Joe Rogan Awarded BJJ Blackbelt

[Makalakumu]

http://www.bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/06/27/quick-twitt-joe-rogan-awarded-bjj-black-belt-30426.html

Awesome! Any thoughts on this?

 

[Steve]

I think it's great. Hes been training for a long time.

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[Makalakumu]

I think it's great. Hes been training for a long time.

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15 years to black belt. I'd love to see any vids of him rolling. Anyone know of any?

 

[Steve]

There are a couple if him sparring. I dint think I've ever seen any competition footage.

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[Buka]

Congrats to him! He's been training in the arts since he was a kid. He's been a brown belt (shirt) in 10th Planet for seven or eight years now.

Hats off to Joe.

 

[celtic_crippler]

Good for him! Way to go Joe!

 

[JiujitsuGeeks]

I love hearing Joe talk about jiu-jitsu on his podcast. He has some good insights having trained with Bravo and JJ Machado as well as watching the best MMA grapplers up close. Glad to see him get his BB!

 

[Bill Mattocks]

I had to go look up who Joe Rogan is. OK, great. Good for him.

 

[Steve]

I had to go look up who Joe Rogan is. OK, great. Good for him.

Did this just seem more sarcastic than intended?

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Did this just seem more sarcastic than intended?

I didn't mean it to be sarcastic. I just had no idea who Joe Rogan is. I'm glad he got promoted, good on him for working hard and earning his promotion.

 

[Makalakumu]

If you are a UFC fan, his name is common.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

If you are a UFC fan, his name is common.

That would explain a lot. I'm not even a television fan. Mostly just watch nature and science shows, plus some cartoons. TV sucks.

 

[Steve]

That would explain a lot. I'm not even a television fan. Mostly just watch nature and science shows, plus some cartoons. TV sucks.

Two quick things. First, I picked up a Warner Bros set of classic cartoons on blu-ray. Awesome. My 3 year old has officially been introduced to some of the Bugs Bunny classics like What's Opera, Doc?, The Bunny of Seville, Robin Hood Daffy, and Witch Hazel.

Second, glad to hear it. I was hoping I was reading more into it than was there. The video is pretty good. The language is salty, so bear that in mind if you're at work. But at about 4:00 minutes in, Joe Rogan gives a pretty nice speech about Jiu Jitsu which I agree with completely.

 

[StreetReady]

That's pretty awesome. I like Joe Rogan, he's a funny guy and I know he loves BJJ.

 

[JiujitsuGeeks]

Joe's speech is pretty spot on. Too bad the language is a little blue because I would make it my ringtone!

 

[monk64]

15 years to black belt.

The Gracies say that a black belt takes 7-15 years (starting from white). That's a huge spread of time (between 7 and 15). Rogan as I recall had other MA experience in TKD, though I suspect much of it was not applicable.

Does age play a role? Assuming two people who train equally hard, is the younger guy more likely to progress faster, or the reverse? I'm asking specifically about BJJ, of which I am admittedly pretty ignorant. Rogan is almost 45.

 

[Gentle Fist]

The Gracies say that a black belt takes 7-15 years (starting from white). That's a huge spread of time (between 7 and 15). Rogan as I recall had other MA experience in TKD, though I suspect much of it was not applicable.

Does age play a role? Assuming two people who train equally hard, is the younger guy more likely to progress faster, or the reverse? I'm asking specifically about BJJ, of which I am admittedly pretty ignorant. Rogan is almost 45.

Age is irrelevant. It is said a purple belt knows almost all of the main moves of jiu-jitsu and a black belt has not only mastered them but knows how to chain them together with little thought and effort.

I have rolled with several black belts over the years and all were so different. I know some got their black belt in under 10 years while others took longer. The one thing they all had in common was extreme calmness and were all totally humble. A black belt in BJJ is truly something. I wish the other martial arts still had that "feel" for that rank.