Brandon Quick (outspoken bravo student) challenged in the UG

[SpunK238]

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[AnOddParadigm]

Originally Posted by SpunK238

You need an explanation? Watch his "Belt" promotion videos:


Despite their deliberate misrepresentation of the infamous "Shirt" promotion, is this guy really qualified to promote? I mean, if you're advertising it as a "Belt" promotion and the people you're promoting are supposed to be of Blue Belt equivalency...wouldn't the people you're representing want you to look like more than a blue belt yourself?

To be fair, the videos look like a purple/brown belt who is just stalling/feeding moves to a good white belt to see what he does. For example, when he goes for the half guard sweep it looks fairly clear that he can do what he wants, but you aren't going to get a chance to see the test-takers offense that way would you? That said he clearly doesn't do it with the finesse of someone like Roy Dean who does similar tests..

I think Brandon deserves some shit for the video he made dissing old "boring" jiu jitsu. But some of this hate has gotten a little overboard I think.

[Oktavius]

Originally Posted by SpunK238

You need an explanation? Watch his "Belt" promotion videos:



Second video is particularly funny .

Despite their deliberate misrepresentation of the infamous "Shirt" promotion, is this guy really qualified to promote? I mean, if you're advertising it as a "Belt" promotion and the people you're promoting are supposed to be of Blue Belt equivalency...wouldn't the people you're representing want you to look like more than a blue belt yourself?

Nothing wrong there. Seems ok to me.

[Oliver Geddes]

Ditto. Not too bad.

[redaxe]

Originally Posted by davejitsu

So who promoted him? I heard (don't know how true it is) that if you become an affiliate under Bravo you go back a rank automatically (i.e; brown belt= purple shirt).

Well, from what people are saying, it sounds like instead of going down a rank, you go up two.

[platfox]

Originally Posted by Oktavius

Nothing wrong there. Seems ok to me.

I agree partially with you. BQ is supposed to be just stalling and giving the guy openings. What is wrong is, i hope that guy didn't pass to get his blue. He looked aweful. Guys with 6 months experience move smoother than that guy.

[Scooter Brown]

Originally Posted by dead koala

If this is a no-gi competition it won't make a difference.

Wait... So the difference between a brown belt and a black belt is only relevant in gi matches? That seems strange.

[Scooter Brown]

Originally Posted by DarceBrabo

Quick may not be 10thPJJ's best, but I mean damn, he's a brown shirt right??? That *does* mean that he's really solid, right??? People saying that Brandon isn't Eddie's best I think is downplaying the integrity of Eddie's brown shirts (because the purple shirt has already been degraded by Sensei Ari Bolden).

stop saying shirt

[Scooter Brown]

Originally Posted by DarceBrabo

2) Brandon Quick claimed to have gotten his brown belt/shirt from Eddie Bravo

Fact: Brandon Quick never received a brown belt, or even a purple belt from Eddie Bravo.

That's weird. Where did this information come from? It seems weird that Eddie would let him run a 10th Planet School linked from the main 10th Planet site without having given him any kind of rank.

[DarceBrabo]

Originally Posted by Scooter Brown

That's weird. Where did this information come from? It seems weird that Eddie would let him run a 10th Planet School linked from the main 10th Planet site without having given him any kind of rank.

Have you read this thread at all? The source of the information came from a person who posts here who actually trains at 10thPJJ, thats where it came from. And no, I will not stop saying shirt, because thats what i've heard Eddie himself refer to it as during a few sessions that I trained with him.

As for the other guy saying that Brandon looked like a brown/black belt giving feeds, have you ever personally rolled with a Brown/Black Belt on a regular basis? Brown/Black belts dont look like that one bit. Much smoother, much more decisiveness, much more finesse, and not as rough around the edges. Brandon Quick was breathing like he was in a NAGA match.

Speaking of NAGA matches, here goes his NAGA match for those that saw nothing wrong with his technique, and thinks he's a brown belt/SHIRT:

YouTube - Brandon Quick NAGA Round 1

That ^^^^^^^^^^^^ there is *NOT* how a brown belt moves.