John Reeves
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1,814 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2023
last heard Feb 2025
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And I'm so glad the jujitsu world is so fucking welcoming these days. Meaning like, like I don't have to show up and fight. Right. Much more open minded.
The only, the only, the only person that was like, Why Are You Here was Cyborg at Fight Sports. Oh, really? Yeah, you know Cyborg? Yeah, sure. He's great. And you know Roosevelt? He's a fine savage. You know Roosevelt, the tall guy that hangs out with him? I don't. Tallest black belt I ever seen. Tallest Brazilian I ever seen, right? So he's one of the black belts down there with Cyborg.
And I'm out there and I'm like, at the time I was blue belt, you know what I mean? And I was probably, I don't know, 250. I was kind of fat. And like Fight Sports is like,
old school brazilian jiu-jitsu where we're gonna shrimp across the mat we do fucking all this i don't give a fuck if you lose in jiu-jitsu today but you're gonna be tough right so it's that kind of shit and that's how carlson gracie's was yeah yeah before you even got to the class you were fucking exhausted yeah the class hasn't started yet right so i'm out on the mat i'm breathing hard i'm just kind of doing my thing and uh roosevelt the big tall black belt comes over and he was like
man, he's like, you are my inspiration. I'm like, I am coach. I'm your inspiration. He's like, yes. He's like, you are out here. You are doing this, man. He was like, you are everyone's inspiration. And I'm looking around and like, everyone's rolling. Like, and then, and then like everyone stops. Cause like, he's talking to me, you know what I mean?
And like, now everyone's looking at me and I'm like, what in the fuck is going on? Right. So he was like, you are here, you are doing this, you are old, you are my inspiration. And I'm like, thanks coach. I was like, and then like, I didn't need a break, but I was like, fuck after that talk, maybe I do need a break. So I was like, maybe I do need a break coach. And he was like, okay, fix your gi.
So I fixed my gi, I tie my belt. He's like, run laps around the practice until you're ready to practice again. It was like, man, that's fucking worse. I wasn't, I didn't even need the fucking break. And he gave me the old speech. So I agreed. And then like, and then I had to run. I thought that was more embarrassing running laps around everybody. Right.
But like, like when he said he wanted to give me a break, like the fucking break, It was like screech to a halt. Everybody was like, did he just say, wait, does that guy, why the fuck does that guy get a break? You know what I mean?
Yeah. And then Cyberg came up to me and they didn't, I didn't have a gi yet. I hadn't bought a gi and I hadn't found a gi that fit me. So. I had I just bought a gi, but I only had a white belt. Right. I got the gi at Gracie Raleigh, my home dojo. Right. And then they only had a white belt. So I had a white belt. So I was white belt in it. But really, I was a blue belt.
So and when it came to Roland, Cyborg is like, who are you, man? I'm like, coach. And he's like, who are you, man? Who are you?
Yeah. He's like, why are you here? And I'm like, I just, I just, well, my brother lives here, coach. And I called ahead of time and I asked if I could come do jujitsu. I'm just trying to get a couple days while I'm on the road. He's like, man, you are no white belt. Who are you? What are you doing here? And I was like, well, I'm actually a blue belt coach. And he was like, why didn't you?
And then they got a wall of like old belts, which is like the coolest thing I ever fucking seen. Like I'm...
just a hundred just old different all kinds of belts it's fucking cool as fuck my opinion but he was like why didn't you get one off the extra belt and i was like well you didn't have one coach and he he thinks for a second he was like you are right there's not one your size on the wall and i was like holy fuck there's a ton of belts there for him to even know that like wow
Cause I went through all of them and couldn't fit one, you know? And, uh, he was like, okay.
I don't know. Yeah. And then, but they were great with me. Like shout out to Cyborg and Roosevelt. Um, hard dudes. Yeah. They're fucking, they're hard down there.
But I've been in 26, I think 26 dojos this year, man.
I'm all in man. I'm in, I'm in all the time. And then like, so one of the things is like, I can only go to Hickson to get promoted because I'm never in one doll dojo long enough to like earn a stripe or earn a, so I think it's like a, I don't know. I feel like I'm fortunate of where I am. Um, you know what I mean? And then honestly, the reason I went to Hickson is cause I could. Yeah.
And I figured if, if I need to be tested for a belt, uh,
Like, who else should test me? You know what I mean?
Yeah.
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