Obviously in training we are all calm and friendly, right? When showing up to competition day, should it be the same? I feel like getting myself hyped up and locked in on comp day actually should involve being not so calm but rather super confident, maybe even a bit aggressive and intimidating. So I have no clue how to be in moments leading to the fight and just after it starts.

AI can simulate different ways to move and find new techniques that would work.

Although the simulation would probably have to be in a 3D geometric space (like how they program the most advanced robots). Although it would need to account for flexibility and different body types making it much harder.

It can also be trained to recognize positions watching many grappling matches, write the positions in sequence and provide very insightful statistics.

I am pretty sure there are Math/CS PhDs here so why don’t comment?

Hi everyone,

For reference, I am a higher level white belt with a year and a half of experience on the mats. To date, I love the sport greatly and have never had so much as a hint of an issue with anything/anyone. (Keeping this anonymous as I am sure there are a few locals from my gym on this sub.)

Here's a serious conundrum that I face; and given that things are still fresh in this matter, I'm looking for advice from anyone, upper or lower belt. Perhaps some of you have even had direct experience with stuff like this.

I train at gym A, and love it there. Gym A has a few black belt instructors, one of which is an instructor at the local college's BJJ club. All was well until recent times, where the black belt teaching at both clubs was caught having an inappropriate affair on his gf with a senior female student. Sources indicate that this affair wasn't necessarily wanted by the student, but I digress. I could go on in detail but I will spare y'all the long read. Just know that this black belt is in the least an unethical coach, and at the most something far worse.

Effectively, the black belt was fired from the school club and released from gym A. Since, he has opened up his new dojo just down the street from gym A, where he offers BJJ, MT, wrestling, and MMA. To attract students, he has been giving out belt promotions and stripes liberally. There's been a turmoil ongoing between gym A students/instructors and the black belt, meaning that everyone is actively deterring others from joining this new gym.

Here's where my issue lays - would it be ok for me to cross train at this gym? I am on my college's varsity wrestling team (limited practice time), and love training MMA despite there being no other gyms offering it in the vicinity. Current gym is usually allowing of cross training, but given the turmoil here I would assume that this could mean danger to my status in gym A if I'm found out. Also, he only teaches BJJ - which I wouldn't be doing at this gym, I'd go for wrestling/MMA with the other coaches.

What do I do? I've weighed out my options, and really can't come to a decision.

(Sorry for the long read, and thanks in advance)

Just wanted to reach out into the reddit-verse and see if anyone know of any schools that will be open on thanksgiving (turkey day rolls) to do open mats and such. please let me know.

My fiancé acquired some mat space in a facility that he’s running classes on , essentially the start of his own academy. Super great and we love it so far!!

Now the problem being he can never really train FOR REAL cause he’s always teaching at the time the schools near us are running class, We take classes when we can with our prof but we are looking for open mats in the area so we can cross train more!

Our open mat is 7:45pm at Goefit in broward county, all are welcome and I hope this post helps us find some great training partners in our area too!

New guy at the gym with a couple weeks total, I’m in his guard and then mount and trying to help him out with some sweeps he can use (first time rolling with him). After telling me he “didn’t feel the strength in that sweep” and staying in my mount for five minutes I put some pressure on his neck and he proceeds to tell me “that’s not a choke bro”. I chuckled to myself and refrained from serving him some humble pie.

Where do these people come from lol

My son has started wrestling in high school. I wanted him to learn bjj as well. my question is, will bjj complement wrestling or make wrestling more difficult as it seems to have less restrictions on submission techniques. I see many people with wrestling backgrounds doing well in bjj but does it translate the other way? will bjj complement/ help his wrestling or would it be confusing?

Is it possible to get some muscle with just bjj alone? Not saying shredded six pack but some definition on the arms and chest?

I’m starting to get a little more comfortable playing this guard, but I was wondering if there is any other guard that pairs well with this position that is worth learning. Something that is easy to transition to and whatnot.

A very appreciated and good element of my gym was just expelled for rolling in another gym just for one day with her close friend that trains there.

She was out of the blue not admitted to class and I am just in shock and at a loss. She is strong, respectful, very technical, has won lots of tournaments. Rolling with her is very challenging and fun.

I feel let down by my gym. I don't know how can they turn their back on her just for having fun with her friend. She doesn't even want to sign in the other gym, she loved our gym. She is crushed.

I don't know if it is a normal thing and I would like some insights because it seems very unfair to me. We have regulations delivered when we sign in and this wasn't in it.

UPDATE: As many of you suspected, there is more to the story. A lot of "they told me that you told them that I..." type of thing. I am still confused and saddened by this situation because it felt like a really friendly community.

I’m going to a Halloween Party tomorrow night and I’m wearing my Gi as my costume. However, I am undecided on whether or not to wear my 3 stripes on my white belt. I don’t want people to think I’m showing off or flexing my achievements. I’m leaning towards just wearing a naked white belt. What do you guys do when you wear your Gi to costume parties?

My initial question was : what is more to learn for the black belts who have already mastered the art ? How can you become any better, like how can you reach full potential ?

I mean, they know all the fundamentals, all the guard passes, this and that, etc, so the only thing left to develop may be their strategy when it comes to rolling/competing.

And now it becomes a chess game, every black belts know what to do and some have better strategy when it comes to do the right things at the right moment. (I know conditioning is a big factor too).

For example, the great IBJJF / ADCC competitors have maxed out their skillset and strategy to the point where they’ve become the chess masters who would beat up every chess players from your hometown.

If you guys can develop or correct me if I’m wrong, I’d love to discuss this topic. But yeah brain activity is a big thing in BJJ, to the point where it looks like a chess game to me.

Looking to vent a little. Currently travelling round Australia and outside of big cities I'm having a real problem with gyms only accepting lock-in direct-debit membership options. I've previously lived in China and the UK and had no problem with casually attending classes by paying one-off fees. I work long hours on a rota and am unable to commit to consistently training at certain times. I'm getting really bummed out that gyms have only one membership option, that doesn't suit my life circumstances whatsoever. Is this a common thing that I've been lucky to avoid so far or is this strictly an Aussie rural phenomenon?

Thoughts on competing in a local tournament in novice for no gi as a blue belt? I see this guy who is a blue belt competing in novice no gi at multiple local tournaments, not sure how much no gi experience he has, but looking at his record at these tournaments, looks like he's been a blue belt for over a year.

Are the experience guidelines based on your total time doing jiu jitsu or each discipline?

I just got my blue belt a few months ago, I train no gi maybe once a month, but when I would compete at local tournaments as a white belt I would enter no gi in novice division just to get at least 1 more match. As a blue belt now, should I automatically be doing intermediate division because I am a blue belt even with my lack of no gi experience?

Have practice tomorrow, and can feel some sort of sick comming on. It depends how my day goes because i could just be exhausted (Im going to be wearing a mask all day regardless) Ive worn and am used to wearing a mask when working out/sports, so im not too worried about that.

I just:

1.dont want to get anyone sick first and formost (So i probably wont go regardless, but i just wanted opinions)

And 2.) As much as i appreciate their care, i dont want them concerned or worrying over me/if i can breath lol.

Anywau, yeah.

-i feel like im getting sick and probably wont go to practice anyway

Edit: calm down guys, im not going. Someone in the comments said something about me just seeking justification to not go/that its okay, and that honestly hit the nail on the head, i didnt even realized.

Thx yall for keeping kind and courteous/understanding and patient.

🤙

Greetings all, I’m within my first few months of BJJ and have the chance to attend my first seminar lead by Royler Gracie here soon. From what I’ve read up on so far, his seminars as well as most in general aren’t worth it by popular opinion. It’s $100 a head and I don’t know max occupancy for it but, I don’t believe the quality of rolls would be worth the time or money if the gym ends up packed. Any insight or personal experience to share would be greatly appreciated. The guys at my gym are pushing me to go, same with my professor but I wanted outside opinions before I jump in.

Kicked an instructor in the nuts that I never rolled with before on a really good sweep attempt. Lowest/oldest/smallest man on the totem pole while making bone head mistakes = a long day of being the nail.

Still glad I'm healthy enough to train, I guess.

I know, I know, STFU and train.

This memory popped into my mind where I was in high school wrestling teaching myself jiujitsu from watching YouTube videos

I was probably a sophomore in high school at the time when I found this move

I actually had no idea at the time that you can actually choke somebody without the gi and this whole time I had been teaching my wrestler buddies “jiujitsu” by getting into mount and shoving my shoulder under someone’s chin and lengthening their spine as hard as humanly possible

One time I recall getting punched because I hit my friend with the move and he tapped, but he tapped sooner than I expected so after I released the pressure I squeezed again at the appropriate amount of pressure for where I thought he should tap at which case he taps the second time

He curses me out a little bit, it was well-deserved, but it made me realize that I spent my spaz white belt stage doing bootleg techniques on wrestlers. A lot of the moves I learned were more jerk moves than bad techniques, and I actually think there’s some potential in tournaments that allow cranks. I might re-explore these moves on people from visiting schools to conduct more research

I’ll be moving to lower mainland in a month and loathe static drilling. I know On Guard, Kaboom, and Nimbus use constraint led approach, are there any more in the Burnaby or Coquitlam area? Thanks in advance.

Was looking back on the site, but it looks like its been a while since it was asked.

What is everyone using for gym software?

I was with Zenplanner for years before giving Spark a try.. which was a huge mistake.

Zenplanner: was stable enough, but student portal/comms side of it was a pain for emails. I dont think it had SMS. I only found out they have a branded app after I left.

Spark: complete mess of a CRM. They have great prebuilt automations for managing leads.. but memberships suuucckkk.. manually calculating your taxes and shit .. hot garbage.

- tons of little features make the backend just messy, lots of feature requests that are upvoted takes yeearrss to get done.

-calender really sucks for schedules

GymDesk (formerly maonrails, built be a bjj guy on here some time ago if i recall).

-real basic but looks great. I dont see much for reporting,

martialytics

simple, all payment have tax be included in the pricing which no go for me.

PushPress

-ranking system sucks, and needs their front end CRM/lead/site to use.

Kicksite

-I forget why i didnt go with kick before. I think it was because pausing memberships didnt work well.

Zeal Pro

-new one developed by bjj people. has a weird payment system, and everything includes taxes in prices and passed on to students which i am not a fan with.

- its "free" but they charge a 1.5% on all income which makes it actually expensive vs others. (it'd cost nearly twice as much as spark or zenplanner)

leaning towards gymdesk though.

any recommendations?

Just curious of some ideas of what strategies you guys employ against larger opponents. Going for leg locks and RNCs on bigger guys can get stale and predictable after a while, but something like an arm-bar or kimura is tougher to pull off in my experience. Would love to hear some ideas

I feel like my sprawls suck. How do you develop a proper wrestling sprawl?

Would repping it out at home make a difference or do I try to sprawl more in my rolls/drilling sprawling with little resistance?

Oss!

almost all the people in my gym have them and some people show them with pride and I would like to know why

Hey everyone,

Need Help Finding a BJJ Gi for My Body Type I’m reaching out because I’m struggling to find a BJJ gi that fits well. I’m 182 cm tall and weigh 112 kg, which makes it tricky to find something comfortable and functional.

I checked out the size tables of kingz hyperfly and more but couldn’t find size that will fit me 🫤

If anyone has recommendations for brands or specific models that cater to larger body types, or somekind of ideas what can’t I’d appreciate your input. Thanks in advance for your help!

does anybody know how seeding for ibjjf works when several competitors have the same amount of points? It used to be reverse alphabetical order (first name), for instance, if there were 5 people with 0 points, someone with an A first name would be the bottom seed, and someone with a Z first name would be ranked highest out of everyone with 0 points.

Sometime since worlds they changed how they seed people with 0 points and I can't find any pattern to how they are ranked. anybody know?

random example but how was the order of 24-36 determined? https://www.bjjcompsystem.com/tournaments/2501/categories/2461681

When rolling with lower belts, do you guys just go easy on them? I have a bad habit of just going easy on them, but then find myself in a bad position getting submitted, and then of course your in your head telling yourself you suck or I can’t believe I got submitted by or a lower belt. I’m a stripe 2 blue belt and got tapped by a 4 stripe white.