against a bigger, stronger opponent when starting (artificially) from the knees. More to learn.
Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 11th January 14:52
Heart rate monitors and BJJ / Contact Sports.
Wanting to keep a track on how hard I've been working and calories burnt during a typical BJJ session, I've trialled two heart rate monitors. At first I went for a Whoop band (www.whoop.com) which is designed as an 'always on' personal fitness device which tracks heartrate, calorie expenditure, sleep quality, recovery etc. I tried it for a couple of sessions but due to its location (around the wrist or bicep) I found it was often twisted or moved out of position and eventually the clasp broke. Couple with a monthly subscription cost I decided to send it back and try something else.
Enter the Polar OH1, as with the Whoop band its an optical heart rate monitor which can be worn in a variety of places, although I tend to place it around my forearm and secure it with some tape - so far I've had no problems during sparring and drilling. In the Gi you completely forget its there, NoGi its obviously on how but not caused an issue yet. During a typical 1hr 30 m session of warm up, drilling and sparring the average calorie burn is indicated at around 1000. Battery life is ok, 5 - 6 hours seems to be the norm, charged via USB. Another great feature is live heartrate graphing so you can see how hard you're working and fat burning or aerobic zone training.
The key difference from the Whoop band is that it isn't 'always on' so you do need to initialise it via the app to log work outs (I believe you can also track workouts for later upload without the app).
So there you go, if you're in the market for a heart rate monitor for BJJ / Grappling, I can recommend the Polar OH1.
Wanting to keep a track on how hard I've been working and calories burnt during a typical BJJ session, I've trialled two heart rate monitors. At first I went for a Whoop band (www.whoop.com) which is designed as an 'always on' personal fitness device which tracks heartrate, calorie expenditure, sleep quality, recovery etc. I tried it for a couple of sessions but due to its location (around the wrist or bicep) I found it was often twisted or moved out of position and eventually the clasp broke. Couple with a monthly subscription cost I decided to send it back and try something else.
Enter the Polar OH1, as with the Whoop band its an optical heart rate monitor which can be worn in a variety of places, although I tend to place it around my forearm and secure it with some tape - so far I've had no problems during sparring and drilling. In the Gi you completely forget its there, NoGi its obviously on how but not caused an issue yet. During a typical 1hr 30 m session of warm up, drilling and sparring the average calorie burn is indicated at around 1000. Battery life is ok, 5 - 6 hours seems to be the norm, charged via USB. Another great feature is live heartrate graphing so you can see how hard you're working and fat burning or aerobic zone training.
The key difference from the Whoop band is that it isn't 'always on' so you do need to initialise it via the app to log work outs (I believe you can also track workouts for later upload without the app).
So there you go, if you're in the market for a heart rate monitor for BJJ / Grappling, I can recommend the Polar OH1.
Tony Angelino said:
EarlofDrift said:
I used to do Jiu Jitsu class once a week up to my early teens, the one thing I alway rememberer is how sore the back of my hand got when I slammed it down on the mat after getting thrown about.
Didn't they teach you to breakfall palm down? 
Pete102 said:
1004 calories, that was 1hr 30, warm up, 45m drilling and 30m sparring. I've figures around that a couple of times now, if any of you chaps are on Instagram, there are a couple of screenshots up - @Oketeo
Interesting. That's quite a lot of energy. I find that I do get hot doing grappling/judo, but a lot less gassed/gasping than many people, probably due to accumulated long-term endurance and conditioning training.
Cauliflower ear incoming!
Anybody got any actual 'realworld' experience of dealing with them? At the moment, advice from the gym seems to be 'we used to bash them between 2 breeze blocks back in the day' etc or cut them and drain them like rocky....
Advise ont he NHS website is almost nil, anybody had one and dealt with it?
Anybody got any actual 'realworld' experience of dealing with them? At the moment, advice from the gym seems to be 'we used to bash them between 2 breeze blocks back in the day' etc or cut them and drain them like rocky....
Advise ont he NHS website is almost nil, anybody had one and dealt with it?
both of my ears are now fully cauliflowered, when they first started to go about 7 years ago i would syringe them and that probably helped make them look a little less blown up but from what i can tell once they've started to go there's very little you can do about it, wearing a decent headguard / ear protectors is probably your best bet
I separated my AC joint in my right shoulder which i have broken and dislocated previously, did it just after christmas and not been able to train since so have been doing a lot of running to try and stay reasonably fit and have still gone into the gym a couple of times a week to watch and help with coaching. Hope to be able to train again in a month or so, however I doubt I'm going to bother with competing much in the future, not got enough passion for it anymore to sacrifice all the other things in my life that are required to be given up in order for me to give myself a realistic chance of winning
I separated my AC joint in my right shoulder which i have broken and dislocated previously, did it just after christmas and not been able to train since so have been doing a lot of running to try and stay reasonably fit and have still gone into the gym a couple of times a week to watch and help with coaching. Hope to be able to train again in a month or so, however I doubt I'm going to bother with competing much in the future, not got enough passion for it anymore to sacrifice all the other things in my life that are required to be given up in order for me to give myself a realistic chance of winning
Thanks lads, from what I have been told draining can work but there are risks and like you say the risk of repeat occurances is great so I might just leave them. One lad at our gym wears the ear cups, not spoken to him yet but I think I might just leave them if the only downside is cosmetic, the risk of infection etc.worries me. I started with a small 'balloon' last Tuesday morning that has got slowly worse since then, there us no real gap in the ear now and I can feel it 'touching' eachother, nothing else though.
Good luck with the rehab - the dedicaiton and self discipline needed to compete would indeed take over I imagine.
Good luck with the rehab - the dedicaiton and self discipline needed to compete would indeed take over I imagine.
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