🧵 EXCUSES
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Jan 2023 13:17:16 UTC No. 132380
What are your favourite Combat Sports/ Martial Arts-related bullshit excuses that you hear in sparring?
Mine is
>roll with someone
>have him in a precarious position
>fag starts "teaching" how to finish the submission aka prattling.
It is sly and the inexperienced practitioner may see it as benevolence. I hate this shit but I always laugh when some cunt is trying to pull that off. Ace-tier excuse.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:31:33 UTC No. 132390
>>132380
I'm faceblind. Is that Dana White or Jon Logan?
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:47:47 UTC No. 132511
>>132380
>My techniques are too deadly to use, so I can't use them in a fight.
I actually knew a guy who talked like this. He even made the infamous claim that his hands were registered at the police station as deadly weapons. Why are some people like this?
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:42:59 UTC No. 132646
>You must be a wrestler.
When you crush some weak BJJ faggot who has a higher belt.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:17:36 UTC No. 132761
>>132511
Send me his location. I'd like to fight him
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:38:38 UTC No. 132764
>>132390
Yes. It is.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:50:29 UTC No. 132795
>>132380
I mean i do it sometimes but only in cases where my sparring partner is trying some submission totally wrong. i've had countless spars where the dude cranks a choke or lock without feeling anything, in that case its better to let the other guy know.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Jan 2023 13:42:45 UTC No. 133037
>>132380
>I have a bad [body part]
Then don’t fucking spar? Maybe go back to resting?
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Jan 2023 12:48:22 UTC No. 133152
>>133037
>Bro, I just trained with X
Similar vibe.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Jan 2023 14:04:26 UTC No. 133157
>>132380
>ITT: Newfags who think you’re supposed to “win” sparring and can’t handle getting direction from more experienced fighters when they’re doing shit completely wrong
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:03:25 UTC No. 133280
>>133157
>*gets caught in a perfectly fine RNC*
>b-bro let me t-teach you. y-you are doing it wrong
>CCHHRRRRPFFTTPFFTTCHRRRRRTSSS
>l-listen please.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:05:38 UTC No. 133337
>>133157
I agree with you if I haven’t finished the sub on a higher belt after 10-15 seconds of attempting it, but otherwise it’s definitely an excuse
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Jan 2023 20:16:45 UTC No. 133348
>>133280
>things that didn’t happen
If you executed it perfectly then your partner wouldn’t be able to explain how to do it.
>>133337
>it’s an excuse
Excuse for what? You don’t “win” sparring.
Anonymous at Tue, 31 Jan 2023 23:21:11 UTC No. 134284
>>132380
>rolling with a dude slightly bigger than me
>get him in baseball choke from bottom half-guard and bait them into moving to side control
>he moves into side control and I turn away applying the choke
>doesn't tap
>hold it a bit
>still doesn't tap
>put the choke on harder
>doesn't tap
>put it on more
>starts making the gurgling noises and bodyweight sags down onto me
>immediately let go and ask if he's ok, he was out for a sec
>he says "Nah I was fine, just the humidity is all"
>okay, whatever, continue rolling
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:08:32 UTC No. 137087
>>134284
i lol'd
if im dominating someone in a sub and they refuse to tap i just drop it and honk them on the nose
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 21:41:36 UTC No. 137100
>>132380
I specifically wait until I've fully escaped and gotten to a dominate position to give finishing deets.
Anonymous at Sat, 25 Feb 2023 21:49:09 UTC No. 137102
>>133348
You sound like a guy that is constantly getting his ass handed him during sparring sessions
Anonymous at Sun, 12 Mar 2023 08:20:41 UTC No. 138833
>>132380
higher belts allow OP to get into dominant position so he can actually learn some subs and he dosen't even realize it
Anonymous. at Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:06:33 UTC No. 139472
>>132380
>Teaching from bottom is an excuse.
Bullshit.
Just because you got the dude down doesn't mean you've got the submission.
Either you're worse at submissions than grappling, or they're harder to submit then take down.
Sometimes, they're better at defending. Sometimes, some submissions just don't work on people, because they don't move right or react right.
>T. BJJ white belt who's lanky, flexible, high pain threshold, who's spent a full five minutes on his back on multiple occasions, while a black belt or brown belt tries to submit me.
Now a real excuse is flipping between not taking it seriously, and going super hard.
Going light, playing around, slap-boxing, barely engaging, and when the other person gets their measure and begins to get control, stepping off, looking away, and acting disinterested in continuing, so your sparring partner can't pursue without looking like an opportunistic dick.
The round doesn't stop just because you got tired, or you're no longer winning. Put your hands up, stand and fight.
Anonymous at Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:43:59 UTC No. 139493
>>133037
They're probably referring to a long term chronic injury anon. You have to train around those.
Anonymous at Fri, 24 Mar 2023 03:13:40 UTC No. 139992
>>133037
If you stick to training long enough you will understand them
Fucking white belts
Anonymous at Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:21:40 UTC No. 140538
I feel like I need to point out that sparing isn't a competition, however I do get tired of the constant excuses of smokers who think they can keep smoking while being martial artist.
>*Huff puff* It must be the humidity
>*Wheeze* news said there's a lot of pollen in the air
>*Hacking cough* wow that leg kick really knocked the wind out of me
>*Gasp* I should have eaten a better breakfast
Etc.
If you want decent cardio quit smoking. It's a bad example for the kids and exactly the reason a chubby dude like myself can out pace you for round after round after round despite endurance not being a strong suit of mine.
Anonymous at Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:56:38 UTC No. 140540
>>137102
It’s funny that you think that, white belt.
Anonymous at Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:17:53 UTC No. 140646
Anonymous at Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:37:36 UTC No. 140670
>>140646
Post your belt
Anonymous at Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:17:40 UTC No. 140824
>>137102
Isn't this the whole reason we train after all?