Pendred Retires !!

weemcd

cowzerp wrote: »

Could be wrong but pretty sure he joined SBG as a blue belt in BJJ that he had got training in the states, or so i was told anyway.

Either way, Best of luck to Cathal in future endeavours, A very humble and good guy.

He did a few summers at AKA as far as I know. Seem to remember him saying that in an interview once

MartyMcFly84

Could be wrong but pretty sure he joined SBG as a blue belt in BJJ that he had got training in the states, or so i was told anyway.

Either way, Best of luck to Cathal in future endeavours, A very humble and good guy.

I am not sure he is a blue belt even now could be wrong, have never seen him in a Gi. Obviously he is much higher level NoGi

He did train in the states while he was there with his J1 mates, that was the first he did it and looked to continue when he came home and joined SBG. He may have gone over a couple times to spend Summers there I am not sure.

Mellor

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I am not sure he is a blue belt even now could be wrong, have never seen him in a Gi. Obviously he is much higher level NoGi

Is training in the Gi a must to be graded in SBG.
I know the kids/teens start off in the gi. But can the older or more advanced guys focus on no-gi only once they reach a point. For example if they wanted to progress up the ranks for no-gi competition.

Clive

Mellor wrote: »

Is training in the Gi a must to be graded in SBG.
I know the kids/teens start off in the gi. But can the older or more advanced guys focus on no-gi only once they reach a point. For example if they wanted to progress up the ranks for no-gi competition.

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Dtp1979

Cathal on Matt cooper soon

Subcomandante Marcos

Clive wrote: »

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Same policy in most good schools and one of the reasons a lot of guys who train no-gi for mma progress at a slower rate, they just don't put on the gi enough to grade regularly and have little to no interest in doing so because they'd rather train for mma than competition jiu-jitsu.

Richy06

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Same policy in most good schools and one of the reasons a lot of guys who train no-gi for mma progress at a slower rate, they just don't put on the gi enough to grade regularly and have little to no interest in doing so because they'd rather train for mma than competition jiu-jitsu.

Which makes sense, if that's your focus. Spending a significant time in the Gi is wasted time if your focus is MMA and you've only started in your 20s, like Cathal.

However, it's no secret that the best grapplers have spent some significant time in the Gi at some point or another to improve and tighten up escapes et al. Having said that, the next generation coming up have been training in the Gi for years before transitioning into MMA and, in my opinion, are far better for it. James Gallagher, Lee Hammond for example, going even younger you have Ryan Keogh.

Mellor

Clive wrote: »

All our BJJ grades are based on ability to perform in the gi, all gradings are with a gi on. It's not necessary to train in the gi regularly, but after blue belt as the ability to use the gi to attack and control increases it would be difficult to advance without those skills.

Some people who would train no gi primarily for a lot of the year, then use the cold winter months to raise their gi levels in the run up to the Europeans.

Makes sense, I was just curious more than anything seeing as you probably have a bigger no-gi base than most. Ours is similar, you need to train in the gi to grade, but the required knowledge also includes a bit of no-gi stuff. (mostly wrestling takedowns).

CatFromHue

I see Pendred has an article in the Indo today. Being the first ex pro fighter in a sport that's going like this is a good place to be for media duties.

DeVore

Worked for Johnny Giles and Dumpty.