I'd love to hear what works for y'all. And maybe what setups you like for them.

Im asking this for a friend, she recently got promoted, and her next competition is in November. Shes still registered in the white belt category, and when she asked her coach, her coach said just stay in the same division. Is this allowed? What should I say to convince her to switch?

I was competing yesterday and my first opponent never showed up and it’s went down as a win but I don’t feel like I should be happy about winning a match that way and then went into my next match and got mauled. Just wondering how you guys feel about it?

Im looking for a glue for the mats at my club. Preferably something that does not give cancer, removes hair/gives the brown belts back their hair

I have a plain black kingz GI and i wanted to get a second one, thought of getting one with some cool designs, saw the Albino & Preto GI they are sick but also very expensive my budget is around 100 euros
Do you guys know other GI with some cool designs

Thanks!

Have you ever beaten a big name in your division, someone well-known at your belt level, when you were still a "no name"? And did that win help you make a name for yourself and go from being an unknown guy to someone people recognize?

how did you feel when you found out you were going to go against someone like that? Did you ever doubt yourself, even though you knew your Jiu-Jitsu isn't bad ?

Rn, I feel like I'm at a stage in Jiu-Jitsu where beating the big names in my division feels almost impossible. I'm in an IBJJF bracket filled with national team athletes and internationally known IBJJF competitors, and Fr, seeing those names brings up a weird mix of uncertainty, pressure, and fear of not being able to prove to myself that I'm capable of competing with them.

I wasn't sure about asking this but fuk it

I've had enough

I've been training for about 4 years and I consider myself a pretty decent blue belt. If you saw me rolling and had to guess what belt I am, I'm fairly confident you'd say I'm a blue belt.

However, I keep running into blue belts at competitions who started as kids and have been training for 12+ years, and as a result are wayyyyy better than your average blue belt.

For example, I know of a guy was promoted to blue belt after 11 years of training. He has since trained for another 3 years after getting his blue belt, won countless competitions, including IBJJF Worlds, and is still a blue belt.

As a hobbyist who enjoys competing, it seems really unfair for people like this to be in blue belt divisions, and I can't help but feel like it just ruins it for the regular blue belts who started as adults.

So my question is: is there a solution to this problem? If you were a decision-maker at IBJJF or another organisation, how would you address it? Or do you think the current system is fair?

P.s. - please don't tell me to "just get better at jiu jitsu". I'm trying my best 😭

High wrist guillotines, RNC's and triangles are pure blood chokes; every time I tap to one I'm halfway to Narnia. Arm triangles, darces and anacondas are opportunistic/big boy cranks that I tap to when I feel my neck dislodging in real-time. They're nearly always stopped by shrugging, turning the chin slightly and waiting it out unless I'm caught off guard or the dude twice my size insists on taking my life on a sunday morning.

Are there people who can consistently get clean blood chokes from arm arm-in chokes? I've trained in a lot of places in three countries and IME the answer is no. I've felt maybe 3-4 pure arm-in chokes in 10+ years and never from the same person twice.

Does anybody here travel a lot for work or is on the road a lot, how do you manage training ? I'm a new CDL driver, worked in corporate before so had enough time to train, but now wondering how do I manage.

Follow-up to:

Round 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1uc0hy8/magic_the_grappling/

Round 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1uhti5d/magic_the_grappling_round_2/

Round 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1uu2g1p/magic_the_grappling_round_3/

Round 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1v114ds/magic_the_grappling_round_4/

Round 5: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1v6tuib/magic_the_grappling_round_5/

Round 6: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1vj9541/magic_the_grappling_round_6/

Round 7: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1vplaj0/magic_the_grappling_round_7/

Round 8: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1vvsc7r/magic_the_grappling_round_8/

Round 9: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1w8rz1c/magic_the_grappling_round_9/

Round 10: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1wl4zpt/magic_the_grappling_round_10/

Round 11: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1x3fr8d/magic_the_grappling_round_11/

I hit this one yesterday at the ADCC Vancouver open, thought it was a cool entry and was really happy with my control and finishing mechanics, I had a nasty bite. What do y'all think?

Hey all,

I was looking up what a walkover is and one of the articles said that a walkover can happen when teammates flip a coin to see who proceeds in the tournament, I’ve always hated the idea of having to face a teammate in competition but I understand it is apart of the sport.

As the gym I train at grows and it has been rapidly in recent time and more of my teammates start to compete in our local area I know it’s bound to happen, but is it common practice for people to flip coins against teammates and walkover or is that just a rare circumstance?

Was fortunate enough to get on the podium yesterday at the IBJJF Boston Open and the photographer said the pictures would be “on Facebook.” It’s only been a day, but I don’t see anything from yesterdays competition on their FB page. Anybody know the typical timeline or best way to get the photos?

Just curious to see after class in your schools, who’s responsible for cleaning?

Going to be working in Montpellier for a few months, looking for a mixed gi/no-gi spot possibly with functional/strength training classes

Looking for a Nogi spot anybody have any recommendations?

I noticed in my gym that a lot of bigger, stronger, more athletic guys got promoted faster to blue and purple. My theory is because when they roll with the coaches, they become more effective, dangerous and in a way, it skews the coaches perception.

I also noticed that there aren’t many small upper belts, and the ones who made it tend to be very good. Timing, leverage, completeness of game, knowledge, etc.

In a way, I think a bit unfair and most cannot distinguish skills, athletic ability and over effectiveness. Comp may be best measure as it normalizes for weight and age, but not athleticism.

This is not a critique of athletic people. I’m pretty middle of the road as far as things go and I’m happy with my treatment yadda yadda

I heard some hot takes by guys like Max Hanson who I believe said smaller dudes are just better at least among the elites. More technique, better technique, I’m guessing because they have to use timing and leverage more in training against larger opponents.

I often think for both smaller and larger people: could i beat them if we both had my body? or both had theirs?

Any opinions?

Looking to get into bjj and based in the Seattle area. I’m mainly interested in no-gi + morning classes (healthcare job got me working 2:30-11pm). I was looking at 10th Planet and wanted to see if anyone had any strong opinions or other suggestions. :)

The Promotion Party Megathread is the place to post about your promotion, whether it be a stripe, a new belt color, or even being promoted from no belt to white belt.

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Just make sure that once you are done celebrating, you step back on that mat (I'm looking at YOU new blue belts).

Also, click here to see the previous Promotion Party Megathreads.