Moving to Brazil on 05/06/2009

[PedroCassidinho]

Hey Gerbil, I'm a judoka but also a fan of BJJ (and this thread) and I was just wondering, how did you keep up your training whilst over in Iraq? Was there enough BJJ guy's were you could still roll at a high level?

And also, as you're a pretty big guy, do you find you have a size advantage over most Brazilians?

Congrat's on the brown BTW ....this thread is crack lol.

[Ko[F]]

wow... congratulations dennis

[codysweet02]

Congrats Dennis. You guys are rackin up the belts down there!

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

Originally Posted by PedroCassidinho

Hey Gerbil, I'm a judoka but also a fan of BJJ (and this thread) and I was just wondering, how did you keep up your training whilst over in Iraq? Was there enough BJJ guy's were you could still roll at a high level?

And also, as you're a pretty big guy, do you find you have a size advantage over most Brazilians?

Congrat's on the brown BTW ....this thread is crack lol.

It was tough to keep training in Iraq but I didnt really start training serious until I got home. As far as rolling with high level guys, well that wasnt an issue because I wouldnt describe myself as high level at the time. My idea of a good guard pass was punch them in the face until their legs opened up. It was much easier to find sparring partners than rolling partners. I went at the very beginning of the war following in the initial invasion so I've been home over 5 years.

Yes I do find that I have a size advantage over most Brazilians although I'm on the border of being really big, I'm just slightly bigger than the average guy, so I have plenty of people in my weight class to roll with. I trained twice today and I came in at 89.9 kilos if that gives you an idea.

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

Hey guys, just a random note about this thread.

I really love writing in it and I'll continue to keep you guys updated but thankfully one of the mods brought to my attention that my posts may have been a little to "risky" in the sexual sense so I'll have to tone it down. I know you guys like hearing about it so I'll do my best to keep you informed but the language content will be closer to PG-13 instead of R if you know what I mean. Basically you'll still get the information that you want, but I really don't want my thread to get deleted.

Just a heads up so dont ask for R rated because I cant give it

[codysweet02]

I think the mods are jealous of Gerbil.

[Tengu88]

mods are defiantly jealous

[BTTinUSA]

I concur. Jealously rears its ugly head. lol

Congrats to Dennis as well! Black is a serious honor. Im sure you deserve it brother!

[Gerbiljiujitsu]

I disagree about he jealousy statement. The manner in which it was brought to my attention leads me to believe that the mods would prefer my thread to stay and that they do indeed enjoy reading it. It was like a "hey watch out I dont want to see your thread get axed" type thing. Like I said I'm glad it was brought to my attention like this and not in other possible ways.

[Chow-man]

move the thread to the OT and make it as nasty as you want