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Splinty

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10+ years ago I tried a bunch of no gi training. This was prior to the increased popularity of MMA and BJJ. I was paying $20 to $30 a month to train with two Royce Gracie black belts where Royce would show up randomly once a year.

I should have been in that class 6 days a week given the value.

Yes I was too stupid to know what I had.

I ended up moving and getting into Muay Thai and learning that figuring out how to not get punched is really really hard.

So here I am a lifetime removed from any real training.

I'm now in medicine working shift work with approximately 15 days a months that are crazy insanity and 15 days off.

Those two weeks off I am planning to be in class. I know atleast a few days every week is optimal, but thems the breaks and I'm tired of making excuses on why I'm not doing any training.

My only real goal is to continue to stay in shape and enjoy the excitement of competition that I don't get when I'm just working out in a normal gym.


Does this seem reasonable? What can I do on my own time in those 2 weeks that I am working (off only after hours when the bjj gym is closed) to be beneficial to my training?

Planning to start class around middle of January when I've got my next stretch.
 
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Nothing will supplement mat time if you want to become proficient in BJJ, however including a stretching and cardio program as well as core strengthening would help on your down days.

The average person trains 2-3 days a week, if on your training weeks you truly get to train 6 days, than you'd be comparable to those others. The key is to focus getting better at the techniques, don't worry about trying to tap guys or trying not to get tapped... Have fun with it and enjoy the journey.

Who were the Royce black belts you trained with? My coach is one of Royce's first black belts so I've met a lot of Royce's other black belts through him and Royce
 
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Rhino said:
Nothing will supplement mat time if you want to become proficient in BJJ, however including a stretching and cardio program as well as core strengthening would help on your down days.

The average person trains 2-3 days a week, if on your training weeks you truly get to train 6 days, than you'd be comparable to those others. The key is to focus getting better at the techniques, don't worry about trying to tap guys or trying not to get tapped... Have fun with it and enjoy the journey.

Who were the Royce black belts you trained with? My coach is one of Royce's first black belts so I've met a lot of Royce's other black belts through him and Royce
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I'd easily be able to put in 5-6 days of mat time evey other week. I'm just off all day and the gym is a mile from my home. My barrier to this has never been lower.


No ego here. I'm a busy doc with a remote white belt history. Just enjoy the process and sport of it. But I know nothing at this point.


The ebarb brothers here in Texas ran some formal and informal training venues before they finally started a proper bjj/mma school over in Beaumont. Looking back on google, they might have been purple belts at the time. Not trying to misrepresent anything about them. Just that there was a few year period in small town Texas that you could get some serious training for essentially a donation to pay the light bill.
 
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STANDWITHRAND said:
I'd easily be able to put in 5-6 days of mat time evey other week. I'm just off all day and the gym is a mile from my home. My barrier to this has never been lower.


No ego here. I'm a busy doc with a remote white belt history. Just enjoy the process and sport of it. But I know nothing at this point.


The ebarb brothers here in Texas ran some formal and informal training venues before they finally started a proper bjj/mma school over in Beaumont. Looking back on google, they might have been purple belts at the time. Not trying to misrepresent anything about them. Just that there was a few year period in small town Texas that you could get some serious training for essentially a donation to pay the light bill.
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Hey I think I'll be doing a few seminars in Texas in February (Dallas and Houston), if you can make them please come on out
 
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Rhino said:
Hey I think I'll be doing a few seminars in Texas in February (Dallas and Houston), if you can make them please come on out
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I'm in Houston. Keep us all up to date and if I am off, I'm there!
 
Disciplined Galt

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Been thinking about taking up BJJ at ATT Bangkok myself, mostly as a way to help me cut down on drinking.
 
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Sounds like you have a solid plan. We have some guys that travel a lot for work, and therefore only train in spurts. They may not progress as fast as a regular 4-5 time a weeker, but they do OK. I would expect that you will be fine if you train as you plan.
 
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I second train every day you can on your off days and do easy cardio and mobility/flexibility work on your work days. I'd even toss in some kettlebell work and 1 or 2 high intensity interval sessions on your work weeks after a month or two of adjusting.

People fail to realize just his beneficial easy cardio is for recovery and overall health when paired with BJJ.

If you're in decent shape now you can easily do 10 or 12 sessions in 15 off days. More once your body adjusts. Heck that's more training days than 99% of the tossers posting BJJ lifestyle nonsense on Facebook.

Have fun.
 
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Wear a gi to work. Practice on your patients.
Carpal Tunnel? Let me check your wrist.

Difficulty breathing? Does it feel like this?
 
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I was thinking about that the other day as well, but i dont think my body type at the moment will do well in BJJ right now. I miss it though i wont lie. I did a lot of training at serra longo when i was in LI. Did a few classes at Renzos in NYC a bunch of years ago, and even trained with the miller bros in NJ. I havent rolled in about 3 years. I still do kickboxing, muay thai like 3 times a week though.
 
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^ outstanding advice. A rear naked choke is a fantastic vagal maneuver if someone is in SVT as well, but I have not been bold enough to do that to a patient yet.
 
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SC MMA MD said:
^ outstanding advice. A rear naked choke is a fantastic vagal maneuver if someone is in SVT as well, but I have not been bold enough to do that to a patient yet.
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Why are you so knowledgeable? What do you do?
 
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SC MMA MD said:
Splinty @STANDWITHRAND same question back, what kind of MD are you. I assume from some of your posts that you either are ED or do locum tenens of some sort
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Family Medicine with OB.
And yeah you hit the nail on the head, locums. I've got insurance through the Army, a wife in residency, and school debt to the sky. So locums works out well for chasing dollars when you don't need benefits. My locums work varies. I've done ED work during residency, but my locums is just backfilling FM docs and doing hospitalist stuff. Eventual plan is to go play Doc Hollywood in small town Texas...once I'm done vicariously living a second residency via the wife.o_O
 
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Sweet, so next time I injure something in training, I'll send a photo to you both for a consult ;-)
 
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STANDWITHRAND said:
10+ years ago I tried a bunch of no gi training. This was prior to the increased popularity of MMA and BJJ. I was paying $20 to $30 a month to train with two Royce Gracie black belts where Royce would show up randomly once a year.

I should have been in that class 6 days a week given the value.

Yes I was too stupid to know what I had.

I ended up moving and getting into Muay Thai and learning that figuring out how to not get punched is really really hard.

So here I am a lifetime removed from any real training.

I'm now in medicine working shift work with approximately 15 days a months that are crazy insanity and 15 days off.

Those two weeks off I am planning to be in class. I know atleast a few days every week is optimal, but thems the breaks and I'm tired of making excuses on why I'm not doing any training.

My only real goal is to continue to stay in shape and enjoy the excitement of competition that I don't get when I'm just working out in a normal gym.


Does this seem reasonable? What can I do on my own time in those 2 weeks that I am working (off only after hours when the bjj gym is closed) to be beneficial to my training?

Planning to start class around middle of January when I've got my next stretch.
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Good for you. I've always thought about trying BJJ but can never find the motivation.
 
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Congrats on getting back into it!
  1. Wear your gi at all times. You should not feel like you are in your own skin without it.
  2. Forget about walking from now on. Butt scoot or shrimp your way around. It is the best way to develop muscle memory.
  3. No more smiling at people on the street. Only mean mug them. This way they know you are taking this thing seriously.
 
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