for being a white guy who speaks English well

I've joked about hating to to watch Lepri's vids because of his accent (it's not incomprehensible as much as Italian-sounding Brazilian 'poot your ahrrrm ovurh heerah'), not to mention Maia, but to have these white guys overtly market themselves on their English to the detriment of a lot of great Brazilian guys is borderline disrespectful.

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>We've talked about this. How most of the way BJJ is taught is
>not the most efficient way to learn. Its not that you cnat
>learn, but its just not as easy if you arent a natural.
>There's no consistent drilling, no scaffolding of techniques.
>I think this is one of the thing's Keenan is trying to do with
>his online channel. It's unfortunbate that a lot of the guys
>doing this type of research/work liek Kit Dale and keenan are
>white.
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>MG in action was game changing when it came out, and it has
>the potential to be so much more...but Marcelo is on autopilot
>with it these days.
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> My wrestling friends who now do jiujitsu have similar
>critiques. WIth all that being said. Jiujitsu isnt hs or
>college wrestling. Those guys that do that are doing it with a
>goal of competition in mind.
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>BJJ has that but also has hobbyists and guys who just want
>exercise, so the environment isnt intense. If BJJ rooms were
>treated like wrestling rooms, they'd lose like 70% of their
>customer base...easily. Not many adults after a long day of
>work or with the kids (if they arent training for comp would
>take that kind of "abuse") --especially without a really good
>supportive community.
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>I love BJJ, and was in that Unity pro training before
>Christmas break, and while I reveled in the 12 rounds in a hot
>ass room for 2 hours--it's not something I would do more than
>once every couple weeks lol. Most people would tap out just
>from the training condition and environment if they aren't
>seriously "pro training"

Yeah I would be down to visit once or twice maybe, just to feel the levelz.

Describe their dudes though. Their blue belts. The vibe. The style of rolling. The smell. The mold. The inside-out gis for afternoon sessionz. Paint a picture for those that have never set foot on the brackish, Everglade-like mats.

>Ive said this before, but in terms of marketing and community
>building, if a BJJ gym really wants to grow (and doesnt have a
>world class guy running it) there are some lessons to learn
>from some of the top Crossfit gyms and how they build
>community.

You can't spell crossfit without the oss

>My neighborhood really needs an academy. I would love to run a
>social project /community type grappling program like
>Fernando, but Im nowhere near the level to teach yet. It's a
>shame because rent in my neighborhood for a studio could still
>be affordable.

That would be off the chain. Rolling outside of the academy is more and more appealing to me. Trying to get together with my man that used to fight MMA and my boy who got his brown in Judo and just started submission wrestling on the side at my JKD school, and have the assistant instructor and the instructor just work some easy rounds with all of us. That's my goal in like a month when I'm back in shape.