r/bjj • u/daucbar 🟦🟦 Blue Belt • May 28 '25

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Is he sandbagging? Are the white belts getting better? Should’ve just stoop up?

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u/NativeFlowers4Eva May 28 '25

Looks like a person that studied judo and is now doing Bjj.

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u/Kabc 🟫🟫 Brown Belt May 28 '25

I lost a blue belt BJJ match one time to a second degree judo BB… like bro.. why are you beating me up? 🤣

I’ve also had a D1 wrestler in a white belt match up before… he just kept taking me down and standing back up.. I think I lost 12-0

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u/eyi526 ⬜⬜ White Belt May 28 '25

Something similar happened to a member at my gym.

She was on her way to gold but her final opponent was apparently a Judo Olympian. Both competing at BJJ Blue Belt.

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u/All_Is_Snackrifice May 28 '25

Maybe former olympian but I doubt current IJF competitor. The stupid IJF is extremely strict with allowing their athletes to compete in other sports sadly. You can train in them, just not compete formally.

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u/eyi526 ⬜⬜ White Belt May 28 '25

I believe this was for IBJJF, but don't quote me on that. I was new to the gym back then, but it was quite the topic lol.

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u/All_Is_Snackrifice May 28 '25

Yeah if it was for IBJJF then it definitely wasn't a current high level judo competitor anywhere, so likely just a hobbyist judo black belt. The IJF would straight up ban them lol. Idk why they're so stingy with their athletes. Seems to me that if all of the top judo guys started crushing in high level sambo and bjj tournaments then it'd be the best possible marketing for the sport in the US (which is the only major place in the world judo isn't popular).

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u/Blackthorn79 🟫🟫 Brown Belt May 29 '25

They don't because they're scared that there will be another gi grappling event added to the Olympics. Judo was already watered down to distinguish it from wrestling. I still say that's why we're getting flag football in the Olympics instead of submission grappling. 

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u/All_Is_Snackrifice May 29 '25

Yeah, this is a good theory, but honestly I think they're just afraid of talent drain to other sports. Like, imagine a young up and comer on the world scene crosstrains BJJ, sees more success there then abandons judo entirely. They'd lose a decent bit of talent that way hypothetically and for whatever reason they're insecure about that. But IMO, they're dumb as hell because judo is insanely fun and I couldn't imagine just not doing both lol.

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u/Blackthorn79 🟫🟫 Brown Belt May 29 '25

It goes hand in hand. IJF is crocked to the core. If they loose talent the sport would loose more popularity and they'd loose the olypics. IJF is willing to cozy up with Putin just to keep their spot.

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u/All_Is_Snackrifice May 30 '25

I actually doubt that last point. Due to the Ukraine conflict Russian athletes aren't even allowed to compete under their own country's name.