Why Bj Penn is the best BJJ guy in the world

**Olorin** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 12:54am

Originally Posted by seeker of truth

Hope this wans't posted yet, pretty cool I think...

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**hate2beU** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 1:19am

Great Clips ! The Black belts didn't look thrilled losing to Penn...Oh well !

**Teh El Macho** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 11:01am

Originally Posted by AAAhmed46

Didn't he train like five times a week?

Time permitting, serious practitioners train a LOOOOOOOOOOT more than that. Most casual MA practitioners train with 3 to 5 times a week, 1 to 1.5 hour each session on average... again time permitting.

Serious practitioners do A LOT MORE. For them, training takes precendence over most other things, just like any athlete in any sport. Take Kimura for example - he did like 9 hours of training a day, every day. It sounds like a lot to most of us mere mortals, but 10 hours a week would be the minimum norm for any serious practitioner who wants to get somewhere... just like any other athlete in any sport.

**Ming Loyalist** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 11:08am

more importantly he was able to fly in the world's best instructors for private lessons as well.

putting in productive time is just as important as putting in the time.

**Draven** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 11:17am

Didn´t he lie to his parents that he was using this money to pay for college, but spent it all on BJJ lessons?

**Planktime** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 11:56am

Originally Posted by Ming Loyalist

maybe he's wearing a white belt because he doesn't have a belt rank in judo.

i mean it's a judo tournament, in judo he IS a white belt.

I have always objected to this video showing the 3l337n355 of BJJ. I am not sure if it is because it makes the judo players look so bad, or if it is the fact that you have a world class athelete going against some black belts of unknown reputation. I also dont beleive that he is a white belt in BJJ during this tourniment. He may be i may just be off base but it seems like he is wearing a white belt because he dosnt hold a belt in judo.

On a positive side this video and events like this is the reason my Judo club works so hard on the ground. So maybe this is similar to the history of judo where the "young" judoka "rebels" tuned the jujitsu world on its ear.

**Cough/Cool** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 1:27pm

Originally Posted by elnyka

Time permitting, serious practitioners train a LOOOOOOOOOOT more than that. Most casual MA practitioners train with 3 to 5 times a week, 1 to 1.5 hour each session on average... again time permitting.

Serious practitioners do A LOT MORE. For them, training takes precendence over most other things, just like any athlete in any sport. Take Kimura for example - he did like 9 hours of training a day, every day. It sounds like a lot to most of us mere mortals, but 10 hours a week would be the minimum norm for any serious practitioner who wants to get somewhere... just like any other athlete in any sport.

But when you say 9 hours a day, you don't mean straight Judo right? I mean conditioning, stretching, this is all training. I don't think the body can handle that much.

A lot of the new school thinking actually promote a lot of rest. Take Rhadi Ferguson's training approach of being intense and streesing quality over quantity. In addition, some MA peopel take notes, pictures and perfect their moves training pure technique at a very low intensity. It is impossible to go all out everyday.

**Cough/Cool** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 1:29pm

Originally Posted by Planktime

I have always objected to this video showing the 3l337n355 of BJJ. I am not sure if it is because it makes the judo players look so bad, or if it is the fact that you have a world class athelete going against some black belts of unknown reputation. I also dont beleive that he is a white belt in BJJ during this tourniment. He may be i may just be off base but it seems like he is wearing a white belt because he dosnt hold a belt in judo.

On a positive side this video and events like this is the reason my Judo club works so hard on the ground. So maybe this is similar to the history of judo where the "young" judoka "rebels" tuned the jujitsu world on its ear.

I heard he was a white belt in BJJ at this time as well because he had just started training at an actual academy (I thought I heard it was Ralph Gracies') - regardless, he had a neighbor that he trained hard with before he joined a school.