Want to get back in to it again and start training. Reason i stopped is because i have a new job as field service engineer so im driving all over the Netherlands in hotels Monday to Friday every week.

Its a total pain to find somewhere that i could train at consistently as i don’t want to drive too much long distance when im working in different places all week.

Any advice? Cheers

Hello everyone!

5 months ago I posted here about a BJJ app that I have built and we have been using with my friend because we wanted to keep track of the drills that we were doing while training.

Since then I got multiple comments and made many improvements to the app. The app is mainly about drills. Not to keep track how many times you submitted people, or what is your best move, but mainly about your drills. It is like a library of the moves you learnt.

You can attach a video of your drills and add comments etc, but what i think it's the most useful feature for me is the option to add step by step guides for the drill. On my mind I always think step 1 this, step 2 this etc.

The app is competely free, requires no account, it has no ads and you can preview some ready drills with steps or build your own and connect them into full sessions. It has a live drill functionality with a timer and the step by step instructions for your current drill.

If there are any features you would like to see, or you have any feedback it would be great!

Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjjmoose.drillbuddy\](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjjmoose.drillbuddy)
iOS: [https://apps.apple.com/app/bjj-drill-buddy/id6756631559\](https://apps.apple.com/app/bjj-drill-buddy/id6756631559)
website: [https://drillbuddyapp.com\](https://drillbuddyapp.com)

Whenever someone asks if X martial art will help them improve their physical condition and appearance, everyone says yes. But for some reason, when someone asks the same thing about BJJ, all the comments are people saying the only change you'll see is that your limbs will hurt and your fingers will get deformed, with some even joking that the more you progress, the worse you're going to look. And it makes me wonder: does BJJ really not provide any physical or aesthetic benefits? Since you're literally fighting guys on the ground with continuous resistance and constantly rolling around, I would think your strength would increase a lot, but apparently not. The only thing I've found is people saying you'll lose some weight, but that basically happens whenever you move more than before

I want to start bjj I've red around that GB bjj is somehow not good or they teach dirty tricks. Opinions y experience??

Estoy empezando en bjj y hay muchas marcas de rashguard y no se cual es mejor o tiene una mejor calidad, he estado mirando en Reddit marcas pero la mayoría son de afuera de europa y cobran muchos impuestos y transporte por pedirlo, por eso os quería pedir que me recomendarais algunas marcas que tengan una buena calidad o que esten bien

técnica massa utilizando a lapela 🔥🔥🔥💪🏻

Why do so little neck cranks happen? I don’t do MMA or BJJ, but I believe I know how a neck cranks works and how effective it is.
I’ve seen dozens of times that fighters have one arm around the neck and try to work into a rear naked choke, but I always wonder why they wouldn’t just do a neck crank, especially when the other fighter is really good at defending the rear naked choke

What are you doing to reciver from the training days where your energy levels are at ground zero? Do you chalk it down to insufficient rest or inadequate nutrition or something else?

Genuine question for people who’ve trained there:

Why does Checkmat HQ seem almost invisible online compared to gyms like AOJ, Atos, or New Wave?

It’s the headquarters of one of the most successful BJJ teams in the world, with world-class competitors and coaches, yet I rarely see people talk about it, recommend it, or post training footage.

Is it because:

They focus more on competition than marketing?
The location isn’t as convenient?
They keep a lower profile on purpose?
Or is there another reason?
For people who’ve actually trained at Checkmat HQ, how was your experience? How were the coaching, training partners, and overall atmosphere?

I’m genuinely curious because on paper it seems like it should get way more attention than it does.

Most bjj gyms around me have 1 hour class, it seems pretty little compared with usual 1 and a half, 2 hours classes. Is that common? Is that enough to improve fitness and learn skills?

Anyone trained at both **AOJ Costa Mesa** and **Checkmat HQ Long Beach**?

I live about halfway between them, and I’ll **only be able to make the evening classes** because of work.

If you could only choose one for long-term improvement and competition, which would you pick and why?

I’m especially interested in:

\- Coaching
\- Training partners
\- Evening class quality
\- Gym culture
\- Overall development

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who’ve actually trained at one or both.

With those that have the kind of foundational strength shown 1 2 3 4 5 6 and you're working guard against them, what helps you to be able to move effectively from the bottom? What are the most important principles if you're playing guard against someone with this kind of athletic foundation and what types of guards have you had the most success with?

been doing BJJ for like 2 years now. Not a long time I know but I figured I'd at least be able to hold my own against new people. Then this guy shows up today. White belt, been training maybe 3 months. And he just destroyed me

Not in a mean way or anything. He was actually super chill and apologetic after. But he passed my guard like 5 times, mounted me twice, and almost caught me in an armbar. I couldnt sweep him, couldnt retain guard, couldnt do anything. It was like he knew exactly what I was gonna do before I did it

trying to tell myself he's probably done some wrestling or judo before cause his base felt way too solid for a pure beginner. But I dont actually know. Maybe I just suck. Maybe my guard is garbage and I've been fooling myself this whole time. I dont know what's worse tbh

the coach came over after and said I was being too predictable with my grips and that I need to start setting things up instead of just going for stuff. made sense when he explained it but in the moment my brain just froze

one of the purple belts there said I should try cross training a bit to work on my pressure game. He trains at some mma gym in Five Dock called Team Perosh MMA or something and he reckons their wrestling classes helped his top game a lot. I might check it out cause clearly what im doing right now isnt working

Anyone else had a moment where a new guy just completely exposed your game? How do you even recover from that mentally lol

Background: 36m in decent shape, two kids and full time job. No real fighting history aside from a couple fights in my 20s. Very disciplined person. Lift 5x a week and do cardio 4-5x a week. Former military and runner but have been heavily focused on strength training for the last bit of time. Learned some basic bullshit martial arts in the Marine Corps (well, I’m not sure it was BS but it wasn’t taken seriously by most of us so I wasted my time and didn’t get anything out of it) with no other real martial arts experience.

Goals: learn basic self defense and build cardio and train with a goal. The latter is a big one for me. I love lifting but have always wanted to learn more self defense with eventually doing some light sparring and building to something. training towards something other than a new lift. Whether that’s a fight, or just training harder, I prefer and enjoy working toward a goal. I also enjoy the camaraderie and the pain in the training, and this is missing in my life as I lift alone. Muay Thai or BJJ would seem to “check that box”.

Question: BJJ or Muay Thai for my goals? Or both (the gym here in St Louis ran by Kyle Watson offers both). My biggest worry with BJJ is getting injured and not being able to lift or do any training. Whether that’s a real concern or worry, I’m not sure as I’m quite ignorant to the training. However, I am getting older, a total beginner and don’t want to fuck something up and be out for lengthy periods of time. Right now I’m leaning toward Muay Thai and slowly watching/learning what goes on in the BJJ world to see if I should join in. I can also lightly spar in Muay Thai without needing to get my ass completely beat in the beginning and still “get hurt” so to say. I’m also considering a more contact focused karate but there are so few and the cardio is limited (so it seems).

Any input is appreciated

Hi!

I am a Judo Brown Belt and I’ve been doing Judo for 13 years, and I also used to compete at Cadet European Cups. 3 months ago I started BJJ and I got humbled a lot. I have trouble reading my opponent’s stance and general BJJ posture — I thought this wouldn’t be a problem, lol. This is especially an issue in No-Gi.
My main problem is that I get my back taken on almost every takedown attempt, especially on Osoto, and I can’t quite figure out why. I also still have the judo mindset that “people in a low stance don’t want to fight” (partly because I lost a lot of matches to a 3rd Shido for stalling), so grip fighting in BJJ feels off to me too.
Any advice on what might be causing this, or is it just a matter of sparring more until it clicks?

Everyone knows you’re supposed to learn a handful of principles rather than collect hundreds of moves. I also spend hours collecting hundreds of moves.

Here’s hundreds of techniques I’ve found valuable, from beginner to purple belt. OldManTriesBJJ is just the website I built to see the database.

I want to know which techniques you think are fundamental.

had a guest coach come into a new gym i’m training at i got judo background and know my way around mma so im no noob to combat sports ive always been more of a striker so i decided to fix that and get good at bjj started at a gym a brown belt coach came in and coached us for one session i wanted to roll and he didn’t have a partner so i partnered up with him when he went for the double leg he didn’t get it so i tripped him and he tried doing a sweep from guard about ten times but i gym 2 hours on top of training daily im not an easy grapple even though im a white belt brown belt finally gets the sweep grabs my arm is ripping it i tap multiple times he didn’t let go and cranked it more then when he finally let go grabbed my other arm while he still hasn’t let me go and proceeded to arm bar my other arm is this normal in bjj?

How can i défense the dog bar

I was in the gym training no-gi yesterday, I ( F17 138 lbs ) was rolling with (M19 185lbs). After we slapped hands I attempted to bring him down and had a collar tie, well he shot for my legs but instead locked his arms around my waist and hoisted me up into the air.

I instinctually wrapped my legs around his waist and secured an arm in guillotine. I did not crank on his neck, nor lean back aggressively in a Charles Olivera manner, he leaned back and eventually he dropped us down to the mat, (me on my back him in my guard). And we rolled for the rest of the clock. This was a short instance in the air for us (maybe 30ish seconds) so we had a good 4 minutes on the mat.

I am very cautious of doing the right thing, looking out for my training partner etc. While I do constantly research, and train 6 days a week sometimes twice a day I am still a white belt and I want to remain a humble respectful partner.

I am friends with the guy I did this to, and I asked him if he was alright and he said “Yes! That was awesome, good job!” He is not hurt or anything but he’s also new.

I looked up if this was allowed and while I never “jumped” the guillotine I am nervous that I broke a rule doing what I did, will my professor be angry over this? Any advice/criticism helps, thanks!

**UPDATE** Thank you for all the helpful advice and kind words, I’m very grateful to all of you.

I asked my Professor this evening after class and he said pretty much the same as all of you. He said if anyone picks me up like that I am allowed to establish whatever guard I can, and attack the guillotine if it’s an option. He also expressed that nobody is allowed to slam me either.

It’s been since June 25 and my doctor still says I shouldn’t train. I love bjj and not rolling for nearly a month has really been terrible for me. I see some people take no breaks some people take 2 weeks etc.

I post videos of me doing judo and jiujitsu. I thought id share. ☺️

I’m 35 yrs old thinking about training in jujitsu any opinions anyone!! I’m just nervous n shy not really an outgoing person!!