r/jiujitsu

Been training for just about 3 months now. While I have improved slightly since day 1, I feel like I could have improved substantially more with a better learning structure.

I don't know how every bjj gym teaches but heres how my gym's classes are structured. We basically go over 2-3 moves and then drill them individually with a partner. It's maybe about 5 minutes of drilling per move. That takes up the first 30-40 minutes of class and then the last 30 minutes is live rolling.

My problem with this is that jiu jitsu is highly technical and the moves do not come naturally to me (I'm sure they don't for most people too), so the short amount of drilling that we do in class is nowhere enough for me to get mechanics down. Not to mention each class it's basically something different every single time, so I never get any spaced repition of something that I may have learned previously.

My intuition would be that If I want actually learn the mechanics of a move, say a kimura, I would need tons and tons of repition in a single session as well as exposure of that same move across many different classes. Instead, I'll get a very small number of reps in where I barely get the move down before moving on to the next move and by the time the next class hits I feel like I didn't really retain anything.

I get that over time, I'll become more familiarized with patterns and mechanics with prolonged exposure but this is a very inefficient way of learning. Should I try out a different gym or I going to experience this issue with most gyms that teach group classes?

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New to the Long Beach area and trying to find a solid BJJ gym nearby.

Looking for a place with:
- good instruction
- competitive but not toxic culture
- solid evening classes
- welcoming to newer people
- hard rolls without ego
- decent value for the price

Would rather hear real experiences instead of just Google reviews or “my gym is the best” replies.

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

Edit: Okay when I say smash I don’t mean i was really destroying or going hard. I just managed to get top position quite easily and stayed there. Am I doing something wrong? Should I have let go?

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.

Hi everyone,

I need help choosing the right BJJ gi size because I’m stuck between A2 and A2L and nothing seems to fit me properly.

My stats:

• Height: 185 cm (6'1")
• Weight: 81 kg (178 lbs)
• Athletic/slim build

Here’s my problem:

• A2 pants usually fit me perfectly (waist and length are good)
• But the A2 gi jackets are often too short in the sleeves and feel tight in the shoulders/chest
• A2L fixes the jacket length issue, but then the pants become too loose and baggy

For example, I tried a Tatami Balistico 4.0 A2:

• Pants: perfect fit
• Jacket: too tight + sleeves slightly too short

So I feel like I’m stuck between sizes:

• A2 = good pants, bad jacket
• A2L = good jacket, bad pants

I’m mainly looking for a black gi, and I don’t want something overly baggy.

Right now I’m considering the Kingz Kore V2, but I’m not sure if A2 would solve my problem or if I’ll have the same issue again.

Has anyone with similar height/weight dealt with this?
What brands or models worked best for you?

Thanks a lot for any help

Yeah it went about as well as one would imagine.

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?

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.