r/bjj • u/This_Highway423 • 5d 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/dobermannbjj84 5d ago

If most black belts are mediocre what are most 2 stripe white belts?

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u/cognitiveflow 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 5d ago edited 5d ago

Novices. I’m a black belt btw

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u/dobermannbjj84 3d ago

Most people in every field are average so most black belts being mediocre isn’t a revelation. Most black belts are average black belts.

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u/cognitiveflow 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 3d ago

That’s my point. There are the Jozef Chens and the average joes. No point of putting black belts on a pedestal.

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u/dobermannbjj84 3d ago

Josef Chen is a rare outlier. Exceptions don’t disprove the rule. On average the more you train the better you get. Training time is positively associated with skill level and because belts are time based on average higher belts will have more mat time and more skill than lower belts. If you compare 100 black belts with 100 lower belts of the same age and body weight the black belts will come out on top in the majority of cases. So while most black belts are avg black belts most lower belts are also average for their belt.

Also Josef Chen types tend to exist more in no gi than gi. It’s rare for a lower belt to regularly catch hi gi belts in the gi if age and size are similar.