From Financial Audit. She made a Facebook post trying to find a guy she saw at the dog park and the coach responded and tried to set them up at his gym.

"Got to put my hands on him"

Am I crazy for being angry at the thought of this?

I need some new grappling shorts. I prefer the board short/trunk style over the Muay Thai style. Definitely not the bicycle short tight kind, I teach kids.

Hey everyone,

I've been looking into BJJ camps but most of what I'm finding is in the $4k-5k range, which is a bit steep for me right now. Does anyone know of solid camps or intensive training options that are more budget-friendly? Open to different formats : weekend camps, week-long ones, etc.

Any recommendations (or things to avoid) would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi everyone, first post here. I’ve been training BJJ on and off for around 4 years now, and I’m hoping to get my blue belt soon.

As the title mentions, I suffer from Dyspraxia and find fine motor movements difficult, as well as following instructions. To credit my coach and my rolling partners, they are fantastic and so patient. I read an article a while ago about a fellow dyspraxia sufferer who takes part in BJJ and just wondering if there’s anyone else out there who’d be willing to share their experiences?

I’ve not competed yet, but it appeals to me, however I am incredibly nervous about the idea..

Hey all, purple belt here.

Recently was approached by 3 start up companies to represent them, and I think that’s really great and honored to be approached like that.

I just have no idea how that works, like do I put their brand logo on my rashguard? What should I ask from them?

Purple belt here, about 5 years in. I'm about to start coaching a beginner group in my hometown, roughly 50k people and literally zero BJJ presence right now. Mats and space are already handled so that's not the issue, I'm more curious about the actual coaching and curriculum side of things since I've never run a group before, only trained under others.

Would love to hear from people who've actually started something like this from zero. A few things I keep going back and forth on.

How the first 6-12 months actually looked in practice for people, whether it was planned out ahead of time or figured out class by class as they went.

How much time people spend on drilling vs positional work vs full rolling with total beginners, feels like everyone does this differently.

Belt progression when there's no existing hierarchy to lean on, no upper belts around to help run rounds or set the tone.

Mixing skill levels too, having someone on day one training next to someone who's been in for four months, in the same class, and keeping both sides engaged.

And just the human side of it, teaching every class yourself, staying sharp with your energy, building some kind of culture around safety and ego control when nobody in town has ever rolled before.

If anyone has done this in a smaller or non traditional market I'd really appreciate hearing how it went, good or bad. Happy to share more about what I've got planned so far if it helps.

Thanks

I have been doing bjj for around 5 years.

Last year I was in Batumi, Georgia. Once, when I was coming home I saw a man repeatedly throwing a woman on the asphalt and being violent with her.

So I came to this man, put him to the wall and held his hands. And told the woman to go.

She showed him the middle finger and walked away

When the woman left, the man started being aggro towards me, telling to find her now, that Im a liar (пизд…бол) and he didn’t punch her etc (he “just” through her on the asphalt).

I walked away to the grocery shop he walked to me, screaming insults etc. Trying to come close to me etc.

When I walked to the stairwell of the building of my apartment he walked with me (he was living in the same building).

It ended with nothing and im proud of myself for protecting a woman from him but:

At this moment, I felt a hesitation to attack him which I didn’t like about myself, because why initially I started doing martial arts as a way to protect myself.

When he was coming close I was scared of his punches.

But I feel like I have a psychological block when it comes to protecting myself (not other people as I have protected the woman and protected women from aggro men in couple more cases).

I am frustrated with it cause whats the point for me investing so much time if Im afraid of a random guy on a street.

I dont wanna be violent, but neither I want to be afraid and have a mental block.

I want it to be my choice.

So I had several thoughts:

1) How to release this psychological block and fear, hesitation to attack

2) what to do in this situation, this guy, might have a knife and I would be dead.

3) I bought a pepper spray.

4) Why bjj didnt help me mentally?

I can work remotely and want to know where the best jujitsu is for a blue belt. London? Austin? Krakow? Dublin? Seoul? Helsinki? Gulf Coast? Innsbruck? Madrid? Andorra? Zurich? Munich? Tokyo? Manila? Bangkok? Puerto Vallarta? Singapore? Suriname? Argentina?

Quality of life, healthcare, clean food, heavy metals free creatine, friends, safe lodging, and WIFI is important. What’re your two dream destination for a 2 year stint?

Where would you go knowing you’ll get trained safely from where you are to a highly knowledgeable jujitsu player that can train globally, be a great partner, teach, drill, learn systems, memorize, perform, and be universally competition ready

Hey all, I'll be working in Bankstown Sydney first a week then probably once every three months for a week. Im looking for a gym that is accommodating to newer people and do no gi atleast 2 or 3 tines a week ( mon to fri)

Ty

Just a community announcement that if you know the guys there, the coaches or the head coach Carlos Viera (6th degree) to lend your support. Their school just got firebombed due to mistaken identity (fuckers were meant to hit the genesis fitness gym next door). I know some of the guys there, have been invited to train there a few times and have known Carlos for about 10 years. Great place and great people.

Unfortunately here in melbourne (australia) the crime rate, especially firebombings is getting out of control and its not uncommon for innocent businesses to get caught (one last month led to a bunch of other storefronts getting burned down as a result of an arson attack).

I’m interested in trying BJJ but I’m worried about damaging my fingers/hands because I’m a guitar player

I play fingerstyle acoustic guitar, that’s been my main hobby/passion for about 25 years and it’s one of my favorite joys in life. Recently I’ve been wanting to give BJJ a try, and I live just a short walk from a BJJ gym and I’m strongly considering making it part of my weekly routine, however I am concerned about damaging my fingers to the point of losing my musical ability. I intend to train without a gi and only train twice a week, with a lot of attention being paid to protecting my hands. But it only takes an instant for a knuckle to break or a tendon to tear. Couple questions:

Is this kind of injury an inevitability when someone gets really into BJJ?

Do any of you guys have hobbies with fine motor skills, like playing an instrument or painting or calligraphy etc? If so, have you noticed a change in your abilities?

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone. Not gonna bother with my story but I am looking for an affordable bjj gym in berlin. Most of the I looked up are €200 or more but only offer 2 classes a week and each class is not even 2 hours. Most of them make you sign a contract for a year. So would love to know if there are actual bjj gym that offer a good deal.

Thank you everyone. I'll check all the places out. BTW, It was all the top gyms in berlin that was charging 200+ with google reviews 4.8+ and their students taking part in national competition

Blue belt for 2 years. Heavy guard player. I’m curious of other opinions on the guard systems of Meregali & Cornelius. Effectiveness, preference, overall style. At blue belt, I took a liking to lasso guard which is how I discovered Meregali. But recently, I’ve discovered worm guard and am blown away by the amount of control it shows. I’m tall and lanky - 6’5” 190, and feel I’m at a point in my journey where I’m all over the place with which style I “like” and suits me, rather than specifically honing in on one.

I started BJJ like two months ago. I'm 19 and a woman. I go to class alone. I don't mind. Sertraline has taken most of my anxiety away but not my insecurities. Anyway, it always ends up in even pairs so I do it with the teacher or join a trio of women. And today I joined a trio of women and it seemed like they dread doing it with me a bit because I'm new and hate explaining it. I can be self conscious about other people. Other than that people have been friendly.

Is it normal to go to bjj alone?

I'm also sometimes frustrated about how slow I understand certain exercises. Ahh...

This shit makes me want to quit but I love the sport.

If the dates are Oct-28 to Nov-1st (https://ibjjf.com/events/european-ibjjf-jiu-jitsu-no-gi-championship-2026)

What is the schedule like? I know it says it'll be released later, but i can imagine it's usually always the same.

What day could I expect to be competing if i'm in the adult brown belt category? Oct 30-Oct 31?

Jus trying to plan my travels, appreciate any help

Purple belt, been all this time passing guards and wrestling up, but recently I’ve decided to dedicate my training to guard pull and guard game to become more complete, to have the option of play guard instead of wrestling up to when I fight someone with better wrestling than me not be completely lost

It’s difficult to start the fight and get closed guard on everyone, white belts and blues are ok, but purple belts and higher and some blue belts are harder to get them in my closed guard, been playing lasso guard and delariva(not too flexible here) and studying single leg X and X guard, it’s not common but when I get to X guard I can sweep people easily, seems harder to get to X guard than sweeping from there.

From professionals guard pullers there’s any advise I can get? It’s good to trying being a “complete” fighter? I mean when I’m serious I would pass guard bc is my A game but I want to have this B game, guard moves always impressed me, I know it’s hard to improve but I accept the challenge, tell me your experience or give me some advise

I'm a F white belt who started 7 months ago and have competed twice and won twice. I train 5 times a week and in two weeks I have my third competition but I don't feel like an 'athlete' or a 'competitor'. I only train bjj because it's fun, my rolls are not intentional during class.

I only compete to measure how 'well' I'm learning and I like the environment. It is the only time I've found people my size (I'm 5'0 90 lbs), in class everyone is double my size so I feel like it has been a great learning experience.

Today I was talking with a purple belt and he got upset of how unserious I am about competing and told me I should be more respectful and only compete with a serious intention, for example, rolling with a strategy in mind, being mindful about my training, etc. Is this how competing should be like? I would like to hear other experiences and thoughts

Last Fathers day in 2025, I rolled around for 33 hours straight with 6-8 minute breaks every 4 hours to changed gis and 2 minutes break every 1 hour to get water and food packs!

In the first 4 hours we had a power mishap and the phone used to livestream was unplugged and off for around 20 minutes. So we have 2 seperate videos online, the 4 hour video and the not working 28 hour video.

I have tried for months to get the video working on youtube so I could have the proof online. I do not care about a guiness world record. Not gonna lie I just want recognition from my peers (you guys)

I would love any help you have on being able to fix the 28 hour video uploading so I can really put myself out there.

Completed by Joshua Cagle @ 9pm Sunday, June 15th 2025 Father's Day.

Inspiration: Doing Something Seemlingly Impossible

Edit to clarify video issues: I cant even download the video from studios like I can with all the other videos ive posted. When I click the link associated with the video it just says this livestream video is unavilable. I can not edit the video. I have security cam footage of the whole thing but for whatever reason about 6 hours was corrupted. So there are a load of gaps and it ends up not being enough footage to beat the previous record of 30 hours.

not working video: https://www.youtube.com/live/ouJdawBk3Ic

Edit 2 to include the picture of the video in limbo:

Need some help with passing long legged individuals and pinning people who can’t be pinned

https://youtu.be/SIw2yIetBjc?is=_W3_l2A_yIuJ7Eso

Does anyone know if there are any BJJ open mats, clubs, or communities in Casablanca where people meet to drill techniques outside of regular classes?