I'm a 68 year old white belt. Been doing 2 days a week for the last nine months. Might do a third day once a month. Good enough. No competition. Will probably never get a blue belt (but who knows). I supplement with walking, mild exercise and stretching. Keeps me from becoming part of my couch.
I'm a 63 year old white belt. The hardest issue for me is getting past the muscle soreness the day after. I try doing 2-3 times a week. My professor told me to listen to my body and go slow. Keep going buddy.
I'm starting this week and am 54. I have zero expectations other than getting out of my comfort zone and staying fitter. Also, gets me out of my basement. You guys are inspiring!
This is incredible! You will get that blue, all it is, is simply consistency to the sport. It’s nothing magical or illusive, focus on progression during class to the best of your ability one day it will be given out of no where Very inspiring keep at it, no self doubt ♥️
I'm starting now at 38. Having tried 20 years ago, wish I would've stuck with it. Body is a lot more creaky than it used to be happy to have started again though.
@@visionsinister I feel your pain. I also tried BJJ back in 2007 but was way too immature to really understand nor appreciate it. I also wish I had stuck through with it! I just started training Judo last month on top of my BJJ training lol
I am 37 years young and I do 2 sometimes 3 x a week. I listen to my body if it's mad I let it heal. I have years of wrestling and gym time under my belt and military service. I just do what I am capable of doing at the point and time.
Lifting weights has definitely helped with preventing injury so far. I can tell my body absorbs more impact from the mat. I used to lift 6 days/week, but since starting jits I had to dial it back to 3-4 days a week I find is about perfect.
Great stuff! I'm a white belt myself. To the "just survive" point: perhaps the most important thing I started doing was to focus on my breathing. Not just the act of breathing, but *HOW* I was breathing. Box Breathing has become very important to me. I can't say it'll work for others, but I can say it's done wonders for me, and just maybe it might be worth trying for others.
@@Yuuki_12it’s a counted breathing technique that helps one calm down. A random example would be 4 count inhale, 2 count hold, and 6 count exhale. If you’re interested in bjj breathing I’d recommend looking into Rickson Gracie’s breathing exercises.
@@kevinb8212 oh hey, thanks a lot man. Yea I just try to maintain normal breathing at all times but didn't know about the technique with count and timing. I'm into people like Jansen Gomez and Leandro Lo, Ffion Davies to name a few but I'll definitely check that out
I’ve never heard of those guys. Thanks for the additional resources. I’m going to check them out… Again, if you’re interested in BJJ breathing, I’d say Rickson is the best option but that’s just me. 🤷🏻♂️
On the topic of making mistakes, there are certain things in jiu-jitsu that I don't think are possible to communicate properly with words. Having experience solving little problems early on is definitely really important. If it's a communicable thing and you see they're not getting it, you can start out with the most minimal communication possible and letting them take it the rest of the way. My incommicable mistake that I was making was leaving my neck really open in transitions and scrambles. The white and blue belts weren't taking advantage of it. I knew it was an issue, because I had felt those few moments of vulnerability before, but because I was getting away with it, it was really hard to teach my body (not my brain) what "staying tight" really felt like. A purple belt once tried to tell me about it and it was very much a "yeah, I know, mate, I've been trying to work on it, but you're just going to have to keep punishing me for it before I learn"
I was so paranoid to wash my belt at 1st because I didn't want to lose my hard earned stripes..lol. The best way to wash the belt is to buy a washable garment bag, toss your belt in it, zip it up, and toss it in the wash. Stripes stay on.
One white belt question that no one seems to have answered online : what is the optimal way to recover between rolls ? Should i lay down, sit, stand up, walk around, should i drink between every roll (we do 6 min, 1 min break), should i breath in a special way ?
Blue belt here. We do 5 minute rounds with 1 minute breaks. The #1 thing that works for me to to breathe slow and deep. Still end up exhausted, but it helps. Also, supplement your BJJ with other exercise on your days off.
@@ThatJamesGuy88 A good cardio supplement is "interval running". You run hard, almost a sprint, for 1 to 2 minutes then slow jog for like 3 for recovery. No need for excessive distance.
This is why I choose to go with gracie combatives. I've learned so much before actually rolling I know what it feels like. I'm not lost on the mat. You have to get promoted to spar. And show you know what you're doing.
If you learn how to use the washer and dryer properly, you don’t have to worry about things shrinking. They are tools that you need to learn how to use the correct way or else you will miss use them.
Started around 35 and I thought "Yeh I'll just do BJJ 4 times a week and this will get me fit & strong too". Ended up getting injured frequently and obviously had knock-on effects to my adult responsibilities. The sport is just too chaotic to be your sole fitness modality, especially as you get older. I now do lots of mobility and kettlebell exercise, with BJJ added in occasionally for a bit of fun. Who was I kidding trying to train like a world champion when i'm approaching 40?! 😂
You're not too old to train hard, you just need to take care of your body as it might be growing more prone to injury. Read "Becoming a Supple Leopard" by Dr. Kelly Starrett. It's a comprehensive description of routines to increase body mobility and make you FAR LESS prone to injury.
It's called... don't roll harder than you can handle. In fact, don't roll "hard" at all, roll technically, and slow down when you don't know what you're doing yet.
@@af4396I’m recently 41, married, 3 kids. Been doing it 2 years and training 5-6 days a week most of that time. The more technique I use the less recovery I need. The more I use strength the longer the recovery. And this is my primary exercise. Op will learn eventually.
I'm a 5 month white belt. When I get an advantage, I completely forget all of the submissions. I can't even think of any other than the last one we learned (arm bar from guard)--if I thought real hard I could probably remember more, like, hey, kamora. I'm not letting it bother me too much. It's brand new information every class and I was told by one of my instructors there's about an 8 month curriculum, and I'll need to go through it probably twice before I start getting competent in the actual moves. As of now, I'm letting it come through osmosis and surviving: going for take down, passing guard, getting side control, and just feeling out what I could do and trying to remember the moves while my partner does everything possible to take back the advantage. Based on one of the other casts I watched, I'm comfortable not getting any stripes for up to two years, since every promotion gives other people the mindset of, "OK, this guy should at least be 'this' good." Let me bake in "I have no idea what I'm doing" while trying to be a good partner when learning the moves and rolling.
I been a white belt for two years of super inconsistent practice, never wrestled, but highly athletic. I hardly was learning until I started doing only the same attack sequences, and I no longer use my athleticism to defend I try to actually let the bjj happen to see what positions end up naturally and smoothly. Now after attacking only the same ways, and fighting less hard against attacks, which feels like trying less hard moment to moment, I’ve started remembering all kinds of stuff including things that aren’t taught becuSe my game is much more intentional. I feel like right now is the first time I can add variation from the new things I’ve suddenly picked up. I also don’t actually apply subs all the way sometimes, so I let it go after being secure and keep the position going.
as white then blue belt i went through similar issues ( I’m a brown belt now) my advice is to not worry about submission too much yet. I mean there is some basic key submissions I very much recommend to help fix situations like tournaments where winning fast is important for future matches, but I’ll do it below Keeping working on position its the key to everything ( it’s great for self defense mma and competition. Just might not be exciting) I feel 10x worse being positionally dominated then simply caught in a slight mistake I’ll likely never make against the person in future rolls. when your a purple you can go deep to work unique submissions then the crazy positional control abilities you’ve gained will allow you to force your submission which is extremely hard to do vs getting lucky n finding mistake/opportunity. You truly are in advantageous position in side mount etc and if your great at position you’ll get the most out having your more resources to attack. He’s playing chess with less pieces The best subs imo for you to work on early given your situation is these 4…. the mounted head n arm, if your positionally good you can force it. With no positional risk. The north south choke setup from side control. This my top submission on top and I literally force it. Rear naked choke and a triangle, tbh from bottom I win control position going too omoplata. I don’t recommend it as it’s a insanely hard submission to master. decide on it later in you jiu jitsu. I mean you should know omoplata but because there's so many escapes, counters, posture fights its massive
Yeah It’s hard not to stick to one technique when you’re new like me with rnc I know it works, but I’m trying to be versatile. If you have a good coach (mine is BB 4 stripe) really try to remember the techniques from drills. I try to envision them when I get home later over and over so I don’t forget.
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Firas Zahabi said that he doesn't let his new white belts roll for the first month or two. Only drilling. Because he says rolling too soon instills bad habits. What do you guys think about that?
They should be rolling with the higher belts, so the higher belts can give some instruction while they roll. or at my studio I’ve learned the most from a Bluebelt who would stop the role and just say freeze and tell me I did not create enough space to do what I was trying to do and then how to create the space so that way they were instructing based on what I was doing. It has made me become more aware of what has to happen in order for what I want to have happen actually happened correctly.
I think it's valid, but I prefer the method of taking a new person under your wing, rolling with them (not from standing until they learn break falls and safety) and just kinda playing with them. They'll have some fun, you can give them tips, you might even find yourself to be puzzled by something they do and that will help your BJJ too. It also helps get rid of some of the "bad" ego early on, when they realize that every movement in BJJ is calculated and it's not some game of luck and strength, you have to know what you're doing.
I dry my Origin Gis every single time. One of them is 3 years old, and one of them is 2 years old. Both in great condition and the same size as the day I bought them. I’ve had other ones shrink over the years, but Origin is legit.
When i first started i didnt wear sandals to the restroom, i didn't see anything wrong because i have swim for years and nobody wears sandals to the restroom i didn't think anything of it. But then i realized that i have to wear sandals i started wearing them on my own. I still go to that gym, people are cool and really helpful.
My advice to white belts: survival, defense, survival, defense, survival defense. But learn to attack from defensive positions. That makes people bail on whatever dominant position they have. I didnt even try to submit ANYONE first year. If I caught another blue or white, I let it go. I gave up position INTENTIONALLY, EVERY time. Within a few months, even the purple belts hated rolling with me because they couldn’t tap me. Granted I couldn’t get them but that wasn’t my goal. I started competing 3 months in and I literally had refs and coaches talking shit to me and accusing me of sandbagging. I competed at blue belt as a white and same thing. My defense frustrated everyone so much that they would basically quit and I would submit them almost immediately with same two moves. Took 10 years off, came back at 36 and everyone in the gym hates rolling with me, because I’m technically a white but can survive and sometimes tap purple belts who actively compete. I suck but my defense is solid and that goes a long way. Just put ego aside.
If you've got a cut near a knuckle on your finger, you ought to cut a slit in either side of the band-aid, creating four flaps. Then when you wrap it up, have the flaps woven over each other. One half of one flap first. One half of the other flap next, the last half of the first flap, then the last half of the last flap. Put another one on going the other way with the same trick... no tape needed.
I started wearing waterproof zinc sunscreen on my face before class just as a skin barrier after reading several papers on how zinc oxide can prevent a skin infection. You read a couple of horror stories and you start getting scared and wanting to do something about it lol
Had my first tournament this weekend. Second match, guy smelled like diesel and brake cleaner. Had grease and dirt on him, smelled horrible. Almost stained my rash guard
Just started jui jutsu last week here ;). I put my gi in the dryer in deodorizing mode (cold air 30 min for small charges). Works like a charm for me: smells good and no narrowing problem observed.
In my second class I rolled with a blue belt. He was so smelly I had to wash my gi THREE FRICKING TIMES. And I had his body odour smeared into the pores of my shoulder. Smelled that horror for about four days, when after washing the area like a clean-freak. Jeez.
When I started Jiu Jitsu in 2001, I just finished my college wrestling career. That was brutal and I hated it. Most of the guys are your buddies but you compete from a spot on the team. It can happen often if there is someone your weight or who you both cut to who with whom you are very competitive, which is rare much more common in high school, you not only have to make sure you strive to stay better but you also have to mentally present yourself where you pretend your attitude is do you really want me to turn it up next time. My Maybe you should think about switching weight classes. What does this mean? It means given the nature of the rule, the time limit etc,. Conditioning and roughness often plays on. Opponents and rival teammates. Therefore, daily team practices builds conditioning and makes you a better competitive wrestler. It hones mental toughness and physical durability. When you spend extra time with the better guys and coaches, relax and engage in slower paced focus skill based wrestling, perfect you takedowns (no great division 1 or world class wrestler has more than 3 but usually 1 or 2 takedowns that he can score on 95% of good peers relatively consistently before the opponent has grown tired.c note that I am referring to the best guys (fop 8 wrestlers in college known as All Americans where each guy has wrestled since he was 6-12 years old through highschool and outclassed several million people when you consider all people who have had a sanctioned match in all weight classes. Let's say 5,000,000 started wrestling at some point. Everyone grows and wrestles in a variety of weight classes but you have essentially outcompeted 500,000 to 1,000,000 people . Every college all American in a weight class was a state champion and a hopeful at high school nationals. They all wrestled all year competing in free style and Greco Roman wrestling off season. The guys may still letter in other sports but compete when they can and train when they can. As a teen and youth it's better for athletes to Cross train developing multiple attributes. If you did nothing but wrestling from 7 on, you will have weak hand eye coordination, inferior timing, and lack a base of general all around strength, endurance, mental toughness, coachability and your ego and identity will be solely tied to the most difficult , least socially rewarding sport. In any.case, unlike team sports having a spot on varsity at a large 5a highschool where you have 1000 students in your class is very difficult. If you play varsity football there are far more opportunities to start even though becoming the starting quarterback, middle linebacker, running back, full back or receiver, defensive tackle etc the popular positions, there are about 30-40 opportunities to start when you consider special teams and injured athletes if you are a bad ass all around athlete, the coach will always find a way to make sure you see game time every game for which you are eligible. Wrestling you have got 1-3 opportunities depending on if you are willing to cut big weight or fullfil a position at a weight class that is well above your natural weight but the guys on the team who are that size or should be cutting to that size are terrible. Most teams have very strong weight classes that tend to be in a 20-30 pound range because they always work with each other. Additionally, unlike Jiu jitsu where weight classes aren't as important. The absolute class is often won by a guy who isn't even a heavyweight. Jiu Jitsu doesn't screen for athleticism. What I mean is guys who put in the work and are not traditional athletic types can be mediocre white belts but love a d obsess over the same so much that they figure out a way to make it work. They often experiment the most with bad positions spending time at a disadvantageous position where many good guys never even think to train the position because the first time they get out there they are in the championship match at a high level tournament. Guys who are nerdy math.geeks who are free of ego and compete as often as possible just to get the experience learn the most important lesson of all,. ( The reason wrestlers who stick with BJJ and learn it as its own sport are black belt level positionally, in terms of conditioning, and finally learned to cope with fear and anxiety so it would not detract from their performance 200 matches earlier. If they start JJ at 22 and wrestled from 8 to 21 competing as often as possible often all year, they probably have 1200 matches. In some tournaments they may have completed 8 to 10 times meaning their may be a month were they wrestled 30 matches and in that month their development was equivalent to 2 years of hobby Jiu-Jitsu. So these wrestlers who practice from the guard, don't continue to believe jiu jitsu is takedown, pass, work on pinning (knee on belly, hon gesa gatame, gesa gatame, knees blocking hips and head on one side and elbows blocking hips and head on other side, mount, taking back etc) wrestlers who don't quit typically win every white and blue belt tournament using the above strategy with Americana, arm bar from mount, kimura from mount, RNC, guillotine from mount, crucifix, head and arm choke/arm triangle, triple attack, clock choke, Ezekiel, often when in the.Gi especially they crush the poor bastard and he either taps from.pressure (in tournaments guys will not defend the sub because it's a way to survive without dying from lack of oxygen and flattened lungs. The interesting thing is about 90%.of these guys never end up in guard unintentionally during training and competing. They end up ceasing to develop beyond purple belt in BJJ but if they are also getting decent at Muay Thai or boxing practiciing kicks kn3es and elbows and learn to check kicks , these guys will be unstoppable on the street, unstoppable in MMA and even be decent at the higher levels. With not much more than stellar wrestling career plus 2-4 years of full-time MMA training. If they want a belt they can still get it nowadays where stops and restart render the guard a survival position unless you are a leg lock stud. Point is some of the best black belts are smart, nerdy, problem solvers, experimenters and they usually are dangerous from purple belt on and unstoppable as black belts. MMA requirements differ in that mental toughness, athleticism and the ability tose the ego when training but in competition egotistical pricks who are still smart enough to not get angry and lose it can be great. Danahars champions like Gary Tonin and then great Gordon Ryan, would get demolished against high level MMA competition because as the late great Carlson Gracie, my first official instructor said, if you play guard like you do in pure BJJ and not like a pure attack position or sweep position always inflicting damage like controlling the wrists while punching to the throat, the temple, smashing the nose all while trying to set up a finish withna head kick, sternum kick, kicking his knee backwards, submitting,escaping or sweeping then every solid strike.l you sustain reduces your JJ skill by 1 whole.belt, 1 strike to the head makes you a new brown belt, 2 strikes you are purple, 4 strikes that land flush while you have your opponent in your guard you are as effective as a white belt and are almost guaranteed to.get the shit beat out of you. Minatauro was the best HW In Pride submitting everyone from guard including 4200 lb Bob Sapp. He finished everyone else after, beating them up.off his back then finishing them. Fedor hit him with 4 bombs and Minatauro looked like he was the worst Hw in Pride before he lost big. Point BJJ is a necessary skill for all competitive fighters. Although being an elitex athlete is essential for wrestling, MMa and is helpful in BJJ, a good black belt in BJJ who doesn't do a thing other than BJJ ca Become a champion grappler and beat up anyone he is likely to be attacked by on the street. All things being equal in a bar I would rather be with Bo Nikal, Mark Kerr in his Prime and Jon Jones, than Gary Tonin, Gordon Ryan and Keenan Cornelius
along the lines of nails, be careful not to cut too short, or those fuckers with get infected. this sucks ass when your training. Also, mat rash is a bitch. get some atheletic tape and tape them feets up. Also my gi dont shrink? But I dry it on cold.
I don't do BJJ yet because I haven't found the right place but man, I've cut myself with my own nails. I always cut my nails when I'm training with other people but not something I hear people talk about much. Great perspective.
I definitely go out of my way to shake hands with everybody. I’m just a purple belt but when I was a white belt, I was ignored. And yeah, never call out a black belt lol it’s funny because I see the white belts doing that on the regular.
@@Jiu-JitsuJourney257At my gym it's ok to ask higher belts including black belts to roll. They just say no if they don't want, no hard feelings. The only thing we have is leave room for higher belts, stop and move if you get in their way, to respect that they might have to work harder for some positions and deserve not to be interrupted.
Wash your belt? Mmmmmmmm, I hear people say that. I heard you say that. But how many belts do you have? Wash your gi after every use? Fine, I have a million. But I only have one belt. No way that bad boy will dry. And no way it will fit if put in a drier. And no way I'm gonna wear a belt that wasn't given toe by my instructor. So I don't wash my belt. I actually think " you must wash your belt" is a bigger fallacy than "you must not wash your belt*. Unless you wash your belt rarely. In which case . . . . What's the point???
@@Matto_Harvo TLDR; Yes if you used it 2-3x and didn't sweat. No if you're big sweaty. I don't remember if it was said in this particular video bc I've been watching a lot of bjj stuff lately, but I've seen that it's generally acceptable to go 1-3 training sessions before washing gi- depending on things like environment and training intensity. If you're doing simple drills in AC and didn't really sweat for an hour, I think it's fine to wear it again tomorrow. But if it's middle of summer in one of those field house type gyms with no AC, I'm gonna wash it before I use it again. I'm reasonable so I'm not saying do laundry or handwash the gi every day in summer, but for me, I'll just do gi training once or twice a week and no gi the other times if I even train that much.
I'm a 68 year old white belt. Been doing 2 days a week for the last nine months. Might do a third day once a month. Good enough. No competition. Will probably never get a blue belt (but who knows). I supplement with walking, mild exercise and stretching. Keeps me from becoming part of my couch.
I'm a 63 year old white belt. The hardest issue for me is getting past the muscle soreness the day after. I try doing 2-3 times a week. My professor told me to listen to my body and go slow. Keep going buddy.
I'm starting this week and am 54. I have zero expectations other than getting out of my comfort zone and staying fitter. Also, gets me out of my basement. You guys are inspiring!
This is incredible! You will get that blue, all it is, is simply consistency to the sport.
It’s nothing magical or illusive, focus on progression during class to the best of your ability one day it will be given out of no where
Very inspiring keep at it, no self doubt ♥️
Thanks awesome!!!! I just started official BJJ training at 52! Not concerned with rank just enjoying the journey.
@@lawdawg194same here--52 and 6wks in! 😎👊🏼
I LOVED my time as a White belt. It was one of the best and transformative period of my life!! I started at 38 and I'm 44 now at mid Blue belt.
I'm starting now at 38. Having tried 20 years ago, wish I would've stuck with it. Body is a lot more creaky than it used to be happy to have started again though.
@@visionsinister I feel your pain. I also tried BJJ back in 2007 but was way too immature to really understand nor appreciate it. I also wish I had stuck through with it! I just started training Judo last month on top of my BJJ training lol
Had a rough day at work, listening to all your banter is awesome
From the white belt who asked the question... "You have no game" hahaha so true and shared with my training partners
I am 37 years young and I do 2 sometimes 3 x a week. I listen to my body if it's mad I let it heal. I have years of wrestling and gym time under my belt and military service. I just do what I am capable of doing at the point and time.
Lifting weights has definitely helped with preventing injury so far. I can tell my body absorbs more impact from the mat. I used to lift 6 days/week, but since starting jits I had to dial it back to 3-4 days a week I find is about perfect.
Really been enjoying your content lads 😊
Great stuff! I'm a white belt myself. To the "just survive" point: perhaps the most important thing I started doing was to focus on my breathing. Not just the act of breathing, but *HOW* I was breathing. Box Breathing has become very important to me. I can't say it'll work for others, but I can say it's done wonders for me, and just maybe it might be worth trying for others.
What's box breathing?
@@Yuuki_12it’s a counted breathing technique that helps one calm down. A random example would be 4 count inhale, 2 count hold, and 6 count exhale. If you’re interested in bjj breathing I’d recommend looking into Rickson Gracie’s breathing exercises.
@@kevinb8212 oh hey, thanks a lot man. Yea I just try to maintain normal breathing at all times but didn't know about the technique with count and timing.
I'm into people like Jansen Gomez and Leandro Lo, Ffion Davies to name a few but I'll definitely check that out
I’ve never heard of those guys. Thanks for the additional resources. I’m going to check them out… Again, if you’re interested in BJJ breathing, I’d say Rickson is the best option but that’s just me. 🤷🏻♂️
This is so informative, thank you, guys!
On the topic of making mistakes, there are certain things in jiu-jitsu that I don't think are possible to communicate properly with words. Having experience solving little problems early on is definitely really important.
If it's a communicable thing and you see they're not getting it, you can start out with the most minimal communication possible and letting them take it the rest of the way.
My incommicable mistake that I was making was leaving my neck really open in transitions and scrambles.
The white and blue belts weren't taking advantage of it. I knew it was an issue, because I had felt those few moments of vulnerability before, but because I was getting away with it, it was really hard to teach my body (not my brain) what "staying tight" really felt like.
A purple belt once tried to tell me about it and it was very much a "yeah, I know, mate, I've been trying to work on it, but you're just going to have to keep punishing me for it before I learn"
Awesome information fellas. I've been binge watching your videos. As a brand new white belt, your advice is greatly appreciated!
No hat baby let's gooooooooooooooo!!!
Thanks for the information guys, starting fresh this week, this helps me feel prepared.
I was so paranoid to wash my belt at 1st because I didn't want to lose my hard earned stripes..lol. The best way to wash the belt is to buy a washable garment bag, toss your belt in it, zip it up, and toss it in the wash. Stripes stay on.
I highly recommend you get a hand wrap bag because they are invaluable for all your small items
One white belt question that no one seems to have answered online : what is the optimal way to recover between rolls ? Should i lay down, sit, stand up, walk around, should i drink between every roll (we do 6 min, 1 min break), should i breath in a special way ?
Blue belt here. We do 5 minute rounds with 1 minute breaks. The #1 thing that works for me to to breathe slow and deep. Still end up exhausted, but it helps. Also, supplement your BJJ with other exercise on your days off.
@@ThatJamesGuy88 A good cardio supplement is "interval running". You run hard, almost a sprint, for 1 to 2 minutes then slow jog for like 3 for recovery. No need for excessive distance.
I chew my nails off and Spit them out the car window on the way to gym. It's hard to do the toes thankfully i have an automatic lol
That’s nasty bro
No good. You'll need to file them of you chew them.
This is why I choose to go with gracie combatives. I've learned so much before actually rolling
I know what it feels like. I'm not lost on the mat.
You have to get promoted to spar. And show you know what you're doing.
I completely agree and use the same training system
If you learn how to use the washer and dryer properly, you don’t have to worry about things shrinking. They are tools that you need to learn how to use the correct way or else you will miss use them.
Started around 35 and I thought "Yeh I'll just do BJJ 4 times a week and this will get me fit & strong too". Ended up getting injured frequently and obviously had knock-on effects to my adult responsibilities. The sport is just too chaotic to be your sole fitness modality, especially as you get older. I now do lots of mobility and kettlebell exercise, with BJJ added in occasionally for a bit of fun. Who was I kidding trying to train like a world champion when i'm approaching 40?! 😂
Im 38 and 4 days a week i do isnt bad. Just dont roll as hard or some days i skip rolling all together
You're not too old to train hard, you just need to take care of your body as it might be growing more prone to injury. Read "Becoming a Supple Leopard" by Dr. Kelly Starrett. It's a comprehensive description of routines to increase body mobility and make you FAR LESS prone to injury.
Sounds like you're training incorrectly for the most part.
It's called... don't roll harder than you can handle. In fact, don't roll "hard" at all, roll technically, and slow down when you don't know what you're doing yet.
@@af4396I’m recently 41, married, 3 kids. Been doing it 2 years and training 5-6 days a week most of that time. The more technique I use the less recovery I need. The more I use strength the longer the recovery. And this is my primary exercise. Op will learn eventually.
I'm a 5 month white belt. When I get an advantage, I completely forget all of the submissions. I can't even think of any other than the last one we learned (arm bar from guard)--if I thought real hard I could probably remember more, like, hey, kamora. I'm not letting it bother me too much. It's brand new information every class and I was told by one of my instructors there's about an 8 month curriculum, and I'll need to go through it probably twice before I start getting competent in the actual moves. As of now, I'm letting it come through osmosis and surviving: going for take down, passing guard, getting side control, and just feeling out what I could do and trying to remember the moves while my partner does everything possible to take back the advantage.
Based on one of the other casts I watched, I'm comfortable not getting any stripes for up to two years, since every promotion gives other people the mindset of, "OK, this guy should at least be 'this' good." Let me bake in "I have no idea what I'm doing" while trying to be a good partner when learning the moves and rolling.
I been a white belt for two years of super inconsistent practice, never wrestled, but highly athletic. I hardly was learning until I started doing only the same attack sequences, and I no longer use my athleticism to defend I try to actually let the bjj happen to see what positions end up naturally and smoothly. Now after attacking only the same ways, and fighting less hard against attacks, which feels like trying less hard moment to moment, I’ve started remembering all kinds of stuff including things that aren’t taught becuSe my game is much more intentional. I feel like right now is the first time I can add variation from the new things I’ve suddenly picked up. I also don’t actually apply subs all the way sometimes, so I let it go after being secure and keep the position going.
as white then blue belt i went through similar issues ( I’m a brown belt now) my advice is to not worry about submission too much yet.
I mean there is some basic key submissions I very much recommend to help fix situations like tournaments where winning fast is important for future matches, but I’ll do it below
Keeping working on position its the key to everything ( it’s great for self defense mma and competition. Just might not be exciting)
I feel 10x worse being positionally dominated then simply caught in a slight mistake I’ll likely never make against the person in future rolls. when your a purple you can go deep to work unique submissions then the crazy positional control abilities you’ve gained will allow you to force your submission which is extremely hard to do vs getting lucky n finding mistake/opportunity.
You truly are in advantageous position in side mount etc and if your great at position you’ll get the most out having your more resources to attack. He’s playing chess with less pieces
The best subs imo for you to work on early given your situation is these 4…. the mounted head n arm, if your positionally good you can force it. With no positional risk. The north south choke setup from side control. This my top submission on top and I literally force it. Rear naked choke and a triangle, tbh from bottom I win control position going too omoplata. I don’t recommend it as it’s a insanely hard submission to master. decide on it later in you jiu jitsu. I mean you should know omoplata but because there's so many escapes, counters, posture fights its massive
Yeah It’s hard not to stick to one technique when you’re new like me with rnc I know it works, but I’m trying to be versatile. If you have a good coach (mine is BB 4 stripe) really try to remember the techniques from drills. I try to envision them when I get home later over and over so I don’t forget.
⚪️Have Immaculate hygene, all the way down to your bung-hole, taint, and tiny pecker
🔵Respect everyone, but worship no one.
🔴Relax & have fun-
⚪️Realize you’re not actually fighting someone. Cool it with the spinning elbows and shit
🔵You have power as the consumer- find a gym culture that fits you- Gyms emphasize competition, self-defense, and chilledness(?) at varying levels.
⚪️Humility and patience will facilitate your progression.
🔴Hold off on the carne asada fries before class- if you fart on me, I will make you sniff it.
🔵While rolling, focus on fluidity and technique until you are more experienced. When in doubt, match your training partner’s intensity
Gents, I’ve listened to every single one of your casts.
Thanks James and Joseph. I forgive you for your perverted Aussie ways.
-From San Diego ☀️🌴🤙 in the great USA 🇺🇸
Another great one boys 👊👊
Firas Zahabi said that he doesn't let his new white belts roll for the first month or two. Only drilling. Because he says rolling too soon instills bad habits. What do you guys think about that?
Thats just no fun. Bjj should be fun
They should be rolling with the higher belts, so the higher belts can give some instruction while they roll. or at my studio I’ve learned the most from a Bluebelt who would stop the role and just say freeze and tell me I did not create enough space to do what I was trying to do and then how to create the space so that way they were instructing based on what I was doing. It has made me become more aware of what has to happen in order for what I want to have happen actually happened correctly.
I think it's valid, but I prefer the method of taking a new person under your wing, rolling with them (not from standing until they learn break falls and safety) and just kinda playing with them. They'll have some fun, you can give them tips, you might even find yourself to be puzzled by something they do and that will help your BJJ too. It also helps get rid of some of the "bad" ego early on, when they realize that every movement in BJJ is calculated and it's not some game of luck and strength, you have to know what you're doing.
17:00 onwards was so reassuring as a white belt! I just came back from practice and got submitted a little too effortlessly by the black belts.
If you’re not Brazilian, you will not last 😂
You guys crack me up. Thanks for these tips.
Regards, 3 stripe white belt
As a white belt, just got very concerned when you said I need thongs. 😂
I dry my Origin Gis every single time. One of them is 3 years old, and one of them is 2 years old. Both in great condition and the same size as the day I bought them.
I’ve had other ones shrink over the years, but Origin is legit.
Yeah, my orgin gi held up great, but my elite gi can't be dried
When i first started i didnt wear sandals to the restroom, i didn't see anything wrong because i have swim for years and nobody wears sandals to the restroom i didn't think anything of it. But then i realized that i have to wear sandals i started wearing them on my own. I still go to that gym, people are cool and really helpful.
I work in M&A and just to be clear need good knees to ensure I can walk to get my pedicure. Keep up the good work chaps.
Congratulations to all of you
Haven’t done manicures but I’ve done pedicures a bunch. Go with a girlfriend or my daughter. Good fun.
Hey jt seen you at jiu jitsu con hope you had a good time 🤙
Why would you not lift if you do any martial art? I’m just starting bjj but I’ve been a high level powerlifter and strongman competitor for 20 years
I always talk about "brazilliance". Funny to hear these guy mention it.
My advice to white belts: survival, defense, survival, defense, survival defense.
But learn to attack from defensive positions. That makes people bail on whatever dominant position they have.
I didnt even try to submit ANYONE first year. If I caught another blue or white, I let it go. I gave up position INTENTIONALLY, EVERY time.
Within a few months, even the purple belts hated rolling with me because they couldn’t tap me. Granted I couldn’t get them but that wasn’t my goal.
I started competing 3 months in and I literally had refs and coaches talking shit to me and accusing me of sandbagging. I competed at blue belt as a white and same thing.
My defense frustrated everyone so much that they would basically quit and I would submit them almost immediately with same two moves.
Took 10 years off, came back at 36 and everyone in the gym hates rolling with me, because I’m technically a white but can survive and sometimes tap purple belts who actively compete.
I suck but my defense is solid and that goes a long way. Just put ego aside.
If you've got a cut near a knuckle on your finger, you ought to cut a slit in either side of the band-aid, creating four flaps.
Then when you wrap it up, have the flaps woven over each other. One half of one flap first. One half of the other flap next, the last half of the first flap, then the last half of the last flap.
Put another one on going the other way with the same trick... no tape needed.
US guy here but love you guys.. awesome content. Keep it coming
🤣🤣 relax bra.. you see the cauliflower ear?
I started wearing waterproof zinc sunscreen on my face before class just as a skin barrier after reading several papers on how zinc oxide can prevent a skin infection. You read a couple of horror stories and you start getting scared and wanting to do something about it lol
Had my first tournament this weekend. Second match, guy smelled like diesel and brake cleaner. Had grease and dirt on him, smelled horrible. Almost stained my rash guard
I am Brazilian, so I will stand kkk😅 great podcast, thank you for you time talking about bjj..
Homie said “Clench my bath” and I lost it hahahaha
Just started jui jutsu last week here ;). I put my gi in the dryer in deodorizing mode (cold air 30 min for small charges). Works like a charm for me: smells good and no narrowing problem observed.
I always wore thongs when going to the restroom etc - only just discovered that thongs to them are sliders/flip flops/ beach shoes etc.
In my second class I rolled with a blue belt. He was so smelly I had to wash my gi THREE FRICKING TIMES.
And I had his body odour smeared into the pores of my shoulder. Smelled that horror for about four days, when after washing the area like a clean-freak. Jeez.
I've tapped from BO almost as often as I've tapped from an actual submission
Great advice! Esp the hygiene…
All men should get manicures and pedicures. It's a glorious experience
Hey. For tape, use 3M Coban tape.
How do you wash your belt if it has strips? I spray mine with Lysol and hang it to dry.
Just spraying with Lysol is not going to properly disinfect it. Look up “hand wrap wash bag “ and use that. The stripes will stay on.
I shower before and after every training
Mani pedi twice a month is optimal
Thanks for the details on this one lol
thats why they call them the dirty dozen lol
Yeah, north south with the guy who just came off a 13 hr shift. Lolo lol.
I don’t wash it but I spray Lysol on it
When I started Jiu Jitsu in 2001, I just finished my college wrestling career. That was brutal and I hated it. Most of the guys are your buddies but you compete from a spot on the team. It can happen often if there is someone your weight or who you both cut to who with whom you are very competitive, which is rare much more common in high school, you not only have to make sure you strive to stay better but you also have to mentally present yourself where you pretend your attitude is do you really want me to turn it up next time. My Maybe you should think about switching weight classes. What does this mean? It means given the nature of the rule, the time limit etc,. Conditioning and roughness often plays on. Opponents and rival teammates. Therefore, daily team practices builds conditioning and makes you a better competitive wrestler. It hones mental toughness and physical durability.
When you spend extra time with the better guys and coaches, relax and engage in slower paced focus skill based wrestling, perfect you takedowns (no great division 1 or world class wrestler has more than 3 but usually 1 or 2 takedowns that he can score on 95% of good peers relatively consistently before the opponent has grown tired.c note that I am referring to the best guys (fop 8 wrestlers in college known as All Americans where each guy has wrestled since he was 6-12 years old through highschool and outclassed several million people when you consider all people who have had a sanctioned match in all weight classes. Let's say 5,000,000 started wrestling at some point. Everyone grows and wrestles in a variety of weight classes but you have essentially outcompeted 500,000 to 1,000,000 people . Every college all American in a weight class was a state champion and a hopeful at high school nationals. They all wrestled all year competing in free style and Greco Roman wrestling off season. The guys may still letter in other sports but compete when they can and train when they can. As a teen and youth it's better for athletes to Cross train developing multiple attributes. If you did nothing but wrestling from 7 on, you will have weak hand eye coordination, inferior timing, and lack a base of general all around strength, endurance, mental toughness, coachability and your ego and identity will be solely tied to the most difficult , least socially rewarding sport. In any.case, unlike team sports having a spot on varsity at a large 5a highschool where you have 1000 students in your class is very difficult. If you play varsity football there are far more opportunities to start even though becoming the starting quarterback, middle linebacker, running back, full back or receiver, defensive tackle etc the popular positions, there are about 30-40 opportunities to start when you consider special teams and injured athletes if you are a bad ass all around athlete, the coach will always find a way to make sure you see game time every game for which you are eligible. Wrestling you have got 1-3 opportunities depending on if you are willing to cut big weight or fullfil a position at a weight class that is well above your natural weight but the guys on the team who are that size or should be cutting to that size are terrible. Most teams have very strong weight classes that tend to be in a 20-30 pound range because they always work with each other. Additionally, unlike Jiu jitsu where weight classes aren't as important. The absolute class is often won by a guy who isn't even a heavyweight. Jiu Jitsu doesn't screen for athleticism. What I mean is guys who put in the work and are not traditional athletic types can be mediocre white belts but love a d obsess over the same so much that they figure out a way to make it work. They often experiment the most with bad positions spending time at a disadvantageous position where many good guys never even think to train the position because the first time they get out there they are in the championship match at a high level tournament. Guys who are nerdy math.geeks who are free of ego and compete as often as possible just to get the experience learn the most important lesson of all,. ( The reason wrestlers who stick with BJJ and learn it as its own sport are black belt level positionally, in terms of conditioning, and finally learned to cope with fear and anxiety so it would not detract from their performance 200 matches earlier. If they start JJ at 22 and wrestled from 8 to 21 competing as often as possible often all year, they probably have 1200 matches. In some tournaments they may have completed 8 to 10 times meaning their may be a month were they wrestled 30 matches and in that month their development was equivalent to 2 years of hobby Jiu-Jitsu.
So these wrestlers who practice from the guard, don't continue to believe jiu jitsu is takedown, pass, work on pinning (knee on belly, hon gesa gatame, gesa gatame, knees blocking hips and head on one side and elbows blocking hips and head on other side, mount, taking back etc) wrestlers who don't quit typically win every white and blue belt tournament using the above strategy with Americana, arm bar from mount, kimura from mount, RNC, guillotine from mount, crucifix, head and arm choke/arm triangle, triple attack, clock choke, Ezekiel, often when in the.Gi especially they crush the poor bastard and he either taps from.pressure (in tournaments guys will not defend the sub because it's a way to survive without dying from lack of oxygen and flattened lungs. The interesting thing is about 90%.of these guys never end up in guard unintentionally during training and competing.
They end up ceasing to develop beyond purple belt in BJJ but if they are also getting decent at Muay Thai or boxing practiciing kicks kn3es and elbows and learn to check kicks , these guys will be unstoppable on the street, unstoppable in MMA and even be decent at the higher levels. With not much more than stellar wrestling career plus 2-4 years of full-time MMA training. If they want a belt they can still get it nowadays where stops and restart render the guard a survival position unless you are a leg lock stud.
Point is some of the best black belts are smart, nerdy, problem solvers, experimenters and they usually are dangerous from purple belt on and unstoppable as black belts. MMA requirements differ in that mental toughness, athleticism and the ability tose the ego when training but in competition egotistical pricks who are still smart enough to not get angry and lose it can be great. Danahars champions like Gary Tonin and then great Gordon Ryan, would get demolished against high level MMA competition because as the late great Carlson Gracie, my first official instructor said, if you play guard like you do in pure BJJ and not like a pure attack position or sweep position always inflicting damage like controlling the wrists while punching to the throat, the temple, smashing the nose all while trying to set up a finish withna head kick, sternum kick, kicking his knee backwards, submitting,escaping or sweeping then every solid strike.l you sustain reduces your JJ skill by 1 whole.belt, 1 strike to the head makes you a new brown belt, 2 strikes you are purple, 4 strikes that land flush while you have your opponent in your guard you are as effective as a white belt and are almost guaranteed to.get the shit beat out of you. Minatauro was the best HW In Pride submitting everyone from guard including 4200 lb Bob Sapp. He finished everyone else after, beating them up.off his back then finishing them. Fedor hit him with 4 bombs and Minatauro looked like he was the worst Hw in Pride before he lost big.
Point BJJ is a necessary skill for all competitive fighters. Although being an elitex athlete is essential for wrestling, MMa and is helpful in BJJ, a good black belt in BJJ who doesn't do a thing other than BJJ ca Become a champion grappler and beat up anyone he is likely to be attacked by on the street. All things being equal in a bar I would rather be with Bo Nikal, Mark Kerr in his Prime and Jon Jones, than Gary Tonin, Gordon Ryan and Keenan Cornelius
What about the stripes on your belt?! They fall off in the wash
super glue + iron it on, it sticks forever
I wash and dry my Gis all the time. I washed my blue belt with my white Gis no problem 🤷♂️
The only way I keep up with the upper belts is by staying Braziliant.
WTfark the belt goes in the freezer boys!! where have you been!! Stick it in there next to ya jeans
Thongs for BJJ, what kind of club is this!!!!!!!
Be a man and cut them with electrical tradesman side cuts (dikes) lol I have to cut my nails every 4-5 days they grow so fast.
along the lines of nails, be careful not to cut too short, or those fuckers with get infected. this sucks ass when your training. Also, mat rash is a bitch. get some atheletic tape and tape them feets up. Also my gi dont shrink? But I dry it on cold.
common sense and no barefeet out of the mat goes a long way
I don't do BJJ yet because I haven't found the right place but man, I've cut myself with my own nails. I always cut my nails when I'm training with other people but not something I hear people talk about much. Great perspective.
Shake everyone’s hand when you get there, from high belts to lowest
Don’t ask black belt to spar
I definitely go out of my way to shake hands with everybody. I’m just a purple belt but when I was a white belt, I was ignored. And yeah, never call out a black belt lol it’s funny because I see the white belts doing that on the regular.
Brazilian cult behaviour
@@Jiu-JitsuJourney257At my gym it's ok to ask higher belts including black belts to roll. They just say no if they don't want, no hard feelings. The only thing we have is leave room for higher belts, stop and move if you get in their way, to respect that they might have to work harder for some positions and deserve not to be interrupted.
But I wouldn't ask a black belt, or a higher belt for that matter if I'm visiting a gym, and if I'm visiting I'll let my opponent choose the pace.
Had my pinky toe nail completely ripped off. Lol
Wash your belt?!?!? Never heard that one before. First thing my gracie gym told me is that one thing you never wash is a belt. That's a crime!
I would be so disgusted 🤢 how does one join a club with bad hygiene?
10:00 sorry tenth planet guy here wtf is a gi?
Such a good troll
Wash your belt?
Mmmmmmmm, I hear people say that. I heard you say that. But how many belts do you have? Wash your gi after every use? Fine, I have a million. But I only have one belt. No way that bad boy will dry. And no way it will fit if put in a drier. And no way I'm gonna wear a belt that wasn't given toe by my instructor.
So I don't wash my belt.
I actually think " you must wash your belt" is a bigger fallacy than "you must not wash your belt*.
Unless you wash your belt rarely. In which case . . . . What's the point???
I’m sure you could wash that stinky belt once a week without a problem.
@@Brickswol Same as gi: once a week ok?
@@Matto_Harvo TLDR; Yes if you used it 2-3x and didn't sweat. No if you're big sweaty.
I don't remember if it was said in this particular video bc I've been watching a lot of bjj stuff lately, but I've seen that it's generally acceptable to go 1-3 training sessions before washing gi- depending on things like environment and training intensity. If you're doing simple drills in AC and didn't really sweat for an hour, I think it's fine to wear it again tomorrow. But if it's middle of summer in one of those field house type gyms with no AC, I'm gonna wash it before I use it again. I'm reasonable so I'm not saying do laundry or handwash the gi every day in summer, but for me, I'll just do gi training once or twice a week and no gi the other times if I even train that much.
Be consistent. Do extra warmups / drills before and after class. Take privates on sticking points