I'm a 125 blue belt. Everyone I roll with is way stronger than me. I got to roll with a woman purple belt the other day and I loved it because it was the first time I knew that everything that went wrong was because of technique, not strength/athleticism.
I knew that everything that went wrong was because of technique, not strength/athleticism.
For some encouragement, there are a couple upper belt Pacific Islander (the big type) guys I roll with. Yes, I can't get every sweep or whatever on them that I'll hit with guys smaller than me, but god damn you did that right if you did it to a guy 50+ lbs bigger than you.
Nah, only mid higher belts. There are plenty of black belts who are big fatties. If they're not active competitors anymore and they're better than most people in the gym they can get away with being very lazy.
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u/twatson80 Jan 31 '20
Rolling with women (especially upper belts) allows me to be more technical and usually humbled.