Blue Belt Promotion Story...(a bit long)

tf · 12-19-2006, 01:07 AM

So, tonight I roll in to class and we go through the warmups. Our instructor says we have some business to take care of before class gets going and he instructs myself and one other student to take our Gi jackets and rashguards off. I'm excited because I know this means I'm getting my blue. I've been training for about a year and nine months but running the gauntlet sucks. So, we both run the gauntlet and get lashed up real nice and good.

I thought that was it and I'd be off the hook when a couple of the old timers say that the new blues should also have to roll with everyone in the class because that's what they had to do. I'm thinking oh crap because there are ~15 guys in class and I know I'm going to be murdered by the end. Well, a few guys into the rolling, we start doing stand up. I'm going against a guy who is really decent wrestler and just won a local tournament a couple of months ago. I've been training takedowns from Karo's DVD and I'm feeling really good about myself because I get a couple of takedowns on the guy. And then it happened - bam! Dude lands a nice Tsuri Goshi throw and I land square on my shoulder. I feel it pop. I'm exhausted. The guys in the club are yelling at me to keep going and stop resting. My pride is welling up in me and I don't want it to look like I'm faking an injury to get out of the rolling. I try to extend my arm and the pain is extreme. I tell the instructor I think I'm injured and he goes to the hospital with me.

In then end, I came home with a blue belt and a separated shoulder. Hurts bad but I got some good pain meds and my blue. I just hope I won't be out too long.

Doop · 12-19-2006, 01:11 AM

congrats man and sorry about your shoulder all i got to say is my life motto " shit happens get over it"

vonanaka · 12-19-2006, 02:31 AM

Sorry to hear about youre shoulder, but it will heal and you will still have your blue belt. Congrats

LCDforMe · 12-19-2006, 03:06 AM

Congratulations on the blue! I loved that feeling.

Did you actually run the gauntlet or did you walk it? Also, that's pretty mean that they whipped you first, then made you roll. lol, it doesn't hurt too bad once you've rolled for (what seems like) hours.

Mule-Kick · 12-19-2006, 03:29 AM

Congrats on your blue mate, bad luck with your shoulder though.

Flibb · 12-19-2006, 05:00 AM

A real blue belt would have walked it off.

sproggdawg · 12-19-2006, 05:44 AM

Look at it this way.....now you have a few weeks to clear your head so you can come back fresh and ready to defend your blue.

tf · 12-19-2006, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LCDforMe

Congratulations on the blue! I loved that feeling.

Did you actually run the gauntlet or did you walk it? Also, that's pretty mean that they whipped you first, then made you roll. lol, it doesn't hurt too bad once you've rolled for (what seems like) hours.

Walked the gauntlet TWICE and then had to roll. I'm sore as hell this morning.

Also, the ER doctor questioned me a lot because my body was so beat up from walking the gauntlet. She asked me, "did you get jumped and beat up?"

BJJ FTW · 12-19-2006, 09:50 AM

Congrats and good luck with the injury.

shagy · 12-19-2006, 10:30 AM

i seperated my shoulder too, i was out for 3 weeks. congratulations on your promotion.

and what is walking the gauntlet? i assume you walk around in a circle while everyone whips you with their belts?