https://www.amazon.com/Revansh-Brazilian-Jiu-Jitsu-BJJ-Belt/dp/B0F4PGKL8Q

Why are there no proud Native Americans at the upper echelon of submission grappling when they have strong wrestling traditions

need me a cornfed bjj gf https://youtu.be/2DRS5de9gk4

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>>260914
Thinking about doing BJJ or AJJ to get into shape and quit alcohol. Good idea yes or no? Here are my stats
>26 years old (almost 27)
>6’5”
>223 pounds
>25% body fat
>9 INCH COCK (and girthy)
Also I want male only classes and less than 10 people if preferred since I hate crowds (I’m autistic). What do you guys think?

>>262479
>Thinking about doing BJJ or AJJ to get into shape
Jiujitsu is a great workout, but IMHO it's an even better reason to work out. Improving your strength, resilience, and gas tank on the mats could be a great motivator to get in the gym and do your strength, mobility, and conditioning work.

>quit alcohol
Don't know much about alcoholism/sobriety, but I gotta think that seeking challenge, learning, growth, etc can't hurt.

>stats
Seems fine, great time to start training. You're about the same bf% I am, we both need to get leaner.

>Also I want male only classes and less than 10 people if preferred since I hate crowds
Hard to guarantee, but that matches the vibe of a lot of small hardcore gyms. Just get on google maps, find all the jiujitsu gyms in your area, figure out which ones are within driving distance, and start visiting them.

They'll have some form of trial period. Take advantage of that and try them all. Don't get pressured into signing up until after you've made the rounds. Then select the gym you like.

Report back with your findings.

>>262479
>>262603
>IMHO it's an even better reason to work out.
>quit alcohol
these all kind of play nicely together. i had already been working out for years and was cutting out drinking a lot in the year or two prior to when i started. hangovers were a huge part of it and now im in the gym friday night, saturday morning. dont get hungover. dont want to be hungover. having classes in the evening during the week and doing cardio or lifting in the morning i just dont have time in the week to feel like shit. shifting some of my focus outside the gym to bodyweight exercises and adding regular stretching i feel better now than i ever did before training. the idea that everybody gets hurt or ends up with major injuries is perpetuated by people that treat them like inevitabilities. ive been hurt twice in the gym in years and missed a grand total of a week. jacked up my knee and just gave up sweeps from half guard on that side for two weeks. took myself out for longer as a white belt getting drunk one night and doing stupid shit. havent had more than two or three drinks at a time since. if you find the type of gym youre looking for theyll pull you along quick. just listen to them and train smart

>>262479
Dude ignore that guy above lmfao

Are you an ex wrestler? Insanely flexible? Athletic? Ex rugby player?

You're gonna get injured my dude. Enjoy the high whilst you can, because your day is going to eventually be spent thinking about injuries and skin infections

Anyone find Gi a LOT easier than No-Gi? I'm surprised when I checked online that people say No-Gi is easier. Maybe because I had previous training but I feel like I give much more of a fight in GI just because it's so much easier to just grab hold of the collar or sleeve compared to trying to fetch an arm or pin an arm down. I'm like scrambling pretty hard with no-gi but with Gi most of the time I can just GRAB and HOLD to just take some time and space to try shit out.

So Ive been traveling around 1 hour to a gym and it's been good so far. Nice people, great instructor, feel happy there. But the commute is tiring.

There's a gym close to my house, 10 minute walk. Essentially same price but they force you to pay for a trial class, and buy their uniform (gi and rashguard) if you want to continue with them

This leaves a really sour taste in my mouth for some reason. Am I being unreasonable?

>>264301
impossible to say what actually training there is like without trying it out. on the surface it does sound like one of those places that like to nickel and dime you for everything, such as belt promotions.
rather commute an hour to a gym you like and keep training consistently, than walk 10 minutes to one you dislike and quit training because it sucks

>>264307
I just don't know if I can stomach the commute anymore. I'm around 40 sessions in. When I think about how much time I spend getting there it makes me feel depressed.

>>264341
1 hour to go training is insane unless it's a god tier gym and you're trying to become a professional athlete

>>264391
Its definitely not and Im definitely not

Try this on for size, I am 1 hour away from a God tier professional gym
The owner, instructors and people on the mat are people you've heard of
Not only that but there's even free classes twice a week
And additionally, a few of my friends go there

All of that in its favor and I will still never travel that far for jiu jitsu on a regular basis
Unless it is literally your only option and you really need to do this there is no gym so good it's worth organizing 4+ hours per day around


I really like this place, everybody's super nice and I get a lot of really great training and get to catch up with people I don't see very often, I still only go over there if I have a day off and my friends are really pestering me about it

>>264412
daisy fresh is like an hour from me

I guess at least go there once and try it out to see what it is all about, why not?

>>264497
May be worth a visit, they have an actual gym now though, right?
I always end up with the itch whenever I visit other gyms, I've actually had walking pneumonia for a couple weeks since I last visited a place from all the vaporized sweat in the air and no ventilation

Not everywhere takes hygiene seriously

>>264558
yes Daisy Fresh is a real gym not a run down laundry mat. I had a seminar with Heath and others from there so I don't have to go there.

I'm sick right now. With a cold. Sucks dick. It's bad too.

My gym doesnt' get me skin issues but the one that cleaned the mats with bleach did, go figure

I think most of the issues are skin on skin contact rather than condition of the gym desu but idk

>>264497
Which direction? I'm like an hour and some change south. Never been, but we have some visitors every now and then who trained there consistently. Lot of good people but mostly normal people.

It all just further reinforced to me that there's no magic mats or magic room. The main thing is train, learn, stay healthy. No reason to lust after some super gym or coach or whatever as long as you're live sparring several hours a week, you're gonna make it.

>>264595
I'm in STL area at a Vaghi gym (same lineage as Daisy Fresh)

Yeah there's no secrets anymore, this isn't the 90s, everything is on the Internet. If a technique works it works and everyone will know about it. This is why gyms who don't allow cross training or drop ins piss me off.

>>261133
I grew up wrestling 20 minutes from a reservation and have literally never heard of injuns maintaining strong wrestling traditions.

>>264161
>I'm like scrambling pretty hard with no-gi but with Gi most of the time I can just GRAB and HOLD to just take some time and space to try shit out.
Young wrestlers find no-gi easier because there aren't any gi tricks to slow them down; old guys find gi easier because it slows things down and allows them to take some time and space to try shit out.

>>264615
But of course as we all know, the gi is cope
If you need the gi to slow someone down you're bad at jiujitsu
You should be able to control someone using just your own body against theirs which is really the whole point

You can control a horse by pulling on ropes tied around it, that's hardly a skill

>>264663
If you're not good at both you're bad at jiujitsu.
>You can control a horse by pulling on ropes tied around it, that's hardly a skill
Do you have any experience with horsemanship? Actually meshes well with grappling.

>>261133
The only people who care about preserving historical traditions are white Europeans and Japanese. That's why the UK has all the one of a kind artifacts from around the world. They grabbed them to preserve and the native cultures destroyed 100% of the remaining.

>>264666
The gi is a red herring, having a gi will actively make you worse at not having a gi
It's too strong of an attractor state

I did ride horses as a lad but I was the only boy on the competition scene and the girls were all mean to me

>>264301
Are you only allowed to wear their gear or do you just have to buy the one set? Ill buy rash guards from home base when they come out with new ones to show support and have for tournaments or visiting other open mats but I have plenty of 3 for 50$ rashies from amazon already that are hardly a step down in quality that I wouldn't be replacing at 3x the price

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i did bjj for a year before i found a job and now i wanna go back, but i'm kinda afraid of the neck, leg and back injuries, i haven't gotten any of those and definitely don't wanna change that, specially since i've seen partners break something or get injured during practice, and one dude got his arm broken due to a tight kimura on no-gi.

what's the safest way to practice this shit without ending up in the hospital? i know, tap early, relax, go with the flow, etc., but is there anything i'm missing? is gi safer than no-gi?

>>264748
charge it to the game b

>>264747
Just the one club gi

I gave in and bought on in the end, as I tried the place out and thought it was worth the compromise

>>264748
Don't be aggressive and tight, don't fight stuff, don't fight being swept if it's on, tap to anything you don't know how to technically get out of, tap quickly to subs, tap QUICKLY to cranks, don't go 100%, be relaxed, breathe through nose only, don't try to "win" at all cost. Avoid standup unless with trusted partners and tell them no crazy shit, no suplexes no kani basami, if they do crazy shit don't do standup again with them, don't do stuff you "saw on YouTube". Do what you are taught and do it slowly and controlled, if you're muscling shit it will only work on the weaker people

Wish I knew this when I began. I'm only around 50 hours into my grappling journey but picked up all sorts of neck and back injuries already (my worst fear). Presumed bulging disks. Managed to fuck my knee up trying to do shit I saw on YouTube. Etc

Any good stuff or guides to workout ankles/hips/elbows/all the joint shit? I was practicing with someone and they were trying a side takedown but they didn't lift me high enough or sweep hard enough so I almost twisted my ankle. Luckily didn't get injured but sorta don't want situations to happen like that in the future.

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how can i help a training partner who has terrible self-confidence?

he has been training relatively consistently for three years now but is still stuck at white belt and frankly nowhere near getting his blue.
he'll occasionally bring up the subject of belt promotion but immediately dismiss himself by saying he'll probably never make it to blue.
the other day after class, he asked me how long it took for me to get my blue belt, i assume to compare his timeline to my own. for reference i got mine in about 1,5 years, which is pretty standard from what i've read. should clarify i'm no wiz either, i'm a pretty shitty blue belt

i like the guy, but he has terrible self-confidence issues that sabotage his jiu jitsu. he'll often 'give up' and go limp noodle whenever he's put in a losing position against a better training partner, which makes sparring with him somewhat awkward. worse yet, if he goes against someone newer that he thinks he should be able to beat and loses, he'll opt to tap out and sulk in the corner of the mats, leaving the new guys super confused. he's been talked to about this behavior and it usually stops for a little while, but always returns thus far

technique-wise he hasn't got much going on. you can kind of see the cogs turn in his head when he starts to think about his next move. until then, it's just a lot of deathgripping and tensing up. what makes it all the more absurd is that the guy is built like a fucking tank and could easily overpower and plow through guards if he stopped freezing up and was a bit more dynamic

even when we're drilling, he's always self-critical and negative: i cant do this, i cant do that. it gets exhausting at times. we all try to encourage him but it goes through one ear and out the other.

aside from giving him the number to a psychiatrist i'm not sure what i could do to help this guy.

>>264795
>i like the guy, but he has terrible self-confidence issues that sabotage his jiu jitsu. he'll often 'give up' and go limp noodle whenever he's put in a losing position against a better training partner, which makes sparring with him somewhat awkward. worse yet, if he goes against someone newer that he thinks he should be able to beat and loses, he'll opt to tap out and sulk in the corner of the mats, leaving the new guys super confused. he's been talked to about this behavior and it usually stops for a little while, but always returns thus far
>technique-wise he hasn't got much going on. you can kind of see the cogs turn in his head when he starts to think about his next move. until then, it's just a lot of deathgripping and tensing up. what makes it all the more absurd is that the guy is built like a fucking tank and could easily overpower and plow through guards if he stopped freezing up and was a bit more dynamic
>even when we're drilling, he's always self-critical and negative: i cant do this, i cant do that. it gets exhausting at times. we all try to encourage him but it goes through one ear and out the other.
Have you told him these things directly or have you tried to diplomatically imply implications and talk around the issue?

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>>264801
for the first thing, he's been told directly to stop 'ragequitting' during sparring matches and going limp by our coach because it's obviously very unsportsmanlike.
second, i've told him on numerous occasions that he makes himself out to be much worse than he really is, and that if he really wanted to he could probably tear my head off.
third, some people will be more direct with him about this than others. sometimes if a technique or sequence is particularly difficult, he might try it a few times, fail, say it's too difficult for him or that he doesn't get it, and then lets his partner do the move without trying it for himself. thankfully this is pretty rare but it happens occasionally. i'll usually try to be encouraging and attempt to get him to drill the move himself, but if he's very adamant about it then i won't push the issue

>>264803
If I were his coach I'd make him do wall sits with a sandbag every time I caught him doomposting on the mat.

Since you're not in a position to do that you can try to coach him more gently in the moment more directly than you have been, if you think he'd be receptive to it and you're not stepping on any toes (some gyms have different cultures about that stuff, not sure what yours is like). When he tenses up with you tell him to calm down, take a breath, and think about his options, maybe offer some leading questions to get him moving. When he goes limp you could try the same thing or punish him for it with pain compliance stuff from wrestling that sucks but won't result in a tap out or injury. Doomerism needs to be countered immediately in the moment so it doesn't spread to other people; shame him for it if you have to.

>Joined two BJJ tournaments with only a month of experience in november
How fucked am I? I think I do somewhat decent on other white belts but blue and above I struggle for at least 2-3mins before I get submitted. One tournament has a bracket for >6 months so I think I'm sorta safe (until I get sandbagged), the other is in house so that's fine.
Any things to really work on for the next 5 months? Going to be REALLY tiptoeing balancing to not get injured and get as much training as humanly possible.

On a side note, when should I wear a knee brace? I'm starting to feel one side getting a bit "stretched out" but I think I can hold it off for a week and it'll heal but I also don't want to get injured in the next 5 months.

>>264881
>signed up for a learning experience as a new guy
>How fucked am I?
It's tradition that the winner of your bracket and his coaches rape the losers to death, so very fucked.

>>264884
OH FUCK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Joined a tournament 2 weeks in my gym and my only matches I got stuck in mount and lost by points in all my matches. This time I want to at least win a match lol. Just wondering what to really hyper focus on in the next 5 months. Usually I'm lucky that a lot of people are on vacation so I can use the next few weeks like private lessons but I want to really be specific on what should I ask for to really make use of the time while I got it. Probably would be a good idea to ask for standup game huh but still have no idea to go against the pull guard hmm....

>>264887
>This time I want to at least win a match lol. Just wondering what to really hyper focus on in the next 5 months.
Ask the guy who can see what you're doing and what the other guys in your area are doing. "Hey coach, I want to win at least one match at the upcoming tournament. What do you think I should really hyper focus on in the next 5 months?"

>>264888
You know what. That's fair. I think I'm still in the area where I'm still spazzing out but I think my defense is getting better. Anytime I go for an offensive stance I'm getting bumped and sweeped the fuck out. Actually hey thanks, I'll ask for improvement on my offense.

Any good resources (sites - surprised this hasn't been a thing/books/videos/podcasts to supplement training)
I'm genuinely surprised I couldn't find anything that's pretty much a site that shows you standup - and then what you want to focus on then it links you to a page for throws or takedowns etc and from there it goes through the types of throws and takedowns and applications and then it does mount then types of submission or moves from there. It would be a lot of work I guess rather than doing...

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There's a 4 year old in the kids class that keeps sniffing other kids feet, and I told him to stop doing that so he's just being sneaky about it and when he does it he makes a face similar to this
I'm not sure what to do next

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>>264767
>Avoid standup unless with trusted partners and tell them no crazy shit

>don't do stuff you "saw on YouTube"

>Do what you are taught and do it slowly and controlled

thanks anon, i wish i could make every single bjjtard get these simple things intro their monkey brains, but what can you expect from a martial art popularized by a mob. guess i'll get back to it soon when i get my paycheck, though i just plan to get to a blue belt, since that's when they allow leg and ankle submissions and also jumping guard.

>I'm only around 50 hours into my grappling journey but picked up all sorts of neck and back injuries already
sorry to hear that, take care of yourself this shit is not worth risking having to be 90% metal on your bones.

I have a tournament in 4 months as a beginner and I know a lot of you guys are going to say "have fun!" but I want to win a match. Is there anything I can hyper optimize for (flexibility/solo drills) outside class? I know most of you will just say "just roll more" but I'm starting to think more on "Okay, if X now what should Y be". There's a lot of stuff during standup I have no idea what to do and I've been trying to figure out Judo throws and standard takedowns but I haven't landed mine yet. imanari roll looks cool but that's too memey at my level right? I've been trying single/double (keep getting guilotined). I've tried Osoto and Uchi (oh god Uchi has to be my shittiest attempt since I keep getting headlocked or guilotined again as soon as I give them my back). Osoto I've been struggling with since most of the time they're always "square'd" so it's hard to even get a leg in. Are there any resources or online courses that can help improve my game before D day?

>>265005
Identify what you're actually good at. What moves do you hit regularly? From there work backwards. Figure out how to get into positions that will lead to those things. Then figure out what takedowns will lead you into those positions.

Right now you're throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. Not much will because you have no idea what you're doing and are randomly throwing it everywhere.

>>265005
>solo drills
Not real
>Flexibility
With a good protocol you could go from nothing to nearly full splits in that time frame. Which isn't done by "stretching" you need to warm up the target muscle groups, using a combination of nerve flossing, PNF, and targeted stretching adding up to a full 10 minutes minimum of time under tension per week per skill. Usually no more than 4 max skills at a time. So basically it's an entire 1 hour training session each week dedicated to flexibility improvements just like any other exercise routine, or you can do a little each day, doesn't seem to matter the volume per session as long as it gets done.

Now here the facts about competition, statistically speaking whoever scores the first 2 points wins the entire thing
It's an extremely poorly designed sport

Deficits in jiujitsu are too hard to come back from
You rarely see a back and forth, it's usually incremental progress that can snowball overtime
So all you need to do is bust your nut and get your points first then do nothing for the rest of the match

>>265013
You have any good resources for the flexibility stuff?
>>265008
Hmm I'd say I'm getting much better at Mount and finishing with Americano/Kimura, trying to get better at Ezekial before I get bumped off. But standing is definitely my weak point. Trying to get better but not too sure on what to try out. I'll ask yeah but I also want to read something ahead of time to figure things out so I know what to try.

>>265005
The only takedowns that work as a beginner that takes little skill to pull off are the sacrifice throws like collar drag where you use your weight to fall and drag them down too

or collar and sleeve snap down into knee/ankle pick

Don't bother with shooting for singles etc you will most likely get sprawled on and guillotined

Judo throws take years to actually get at. You might be able to force drop seo nage though. Just remember to dive through the legs. Also I'm refering to gi

>>265037
Doing both Gi and No Gi so that's fun. Yeah one of my coach has been getting me to do a lot of sacrifice stuff but I'm just not a big fan of it since it feels like there's so many things that could go wrong. All it takes is one knee in the wrong place when falling and blamo.

>>265013
>solo drills
>Not real
They are if you can rotate a photorealistic apple with your mind's eye, so for whites and east asians but probably not most brazilians. Solo drills feature heavily in wrestling and judo pedagogy.

>>265045
It's a fake waste of time no matter who's doing it
No amount of kata is going to improve your ability to perform, thats all solo drills are
People do it because they feel like they're supposed to, not because it produces results. It's about motor learning, doing a solo drill gets you better at doing solo drills, skill doesn't transfer from something that is superficially similar looking to live competition.
This is why they don't put training wheels on bikes anymore they take the pedals off of them instead, And kids are learning to ride bikes at 2-3 years old instead of in elementary school

Riding a bike with training wheels on superficially looks just like riding a bike without them, But you're just mimicking the movement you aren't actually developing the capacity to do it, take them off kid falls over
Take the pedals off the bike and let the kid just push themselves along the ground with their feet, It looks a lot different but it actually developed their ability to steer and manage balance.

>>265035
Watch movement by David's videos I guess, he's got big fag energy but is actually concise and accurate when he talks

>>265047
>bro it takes YEARS to learn wrestling takedowns and judo throws that are routinely taught within a semester
>you shouldn't train like they do in those classes though because you won't learn anything
If you were a little less autistic you might be capable of the nuance you need to be a little less retarded.

I don't like the rationalist dorks in jiujitsu it made it unbearable to watch. It's just from tech rationalism too I think -- committed computer guys

Again just asking for resources here lol. Anything helps! I know I could just google but wondering what personally helped you.
>>265047
I'll check him out, thanks!

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>>265048
You're agreeing with me and don't realize it yet
The standard BJJ approach to takedowns is your partner stands there and you rep your little osotogaris and double legs. Maybe you take turns doing that with a person but in effect you're just doing solo drills, it's no different if you were to just do that with a grappling dummy or elastic bands or to the air up and down the mat
It's a total waste of your time

The other grappling sports that can actually do takedowns effectively are doing so because they utilize having a person in front of them to a greater degree. They're actually practicing hand fighting, entries against resistance, action reaction.

If any of them have gotten good and include solo drills in their practice they've gotten good despite the solo drills not because of them

>>265081
I agree that having a practice partner allows for more complete and advantageous drills but I also assert that solo drills are beneficial when a practice partner is unavailable and for certain skills isolation practice. When I wrestled in school the guys who did drills on their own at home between practices made faster progress than the guys who didn't. I've found it helps both when learning new movements at the beginner level and reinforcing learned movements at a more advanced level.

>>265092
....can I KNOW what drills to do at home?

>>265094
For something specific, if you plan on trying to get good at takedowns you can drill them at home so they're smoother when you practice them against an opponent in class.

In general, think of it like shadow boxing. Imagine you're doing a movement against a resisting opponent and practice it the way your coach told you to. Some stuff isn't super practical without another body there but you can mess around with it and work through some problems and refinements on your own.

>>264767
>I'm only around 50 hours into my grappling journey but picked up all sorts of neck and back injuries already
lol
>>265005
get your hands inside of theirs get your head in a better place than theirs and get your hips on top of theirs. you can pretty much do whatever you want at that point
>>265081
>you rep your little double legs
what do you think wrestling practice is? 3 hours of duck walks?

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>>265092
>the guys who did drills on their own at home between practices made faster progress than the guys who didn't
Not for the reasons you think though

There needs to be perception action coupling, you can't remove a movement from the environment where you'll need to express it. Your senses are taking in information from all over the place at all times and running assessments in the background. It can only lock in and make good decisions with accurate information and a solo drill doesn't give the correct feedback needed to perform live.

What's happening with the guys doing things at home is they're exercising, which is good, but that time should be spend exercising then. Their improvements are nothing beyond the benefit you get from doing calisthenics
So you should really be doing weightlifting, plyomeric, and v02 max routines to improve your general fitness

I know it seems silly if you think about playing a ball sport and practicing the movement without a ball in your hand
Well I don't have a ball so I'll practice dribbling the air around imaginary opponents
Nah obviously you should just go for a run or something

For whatever reason when it comes to martial arts I guess it's just this traditional mindset, people resist something obvious to every other sport

Didn't Michael Jordan have a basketball with him at all times?

>>265112
Yep, when he was at the grocery store he just put his basket on some guy's head and dunk on him. That's why he was so good.

>>265112
>>265160
Its never been something intentional in lucid dreams but I noticed when I started hitting heel hooks in ordinary dreams my waking leg lock game improved significantly. Might be something to it

How are gyms generally with having people sit out of doing stuff like drilling throws due to an injury? Are coaches usually happy you turned up even though you might have to skip certain things?

>>265301
Depends on the injury and the coach but in my experience they want you training as much as you can without getting injured or aggravating existing injuries. Even if you're totally out of commission there's value in watching and thinking about grappling (contrary to what ecosperg would have you believe).

Is a dummy worth it? Still a white belt but I notice I do better learning if I can physically drill out something. What usually happens while I'm training in class is
>We drill it a couple of times.
>I get it maybe like once or twice
>write it down in my notes
>rinse and repeat
>do live rolls
>SCRAMBLE - completely forget everything
>come next day I completely forgot what exactly it is I drilled.
I get the theory of something and my brain can go ohh it's pretty much aiming for x and y but my brain freezes the fuck up once I get into that situation. I was thinking of buying a dummy for home and then practicing the scenarios a couple of times every night to really muscle memory it. My only real problem is I live at home and my friends are going to make fun of my "sex doll" when they come over. Oh and it's also kind of hefty and expensive....

>>265301
>>265306
Ive never gone as far as to show up and watch injured but I've seen plenty of people come in and sit drills selectively depending on how its effecting injuries and I'll vouch that I early on I got just as much out of watching higher belts roll as I did going myself.
>>265333
I dont think a dummy is near as valuable as the people theyre marketed to do. Find a partner that you know wants to get as many reps as possible in when youre in class and make a mental note of one thing you want to work on in every roll. Keep it vague enough that you can find it anywhere. When youre standing be it foot work/placement, getting grips; on your back getting an overhook, getting a kimura grip, keeping your legs active; on top balance in whatever position youre trying to hold, catching flared elbows, lazy legs. Pound one thing into youre mind you can improve at at all times. If youre in it for the long haul you're not trying to refine things yet. Wait til its second nature

>>265357
It's more of I want some solo practice at home. I can read, watch and note down a lot of shit but I can't get it going on live rolls. I don't want to waste my partners time in "hey I found this shit on youtube, can I try it on you for a bit?" then waste like 5-8mins because I legit don't know/remember what I'm doing lol.

>>265359
try doing it instead of writing it down

>>265364
I mean yeah but I'll get it once or twice before we move to the next drills then I'll be like "I understand it now" then the next day it's like "lol wut how the fuck do I...", I guess shadow grappling could help but dang the mind body connection would be nice.
On another note, how the hell do I train explosiveness outside the gym? Standup is my worst game and I'm trying to get better at it because I end up just trying to pull guard (they end up side controlling me) and I'm always having to play defensively.... I can do some takedowns on the drills but trying to get space to do so without them just using it is fucking hard lol.

>>265365
I just think youre better off putting pressure on a heavy bag than drilling sweeps or subs against 20 pounds of pvc with zero resistance. Balance on top and start to feel where you can place pressure, visualize their arms. Guard is just mount off your back. Youre never going to outwork the ground. A mongoloid can triangle a dummy

>>265366
I'll give that a try. Just want to know what I can do solo so I can improve instead of being a doober in class.

Do you guys have any good mobility programs? My hips are tight as FUCK

>>265378
Jogging and stretching, it is really that simple.

I guess it can't be helped, I come to spread my wisdom and you all just defy me

Got called back at the end of class.
Apparently I need to stop doing dirty submissions during free rolls.
mfw I didn't even know there was such things as dirty submissions except for illegal shit like ground and pound and throat choke.
uhhh can I get a list so I don't embarrass myself next time? in my defense the other higher belts taught me this and didn't say shit about how dirty it was.

Sounds like a skill issue

Don't tell me /xs/ has a schizo issue as well holy fuck can you losers get a life

A couple of months in and I'm struggling in these situations. Any good athletes to take a look at who do more fundamental slower approach? I guess I'll have to look more in Gi competitions
>I get into Mount, opponent just cross his arms so I can't get the neck nor an arm. I could muscle two of my arms to one of his arms but he'll either sweep or control my arm once I go in. I have no idea what the fuck to do here. I only really know Ezekial/Arm Triangle/Americano
>Starting from sitting, I have no idea what the fuck to do. If I grab an arm and their neck they'll kick and sweep me from there. if we're in standing, I either get takedowned and get into someone's mount which fine I know how to escape or I take them down and I either mount (good but run into the first point) or enter their guard. (bad for me, I have no idea how to escape). I just feel like I have more control on what's going to happen while standing but sitting I blink and I'm in a more dangerous mount position.
>How the fuck do I get out of someone's guard? When I try to standup, they trip me with their hands, when they stand up they're already up before I can grab their ankle.

>>265607
I'm a no stripe white belt but these have worked for me so far

I have 3 moves to pass the guard depending on where their hands are

If I can grab both arms and pin them to the person or to the side, I will then stand up in a staggered stance(they can't grab your ankles then)

If I can get a 2 on 1 on one arm, to the side of the person, I will then start lifting their hips up by getting up slightly, slide their hand/arm underneath them, collect it with my other hand, and then put pressure on that side by putting my weight down and sliding up until they open up

If i can't control their hands then I strip their grips, push down on their hips, slide my left knee to the side, bend my body to that side, and then slide my right knee under the gap which has now formed in between them, the pressure from this should open their guard if you follow all the steps

Does anyone with more experience know if I can use this system forever? Or will this only work on noobs?

>>265607
You're asking about good athletes and talking about muscling out of shit so I'm assuming you're in shape but how do you train outside of bjj? It sounds like you just have a serious disconnect between your arms and legs when you're rolling. Use both
>>265615
>will this only work on noobs?
Roll with more people that are better than you and find out

>>265813
I think it's just beginner nerves. Lots of weight lifting and cardio. It's just when I go against higher belt they're barely trying and I wanna match that rather than having to rip someone's arm off (and I already hold back a lot even subconsciously because I don't want to injure my opponent)

Is it true every 10kg is basically a belt difference

>>265892
you get fatter you need a bigger belt yes

>>265892
Nope, pure cope just like the fake stat that 90% of fights go to the ground
Need proof? Jiujitsu has an absolute division, it's completely open weight and smaller guys win it all the time

There is a blue belt that's literally 340lbs
He's nearly 150lbs heavier than a lot of people
He's so big a lot of moves just don't work on him because I can't physically wrap around him, I still beat him though and I'm certainly not a coral belt

>>262635
death by wizzer

AJJ formerly BJJ formerly CJJ formerly DJJ formerly EJJ formerly FJJ formerly GJJ formerly HJJ formerly IJJ formerly JJJ formerly KJJ formerly LJJ formerly MJJ formerly NJJ formerly OJJ formerly PJJ formerly QJJ formerly RJJ formerly SJJ formerly TJJ formerly UJJ formerly VJJ formerly WJJ formerly XJJ formerly YJJ formerly ZJJ

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Would this count as being "inverted"?

Can they sprawl on you and injure you from here?

>>265978
Don't have your hips higher than your head ever if you can help it
It's a losing position