Comments for Mop the mats! http://mopthemats.com A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Community Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Beginning BJJ: Do You Have These 24 Skills Yet? By Stephen Kesting by Prevost http://mopthemats.com/2009/07/18/beginning-bjj-do-you-have-these-24-skills-yet-by-stephen-kesting/#comment-382 Prevost Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:59 +0000 http://mopthemats.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/beginning-bjj-do-you-have-these-24-skills-yet-by-stephen-kesting/#comment-382 I love the way Stephan breaks down BJJ! Solid solid fundamentals. Great stuff! I love the way Stephan breaks down BJJ! Solid solid fundamentals. Great stuff!

]]> Comment on BJJ and Collegiate Wrestling – The Training Mindset by Prevost http://mopthemats.com/2009/08/20/bjj-and-collegiate-wrestling-the-training-mindset/#comment-381 Prevost Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:09:22 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=358#comment-381 True words! Passion and drive are important. They come from an enjoyment of the sport and not from will power or some sort of goal setting though. After many years in the martial arts I can say that will power gets you about a year. After that if you don't enjoy the sport a lot then you won't continue. Over and over again I see that the guys who enjoy it the most are the ones that hang around. For me the way to keep going was to find a way to increase the enjoyment. The more I like it the more I want to train and do well. I go to the gym because it's the most fun thing I can think of to do! True words! Passion and drive are important. They come from an enjoyment of the sport and not from will power or some sort of goal setting though. After many years in the martial arts I can say that will power gets you about a year. After that if you don’t enjoy the sport a lot then you won’t continue. Over and over again I see that the guys who enjoy it the most are the ones that hang around. For me the way to keep going was to find a way to increase the enjoyment. The more I like it the more I want to train and do well. I go to the gym because it’s the most fun thing I can think of to do!

]]> Comment on Mendes Brothers: Half guard to back transition by Prevost http://mopthemats.com/2010/01/17/mendes-brothers-half-guard-to-back-transition/#comment-367 Prevost Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:19:55 +0000 http://mopthemats.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/mendes-brothers-half-guard-to-back-transition/#comment-367 Interesting! I've used the first half of that technique a lot. Never saw the roll from there. Thanks for sharing. Interesting! I’ve used the first half of that technique a lot. Never saw the roll from there. Thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on Lonestar Beatdown 10 in Houston this Friday, June 5th by Goldie Virgili http://mopthemats.com/2009/06/03/lonestar-beatdown-10-in-houston-this-friday-june-5th/#comment-363 Goldie Virgili Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=294#comment-363 This is one of those times the UFC needs support, a card plagued with injuries and I'm sure the UFC did whatever they could to try and fill the gaps. This is one of those times the UFC needs support, a card plagued with injuries and I’m sure the UFC did whatever they could to try and fill the gaps.

]]> Comment on Is Spencer Pratt a Purple Belt?!? by christian http://mopthemats.com/2009/01/09/spencer-pratt-purple-belt/#comment-332 christian Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:54:44 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=114#comment-332 not all BJJ belts have the black bar cuz there are still places where they don't do the 4 stripe promotion...but i still call bullshit on this guy being a purple belt not all BJJ belts have the black bar cuz there are still places where they don’t do the 4 stripe promotion…but i still call bullshit on this guy being a purple belt

]]> Comment on A Contradiction of Viewpoints within the Gracie Family by slideyfoot http://mopthemats.com/2009/12/01/a-contradiction-of-viewpoints-in-the-gracie-family/#comment-325 slideyfoot Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:33:24 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=442#comment-325 Awesome interview, which was great to hear: makes me feel justified in the kind of arguments I've been making in my <a href="http://www.slideyfoot.com/2009/08/dvd-review-gracie-combatives-rener.html#sportvssd" rel="nofollow"><i>Gracie Combatives</i> review</a>, and my more recent <a href="http://www.slideyfoot.com/2009/11/bjj-mma.html" rel="nofollow">BJJ & MMA article</a>. I think it is a dangerous step backwards to try and remove competition (and even worse, resistance training) from BJJ, which appears to be the route Rorion et al are headed down. Awesome interview, which was great to hear: makes me feel justified in the kind of arguments I’ve been making in my Gracie Combatives review, and my more recent BJJ & MMA article.

I think it is a dangerous step backwards to try and remove competition (and even worse, resistance training) from BJJ, which appears to be the route Rorion et al are headed down.

]]> Comment on Ask A Black Belt! by bjj tx http://mopthemats.com/videos/#comment-324 bjj tx Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:21:17 +0000 http://mopthemats.wordpress.com/?page_id=63#comment-324 how are yall? i was wondering about some good moves from triangle and spider? how are yall? i was wondering about some good moves from triangle and spider?

]]> Comment on Mop the Mats! by bjj tx http://mopthemats.com/about-us/#comment-323 bjj tx Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:16:33 +0000 #comment-323 what are your thoughts of spider guard and x guard? i play a lot of spider and was wondering if you have any good moves from spider. what are your thoughts of spider guard and x guard? i play a lot of spider and was wondering if you have any good moves from spider.

]]> Comment on Is Spencer Pratt a Purple Belt?!? by really http://mopthemats.com/2009/01/09/spencer-pratt-purple-belt/#comment-296 really Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:13:33 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=114#comment-296 You guys really made a twitter site about this??? Who cares?? Spencer got his purple belt years ago doing privates with non rickson affiliates....Does he deserve a purple?? Thats a whole argument on its own.......how many wack purple belts are there??? Hundereds. Are we gonna make one big website for shit talkers that lists every dude who you think sucks?? Or is this just some fascination with a psuedo-celebrity? Cmon. Now a days belts get handed out like holloween candy. You guys really made a twitter site about this??? Who cares?? Spencer got his purple belt years ago doing privates with non rickson affiliates….Does he deserve a purple?? Thats a whole argument on its own…….how many wack purple belts are there??? Hundereds. Are we gonna make one big website for shit talkers that lists every dude who you think sucks?? Or is this just some fascination with a psuedo-celebrity? Cmon. Now a days belts get handed out like holloween candy.

]]> Comment on Felipe Costa on Rickson Gracie by Kouba http://mopthemats.com/2009/11/01/felipe-costa-on-rickson-gracie/#comment-291 Kouba Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:59:26 +0000 http://mopthemats.com/?p=427#comment-291 Valuable thoughts and advices. I read your topic with great interest. Valuable thoughts and advices. I read your topic with great interest.

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