Long Life Studio

We had a proper judo school when I lived in Chicago so I stopped in for some lessons before an upcoming BJJ tournament. I wanted to learn a few throws from my feet if possible. It was awesome, they had these springy floors to land on and people were doing badass throws. They didn't use traditional mats, they had like trampoline-style floors. Once was enough. I had 10 years of Muay Thai and Boxing, 2 years of BJJ, and that was the hardest training I had ever done in my life. Their warmup routines were exhausting before we even go into Judo stuff. It was a lot of fun because even the girls cou source, 2024 ↗

positive

Ive been to live ufc events and watch the occasional ppv and have a black belt in bjj, i spend most of life away from work in this space training at an mma gym next to mma bros. In Chicago its 80% liberals training. I assume its the same in nyc, los angeles and cities like seattle. source, 2024 ↗

neutral

Man I have felt a serious kinship with DRose for a long time. Besides also being from Chicago, I tore my ACL about the time he tore his. I was competing a lot in jiu-jitsu and was hyper focused on making that life's trajectory for a long time until I tore my ACL. I was never as good at BJJ as he was at basketball but I'll be damned if he didn't start getting better and then tear his meniscus about the time I tore my other ACL. He was so much fun to watch! source, 2024 ↗

positive

Only thing that i read from your „experience“ is that you never fought a grappler. I‘m not from Chicago, i didnt have to fight as a kid. And i Also didn’t train a TMAs for most of my life. I‘ve had my share of streetfights, i worked as a bouncer and i trained Escrima, dabbled in karate and settled for MMA. The grappling taught in karate and escrima is Literally a joke compared to what you learn in a real grappling aer like judo/bjj/wrestling. In fact i stopped training escrima because of the grappling techniques that were taught. It was so cringe and nonsense to me, i couldn’t get through the source, 2024 ↗

neutral

I have had to defend myself on the streets of Chicago a few times , BJJ saved my life , literally . Fuck this guy and his hatred for something he doesn’t understand . A ugly fool . source, 2024 ↗

neutral

Where do you guys live where you keep on getting into these flights where you just so happen to use Judo or Bjj? lol Here in Chicago people use pew, pews or you get stabbed. Any grappling should be your last resort when it comes to physical confrontations. The only time you really need self-defense is when it’s your life is on the line otherwise, just avoid that shit altogether . source, 2024 ↗

negative

In the mid-90’s Chicago MMA scene there was a Haitian heavyweight that showed up and did pretty good with no training. He beat some people, and then got tapped out a couple times and disappeared. People from violent situations with a low value placed in human life can often out-compete people who have trained but lack savagery and aggression. The “street” is a euphemism for “real life” or a “combat situation”, much more practical than the theoretical “dojo” where there are rules and norms and mutual understanding. BJJ rose to prominence in the early 90’s MMA because it was so effective as agai source, 2024 ↗

positive

... but maybe you don't *want* Italian pizza. Maybe you *like* the pizza at the Chinese restaurant exactly because they do it a little differently. Like people from Chicago might prefer deep dish over "real" pizza. It's all just food in the end so there's no "right" way to do it as long as you enjoy it and it doesn't kill you. I dunno, I guess I'm saying your analogies need about as much work as the BJJ stand-up game. source, 2024 ↗

neutral