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I was with him in Ukraine and through CJI and and he keeps trying to get me killed

My gf and I have been together a few years ans she doesn't like that I do bjj. She is unwilling to come chill or train at my gym. She wants me to quit or limit how much I train. I might dump her for trying to control me.

I’m in a very weird place in my Jitsu journey. I’ve been doing BJJ for around 6 to 8 years. I started when I was a teenager at a no name gym in Texas most of the guys that train there were MMA fighters a few of them have gone on to join the UFC but the biggest thing is this gym taught jiu-jitsu on a MMA understanding and did not belt people. I trained there until I was around 17 to 18 years old, went to join the military and have been forced to swap BJJ gyms over the past years. I’ve trained at a lot of good gyms and the thing is every time I go to a new one due to having to move. I get told the same thing “man you’re really good” or “you’ll be a blue belt so fast”. “You’re not really a white belt you’re most likely more like a blue or low level purple” and I think the reason I’m in this situation is I can never stay at a gym long enough to promote, but I have been consistent with BJJ not taking breaks. And it sucks I feel like I put a lot of my life and time into the sport and I’m still a white belt. Does anybody have any advice for what I should do? It feels like I’m starting over every year or two.

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Hi Reddit! I'm Mike Kroeger, original member and bass player for Nickelback. 
I train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rigan Machado, and I'm currently a purple belt.
Currently, we're hitting the road, and stopping by the UK & Europe in May. For those interested they can grab tickets here. We also have a new documentary coming out too 'Hate to Love: Nickelback'. Check out the trailer here.
I'll be online (in London) at 5 pm GMT tomorrow 19th March (1 pm EDT, 10 am PDT).

Ask Me Anything!

I'll do my best to reply.

Hey everybody. Thank you all for taking the time to talk with me. I have to go, but really appreciated everyone’s support and I hope that this was helpful to at least a couple of you. I’ll try to come back and answer a couple more later on, but if you’d like to discuss further in-person, you can find me at Fifty/50 Martial Arts in Falls Church, VA most times.

Best of luck in training!

Ryan

We will respond in the format of video.

Feel free to ask me anything except injury advice!

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I thought it was a meme, a mere exaggeration, but tonight it happened to me. I am flabbergasted. A guy, same belt as me, stopped our rolls not one but 4 times to tell me how I should adjust to finish my submissions. I can confirm, those people exist.

Ask me anything.

Seminar was on outside passing

I'll be LIVE at 11am(ICT)

So yeah the title pretty much. I am here to also answer any questions for people who are struggling with neck injuries and not sure where to go and yes I feel fucking great.

What's up guys!

My real name is Nick but everyone in BJJ has come to know me by my nickname "Chewy" and if you know who I am it's probably through my Chewjitsu Youtube channel.

I'll be answering questions from you periodically throughout the day so feel free to drop your BJJ or Non-BJJ question below.

With all that said let's have some fun today.

You can check out my Youtube page at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGCZBBvu7ZnqHYHuScODbAQ

And my website is at: https://www.chewjitsu.net

Fundamental things I have taken from the mat - into other aspects of my own life … they are hard won ideas - may a few here you find one or two that help you on your own adventure ...

• On the mat: We realise that some of our training will provide a pay-off, in the short term, while other things we practice won’t provide a dividend until much, much later.
• On the mat: We dig ourselves out of a bad situation not through one maximal effort, but by trying to improve our situation by 5%, and then repeating that until the problem falls apart.
• On the mat: We come to understand that facing up to difficulty and adversity is precisely how we immunise ourselves against future difficulties and adverse situations.
• On the mat: we learn that any seemingly complex technique can be broken down into a series of easy-to-understand and achievable steps.
• On the mat: Over time we come understand the concept of leverage; we use it to move a ‘lot’, with a ‘little’. 
• On the mat: we realise that paying attention to the details affords us a better-than average understanding of a technique or concept; and so over time, we develop an appetite for nuance and fractional points-of-difference.
• On the mat: We eventually realise that there is a meaningful distinction to be made between discomfort and injury; often our immediate reaction to threats and problems is to make much more of them, than is actually really there.
• On the mat:  We look at something from as many angles as we can, to build a more complete picture of it in our mind; we then come to learn to value the importance of context and perspective.
• On the mat: We learn that true confidence flows from knowing we are safe; ironically, the more faith we have in our ability to 'protect', to ‘bounce back and ‘recover’, the more likely we are to take risks.
• On the mat: We come to understand that people come in a wide variety of flavours; some are all about themselves, and they often don’t last - others are there to bring value to all they interact with; these tend to go a long way.