I like getting demolished and humbled. I’m kinda a masochist. When I was kid I used to rip my hair out of my head. I remember it feeling soothing. I’m just an autistic ret**d I guess 😂😂

Thank you for the tips!

Thank you for this! I'm 3 back to back classes in. I'll share this with every newcomer I meet hereafter.

Thats how i see it. BJJ is a game. You play it.

Very well said professor, I just did my first class. I am sad to say that I am very out of shape and I gassed out during warmups. I couldnt finish them. However, I am incredibly excited to continue. I am 31 and I know that I will get better. No one ever got worse by showing up.

1. Create a mindmap to track and organize your learning 2. Ask questions: Every class, ask questions. 3. Pay attention to your breathing. Breathe through your nose, you'll be forced to rely on technique rather than physicality.

I needed to hear this because I just got my purple belt and really didn’t feel I deserved it. Thank you

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As a literature guy getting into bjj, this channel is awesome. The only grip that is always beneficial no matter what stage is Christ

Thank you so much

Enough to get cauliflower ear but not too much to where you get nagging injuries or wear and tear

And what if we feel Iike we're currently failing all the time?

Thak you very, VERY much for this. I did not even consider that my technical game will grow as a result of my lack of conditioning. Great, great helpful video.

For me, 3 tines is where I feel I retain it much better.

Hey well done thanks for some tips. New to rolling at 63 and loving it.

I was removed because I am wiccan I was like wtf

That was so beautiful. Thank you

2:57 - 3:04 *BEST SUMMARY EVER!!*

I'm fine with the injuries, fine with getting my ass repeatedly kicked every class, fine with the cost and time commitments. What I'm not OK with is scabies. I picked that up in class, despite taking every precaution, and I think I'm done now. I have a job where I work in close proximity to other people, so I can't afford to be catching stuff like that. It sucks because I love BJJ and it's the most fun I've had doing a martial art, but I can't let it jeopardize my livelihood.

As a relative beginner I feel no gi is better as you dont get stuck in positions all the time, strength is less important, no gi burns and general better pace. Also I feel less of a need to pay attention to belt colors which means I actually do better as I am less timid rolling with color belts. Only thing is in the summer its a sweat path that is unpleasant.

Didn’t figure out what my style was gonna be until purple.

I’m in a situation where I’m loyal to my gym I’ve been apart since I was 13. And been on and off until last year, last year I took it serious trained consistently, went to a tournament gi and won gold. And a month or 2 goes by and I notice people are getting promoted stripes and belts. Getting promoted belts without competing and I wasn’t getting noticed until I asked when I would get promoted. Only then I got promoted 2 stripes at once. And I honestly thought I was going to get my blue belt. Giving the years I’ve been with them and only them and also I competed and won gold and I do very well against the blue belts amongst me, recently I’ve stopped doing the gi as much and focused on no gi because I was preparing for a fight, which I lost to a great wrestler..And there’s some guy from another state. Who comes to train for only a few months at a time got promoted to blue belt from my gym…. Like I said I don’t know what to think would like some opinions maybe I’m being a baby about it or maybe I should leave but like I said I am loyal to this gym and don’t want to leave but I am just confused.

Thanks Chris. As a white belt with less than 6 months. I needed to hear this.

I struggle with motivation every now and then. It comes and goes in cycles. It’s mostly mental. In the end I know that the end result of quitting is way worse than not

I like the video but I disagree in the beginning when you said Gi makes you play guard better and it wont get passed in No Gi. Ive seen a lot of higher level gi guys just crumble in no gi from bottom because of the lack of grips and even lack of speacilty guards like lasso, spider etc. You dont want to be that black belt guy in the gi but feels like a good blue belt in no gi.

I just started BJJ with my two teen sons. I also just got your book on Audible and listed to it twice in a row. Great information! Thanks for making it available!

well put!

Took me 6 months to get my first stripe

Thanks brother, I needed this

Thank you. I have been training for 2 months and been really sore but I think i like it but my problem is idk what to do when I have to roll with people that are a lot much advanced than me.

I needed this. Thanks.

Reasons I QUIT at PURPLE. I’m a purple belt who’s been training for 10+ years. I’m 28 now. I’ve always been top dog. Here are the reasons I quit. *time- I have a daughter now and a life lol. I’m growing a business. Growing in other areas of life. Jiu jitsu takes up a lot of time. Don’t be a black belt on the mats and a white belt at life. Injuries- injuries are not worth it. Neck, back, knees…. There are better ways of keeping in shape that will keep you from needing expensive surgeries that will take a toll on you financially, mentally and physically. Infections- ring worm, staph infections Cult environment- grown men celebrating a piece of tape…. I’ve been there. It’s a false sense of accomplishment. A piece of tape or a different color belt shouldn’t determine your value as a person. I’ve tapped out black belts since I was a blue belt. I don’t have anything else to prove to myself. Practical use of jiu jitsu- in a world full of knives and guns. Jiu jitsu should only be kept on the mats. In the modern world you should use your intellect to keep yourself from provocative situations and if you need to defend yourself and have no way out: use a 9mm. Try rear naked choking a crack head who’s biting chunks off your arms…. Gym Drama and lack of connection with other members- no matter where you go there will be gym drama: there are so many older married men at my gym who are trying to take advantage of new female white belts in their early 20s. It’s made me lose respect for the bjj community. Lack of good instructors and fake black belts- self explanatory Cost- on average I would spend 150-250 a month on bjj. Invest that into a mutual fund and you’ll have a house paid off in the amount of time it takes to obtain a black belt. However You shouldn’t quit because you’re frustrated. If you are still enjoying it then keep with it. Hope this helps you make your decision.

I will never understand people like Mikey Musumeci wasting his time on Jiu Jitsu and Jiu Jitsu alone ... he's already so vastly beyond most Jiu Jitsu black belts even that if he decided to quit tomorrow and never again train a second of Jiu Jitsu anymore for the remainder of his life, he'd still be at a high level. Why not quit what you're already a Pro, and Ace, an EXPERT at ... and try learning something new for a change? Swimming, Rock Climbing, bodybuilding, ... these things could also save your life one day in potentially lethal situations that have nothing to do with fighting or grappling or defending yourself. If something heavy ends up crushing your legs ... you'll need bodybuilding ... better use that bodybuilding upper strength to lift that tree trunk or car or boulder off of you ... if you end up falling into the ocean or in a river with tons of current, you better be an excellent swimmer ... if you have no way out of a situation but up or down, you better learn how to climb ... Jiu Jitsu will be COMPLETELY USELESS in all of these scenarios ... MMA and BJJ and Grappling and Kickboxing folk only see things from their POV, which is fighting ... so they end up closing their mind to learning new things beyond the cage, beyond the mat, beyond the ring and frankly, I think that's a real shame ...

I'm the older guy in the class 34 there's like one kid in class I can beat and possibly one other kid cant tell for sure i got an injury so he perhaps his legs around my waist where where my injury is so I was like oh I give up I got up try to reset But yeah I get it it's really discouraged and especially if you're facing a Blue Belt or someone much higher is like everything I try he blocks blocks everything I throw at him I only know a couple of moves on the stand up and on the ground and he's stronger than me and he's bigger than me I felt hopeless I don't even know why my teacher tries to mach me up with this blue belt when there's two other white belts that I could have been paired up with granite that was only four of us however the teacher could have took on the Blue Belt and I feel like it made me feel hopeless and it made me very discouraged and trying to go again I don't feel so discouraged when I face other white belts and then the blue belt guy he's cool as s*** but he be making like sides like comments and s*** like snotty comments being like oh you know I'm glad you at least here even though you don't really know what you're doing but at least you're here talking all that s*** in reality I think if he wasn't stronger I could take him right out The only reason why I'm still considering training is because I feel that when I go into these tournaments there's only going to be a 10 lb difference between me and my opponent which gives me hope that I can do well in a tournament The rolling classes different and let's face it most of the time the small guy will not get a win on the larger opponent you only become the best fighter in the class if you have the strongest techniques are one thing but brute force is another

Started at 65, moving up to 2 days/week & private class. Compliment BJJ, with a yoga class for flexibility, kettlebell training and walk/runs of @ 7 km twice/week. I used to box and kick box, more likely to be injured with striking sports. I find BJJ class is far more controlled and focussed on learning. Don’t stop, never give up !

Thank you Chris! I just subscribed. I am in week 1, starting last Thursday and I just got done with day 5 on Tuesday! My body hurts from head to toe, but I am determined to train Mon-Sat while also doing Mon,Wed and Fri weights training and cardiovascular workouts! Am I pushing myself to hard, or is to hard something to remove from my vocabulary? BTW I am 43 years old?

I am in week 1 of training! Thanks for the advice!

Well spoken.

As a beginner I rather do no Gi lol! Love it

Love it!!

"You will get more from jiu-jitsu, then you will ever put into it" now thats a hell of a quote right there. 🔥

I totally agree. A good example is when you first start as a white belt you may seem to be struggling for a long time and feel you're not improving. Then a new guy comes in and you roll them for the first time and realize how much you've learned and improved. ❤

Blue belt 6 years. Please kill me.

Thank you for the video. I needed this as i want to go back tonight after going through a serious mental breakdown in my life. Its going to be tough but like a rebirth. Coming out better on the otherside Oss 🙏

Spot on 100

Thank you for the video. I've been training for two years on and off with little progress. And even when I got visibly better, it didn't feel important to me. One of the things that changed between "day 1" and "day 100" for me was the purpose of training. I initially began training for three major purposes. To develop physical fitness, self defense skills and discipline. Now I became practically disillusioned about the second and third goals. Jiu Jitsu just doesn't automatically make you a good fighter or a disciplined person. I don't even know what can I realistically do in a fight if the opponent can punch me. My discipline hasn't gotten any better either. I skip jiu jitsu classes the same way I was skipping college classes back when I started to train. I'm as disorganized as I always have been. So the only reason I'm doing it now is for my physical health and strength. Jiu Jitsu is probably the best form of physical activity when it comes to both fun and long term benefits. But it's so much more difficult to do it when you don't believe in the other reasons. I want to ask if you also reconsidered your initial jiu jitsu goals and how did you deal with it. Because I'm having a very hard time convincing myself to get out there and train every time. Appreciate your advice.

I just got my first strike and the garage analogy is right on. at the moment I am building a jiujitsu descision tree to organise what I learned. It is helping me to choose which techniques to focus on when I roll.

Definitely needed this video

I’m new purple 59. Coach asked if I were 44. I want to appear agile at the age of 90. Not old & decrepid.

I left. Out of there on my own. Crazy delusional woman less than half my age. Coach wanted to work it out. Nope. Hope she doesn't decide another middle age man is after her pudgy unattractive body and space.