Has anyone had/have them thinking they where something contagious? I got scared and assumed them to be molluscum, and my doctor prescribed meds and froze em without actually seeing them because I had self treated with and over the counter. I'm just thinking because the bumps are not red or pink, no dimples or very slight dumpling, and my fiance has not gotten anything despite me having the bumps for about 2 months. It's just weird, they are only the back of my hands and some on arms, which do get roughed up in GI alot. Yes, I'm going to see my doctor tommorow about this. submitted by /u/BigD ..read more

Just wanted to tell someone about it, I don't really have anyone else I can lol. It was really fun and easygoing. The thing that suprised me though was that my throat was slightly sore after. I thought I was coming down with a cold but it was because of all the choke submissions...lmao. It's gone now. Edit: also sweat. So...much...sweat. submitted by /u/Nyxie_Koi [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

What are some good exercises to increase cardiovascular endurance for grappling? submitted by /u/playakid670 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

White belt here…so I hurt my first training partner today. So basically what happened was we were positional sparring, I ended up in an omaplata top position. That being said I used it to try and sweep/roll him. That being said when I rolled him I tried to swim over him for a dominant position then he tried to scramble up and caught a pretty gnarly elbow to the eye. He then proceeded to YELL in the middle of the mat ”FUCKKKK, FUCKKKKK, WHAT THE FUCKKKK” but I do get that that’s his right to do so after catching an elbow to the eye. Anyways I profusely apologized right after and while he was b ..read more

I’m not trolling. Yes, I’m serious and totally blind. What tips can you suggest? I’m hoping some older black belts with vision loss will be able to give advice. Realistically I won’t be full-on rolling for a while, but I am curious about competition. In all BJJ competition does it always start with one person mounting the other. Are you always starting out touching your opponent? If so, then I’ll prepare to enter some competition in a year or two when I have blue belt. submitted by /u/Alarmed-Instance5356 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello all, Japanese Jitsuka here - so I'm doing a lot of breakfalling and wrist locks compared to BJJ peeps. I have tendonitis in my left wrist, and it appears that after a long session, it begins to flare up on the mat. Has anyone else experienced this, and has any insight as to what may help relieve the discomfort? I do lots of stretching before, during and after sessions, and wear a tight wrist strap when I feel it the most. I also wear it during the falling-heavy parts of the session. It's mostly discomfort rather than full on pain, and it doesn't really shoot up into the forearm, seems t ..read more

I have very bad exercise induced asthma. And when the person on top puts good pressure on me and they know what they’re doing, I have the hardest time breathing. I lift weights, do cardio, I am about to start high intensity anaerobic exercise. But what if I had someone load weight on my upper torso and I laid there breathing and forcing the muscle that pushes my chest out go against resistance? I know the diaphragm rises up and down but is that the muscle that would push the chest forward and open up while standing? (Up while laying down?) submitted by /u/recniabsal1 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello everyone so I commented on a different BJJ page and it got removed so I'll try here, I started BJJ 4 months ago, I competed for the first time a few weeks back, ended up getting staph, my question is do any of y'all with more grappling experience know of any ways I can prevent the possibility of getting it again or is it just part of the sport? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!:) submitted by /u/InsuredBy2A [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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