How many times did you train weekly on your journey?

@@g.odeoradhain Probably three or four days per week consistently.

@@TheArtofSkill Thank you for your response, really enjoying your content

nice, my dream is to be a world champion

@@samuelacosta6417 Nice, too. Myy dream is to no longer be a world champion.

Sweet my dream is to beat the world champ and walk away without taking recognition

I have insomnia 😞

Agreed..

Okinawa Karate was originally a grappling system with some strikes. So take the Partner or grappling dummy away from a grappler- what are you left with when he “drills”?

How is it going now?

Best advice I could give ( I know you never asked). 1) take your time - in my opinion I progressed to black belt in judo and aikido too quickly 2) enjoy the journey - you are looking down the path of a life long journey. On that journey you will have some awsome adventures and meet some truly kind people. 3) focus on quality and not quantity- its better to do 10 techniques well than 250 badly 4) focus on escapes - if you are confident you can escape then you will have alot more fun as you know if you make a mistake you can get out. Enjoy your journey my friend With love a BJJ brother

Were you consistent?

You still practice BJJ ?

Definitely, I saw that and thought the same, need it in my game. I drilled it loads yesterday, super smooth.

I'm writing that guide for myself. BOOM

Got your blue belt?

@@luismagris6678 indeed I did two months ago. I spent my entire time when I returned Augest 2021 doing nothing but escapes and working from bad positions. I got familiar with being on bottom and connecting movements from positions and scrambles. My guard passing and retention also went through the roof. I am currently developing my open guard and takes downs as well as continually working on my defenses and escapes as well. I also got really good at setting up cross collar chokes, and the bow and arrow choke. OSS!

Did you keep training? How are you now?

They don't result in any difference. I did dummies for 8 months at my gym during lockdown and only 10 % was applicable / felt the same after (locked out armbar, heel hook grip, and kimura). This is 2 man sport and you can't exclude the second one. The purpose of dummies is to remove the element of pain for another person (takedowns, throws, punching and joint locks). It just gives you a false sense of improvement.

@@radoslavtodorov6923 I'm sorry that's been your experience. But they have been beneficial for me and others who have used them. They don't replace rolling, but are a great supplement for technique development just like a punching bag is for boxers.

I got a dummy and it improved my game a lot i recommend it! You cant drill all techniques but you can definitely drill some stuff to improve your game. My analogy is to the dummy is if you were to play an instrument or learn a language, you learn 1 hour in class a week and practice an hour a day with your instrument at home, or have a book to practice the language an hour a day. If you only practiced the one hour in class there is no way you would remember what you learned and build on that taught technique for the next week to improve your game. You have to put in the work at home to get good on the mats and remember and drill what you learned in class. In class they teach you 3 techniques, you do it 10 times with little resistance they at the end of class you go all out in that position with full resistance but for some reason forgot everything you learned 20 minutes ago! haha good luck remembering those techniques next week in class. Gotta go home and drill them on a dummy everyday, untill you get that song down, or can speak the language.

@@tylernorman25 Well said. I agree with everything you said and am happy you have had success from the dummy. It's done wonders for me in continuing to close the skill gap with the higher ranks and larger opponents.

@@radoslavtodorov6923 yeah dude i think your defiantly wrong. As a newbie white belt, 1 hour of class is not enough for me to capture the details of each move. Having a dummy I can practice step by step at home is super helpful. I pop a KZfaq video and can go step by step with the KZfaq tutorial. And just keep reposing it out until it becomes second nature. So when I go back to the gym, it no longer requires a lot of mental power to think of what the steps are. It just flows like a habit because I’ve done ir so many times in my own time. Obviously it’s not the same with a human. But you can drink basic moves and get so good that you can do it in your sleep. I’m just starting but I can tell the other guys on here wondering if they should get a grappling dummy, get it. Don’t listen to this guy. If your starting out it helps having something to practice step by step. Slowly. And then rewinding the video. And keep doing the drills until your more confident. Once your on the mats, yes your opponent won’t be a stuffed dummy lol, he will resist, but you will have a lot more ease of mind, and be more calm and collected because your not trying to figure out how a move goes. Instead your analyzing where to apply that move. And find the right timing to do it. You can then direct your focus and mental energies on more important things instead of trying to figure out what your missing to get the triangle or a specific move etc… My two cents as a white belt who just started.

How's it going?

Also curious!

how is it going man

So far so good! It’s definitely the hardest sport I’ve ever done. Looking forward to what kind of progress I can make in the next 6 months. Thanks for checking in.

Just started today

What belt are you currently at?

I believe everyone is merely in the survival game in the beginning, stay with it.

its been 2 months since you posted this comment. How do you feel now? :)

@@swollacademy3103 3 months now. In my case, I started grappling a month and some change ago. first week was tough but if you have great partners + a great sensei, you will learn much faster. I happen to be quite athletic and flexible so that helps but I owe a lot of my progress to my rolling partners. you'll learn how to deny submissions and even if you due get submitted ASK your partner what you did wrong.

@@swollacademy3103 good question, very thoughtful

Yes, definitely escapes first for the major positions. Then a couple attacks from each position.

Just keep training man. If you want to get better take it upon yourself. If your classes don’t offer what you seek, go find it. Hi on KZfaq, go to Google, and make your own schedule. And as you grow then the Instructor Can guide you. Not everyone is at the same level in class, so they won’t just restart from the beginning for you and the newbies. I’m a newbie and I’m grateful I’m learning things everyday. I don’t know the basics the fundamental or anything, but it’s my responsibility to go figure it out then. You can do it man. Make the most of what you have. Im in a super small city and we literally just have mats in a house and we’re like a group of 20 people. If your commuted nothing is stopping you. The very fact you posited this on KZfaq shows you have access to a unlimited amount of information. There are thousands of places online to help us newbies get grounded on the fundamentals. There’s videos, charts, links, articles, books, etc etc… and there is Quora. Wherever issue or question we have it’s highly likely someone at some point has asked it and someone has answered it very well. We just have to be resourceful. We usually are sitting in an acre of diamonds 💍 and we don’t even know it. Like the book acre of diamonds talks about. Best wishes to you brother, keep working hard and pushing forward! We’re all in this BJJ journey together.

@@alexandercruz4766 It has been 13 months so far, my Son left BJJ in the first 3 months, and I changed my dojo. The new dojo is a lot better, and I train 4 times a week, and some weeks 6 times (2 open mats) I can see my game has improved, I am a lot slower and roll with plan and more in control of a fight. Thank you for your response.

@@halfman58 Now you’re starting to be grounded in BJJ, see if you can work your son back in. If I had a dollar every time I heard someone doing BJJ say; “Wish I had started younger,” I’d be…. He’s “younger,” perhaps you can help him get that.

Hes under Roy Dean. So..

And that is why 90% of blue belts quit 😂

1. Standing guillotine, standing darce, sumí gaeshi, anaconda, back roll to mounted guillotine, collar choke, armbar, toehold, kneebar 2. X pass to knee on belly, near side stepover armbar, spin over to kneebar, toe hold, toe press, heel hook, clover leaf, toe hold, heel hook. 3. Knee-drop inside trip, belly down knee bar, back step knee bar, ninja roll to truck, crotch ripper, toe hold, calf slicer, take the back, RNC. 4. Opponent stands up in guard, marionette, pull to single leg x, heelhook, x guard sweep, flip roll, clock choke, crucifix armbar, crucifix loop choke, compression kimura, north/south choke, darce. 5. Kesa takedown, knee armbar, knee pinch armbar, Americana, Ezequiel, switch to kuzure, near side armbar, far side armbar, N/S transition to armbar 6. Half guard, Ezekiel, Kimura, Kimura roll to step over arm pinch, omplata roll to omoplata, rodeo control, hook far side arm with foot to scarecrow armbar, belly down armbar, flip over armbar 7. Side control, kuzure kesa, knee to biceps, near side wrist lock, far side Americana, straight armbar, pull into N/S kimura position, wristlock, kimura, arm triangle, kesa compression tap, go negative back to N/S kimura, wrist lock, triangle 8. Leg drag, roll to neck trap, flip to guillotine, reverse omoplata roll to Americana, step over to armbar, bread cutter, mounted triangle 9. Shin on shin to X guard, technical standup, calf slicer, jump to back, slide into triangle, armbar, back to guard, marionette, pin arm to back, RNC 10. De La Riva back take, RNC, secure lapel, side control choke, step over choke, baseball bat choke.

@@TheArtofSkill Wow thanks! Very inspiring! Great work. :)

Exactly. Better to practice on your wife lol

@@shredgod6394 lol I try with my kid.

A Grappling dummy could help.

About an hour later I was!

@@TheArtofSkill congratz, much deserved!

@@TheArtofSkill lol i was wondering why you were wearing a brown belt and in other videos it was black. Love the videos!

Unless you're getting hurt (in your body, not in your ego), getting smashed is among the best things to improve your game. And showing restraint and consideration for the safety or your training partners is VERY good, and it is noticed, it is respected and appreciated. I was just like that. Once I reached a good blue belt level, all the browns and blacks had noticed I was a very gentle and safety-oriented fighter, and they all wanted to roll with me, especially the old/injured guys. They always destroyed me, but everytime I learned some high level detail and my game improved 100x faster than when I was just rolling with whites, blues and purples. Ask questions everytime you don't understand what happened. The high level guys are happy to teach. Also, my injuries were none, black belts know how to roll safely. I know it can be discouraging, but keep that gentle posture and it wil pay much dividends soon. After a while of getting smashed (a few weeks), my teatcher put me back to train with other blues, and I was mopping the floor with them. My game improved A LOT without me actually submitting anyone for weeks, and actually getting smashed daily.

Hows the training going?