Dear BJJHQ, we’ve known each other for quite some time now, and it’s time we had a serious talk.
You are so tantalizing with your amazing BJJ offers, like my Estilo 3.0 gi for only $100, those Tatami fight shorts for $30, my Tatami Zero G 2.0 for $90, and those are only the ones I’ve bought. You make it so hard to stay away from you because I need another rash guard. I need another gi. I need…
OMG! I think that the H in your name stands for HYPNOTISM! You’ve put me under your spell by offering something for only 24 hours at a time, or the rolling deals, where you offer 24 different deals in 24 hours, only an hour each time? I stare at you longingly, caressing my wallet, pulling out my credit card. What’s that? Shipping in the US for only $5? To Korea for $15? Wow – sexy. Gi shipping is only $15 to the US? Why yes, send that to my parents. I’ll visit them over Christmastime.
NO! STOP IT! NO MORE! This can’t go on! I need to pay off my credit cards! I have 4 gis already. I have 3 rash guards. I have…only one pair of fight shorts! I think I need another pair! Definitely! And your customer service – wow. When you shipped the wrong gi and then helped me quickly and efficiently – that was amazing. You answer my emails so quickly, and even sent me a gi to review. Yes, yes, I think I definitely need that pair of shorts. And they’re only offered for the next 22 hours? I’d better jump on it now.
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WAIT! You idiot! We only do nogi once per week! You don’t NEED it. BJJHQ is simply up to its old tricks of offering sweet deals for limited times. It makes you FEEL like you NEED it and need it NOW! Argh. I fall for it every time. Must. Stay. Away. From. Website. And yet, there’s that email from you, beckoning me to come and buy those grappling shorts.
Okay start over.
It’s not you, it’s me.
What’s that? Nah, no need to remove me from your mailing list. I’ll be strong.
Probably.
Have you purchased anything from BJJHQ? What did you buy? Did you know about it before? Does it compel you to pull out your credit card as well? Eeeevil! I LOVE THEM!
bjjhq.com is a Casanova then, and I dont mind being one of those who have fallen for her.
They changed deals 11am, Manila time and I cant help but start typing b-j-j-h-q. 🙂
I was able to secure a female estilo for my gf, and since then bjjhq has been chipping away my lunch time.
Love them…great experience…but since I have so many gis I’m on a break from them. 😉
Even with five gis, four rashguards, two pairs of shorts, and four pairs of compression shorts in my closet, I still get tempted.
PS. I really hope that you mailed that note to them.
I agree with Jeff. I hope you emailed them this letter. So funny.
Hehehe yep – I sent a link to Aaron.
Vulkan ultra light gi navy. Keiko Raca Original white. 1 rash guard, 1 pair of badboy shorts, an awesome t-shirt, a pretty ugly t-shirt that I thought looked better and a knee sleeve. If anyone needs to break up with bjjhq, it’s me! Oh and I was brought here by bjjhq on facebook (:
2 gis, 1 vulkan ultra light navy blue and 1 keiko original white, 1 rash guard, 1 pair of badboy shorts, 2 t-shirts and a knee sleeve. Brought here by BJJHQ on facebook haha
Guys, maybe you should concentrate a little more on the training aspect, rather than how you look?
Nooooooo! ^_^
But really – if it’s your main sport and all your spare time is spent doing it, I don’t think there’s any harm in spending your disposable income on your hobby.
Look, there`s nothing wrong with taking care of ones self and I don`t want to sound like a kill joy, but surely buying Gi`s and gear for the sake of it, takes away the Budo aspect of it. Yeah buy safety gear and uniforms for function but if your buying just for collecting, it seems out of place on the mats….After all your there to learn martial arts and not to parade the latest gear. There`s nothing humble about a nugget with all the flash gear strutting their stuff. But hell, thta`s just my opinion. Go for your life, it`s good that your studying regardless and advocating positivity by blogging . Take care.
Hi Stu – I’m not totally sure about what tone your comment should be read with, but after considering it all day, it sounds somewhat judgmental and I don’t understand why.
It also seems you are operating under the assumption that people are doing jiu jitsu for more or less the same reason you are. For example, you mention humbleness and budo, but I am not on the mats for those reasons. To be perfectly frank, I don’t give a crap about the budo aspect. The reasons I do jiu jitsu are for health reasons and the community, as well as getting better at jiu jitsu. For example, if I forgot my belt (I’m blue) and an instructor tossed a brown or black belt to me to wear during class, I wouldn’t care – no big deal. Same with a white belt. I don’t innately respect the mats or a strip of cloth, etc.
So, if I go with why I’m doing jiu jitsu – health, community and to improve jiu jitsu and I also get some joy out of owning and having a wonderful gi, why is that bad? Why does that strike you as not humble? If I enjoy something and like having it, especially if it is jiu jitsu GEAR, why is that inappropriate to have on the mats?
I appreciate that you may be there to become a better person or to be a martial artist or for real life defense or whatever your myriad of reasons, but to say that something I’m doing conflicts with a reason for doing something, it would probably serve you well to find out what my reasons are.
To add to this discussion in a practical way: I support jiu jitsu companies. I support women’s gis being made. I support small companies. I do this with my pocketbook. I want more women’s gis, so I buy them and hopefully if enough women buy gis made for women, more companies will realize that it’s in their interest to create more. Men’s gis do NOT generally fit me as well as men’s, and it’s really a coin toss as to which size in men’s I should pick, since that wonderful size chart that all gis come with – yeah, that’s for men, and no, it doesn’t translate well.
So – enjoy your budo and I’ll enjoy wearing my awesome new gi on the mats, and we’ll both enjoy doing jiu jitsu.
Stu – since this is the second comment you left that was essentially negative and didn’t really contribute much to a discussion other than to be negative, please consider this notice that I don’t think it’s cool to come here in order to pass judgment. More of it will get deleted. Starting a conversation about it is one thing – I don’t mind that, but just dropping comments like “Guys, maybe you should concentrate a little more on the training aspect, rather than how you look?” seems more an attempt to quell a conversation rather than connect and start a conversation or contribute to it in a meaningful way.
Hope you understand! I like to try to keep my little corner of the blogosphere positive. And unfortunately, without moderating comments, it’s easy for websites to become absolutely awful (youtube comments, anyone?).
I got 2 paid of Tokyo five shorts (I think the crane shorts are the best looking shorts out there), estilo gi, red dragon rash guard and I would have gotten the honey badger but it sold out of my size in like 10 mins…
I keep telling myself no more gis….
I’m not as strong as you, I cannot resist their charms
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Pretty funny. We occasionally give things away on our site after reviewing so stay tuned.
Cool cool. I hadn’t seen your blog before. You should introduce your blog at this post.
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We just like to look fashionable on the mats. :p
Hi Jui Jui
hey, sorry if i came across blunt. I was trying to debate the subject, perhaps I went about it the wrong way. Your right in that we all do JJ / Martial Arts for different reasons. BJJ is a very progressive in that it promotes the sporting aspect and therefore buying “stuff” kinda comes with the territory….. I did say I don`t agree but i didn`t want it to come across as a personal attack. That is the last thing I wanted! It`s just my way of getting a debate going….BUT! It is your blog and in reality, I am the guest here. So sorry if I came across the wrong way on your blog ok…
Have a good one 🙂
Gotcha! I recognize that tone doesn’t always come through in text, which is why I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt but to convey how I was reading it. ^_^
I appreciate the contribution if the goal was to continue the discussion! Please don’t be scared off, especially since your reply here was very respectful and understanding of how we read it!
All good, glad that we cleared that up. This is the first blog I have become involved in, so yeah i`ll get involved for sure. I study Jishukan Rhy not BJJ but like most martial artists I have an open mind and love to be involved with in the MA comminity.
I`ll keep popping in 🙂
Excellent! ^_^ I’ll keep writing.
I was thinking of starting a BJJ blog, but there are so many. lol. Anyway this is one of the subjects I wanted to talk about. I cant stop buying stuff. 1 Gi (the Strikefighter Wear Crowd Control..blk/purp.SWEET), couple tees, shorts. Maybe the H should stand for heroin. I’m pretty sure I’m addicted. Great subject. Your officially tied for first on my BJJ blog list with Mark Johnson at Tap or Die. Keep up the good work.
Aww thanks! Yeah. Lots of people have good blog ambitions but the follow through or the consistency ends up being an issue, aside from trying to create interesting content.
Well, you’re always welcome to join in on conversations here, and if interested, you’re welcome to write a guest article for my blog.
Jiu jiu, thanks to your post I was introduced to bjjhq. Fantastic, good quality gear for one third to one half the price I would pay in Australia. Much greater variety too (although only one at a time!). Only a few purchase so far :).
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Just when I had washed my new Fuji gi, you came out with the Tatami in black for 70 bucks with 5 dollar shipping. You’re killing me with these great offers. I’ll just have to train more to increase the wear and tear on the existing rotating gis….drooling on the keyboard.
Tatami Estilo 3.0 black with red contrast stitching $80 for Christmas, & a pair of ground game shorts last night. I think I made it through January without a purchase. WOW.
Oh BJJHQ I both love and hate you. You are the like bad ex girlfriend that I break up with and then stupidly run back to. I love your deals and your great customer service. I even have an alarm I set for you on my phone 8pm PST…but my bjjgf says that if I buy one more thing from bjjhq she is going to bjjtakemywallet. Maybe I’ll just start bjjshipping to my parents house…there i go again making excuses and coming back to you.
PS I need a new rashguard…lol
Keep up the great work and I’ll see you tonight at 8pm sharp!
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They never have anything in my size. YET!