Classic Quote from ArtChoke Media Book!

"In a comparison of coolness, the berimbolo will always trounce the scissor sweep. The scissor sweep is 
your 1995 Ford Escort. Yeah, it starts, and it’s mostly reliable. It will get you from point A to point B and back again. But the radio only picks up AM stations. The windows are manual. And you are pretty sure your back seat doubles as a stray cat brothel when the sun goes down.

The berimbolo is the Fisker Karma. Haven’t heard of it? That’s the same way most jiu-jiteiros reacted when the word “berimbolo” started loating around jiu-jitsu forums, and no one could decide how to pronounce it. The Fisker Karma earned Esquire Magazine’s award for 2012 Most Gorgeous Debut Car of the Year. Henrik Fisker is a former Aston Martin designer who launched his own car design firm in America. The Fisker Karma is his baby, and Esquire described it as “polarizing, gutsy, and a little unbelievable.” It is the sexiest hybrid in the world. Sleek. Shapely. The body seems to ripple like the muscles of a wild animal and the curves beckon like a siren. "

If you would like to read the book by Artechoke media, here is the link, enjoy!

http://artechokemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/free-dont-wear-your-gi-to-the-bar-artechokepdf.pdf

Archetypes in BJJ

Guys, I always thought that eventually someone will put together something like this.

Check it out here (very funny): http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/f24/bjj-stereotypen-32554/

In fact I am pretty sure it covers all of us at least a little bit. For me, I feel sometimes like the "this is my first lesson guy" because I hate to answer the question "how long have you been doing BJJ".

When I started doing BJJ it was especially not great. I had two years of Judo experience already and so when I said I was new to BJJ and then submitted the guy with an arm-triangle or something, it was kind of like "by the way, I've done judo". But its not like you have to disclose your martial arts background to every partner who asks you just before a sparring match whether you have done BJJ before.

By the way, check this link out for some comedy :)

BJJ Comedy :)

Hey everyone! Found this comic strip on the internet and it just cracked me up:)

I actually had a similar situation when I first came to bjj after having done a year of judo. I was already ok in newaza and did some sambo-like grappling as well, so when I came to spar with some of the bjj guys, they were asking "is this your first time doing bjj" and I was answering "well, yes". After the fight when I submitted some of these white belts they realized that I was not really the beginner they thought they would be facing. This is great and I am sure this happens all the time in training when judo/sambo or wrestling guys come to bjj or vice versa.

Guys, we definitely need to find and make more of these comic strips from experience. There must be plenty more.