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This is a review of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu memes with Ryan Hall that we did after our podcast conversation.

Memes are at once the lowest and the highest form of achievement by the collective intelligence of human civilization.

I enjoy forcing brilliant people to be silly.

It's brought to you by Babbel, BetterHelp, and Raycon.

Please check out the sponsors in the description to get a discount and to support this channel.

And now, here's your Jitsu Meme Review with Ryan Hall.

Another ridiculous thing I have to ask, I printed out, because I'm old school, some memes for you from Reddit.

It'd be nice if you, what do I, go through them, and maybe, what's your favorite number?

Okay, so on a scale of 1 to 12, let's give a ranking to these ridiculous memes.

Anyone with like the mustachioed, you know, like Fisticuffs guy is always funny.

Whatever's about to come next is usually pretty entertaining.

It's tough to give a rating without understanding the universe of other memes that exist here, but all right,

I think, is that man holding onto a piece, biting a piece of soap?

I don't know if you've seen, it's, what's that show?

Oh, you're talking about Arrested Development?

I think it's Arrested Development Tobias.

It must be an innate gift, a gift from God, it's practice.

I'll never understand how some people are so talented.

That's 1 of those deep philosophical ones as opposed to funny.

Yeah, it's not funny, it's just accurate.

are like, well, Ryan Hall is just talented.

I mean, like, maybe I just don't think that I'm very talented, you know?

So I mean, I just do nothing but martial arts all day, every day, and have done nothing but that.

I mean, do you believe anybody can get good?

I think if there's the only talent that I think I have is discipline and grit.

But a friend of mine, someone said like, if I can talk you out of your dream, you don't want your dream.

And where people go, oh my, someone so discouraged me.

But if you really, really want to do any X, Y, or Z, you will decide to do it.

And again, whether that's true or not, it falls under the category of facilitative belief.

And that will probably make you a little bit more of a go-getter in certain regards.

So I guess, yeah, but I don't think I'm particularly talented.

Okay, oh yes, he's employing a sumo geisha landing into a kiss of salami hold.

Anybody, Judo guy opening his book of terminology.

I think they could actually expand that to modern jujitsu guy who now tries to use Japanese words for all sorts of stuff.

Do you use like Japanese terms for techniques?

Not when I'm speaking to English speakers.

What do you think about like Eddie Bravo, just renaming every technique?

There's the 2 ends of the spectrum and you got to find what's right for you.

Yeah, you know that, you know, the 1, yeah.

But yeah, it's again, I think that there's a lot of people got to do what's right for you, but there's also I struggle with the branding going on that I see in Jiu Jitsu.

That's not something I'm super stoked about.

But again, if it helps you remember, then right on.

1 to 12, what does this ridiculous meme get?

Oh, again, disturbingly accurate, I'll say 6.

Well, so you're giving props to the accurate.

The best defense against a body triangle is to get really fat.

think I only pick memes that get, like, several hundred upvotes.

So these, at least Redditors thought they're of value.

Figured this would be the best way to get rid of coronavirus.

I was about to say that went over my head.

Because everybody quits after they get a blue belt.

So you get, you didn't, because you don't get it what that's like an undefined score.

It's way over, John, What do you give that 1?

I'll give it, I would give that 1 a 10, I think.

After 2 hours of hard sparring, you look good.

Well, I would have to do cardio in order to understand that.

I don't want to do it, but yeah, I don't want to get too involved.

So, yeah, maybe you can review this later once you actually try cardio.

When you get submitted 46 times but none of the submissions are IBJJF legal.

I thought you were going to the negatives, but

Yeah, about to say, was that appropriate?

All right, me who got promoted during COVID waiting to actually roll in my new belt.

All right, how 90% of BJJ instructionals, this 1 also hits close to home.

By the way, I think you're the next, you're instructional in the next meme.

I'm sure they're saying something funny about me that's entirely accurate.

So this is like an old school meal where you insert anything overly expensive.

during an economic crisis, food, data, rent, half-car DVDs, utility, 150, Someone who's good at the economy, please help me budget this.

All right, I'm gonna give that an 11 out on a scale of

The comment is like, spend less on half-divide DVDs and sponsors.

All right, what the guy who murders you on the mat looks like outside the That's absolutely accurate.

If you guys have ever met Paul Schreiner, you know exactly what's going on.

It's a Way I stood I still remember my first day my first day There was a jiu-jitsu and this is where jitsu became like the coolest thing in the universe to me, was there was a guy named Eric Ryerson, nice guy, he was at Ronin Athletics in New York, this was 2004, and he was a white belt, he was probably 130 pounds, soaking wet, and he was a white belt, And again, I didn't hold a banner for tough guy, certainly not at that time, but you know, like I'll try to fight you.

And just getting absolutely mollywopped by this guy and then going, holy crap, This is literally the coolest thing I've ever experienced in my life.

This is like magic and it's not even like oh This guy's a black belt something or other and he's been at it for X time How long you been training for I don't like 8 months.

I'm like you have all my money like you're never gonna get rid of me

and Yeah, When you realize that the technique matters, it's fascinating.

Well, I'm sure he wrote, if the bird scooter had existed at the time, Eric would have transported himself to the gym.

And to and from the gym on that, so I'm going to give that also an

He didn't have the stash, but I don't think that was in at the time.

When your teammate is losing the match, but you promised you would record the whole thing.

Did you ever kick your ass so bad you drive the speed limit home with no music playing?

How often have you, have you felt that recently?

I usually would take the bus home and I would just like sit there, like no music, no podcast.

It was just like this sad feeling, overcoming your body, like life is meaningless.

I remember when I first met Marillo Santana like it was yesterday.

It was like the winter, because he has family that lives in the DC area, and we had our school in Arlington.

And Murillo has a beard out to here, and he's wearing a Fidel Castro-looking hat.

He was running 80cc, and this is right after 80cc 2009.

And it's like snowing and he's standing outside the gym.

And I walk up, I'm like, hey man, can I help you?

And he comes upstairs and super flight, super nice guy.

And anyway, so I'd done the 66 kilos and he did 77.

And Murillo's had the world's deepest voice since he was a child.

And I believe he had a beard when he came out of the womb.

I had a really close match with Leo Vieira that I got screwed in.

And you get the feeling where I'm like, I can't fully understand what's going on here, but I feel like I'm being let off the hook.


Speaker 0: This is a review of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu memes with Ryan Hall that we did after our podcast conversation. Memes are at once the lowest and the highest form of achievement by the collective intelligence of human civilization. I enjoy forcing brilliant people to be silly. Hence, this meme review. It's brought to you by Babbel, BetterHelp, and Raycon.

Please check out the sponsors in the description to get a discount and to support this channel. And now, here's your Jitsu Meme Review with Ryan Hall. Another ridiculous thing I have to ask, I printed out, because I'm old school, some memes for you from Reddit. It'd be nice if you, what do I, go through them, and maybe, what's your favorite number? 12.

Okay, so on a scale of 1 to 12, let's give a ranking to these ridiculous memes.

Speaker 1: I support all of these guys. Anyone with like the mustachioed, you know, like Fisticuffs guy is always funny.

Speaker 0: So any meme that involves...

Speaker 1: That guy's always... Whatever's about to come next is usually pretty entertaining. Yeah. It's tough to give a rating without understanding the universe of other memes that exist here, but all right,

Speaker 0: I'll try

Speaker 1: to do my best to.

Speaker 0: Yeah, yeah, you gotta make decisions. All right, you're right,

Speaker 1: you're right. So this

Speaker 0: is sobbing after adult class. Sobbing after adult class.

Speaker 1: I think, is that man holding onto a piece, biting a piece of soap? That's actually,

Speaker 0: I don't know if you've seen, it's, what's that show? It's Tobias from.

Speaker 1: Oh, you're talking about Arrested Development?

Speaker 0: I think it's Arrested Development Tobias. That's what that looks like. I don't know.

Speaker 1: Maybe it's not. All right, I'll give it a 4. Wow, that's not good. No, maybe 4 is really high, who knows?

Speaker 0: It could be, you're a tough grader.

Speaker 1: You move so well, practice. It must be an innate gift, a gift from God, it's practice. I'll never understand how some people are so talented. A mystery, practice. That 1 hits relatively close to home.

Speaker 0: That's 1 of those deep philosophical ones as opposed to funny.

Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not funny, it's just accurate. Yeah, it's accurate. Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 0: Would you give good scores for accuracy? I'm here for the jokes. Okay.

Speaker 1: All right, so I'll give it a 4 also. Do you get this,

Speaker 0: by the way, this kind of experience?

Speaker 1: What's that? Of people

Speaker 0: are like, well, Ryan Hall is just talented. Well, I think,

Speaker 1: I mean, like, maybe I just don't think that I'm very talented, you know? So I mean, I just do nothing but martial arts all day, every day, and have done nothing but that.

Speaker 0: I mean, do you believe anybody can get good? No.

Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it depends. I think if there's the only talent that I think I have is discipline and grit. That's interesting. That could be genetic or whatever. I think that's a real thing.

Like, but you can't convince me to quit. But a friend of mine, someone said like, if I can talk you out of your dream, you don't want your dream. And I think that's true. And where people go, oh my, someone so discouraged me. I'm like, I hear what you're saying.

But if you really, really want to do any X, Y, or Z, you will decide to do it. And I firmly believe that. And again, whether that's true or not, it falls under the category of facilitative belief. And that will probably make you a little bit more of a go-getter in certain regards. So I guess, yeah, but I don't think I'm particularly talented.

I just care a lot. Okay, oh yes, he's employing a sumo geisha landing into a kiss of salami hold. Anybody, Judo guy opening his book of terminology. I think they could actually expand that to modern jujitsu guy who now tries to use Japanese words for all sorts of stuff.

Speaker 0: What's the arm lock in there? I don't even, I'm a judo person. Jujutsu Katami. Jujutsu Katami. Do you use like Japanese terms for techniques?

Speaker 1: Not when I'm speaking to English speakers.

Speaker 0: What do you think about like Eddie Bravo, just renaming every technique?

Speaker 1: I mean, that's weird to me too. That's the full range of. Yeah, exactly. There's the 2 ends of the spectrum and you got to find what's right for you. You know, you've got to.

Speaker 0: What do you call an arm lock?

Speaker 1: An arm lock. Okay. Yeah, you know that, you know, the 1, yeah. Come on, man. No, not that 1, the other 1.

Speaker 0: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 1: But yeah, it's again, I think that there's a lot of people got to do what's right for you, but there's also I struggle with the branding going on that I see in Jiu Jitsu. That's not something I'm super stoked about. But again, if it helps you remember, then right on. 1 to 12, what does this ridiculous meme get? Oh, again, disturbingly accurate, I'll say 6.

Speaker 0: Well, so you're giving props to the accurate. All right. I mean, these memes are horrible. Like, Reddit needs to do better.

Speaker 1: Yeah, this 1 needs to be better. The best defense against a body triangle is to get really fat. That is a strong defense. Let's all agree with that. I'll give that 1A2I

Speaker 0: think I only pick memes that get, like, several hundred upvotes. So these, at least Redditors thought they're of value.

Speaker 1: Figured this would be the best way to get rid of coronavirus.

Speaker 0: Put a blue belt on that.

Speaker 2: I like that 1.

Speaker 1: 0, okay. What do you get? I was about to say that went over my head.

Speaker 2: Because everybody quits after they get a blue belt.

Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I'm an idiot. I was like, why is teaching martial arts

Speaker 2: gonna help?

Speaker 0: So you get, you didn't, because you don't get it what that's like an undefined score.

Speaker 1: I'll give it a 12. I

Speaker 2: think there's an explanation. It's way smarter

Speaker 1: than that.

Speaker 0: It's way over, John, What do you give that 1? You got a 12.

Speaker 1: I'll say a

Speaker 0: 10.

Speaker 2: I'll give it, I would give that 1 a 10, I think. Yeah, I like that 1.

Speaker 0: After 2 hours of hard sparring, you look good. After 10 minutes of cardio,

Speaker 1: you look... Yeah, you look like that. That's...

Speaker 0: No, that's... Yeah. You look like...

Speaker 2: Maybe it's the reverse.

Speaker 1: Well, I would have to do cardio in order to understand that.

Speaker 0: Yeah, have you ever done cardio?

Speaker 1: Again, it goes well over my head. You know what that's like? I ran once. You ran for a bus or whatever? I don't like running breeds cowardice.

I don't want to do it, but yeah, I don't want to get too involved. But yeah.

Speaker 0: So, yeah, maybe you can review this later once you actually try cardio.

Speaker 1: Exactly, yeah. All right. When you get submitted 46 times but none of the submissions are IBJJF legal. I gotta say, I gotta say that. I'm gonna give that a 2.

Speaker 0: Okay. All right. I thought you were going to the negatives, but

Speaker 1: that's good. Yeah, about to say, was that appropriate? Negative 2. I was trying to be charitable. All right, me who got promoted during COVID waiting to actually roll in my new belt.

Speaker 2: People thought these were funny? Yeah.

Speaker 0: I'll take that as a 1.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll

Speaker 0: take that as a 1.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll take that as a 1. All right, how 90% of BJJ instructionals, this 1 also hits close to home. I got to give it a 6 for the accuracy. Okay guys, I do the same thing.

Speaker 0: By the way, I think you're the next, you're instructional in the next meme. So just so you know.

Speaker 1: Are they really? Oh man, okay, I don't want to look

Speaker 0: at it yet.

Speaker 1: I'm sure they're saying something funny about me that's entirely accurate. So 90%, let's give that a 6.

Speaker 0: So this is like an old school meal where you insert anything overly expensive. Overly expensive

Speaker 1: during an economic crisis, food, data, rent, half-car DVDs, utility, 150, Someone who's good at the economy, please help me budget this. My family is dying. All right, I'm gonna give that an 11 out on a scale of

Speaker 0: 12. The comment is like, spend less on half-divide DVDs and sponsors.

Speaker 1: No, yeah, no. I like it, that's solid. All right, what the guy who murders you on the mat looks like outside the That's absolutely accurate. If you guys have ever met Paul Schreiner, you know exactly what's going on. It's a Way I stood I still remember my first day my first day There was a jiu-jitsu and this is where jitsu became like the coolest thing in the universe to me, was there was a guy named Eric Ryerson, nice guy, he was at Ronin Athletics in New York, this was 2004, and he was a white belt, he was probably 130 pounds, soaking wet, and he was a white belt, And again, I didn't hold a banner for tough guy, certainly not at that time, but you know, like I'll try to fight you.

And just getting absolutely mollywopped by this guy and then going, holy crap, This is literally the coolest thing I've ever experienced in my life. This is like magic and it's not even like oh This guy's a black belt something or other and he's been at it for X time How long you been training for I don't like 8 months. I'm like you have all my money like you're never gonna get rid of me

Speaker 0: and Yeah, When you realize that the technique matters, it's fascinating.

Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I'm sure he wrote, if the bird scooter had existed at the time, Eric would have transported himself to the gym. And to and from the gym on that, so I'm going to give that also an

Speaker 0: 11. The stash too.

Speaker 1: The stash. He didn't have the stash, but I don't think that was in at the time.

Speaker 0: It wasn't essential.

Speaker 1: Yeah. When your teammate is losing the match, but you promised you would record the whole thing. I like

Speaker 0: the old school digital cameras.

Speaker 1: Yeah, that is true. I remember that. That actually...

Speaker 0: That was a thing before smartphones.

Speaker 1: Did you ever kick your ass so bad you drive the speed limit home with no music playing? Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 0: How often have you, have you felt that recently? I remember feeling that often. I usually would take the bus home and I would just like sit there, like no music, no podcast. It was just like this sad feeling, overcoming your body, like life is meaningless.

Speaker 1: I remember when I first met Marillo Santana like it was yesterday. It was like the winter, because he has family that lives in the DC area, and we had our school in Arlington. And Murillo has a beard out to here, and he's wearing a Fidel Castro-looking hat. And I'd never met him. He was running 80cc, and this is right after 80cc 2009.

So this is like December 2009. And it's like snowing and he's standing outside the gym. I'm like, how's that? And I walk up, I'm like, hey man, can I help you? He's like, hey, got a trade with you?

I'm like, are you Marillas Santana? Yeah, I'm like, all right. And he comes upstairs and super flight, super nice guy. And anyway, so I'd done the 66 kilos and he did 77. He says, hey, you want to roll?

I'm like, yeah. And Murillo's had the world's deepest voice since he was a child. And I believe he had a beard when he came out of the womb. But anyway, we're training. And I'm like, all right, not that good.

But I'd done ADCC that year. I got third. I'd beaten some good guys. I had a really close match with Leo Vieira that I got screwed in. Thank you, referees at ADCC.

That was decent at the time, at least. And you get the feeling where I'm like, I can't fully understand what's going on here, but I feel like I'm being let off the hook. I'm like, I'm not escaping this. I'm like, hey, man, you can beat me up. You know, he's like, oh, I'm trying.

I'm like, no, come on. He's like, all right, we're gonna try a little harder. And he's not being like, he's just being nice. I remember I had like a thousand yard stare like at the wall for, at home that night forever. Cause it wasn't like, oh, people can't beat me up.

There are plenty of people who beat me up, particularly that time. But it's like. I think he passed my guard like 35 times. And that was something that wasn't happening, like for the most part. And I'm like, it's you, Russell.

Oh, he's a little bigger. Yeah, that wasn't the problem. It was it was a skill thing. And just going like, what? Was that And it wasn't like, oh, I get to play, we're gonna both train and he's gonna win.

I'm like, we're not training. I'm just getting like chucked around like a 4 year old. I don't know any jujitsu. I need to reevaluate my entire life. And Murillo is a fantastic instructor and trainer in addition to being a great competitor and runs Unity Jiu-Jitsu in New York City.

I feel lucky to have trained with many of the very, very best guys in the world. But man, Murillo's as good as anyone I've ever met, as good as anyone I've ever met. Absolutely fantastic. Just a fantastic knowledge of Jiu-Jitsu. And I watched it, I remember just training periodically over time, over time, over time.

I would get better, the gap would stay the same. And it was pretty cool and it was inspiring. It really taught me a lot. It's the

Speaker 0: only way you get better, right?

Speaker 1: So yes, I know exactly about. So this- I watched other people do the same thing. We would train and like, I don't wanna use them. People that everybody would know. We would sit in the back of my like beater Honda Civic that I had at that time and watch them stare out the window like this.

And just like, yep, I've been there, buddy. Like a tear slowly. Oh yeah, exactly, exactly. Just the 1.

Speaker 0: And yeah, okay, so this is another 1 of those memes that's just entirely accurate.

Speaker 1: Yeah so I'll give that an

Speaker 0: 11. All right.

Speaker 1: All right guy watching UFC I don't get all this ground stuff I wish I knew an expert who could explain it to me 2 stripe white belt yeah that's also accurate a little less funny but but I don't know I don't know enough about SpongeBob SquarePants to be able to understand what that expression means. Because usually it would involve Roger Gracie standing right there and I'm like, easy Roger, I got this. And I step in front of him. True, true. Yeah, there's a- I'll give that a 7.

Speaker 0: That's a 7. That's a strong place to end. I feel that way.

Speaker 1: Right. Thanks for putting up with the ridiculous request. No, thank

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