Well I've been screwing around with BJJ since 1995. I basically did 2 karates, taekwondo, san shoo, some aikido since I was about 8. Then I found BJJ and I was sold. Now I do BJJ, boxing, thai and some wrestling. I train most of the other stuff on my own and I'm not competitive but I train with many high level competetors. I have a neck injury that requires a surgery so I've been light training for a while. Like 3 years now. I'll have the surgery soon. Anyway, what I learned when I trained with Bjj guys, thai, boxing and wrestling is that these are competition based sports. There is no bullshit, yes there are rules, but you learn what really works against other well trained athletes in all of these. You develop because you are always testing yourself. Many other ma's don't offer this and offer theory and slowly practiced 'lethal' moves. They also stop after one technique scores a lot of times too which is bad. Bottom line is I just love bjj and mma and I feel like I wasted my time too but better to find out now than never. Any training questions let me know. I'm really into it and when I get my surgery I'll have time to write.
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