August 18, 2025 • 17 mins
Couple of banger questions on today's QNA episode. We dive in on finding your golden ratio, some nonstandard methods of taking care of cramps, and eye pokes in training.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
A good martial artist does not become tense but ready
.
Essentially, at this point thefight is over, so you pretty
much flow with the goal.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Who is worthy to be trusted with the secret to
limitless power.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I'm ready.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Welcome to the Bulletproof for BJJ podcast.
Today is our Q&A episode.
Jt and I are going to answerthe questions from y'all.
We haven't done one of thesefor a couple of recordings, no,
so apologies if you sent thisthrough, you know you thought
we'd forgotten about you.
We haven't here we are.
By the way, if you want torecord a question for us to be
featured on a future episode, goto bulletproofforbjjcom, hit
(00:54):
the podcast tab and big redbutton.
Record us a voicemail.
We love hearing you guys.
We love to hear where you'refrom.
It's great to know who ourlisteners are.
So, please, it's a little treat, and no doubt you've got
something on your mind thatprobably a bunch of other
grapplers out there are alsothinking, so it really helps the
community.
First one here, anonymous.
Let's see what we've got.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Hey guys, this is Dan .
I'm a Purple Belt in the States, 44 years old Shout out Dan In
Missouri.
You guys responded to aquestion I had.
Thank you so much.
I wanted to give you a quickupdate.
So mine was about, you know,getting older on the mats and
dealing with that and, you know,kind of slowing down a little
bit.
But I wanted to let you knowthat, um, your advice on maybe a
(01:38):
little less frequency,situational drilling and, um,
really being purposeful aboutwhen I go hard, uh, those things
have made a huge difference andI'm really motivated now.
So I've been doing yourstandards program for two months
and I've started focusing alittle more on that and only
going to jujitsu three to fourdays a week as opposed to five
or six.
(01:58):
As a result of all these thingscombined, A, I feel like I have
more energy and, B, I've beenable to tap into this
explosiveness that wasn't therebefore.
Um, in the milliseconds beforesomeone puts me in a dominant
position, right, so someonepasses my guard and it's about
to make my life hell.
I'm able to get out a littlequicker than I was before
(02:20):
because I've got a little moreto like tap into, I think, Um,
and I'm not tired all the time.
So thank you so much.
Um, I also wanted to let youknow that, um, reserving those
days when I do go hard also areally big help and really
motivating.
I might only do it once a week,but when I do it it feels so
much stronger and it's it's areal mood boost.
(02:41):
So I just wanted to say thankyou guys so much.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Fuck, how cool is that?
Yeah, amazing.
Thanks bro.
We appreciate the feedback andit's great to hear someone check
back in Because you know, likepeople send a question and then
it's like what happened to thatguy?
Yeah, and so it's great to knowthat and it's fantastic to hear
that that's working for you.
And so it's great to know thatand it's fantastic to hear that
(03:06):
that's working for you.
And, look, I'll be honest, likeI am a poor, harder kind of guy,
in general, I tend to do stuffto the nth degree, for better or
worse, but for sure, in thesame way you're experiencing
with your gains with jujitsu andin the gym.
I experienced that when Istarted approaching my own
lifting differently, not maxingevery session, but just over
(03:28):
time, finding moments ofopportunity for intensity and
then finding that there isbenefit in doing days that are
not maximal.
That was over 10 years ago.
Subsequently, I keep that andthat has enabled me to now.
I'm 42 years old, still gettingstronger, and I think that's
the thing.
You do have to change yourapproach as you age and you've
(03:50):
got to find what works for you,and it sounds like it's working
for you.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Yeah, man, that's so cool.
I've actually got it written onmy hat here.
Quality over quantity Qualityover quantity 100% and it's,
yeah, like finding that balanceand giving yourself that rest.
I mean, Dan actually said it.
He said I have more energy andthat's kind of everything,
because I think, like whenyou're really in the fire,
grappling a bunch and workingand doing all that often fatigue
(04:15):
is the thing you feel.
You're just fucking tired.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
All the time.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
And so being able to be in the gym doing your
strength work, doing yourflexibility, training jits and
getting better and having energyis like.
You found the secret there,brother.
Well done, amen.
Next question coming in fromDoug.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Hey, what's up?
Joey and JT my name's Dougreaching out from Ogden, utah.
Second time I've called in.
I'm reaching out because I'vebeen really struggling with
cramps lately.
I'm reaching out because I'vebeen really struggling with
cramps lately and, as you guyssuggested, I got something
similar to Sodi, a differentbrand but some electrolyte
powder, and, man, I've beendrinking this stuff like someone
(04:54):
bet me I couldn't, but I stillkeep cramping.
So I guess I just wanted to knowif it's like just a casualty of
the sport, something that'sgoing to happen, no matter what,
if I should be taking more ofthese.
I've been having two or threeof these packets a day and
drinking around a gallon ofwater, eating pretty clean,
(05:15):
following the program, workingout, and I still get these
cramps all the time and itaffects me being able to finish
up triangles, even just hipescaping sometimes, when my
foot's cramping is nearlyimpossible.
So just any suggestions thatyou have as far as like dosage
of different electrolytes andlike what specifically I want to
(05:36):
focused on when I'm looking atsupplements.
I know you'll probably say Ijust need to buy sodium, I might
, but anyway, that's what Iwanted to know.
Thank you so much, guys.
Love the podcast.
Hope to hear my question again.
Thanks, bye, awesome.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Fucking hell.
He's just set us up for thesodium drop.
No, no, no sodium drop.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I mean, look, no, it's enough electrolytes.
No, no, no, I'm sure you'redoing enough of the electrolytes
.
I would recommend two thingswhich can help here, because a
good friend of mine used tosuffer really bad leg cramps Not
a jujitsu person, just someonewho suffered a lot of calf foot
and lower limb cramps.
Two things which will help Oneis massage and using a lacrosse
(06:27):
ball or a roller of some sort toreally work through to what we
talk about like muscle quality.
So this person was prettyflexible.
So I couldn't understand howare you getting cramps?
It wasn't like they were atight person, they weren't
restricted in their movement,but they went and started seeing
a myotherapist regularly andthe person they would like give
them a little, just that andthey'd be like, ah, so much pain
(06:48):
because the actual musclequality was low and so they
weren't actually getting theblood circulating to the muscle
the way they thought they were.
So this person sat down fortheir job and once they started
getting consistent massages andthen they started doing a bit of
massage with a ball and aroller, this helped improve
(07:09):
their circulation.
So it helped relax theirmuscles as well, like reduce
nervous tension.
And then the next thing on.
That was magnesium.
Now, this person didn't justtake magnesium as a supplement,
um, they used magnesium spray.
So people who get really badcramps.
It's often referred to asmagnesium oil, even though it's
(07:30):
not oil.
It just has an oily texture.
You can get it from a like ahealth food store or something
like that.
It's pretty cheap, it's like 1015 bucks.
You just spray it on and youmassage it into the area and it
helps reduce muscular tension.
So massage is one thing, oralmagnesium, but then magnesium
spray on the crampy areas willhelp.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Yeah, I was just thinking through the whole piece
there.
Magnesium for sure.
Yeah, topical is really good.
I second the sprays.
You can also do epsom saltbaths, which which is, you know,
magnesium salts, um, and so youknow, if you like doing bars
I'm a big fan of baths just getyourself a big fucking container
of epsom salt and put a solid.
(08:12):
You got to make sure you put abig dose into the bath but soak
in there for 10, 15 minutes.
Try that a couple times a week.
And then also, yeah, obviouslysupplementation, which is
probably the most expensive ofthe lot.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
It is.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
There's many different grades of magnesium.
I'm not actually going to tellyou which ones are good, because
I actually find it quiteconfusing, but you know it is
one of those things you do, ofcourse, get magnesium in your
electrolyte supplement but youdon't get the dosage that you're
going to get from like an oralor a topical application.
(08:45):
We're talking like, say, withsodium.
I think you're getting.
What do you get?
Like 90, 100?
I think it's 200.
200 milligrams.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But you know, if you're going for your, it's
pretty good, but if you arehaving more of a stock standard
electrolyte it may not have anymagnesium.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
No, that's right it might just be sodium and
potassium right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So having like an exclusive one you have before
bed can help yeah yeah, just anote on magnesium.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
I'm one of the people and I've heard this is a thing.
Most forms of magnesium willsettle people down and it's
often used as like a pre-bedtimesupplement because it helps you
sleep.
I used as like a pre-bedtimesupplement because it helps you
sleep.
I go the opposite with it.
I have magnesium in it but itkeeps me up.
Yeah, even when I have thefucking sleepy nighttime ones,
it keeps me up.
It's fucked.
So I only supplement withmagnesium before lunch and if I
(09:33):
forget about it, then you know,wait till the next day.
But yeah, I'd get on that andyeah, I think the soft tissue
work is a big winner.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah, look, typically , I found myself like muscle
cramps are related to nervoussystem activation, right?
So it doesn't matter if you'rerolling or not.
If you're someone who sufferscramps, it's an indication that
these fibers are like firing up,even maybe when you don't want
them to.
So your ability to stretch andget your nervous system to chill
out is another thing which willhelp reduce cramping.
(10:03):
So, yeah, that's just somethingto consider.
There it is.
Hopefully that helps, man.
Thanks, doug.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Next question.
This is, guys, big, fucking bigmoment here.
This is question number 200.
God dang For the Q&A episode.
Phew, it's a few, eh, it's afucking lot.
It doesn lot.
I mean, I always think we'vejust been doing this thing for a
few months but, you're like hey, bro, it's five years now.
I'm just having so much funtalking to you.
See how I've aged.
(10:32):
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Speaker 4 (11:36):
Anonymous.
Last question for today.
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Hi, this is lisa from switzerland.
I've been training bjj forabout two and a half years now
and I absolutely love it, butit's already the third time
someone has accidentally pokedme in the eye during training
and scratched my cornea.
I'm usually by far the lightestand smallest person in class,
but the rules when it happenedweren't even rough also, and my
(12:13):
eye healed really well each time, but it's extremely painful and
I don't want to risk my visionfor jujitsu, of course.
Do you guys have any tips onhow to better protect my eyes?
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Damn Louisa, that fucking sucks.
Eye gouge, Eye gouge.
I copped a really bad one lastyear, Right Fucking like I got
skull fucked by this dude.
Jesus, yeah, and I was like, ohmy God, bro, I was taking some
photos of it.
It looked all gross.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
For a while, but I had to put antibiotic drops in
there in the end.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
But, yeah, these are a real hazard.
Um, I do just want to say thatfucking awesome to hear someone
from switzerland.
Yeah, shout out, yeah, shoutout, fucking europe, fam.
Um, I, you know, all I canthink of is I saw this a lot in
brazil people that wear the thesports prescription goggles.
Yeah, like the.
Um, you used to see it in thenba, right, yeah, yeah horace
grant horace grant that's right,and you always, and as a kid,
you always like what the fuck?
why is he wearing those goggles?
Yeah, needed glasses, butsomething like that, I think, is
going to be the only practicalsolution for this.
If you, if you don't, if youwant to rule it out.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Agreed.
I think that that is about.
That's about as certain as Iguess I'd just ask the question
was it the same person?
What Should I do it again?
I just don't know.
Because, don't get me wrong,anything can happen in rolling
and definitely guys do getdesperate if you're putting it
(13:47):
on them.
If you're doing well and you'rea smaller, lighter woman,
they're like I got to get out ofthis triangle.
I gouge, I gouge, like look forit to have happened a third
time.
If it's not the same person,well, things happen.
But yeah, you're right insaying you know you don't want
to put your eyesight on the line.
Definitely agree with Joe.
(14:10):
Maybe the option for you is tobe wearing some kind of sports
eyewear.
I guess the difficulty is I'mnot sure how your hair
arrangement is for that to stayon while you're rolling.
It's hard enough to keep yourgeneral jujitsu clothing on
while you're rolling, let alonesome eyewear.
Look, I think it's even worthhaving a chat to your training
(14:34):
partner to let them know like,hey, can you not squeeze my face
off?
I don't think it's anunreasonable ask to just
communicate with your partnerand say, hey, I've got a
sensitivity or I've gotsomething I have to be careful
of.
Can you be aware of that?
I think just putting that outthere will help you with the
(14:54):
prevention piece.
But obviously a bit ofprotection will help.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yeah, I think you're getting at something good there.
Like is there some kind ofprecursor scenario or situation
that is leading to you being inthis position?
Like because it's happened afew times, which is odd, right,
you haven't been training for along time.
If it's not the same person,then times which is odd, right,
you haven't been training for along time.
If it's not the same person,then yeah, and so you know.
Yeah, like reviewing, when didit happen?
(15:19):
What's going on in my roles, asjt mentioned kind of in jest.
Uh, it is a real thing wherebywhen a a a woman, but also a
smaller person is giving a hardtime to a man, or someone of a
high guys do stupid, fuckingshit because their ego doesn't
(15:39):
want to lose and um, and that isoften where maybe reckless
things like this can happen.
So that is not to say any ofthat is your fault but if you're
like, if you're like fuck,maybe that is kind of the thing,
then Okay, well, perhaps isthere a way to talk with your
training partner or choose yourtraining partners differently so
(16:00):
that there's less risk of thathappening?
You know, yeah, and I think ifyou're training with better
people, people that understandthe, the dilemmas that face
women and smaller people on themats more commonly, then that
puts you in the best position tohave, you know, like a safe
training experience.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
But also in general, if you get the opportunity,
training with higher liketraining partners who have a
high level of skill, they'reless likely to injure you
because they are focused on theskill.
Yeah Right, so they're not.
They're not worried about likeawkward silly things, they're
just going to do what isefficient, and gouging you in
the eyes is not, is not that?
(16:38):
So yeah, if you get the chance,try to roll with some more
skillful people and that mightalso help.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Yeah, yeah, I can say I don't think I've eye gouged
anyone over the years, but but Idefinitely would have been a
risk in my first year or twowhere I was just reckless.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Just throwing the arms around, just trying to
fucking win at whatever cost.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
Yeah so you're right, like, people that are more
experienced, that are bettercontrolled, are always going to
be a good choice if you havethat option.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Hey, solid questions today.
Love to hear from you guys.
If you have a question for usabout your jujitsu journey or
your work in the gym or some BJJpolitical bullshit, go to the
webpage bulletproofforbjjcom,hit the podcast page, record us
a voicemail and we'll featureyou on a future episode.
Love you guys.
See you on the next one.
A good martial artist does not become tense but ready
.
Essentially, at this point thefight is over, so you pretty
much flow with the goal.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Who is worthy to be trusted with the secret to
limitless power.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
I'm ready.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Welcome to the Bulletproof for BJJ podcast.
Today is our Q&A episode.
Jt and I are going to answerthe questions from y'all.
We haven't done one of thesefor a couple of recordings, no,
so apologies if you sent thisthrough, you know you thought
we'd forgotten about you.
We haven't here we are.
By the way, if you want torecord a question for us to be
featured on a future episode, goto bulletproofforbjjcom, hit
(00:54):
the podcast tab and big redbutton.
Record us a voicemail.
We love hearing you guys.
We love to hear where you'refrom.
It's great to know who ourlisteners are.
So, please, it's a little treat, and no doubt you've got
something on your mind thatprobably a bunch of other
grapplers out there are alsothinking, so it really helps the
community.
First one here, anonymous.
Let's see what we've got.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
Hey guys, this is Dan .
I'm a Purple Belt in the States, 44 years old Shout out Dan In
Missouri.
You guys responded to aquestion I had.
Thank you so much.
I wanted to give you a quickupdate.
So mine was about, you know,getting older on the mats and
dealing with that and, you know,kind of slowing down a little
bit.
But I wanted to let you knowthat, um, your advice on maybe a
(01:38):
little less frequency,situational drilling and, um,
really being purposeful aboutwhen I go hard, uh, those things
have made a huge difference andI'm really motivated now.
So I've been doing yourstandards program for two months
and I've started focusing alittle more on that and only
going to jujitsu three to fourdays a week as opposed to five
or six.
(01:58):
As a result of all these thingscombined, A, I feel like I have
more energy and, B, I've beenable to tap into this
explosiveness that wasn't therebefore.
Um, in the milliseconds beforesomeone puts me in a dominant
position, right, so someonepasses my guard and it's about
to make my life hell.
I'm able to get out a littlequicker than I was before
(02:20):
because I've got a little moreto like tap into, I think, Um,
and I'm not tired all the time.
So thank you so much.
Um, I also wanted to let youknow that, um, reserving those
days when I do go hard also areally big help and really
motivating.
I might only do it once a week,but when I do it it feels so
much stronger and it's it's areal mood boost.
(02:41):
So I just wanted to say thankyou guys so much.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Fuck, how cool is that?
Yeah, amazing.
Thanks bro.
We appreciate the feedback andit's great to hear someone check
back in Because you know, likepeople send a question and then
it's like what happened to thatguy?
Yeah, and so it's great to knowthat and it's fantastic to hear
that that's working for you.
And so it's great to know thatand it's fantastic to hear that
(03:06):
that's working for you.
And, look, I'll be honest, likeI am a poor, harder kind of guy,
in general, I tend to do stuffto the nth degree, for better or
worse, but for sure, in thesame way you're experiencing
with your gains with jujitsu andin the gym.
I experienced that when Istarted approaching my own
lifting differently, not maxingevery session, but just over
(03:28):
time, finding moments ofopportunity for intensity and
then finding that there isbenefit in doing days that are
not maximal.
That was over 10 years ago.
Subsequently, I keep that andthat has enabled me to now.
I'm 42 years old, still gettingstronger, and I think that's
the thing.
You do have to change yourapproach as you age and you've
(03:50):
got to find what works for you,and it sounds like it's working
for you.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Yeah, man, that's so cool.
I've actually got it written onmy hat here.
Quality over quantity Qualityover quantity 100% and it's,
yeah, like finding that balanceand giving yourself that rest.
I mean, Dan actually said it.
He said I have more energy andthat's kind of everything,
because I think, like whenyou're really in the fire,
grappling a bunch and workingand doing all that often fatigue
(04:15):
is the thing you feel.
You're just fucking tired.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
All the time.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
And so being able to be in the gym doing your
strength work, doing yourflexibility, training jits and
getting better and having energyis like.
You found the secret there,brother.
Well done, amen.
Next question coming in fromDoug.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Hey, what's up?
Joey and JT my name's Dougreaching out from Ogden, utah.
Second time I've called in.
I'm reaching out because I'vebeen really struggling with
cramps lately.
I'm reaching out because I'vebeen really struggling with
cramps lately and, as you guyssuggested, I got something
similar to Sodi, a differentbrand but some electrolyte
powder, and, man, I've beendrinking this stuff like someone
(04:54):
bet me I couldn't, but I stillkeep cramping.
So I guess I just wanted to knowif it's like just a casualty of
the sport, something that'sgoing to happen, no matter what,
if I should be taking more ofthese.
I've been having two or threeof these packets a day and
drinking around a gallon ofwater, eating pretty clean,
(05:15):
following the program, workingout, and I still get these
cramps all the time and itaffects me being able to finish
up triangles, even just hipescaping sometimes, when my
foot's cramping is nearlyimpossible.
So just any suggestions thatyou have as far as like dosage
of different electrolytes andlike what specifically I want to
(05:36):
focused on when I'm looking atsupplements.
I know you'll probably say Ijust need to buy sodium, I might
, but anyway, that's what Iwanted to know.
Thank you so much, guys.
Love the podcast.
Hope to hear my question again.
Thanks, bye, awesome.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Fucking hell.
He's just set us up for thesodium drop.
No, no, no sodium drop.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I mean, look, no, it's enough electrolytes.
No, no, no, I'm sure you'redoing enough of the electrolytes
.
I would recommend two thingswhich can help here, because a
good friend of mine used tosuffer really bad leg cramps Not
a jujitsu person, just someonewho suffered a lot of calf foot
and lower limb cramps.
Two things which will help Oneis massage and using a lacrosse
(06:27):
ball or a roller of some sort toreally work through to what we
talk about like muscle quality.
So this person was prettyflexible.
So I couldn't understand howare you getting cramps?
It wasn't like they were atight person, they weren't
restricted in their movement,but they went and started seeing
a myotherapist regularly andthe person they would like give
them a little, just that andthey'd be like, ah, so much pain
(06:48):
because the actual musclequality was low and so they
weren't actually getting theblood circulating to the muscle
the way they thought they were.
So this person sat down fortheir job and once they started
getting consistent massages andthen they started doing a bit of
massage with a ball and aroller, this helped improve
(07:09):
their circulation.
So it helped relax theirmuscles as well, like reduce
nervous tension.
And then the next thing on.
That was magnesium.
Now, this person didn't justtake magnesium as a supplement,
um, they used magnesium spray.
So people who get really badcramps.
It's often referred to asmagnesium oil, even though it's
(07:30):
not oil.
It just has an oily texture.
You can get it from a like ahealth food store or something
like that.
It's pretty cheap, it's like 1015 bucks.
You just spray it on and youmassage it into the area and it
helps reduce muscular tension.
So massage is one thing, oralmagnesium, but then magnesium
spray on the crampy areas willhelp.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
Yeah, I was just thinking through the whole piece
there.
Magnesium for sure.
Yeah, topical is really good.
I second the sprays.
You can also do epsom saltbaths, which which is, you know,
magnesium salts, um, and so youknow, if you like doing bars
I'm a big fan of baths just getyourself a big fucking container
of epsom salt and put a solid.
(08:12):
You got to make sure you put abig dose into the bath but soak
in there for 10, 15 minutes.
Try that a couple times a week.
And then also, yeah, obviouslysupplementation, which is
probably the most expensive ofthe lot.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
It is.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
There's many different grades of magnesium.
I'm not actually going to tellyou which ones are good, because
I actually find it quiteconfusing, but you know it is
one of those things you do, ofcourse, get magnesium in your
electrolyte supplement but youdon't get the dosage that you're
going to get from like an oralor a topical application.
(08:45):
We're talking like, say, withsodium.
I think you're getting.
What do you get?
Like 90, 100?
I think it's 200.
200 milligrams.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But you know, if you're going for your, it's
pretty good, but if you arehaving more of a stock standard
electrolyte it may not have anymagnesium.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
No, that's right it might just be sodium and
potassium right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
So having like an exclusive one you have before
bed can help yeah yeah, just anote on magnesium.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
I'm one of the people and I've heard this is a thing.
Most forms of magnesium willsettle people down and it's
often used as like a pre-bedtimesupplement because it helps you
sleep.
I used as like a pre-bedtimesupplement because it helps you
sleep.
I go the opposite with it.
I have magnesium in it but itkeeps me up.
Yeah, even when I have thefucking sleepy nighttime ones,
it keeps me up.
It's fucked.
So I only supplement withmagnesium before lunch and if I
(09:33):
forget about it, then you know,wait till the next day.
But yeah, I'd get on that andyeah, I think the soft tissue
work is a big winner.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah, look, typically , I found myself like muscle
cramps are related to nervoussystem activation, right?
So it doesn't matter if you'rerolling or not.
If you're someone who sufferscramps, it's an indication that
these fibers are like firing up,even maybe when you don't want
them to.
So your ability to stretch andget your nervous system to chill
out is another thing which willhelp reduce cramping.
(10:03):
So, yeah, that's just somethingto consider.
There it is.
Hopefully that helps, man.
Thanks, doug.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Next question.
This is, guys, big, fucking bigmoment here.
This is question number 200.
God dang For the Q&A episode.
Phew, it's a few, eh, it's afucking lot.
It doesn lot.
I mean, I always think we'vejust been doing this thing for a
few months but, you're like hey, bro, it's five years now.
I'm just having so much funtalking to you.
See how I've aged.
(10:32):
Yeah, I'm like Obama with thetime lapse Just great.
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Speaker 4 (11:36):
Anonymous.
Last question for today.
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Hi, this is lisa from switzerland.
I've been training bjj forabout two and a half years now
and I absolutely love it, butit's already the third time
someone has accidentally pokedme in the eye during training
and scratched my cornea.
I'm usually by far the lightestand smallest person in class,
but the rules when it happenedweren't even rough also, and my
(12:13):
eye healed really well each time, but it's extremely painful and
I don't want to risk my visionfor jujitsu, of course.
Do you guys have any tips onhow to better protect my eyes?
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Damn Louisa, that fucking sucks.
Eye gouge, Eye gouge.
I copped a really bad one lastyear, Right Fucking like I got
skull fucked by this dude.
Jesus, yeah, and I was like, ohmy God, bro, I was taking some
photos of it.
It looked all gross.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
For a while, but I had to put antibiotic drops in
there in the end.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
But, yeah, these are a real hazard.
Um, I do just want to say thatfucking awesome to hear someone
from switzerland.
Yeah, shout out, yeah, shoutout, fucking europe, fam.
Um, I, you know, all I canthink of is I saw this a lot in
brazil people that wear the thesports prescription goggles.
Yeah, like the.
Um, you used to see it in thenba, right, yeah, yeah horace
grant horace grant that's right,and you always, and as a kid,
you always like what the fuck?
why is he wearing those goggles?
Yeah, needed glasses, butsomething like that, I think, is
going to be the only practicalsolution for this.
If you, if you don't, if youwant to rule it out.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Agreed.
I think that that is about.
That's about as certain as Iguess I'd just ask the question
was it the same person?
What Should I do it again?
I just don't know.
Because, don't get me wrong,anything can happen in rolling
and definitely guys do getdesperate if you're putting it
(13:47):
on them.
If you're doing well and you'rea smaller, lighter woman,
they're like I got to get out ofthis triangle.
I gouge, I gouge, like look forit to have happened a third
time.
If it's not the same person,well, things happen.
But yeah, you're right insaying you know you don't want
to put your eyesight on the line.
Definitely agree with Joe.
(14:10):
Maybe the option for you is tobe wearing some kind of sports
eyewear.
I guess the difficulty is I'mnot sure how your hair
arrangement is for that to stayon while you're rolling.
It's hard enough to keep yourgeneral jujitsu clothing on
while you're rolling, let alonesome eyewear.
Look, I think it's even worthhaving a chat to your training
(14:34):
partner to let them know like,hey, can you not squeeze my face
off?
I don't think it's anunreasonable ask to just
communicate with your partnerand say, hey, I've got a
sensitivity or I've gotsomething I have to be careful
of.
Can you be aware of that?
I think just putting that outthere will help you with the
(14:54):
prevention piece.
But obviously a bit ofprotection will help.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yeah, I think you're getting at something good there.
Like is there some kind ofprecursor scenario or situation
that is leading to you being inthis position?
Like because it's happened afew times, which is odd, right,
you haven't been training for along time.
If it's not the same person,then times which is odd, right,
you haven't been training for along time.
If it's not the same person,then yeah, and so you know.
Yeah, like reviewing, when didit happen?
(15:19):
What's going on in my roles, asjt mentioned kind of in jest.
Uh, it is a real thing wherebywhen a a a woman, but also a
smaller person is giving a hardtime to a man, or someone of a
high guys do stupid, fuckingshit because their ego doesn't
(15:39):
want to lose and um, and that isoften where maybe reckless
things like this can happen.
So that is not to say any ofthat is your fault but if you're
like, if you're like fuck,maybe that is kind of the thing,
then Okay, well, perhaps isthere a way to talk with your
training partner or choose yourtraining partners differently so
(16:00):
that there's less risk of thathappening?
You know, yeah, and I think ifyou're training with better
people, people that understandthe, the dilemmas that face
women and smaller people on themats more commonly, then that
puts you in the best position tohave, you know, like a safe
training experience.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
But also in general, if you get the opportunity,
training with higher liketraining partners who have a
high level of skill, they'reless likely to injure you
because they are focused on theskill.
Yeah Right, so they're not.
They're not worried about likeawkward silly things, they're
just going to do what isefficient, and gouging you in
the eyes is not, is not that?
(16:38):
So yeah, if you get the chance,try to roll with some more
skillful people and that mightalso help.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Yeah, yeah, I can say I don't think I've eye gouged
anyone over the years, but but Idefinitely would have been a
risk in my first year or twowhere I was just reckless.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Just throwing the arms around, just trying to
fucking win at whatever cost.
Speaker 4 (16:57):
Yeah so you're right, like, people that are more
experienced, that are bettercontrolled, are always going to
be a good choice if you havethat option.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Hey, solid questions today.
Love to hear from you guys.
If you have a question for usabout your jujitsu journey or
your work in the gym or some BJJpolitical bullshit, go to the
webpage bulletproofforbjjcom,hit the podcast page, record us
a voicemail and we'll featureyou on a future episode.
Love you guys.
See you on the next one.
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