r/jiujitsu

hey guys i just started in bjj i done 3 classes so far and in every spar against white belts with lower weight than me but more experience and i just won against them kinda easily i also sparred against a 2 purple belts and they both said i jad talent and good awareness agaonst one it was a draw and the other he won against me he finished me 2 times but he said i had a good defense also sparred agaonst a blue belt and he also said i had a good awareness too but some white belts said that i only won because of my weight what do you guys think? im 120kg 1,76 btw

Is it acceptable to decline training partners because you’ve had a bad experience with them? Yesterday I rolled with a guy I managed to smash the week before. I’m still really new so I’m not very good at maintaining top position and submitting. He’s a scrawny kid, probably 10kgs lighter and 10 years younger

This week he went 100% on me and even cranked a nasty leg lock (I assumed we were playing by white belt rules and I didn’t expect that). Obviously I yelled cos it was brutally quick and hard. Next round he managed to knee me in the temple so I said okay enough I’m not rolling I need to rest

I think I may reject him next time, or tell him to chill

I’m not 20 anymore and I’m doing this for personal growth and I’d rather go with like minded folks than those that want to prove themselves

So I always heard about the blue-belt blues but right now I'm really feeling it.

I got promoted at the end of last year and like people say the lack of a sense of something close to aim for, just a long road to purple-belt and beyond is hitting hard.

I've always been really hard on myself when it comes to training and although my coach says otherwise I feel like I've completely plateaued or even regressed, I often don't feel too interested in drills and really don't want to roll at the end of class. Basically I'm phoning it in.

There's a few new guys who've come in for the last couple of months and are big strong athletic guys and just seem to pick it up like a sponge, and to be honest I already struggle with them in rolls and feel theyre going to pass me out soon ability wise, and its the usual getting flattened and destroyed in rolls by the purple/brown belts which of course I expect but starts to feel like a chore after a while.

Any advice for reframing things and rediscovering motivation? I know it's your own journey, you just have to keep showing up etc. and that's exactly what I'm doing but to be honest at the moment it just feels deflating, demotivating at times I just go home feeling embarrassed rather than that I had a good workout and it was fun.

I recently joined a smaller gym and I’m just not feeling it. Feels more like boot camp than a class. There are a lot of options near me, but I just originally went with the first one I went to a couple of weeks ago. There’s no contract.

What are y’all’s thoughts on changing gyms? Have you changed? Are you glad or did you regret it?

Yeah it went about as well as one would imagine.

Sorry if this the wrong place to post and I don’t mean to bitch but I’m looking for some advice to stay consistent in my training. I work night shift 7-7 so on my days off I feel completely horrible and skip class due to feeling like that or other things in life. Some weeks I make class 3 times and some times maybe once or none. Am I still making progress showing up once a week? Should I even bother going to class if I’m so tired I can’t pay attention to the instructional the coach is doing? I’ve been training around 2 years and suck btw

Hey guys, if anyone has any knowledge about BJJ centres (preferably female friendly) please let me know. I’m currently overseas where I’ve developed an interest in BJJ but I’m afraid once i go back i will have to leave it behind.
I’ve currently looked into CG (carlson gracie) BJJ but I’m having a timing issue and another one is a place that goes by revolution they also train in MMA and such but they haven’t provided any lineage to their BJJ training whatsoever— so that’s a concern for me. Any details would be helpful and appreciated.
I live in gulshan, and if anyone would know places close to that, that would also be great.

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I started bjj about three months ago as a step out of my comfort zone and while it is intimidating, I do enjoy the training and rolling. Alot of times though I suffer with information overload and it is hard to rememeber everything we drill. Usually my rolls end up with me trying to just survive against someone more experienced either in bjj or just a wrestling background (sometimes I can get a solid pin or submission). It gets a bit frustrating when you find yourself having bad habits, (my big one is improper posture and hand placement when caught in someone's closed guard, which leads to either a armbar or triangle). 

I can agree that I am better than I was when I first started but sometimes those bad habits make me feel like "bro did you learn anything at all?". Pretty lucky to have a humble rolling partners but sometimes I have that creeping thought of "man I just wasted this person's time". Definitely not going to quit but sometimes it gets a bit tough.

How did you handle those feelings when you first started?

Edit:thanks for the great advice everyone. Someone mentioned ego death and I agree. My inner perfectionist makes me forget that this is hobby that I should enjoy and embrace instead of treating it like another job.

I just started a couple of weeks ago and I am a pretty big/strong guy. I do have some wrestling experience and Muay Thai. I get so exhausted that essentially I’m just trying to not get tapped and surviving.

When I roll with white belts I can actually think and feel like I’m flowing. My instructor always makes me go with upper belts but for some reason I’m fighting fatigue the whole time despite being double the size of the guys. (They kick my ass obviously).

Any advice on how to 1. Not wind myself so easily & 2. Slow down and not try to brute strength everything?

Hi, I’m a white belt, 8 months on bjj, what I struggle the most is on purposes… I don’t always start a roll knowing where I want to go.

Would be really grateful if someone could help me on showing how to “create” functional plans, like what to do with big opponents, what to do against small but quick opponents…

I really like to try to call to guard (don’t know how to call it in English).

I’m a pretty average guy, 1,75m, 75kg, fit.

Hi - my son has been doing BJJ for a little over a year now and has just started competing in tournaments. He used to take classes only 2x a week but once he started wanting to compete we'd try to increase it to 4x on average. Throw in a few privates here and there...but overall (and I saw this in another post) I would describe him as a "hobbyist" in bjj vs someone that lives and breathes bjj as he is only 6 and does other extracurriculars too.

We originally signed him up to learn self defense not ever anticipating to go into the tournament world. He did JJWL twice and no luck. Did place 3rd place at BJJ Tour.

He did have more of a weight advantage at BJJ Tour and for JJWL he's on the lowest end of the bracket.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this but I'm looking for some insight/feedback. We don't have time to "live and breathe" jiu jitsu but our 6 year old wants to compete so we want to support him.

Can he still do well just by attending classes at least 4x a week? I know it's not so black and white either and he just started competing. Would love to hear experiences or how others are approaching a similar situation.

I'm super beginner !

so I wonder what brands do you guys use??

and after class how do you guys practice ??

Hi, I’m a white belt, 8 months on bjj, what I struggle the most is on purposes… I don’t always start a roll knowing where I want to go.

Would be really grateful if someone could help me on showing how to “create” functional plans, like what to do with big opponents, what to do against small but quick opponents…

I really like to try to call to guard (don’t know how to call it in English).

I’m a pretty average guy, 1,75m, 75kg, fit.

just began training recently, everyday is another day of removing ego and focusing on simply focusing on my path

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