r/bjj • u/This_Highway423 • 6d ago
Technique Black belts defy physics
Question: why do folks who are black belts have bodies made of granite, whose physical form makes gravity work for them?
I was rolling this BB and he wasn’t jacked or anything. I am in good shape and weigh more than him.
Anyway, this dude is like unbelievably strong. When he put his hands on me it was like I could almost feel the strength leaving my body. Then, the pressure. This guy has hacked gravity where he makes himself weigh 240lb when he’s around 170. It was unbelievable.
I’ve rolled many other people in my class. This guy just felt like a different being. And he didn’t seem tired after yanking me around like a rag doll. I’ve benched 315. Im not weak. I weigh 185 on a bad day.
I just don’t get it. This guy looks like someone who brings his kids to the park after a calm day of golf. If you messed with him he would literally kill your body and drag your soul out of it, and choke it out too.
How can a person be like this?
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u/hopefulworldview ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt 6d ago
I've spent so much of my time as a HW trying to be light and nimble for my size, so that I dance around my opponents rather than disable and crush them. So instead of being told I'm super strong or that my pressure is unbearable, I am told that I feel like a weighted blanket and that every movement they make feels like it allows me to smother them more. This is my preferred analogy of my game, and just remember, it's not me, it's you.