I have one Fuji ultra light already and I’m really happy with it and want another but I can’t find anywhere if it’s comp approved?

Hi everyone. I’m a white belt smaller guy (5’3, 125 lbs) in a small gym with mainly big guys. I’ve been training BJJ for a couple of years but wrestled in high school.

I’m the only guy in my weight class and there are only about 3-4 guys under 170 lbs. I have no issue with rolling with bigger guys and can have competitive rolls with them. But I have no idea how good my BJJ really is and how I would do against someone my weight.

I’m looking at competing in MMA and wondering if this is hindering my progress. There is another gym close by which is bigger and has more students in my weight class, is it worth the switch just for that?

Hey guys, could you tell me which instructional you feel helped you the most for attacking and defending in the turtle position?It’d be amazing if someone knows an instructional made for the turtle in mma but either way is great.Thanks a lot!

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For me it's definitely triangle from guard. While I respect it as a staple sub, I just never feel comfortable going for it and hate getting stacked in that position.

i am wondering at what number of stripes for bb

1. can promote a student to bb

2. is considered a “professor”

I've read that gi chokes like bow and arrow can damage the carotid arteries, causing a te*r and blood cloth leading to a stroke later on. Do you know someone who got a stroke from bjj? I try to tap early but that still worries me a bit

Hi, I'm off to Tokyo this week and plan on dropping in to iminari gym next Monday, I can't seem to find any sort of timetable online, does anyone know the class schedule and which classes Iminari is coaching himself?

Also wondering if the classes are exclusively in Japanese? (I wouldn't expect any different as it's a Japanese gym with Japanese coaches, in Japan., just a question)

And is there anything else to be aware of whilst training there?

As above

I'm a thirty-five -year old black belt and have been training since I was like 19 or 20. Just a hobbyist, never an avid competitor but I've trained at a good gym with high level instructors for a long time. Lately mounting injuries are just making training suck for me. Hips and back are always a problem. And last night hurt my knee after 3 mins of rolling.

Outside of this year and the pandemic, the longest break I took within the last 14 years was a month long hiatus when I had an appendectomy.

Getting my body in order is such a task at this point that I'm not even sure if it's worth it anymore.

Part of me doesn't even know why I'm posting here. Guess I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there who's had a similar string of setbacks and was able to return to the mats consistently in a way that works for them.

Oss

In my town (USA), there's a kind gentleman that started a non-profit Judo club. It's like $25 a month and they rent a room at a local parks and rec facility. Also, they do require students to have USJA insurance ($60/yr) to train. My question is has anyone tried a similar non-profit club with BJJ? Does anyone know how much insurance is for non-profit clubs? Do you need insurance for said clubs? I'm assuming you need insurance btw. I ask because one of these days I would like to start a club and I appreciate if anyone has any insight on this topic. Thanks.

Looking for a website in Canada too but vital gi’s

I have been watching Andrew Wiltse knee slice instructionals but what other passes does it combine with well?

Can you combine knee slicing with pressure passing in a natural way? Different type of pass but still?

I very likely can't return to training. I've had a lot of health issues--herniated discs that don't allow me even to drill against pressure without pain, and recently, unrelated to BJJ, a major stomach surgery similar to the one Marcelo underwent. (I'm so glad that he can train after his procedure, and it does give me hope that SOMEday I'll be back. He's my first coach.)

But I'm not here to whine or complain. I'm here to share the absolutely wonderful memories that I'll always have of BJJ.

1. My last white belt tournament, sub-only, up against a woman with 30lbs of pure muscle on me. An 18-minute gi round in which I flawlessly transitioned from triangle to omoplata to armbar (without getting the tap) to the back to finally getting a bow-and-arrow sub. I remember my hands wouldn't stop shaking afterwards and how EXCITED I was that this sport really worked. Then I short choked her in nogi and won double gold. I felt so powerful and incredible. Shortly after that, aided by my BJJ grip strength, I got my first pull up.

2. One of my first blue belt comps. Down by 2, about to get crushed in side control, managed to get a Bernardo sweep. The ENTIRE STAFF of Marcelo's gym was screaming encouragement at me and Marcelo said "good job Sam" afterwards. (I ultimately got silver out of a division of 12, IBJJF).

3. Down by 6 with 1 minute to go in a nogi match against a great wrestler, I slapped on am armbar and went belly-down. My friend of many years, a purple belt, had been SCREAMING himself hoarse coaching me and we hugged so hard after I go tthe sub with less than 30 seconds to do. I felt so cared for.

4. I went to support my pro MMA friend at a fight at a casino a few hours from me. My friend and I wound up in the parking lot of an Applebee's after her fight, at 2am, trying to jumpstart our car to get home. In the rain. Worth it. We had also spent the entire series of fights betting on who'd win... to be paid in avocadoes. Why? I forget.

5. When Marcelo was going through his treatment, made a giant sign that said "WE LOVE YOU MARCELO" and took it to the gym for everyone to hold after open mat. Did the same when Matheus was competing in ADCC--made a huge sign and got a bunch of people from the gym to hold it.

6. Prior to Marcelo's diagnosis, made him cupcakes with "MG" on them and watched him down one WHILE starting the running warmup for class.

7. Doing crazy zoom classes during the pandemic in which different Marcelo instructors competed to do the craziest types of training. Marcelo's were absolutely fantastic, great free movement/ginnastica naturale flows that had me totally gassed in 30 minutes. Joel once made us do 100 pistol squats.

8. Training with my girlfriend, who's now a 4-stripe blue belt, and watching her get great at butterfly, even sweeping me when I was in top half (my best position, usually).

9. Competing at a big local comp with 4000 people watching on YouTube and losing by 2, but getting complimented on my BJJ by a grizzled old black belt after.

10. On the podium of a comp, mentioning to the bronze medalist I'd just beaten that I had to get home to my chinchillas and she went "hey I have chinchillas too" and I was like what are the odds and now we're friends. (I also befriended the guy who accidentally broke my hand in a roll--we became drill partners).

I have so many more memories. I regret my injuries, and I regret not being able to train how I'd like to anymore, but I'll never regret that I decided to step on the mat for the first time and keep coming back.

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So there's this new white belt at my gym who has a voucher attitude, trying to coach other white belts and stuff when he hasn't even competed.

When he first came, I could easily submit him from all positions

Recently, he started using something like a crucifix from mount; he will trap either a leg or an arm with both of his legs, put his whole body weight on you, with odor and everything, and starts trying to submit from there.

The position is super annoying and it's the first time I've faced something like that. How can I counter that position? How can I escape it?

Last time he trapped my arm so I tried to go for a toe hold, he got scared and got out, but it was a lucky thing not a true escape , reversal or counter.

I've got a kids program and they are competing in their first competition this Saturday. All kids are competing in No Gi.

We've never trained in the key and we do a lot of wrestling. The kids are 7 to 9 years of age. There is alot of pressure on me, our gym has grown alot and it's our first competition. The kids who are signing up have way more experience (we use smoothcomp so can see their comp history) and we're all the new kids. Our whole team is coming out to support and I'm wondering if I made a mistake by never having the kids train in gi.

Is this gi vs no gi thing even a debate anymore?

Does the gi create good habits or is it irrelevant?

Was feeling down about getting RW and having to miss a week 3 weeks out. Already started getting the doubts, anxiety, etc, the exact opposite how i felt a month ago. But all that's gone now. I just sent in my fee and registered, any advice for my first go? (No-gi 3 month white belt, U 160 mid 20's)

I know the RNC is one of the best subs out there, but recently against people my size and above they’re simply grabbing my hands and i literally can’t do anything, I assume there’s an art to it but against people who are like 80kg( my weight) and hit the gym once I get their back there’s no chance I’m getting a choke

I will be travelling to Madeira soon and want to train there. Does anyone know of any gyms I can visit as I can’t find much info online?

Is it a collar choke? Neck crank? How do you classify this choke as per IBJJF rules?

One of my fav sci -fi series ever coming to a close. For those who don't know it, author is a BJJ black belt (active on here) - it's about a world where MMA gladiators duke it out in the place of wars. It's got a ton of realistic BJJ / MMA it, plus roided up champions who have been bred for combat.

As a side I also listened to the audiobook and narration is great.

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Usually my 2 years old daughter is the victim of my BJJ skills in regular life.

She doesn't like to brush her teeth so I usually put her in a. Kind of giftwrap to hold the head so I can do it properly.

Lately she got some liquid antibiotics to drink by a syringe which she hates and absolutely refuses to do it, so I found out a triangle position was the best for me to isolate her arms so I can properly give her the medicine without any spill.

So that got me thinking.

What are your examples of using BJJ skills in other aspects of life?

How do you guys deal with mangled ears? Not asking on the actual process on draining and icing it or what not, do you guys generally bother to do the whole procedure and take the time off training or do you power through it with ice packs?

I’ve recently got a pretty bad recurring case of swelling on it but don’t really want to take time off training if I don’t have to, what is your experience with that kind of injury?

I’ve been at my gym for a couple of years now, and lately, a lot of the higher-level people (at their belt levels) have been leaving. It started after the head coach/owner made a decision that triggered a lot of people. Since then, everyone’s been noticing other stuff about the gym that isn’t great, and it’s kind of snowballed.

Have you been through something like this? What made you stick around? Or if you left, what was the final straw?

I started years ago and no one cared what gi you wore, promotions came or they didn't. If you were late, it happens life is busy. But since i move alot i have now trained at many schools across the US and have noticed schools now seem to all require i purchase their gi and have to pay for belt promotions. I went to a school for the first time last night and they had the promotion price posted, different prices for different belts. All members had to buy a school gi and then a different uniform for no gi. Then at the end they held a prayer circle, I admit that was a new one for me. But the other trends occurred at other schools even in different states. (Not a gb). Is this the norm? Do I have to buy a new gi every time I shift schools? Shit if I have to pay for a promotion I'll buy a brown belt rn off Amazon(jk). It just seems so business oriented nowadays