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Originally Posted by Pharmacist
I agree about lay and pray guys who stall and play the points game rather than attempting subs. But still, there is a big difference between skillfully subbing a guy vs picking him up and dropping him on his head.
If you were regularly submitting blue belts as a white belt let alone purple and brown belts then either you're a prodigy, the next bj penn. Or your gym promotes way too undeserving guys way too soon. There is a huge gap between white belts and purple or brown belts. There is no way a white belt can fight evenly with a purple or brown belt let alone sub them
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I'm not looking for praise but after only 3 months training when Marcus Soares came to do testing at BAMA he raised me to blue after watching me do 3 test matches for him.
At the time he said I had a natural ability for the sport and combined with my size and athleticism I would do very well.
I am also 6'5, 210lbs and very flexible and athletic. This allows me to power out of dangerous positions but also use my flexibility to work out of guard for quick subs and sweeps.
My size and strength also give me a huge advantage when rolling against a 170lb purple belt or a 150lb brown belt. There are very few high belt guys my size at the club I was training out of.
Again after a year of BJJ I switched my training to MMA, so I haven't worn a GI since I won my last tourney and my focus has been more working on GNP from top rather than submissions.
Truly tho, both of my MMA coaches stopped at purple belt and I have watched them grapple blacks and browns all day long without losing a match. They continued to work on their BJJ skills they just stopped caring about the belting system and I reflect their attitude that a belt is something you use to hold up your pants..
