Have you traveled to a different country, did jiu jitsu there and was surprised how good they were? I mean outside of Brazil of course. I had a friend tell me that he popped into a gym in the Philippines during a business trip and said they were surprisingly very aggressive guard players in every gym he would go to there.
anyone that cross trains have any advice, insight, feelings, thoughts or perspectives?
So, I was washing my gi's at a local laundromat, and while im hanging up my gi's on a laundry cart this guy see's them and says
HIM: Yooo martial artist?
Me : Yea jiu jitsu
Him Oh dude, i did jiu jitsu in my prime
Me : That's cool man
10 minutes later - As i wait for my no gi stuff to dry, he passes by and speaks to me again
HIM: Yea bro, injuries got the best of me
Me: Aw man hate it when that happens
30 minutes later - folding my no gi stuff
HIM : Hey can i show you some stuff outside?
Me : Sure...
We walk out to the parking lot, and in my head i was like maybe hes going to show me some sort of tie, or entry.... and then he starts throwing some rounds house kicks. 8 hard ones. They weren't clean, but i respect the effort. He was so proud of himself. I didnt have the heart to tell him thats not what i do.
Me: Fuck yea bro, you still got it
I still wash my gis there and never saw that man again
I met someone whos a seasoned brown belt, but goes to open mats as a "blue belt" lolol. I'm pretty sure this is against some sort of etiquette. What do you guys think about this? Would you be pissed?