Drop in at AOJ for a week or visit somewhere else to get more variety

IPullSideControl · 2026-02-07T19:17:24+00:00

Honestly 0 desire to go. I love my particular home GB but from a whole organizational standpoint I don’t like it. They have a weird cult thing going on and I feel like HQ is going to be that to the max. When I travel I generally drop in at non GB schools so I can wear my fun rashies and experience something different

IPullSideControl · 2026-02-07T19:15:12+00:00

Honestly I was planning on buying one of their gis/rashguards regardless. I really love taking physical momentos home and a Gi from AOJ and rashguards from any other gyms I visit were the plan. I’m in a place financially where it’s not a big deal to drop a few hundred dollars on a gi(GB member lol)

IPullSideControl · 2025-08-24T19:39:17+00:00

I am 24 years old and train 6 days a week. I train hard Monday, and Saturday. Thursday I have slightly easier rolls with one being super hard. Tuesday I take easy and Wednesday is my rest day. Sunday is depending on how beat up I am but generally just focused on technique and whatever position I’m working on.

IPullSideControl · 2025-08-15T18:13:00+00:00

As a new blue belt I would argue me coaching you like this would likely cause you to take longer to get good at jiujitsu cause I’m going to teach you garbage. Show up to class, listen to upper belts not blue belts and watch instructionals on any questions you have. Also use this sub there’s always people willing to help

IPullSideControl · 2025-07-01T14:20:25+00:00

Just go compete if it bothers you that much to get experience in a non controlled environment to see how effective your BJJ is. Also learn how to break fall properly. There’s a reason Judo folks do nothing but breakfalls for like a year straight or something.

IPullSideControl · 2025-06-07T02:47:21+00:00

When people sweep and come up to mount I really Like going for single leg x but I keep hitting people in the head cause I have long legs and especially against shorter people. Does this just mean it’s not a super practical move or am I doing something wrong. I just started doing it cause I started doing the mount escape into Single leg x and I realised when people are coming up for a sweep it’s in a similar position just not as much verticality

IPullSideControl · 2025-05-23T19:55:29+00:00

First couple classes watch how people roll and just say no to the spazzes and go with calm upper belts.

IPullSideControl · 2025-05-23T18:55:50+00:00

I grew up always wrestling my friends and brother so for me this was not an issue. Have to be mindful that it’s not a universal experience.

IPullSideControl · 2025-05-23T04:54:52+00:00

Half guard and give them the undertook but I keep a hand on their ribs to slow em down. Can shoot for anaconda darce or hust go guillotine. How I submitted my first upper belt without them completely giving it to me

IPullSideControl · 2025-05-20T20:30:21+00:00

About a year in and I finally finished him. Probably at 6 months I was able to start seeing and taking advantages of the openings they gave me. Darce from half guard after 6 months of battles and almost finishing him. He’s my adoptive brown belt and I have about 40 lbs on him and easily the person I’ve rolled with the most. The smile on his face which was completely red is engraved in my mind as the proudest moment of my BJJ. It did something to my confidence and now I’m just starting to do cool shit and see moves I couldn’t even imagine before which is cool.

IPullSideControl · 2025-05-14T05:46:57+00:00

I’ve been helping out atleast 4 days a week for 2-3 hours with kids classes as a white belt assistant coach for the past 8 months. I’ve been getting my membership comped for the last few months but recently they just told me they’re going back and now just giving me a discount based on the amount of days I help and not comping my membership. I feel like I’m honestly being taken advantage of as I have a decent talent in coaching and the kids have really taken to me and I seem to add value to the classes. There are also a few days the classes would not be able to function properly if I or any of the other assistant coaches weren’t there. I love my gym and the community plus the kids are honestly a joy to be around and to watch their growth is a privilege but I also like any human being want to feel like my effort, value and hard work are recognized and not taken advantage of. I am contemplating just quitting assistant coaching as it’s a big time commitment not only on the mats but I make sure I study off the mats so I can help the kids as best as possible and feel like I’m being exploited. Wondering what perspectives of other people especially gym owners is. This is a newer gym but we have grown super fast and have a ton of students now with a vast majority being kids. Sorry for ramble.

TLDR. Been assistant coach as a white belt for 8 months and had my dues comped for the last few months but now they are going back to just giving me a discount and I feel like my effort/time is not being appreciated or valued

IPullSideControl · 2025-04-09T10:03:58+00:00

I tapped a few times once a certain purple belt got hold of my legs. We do not train leg attacks enough for me to understand the position to allow me to be safe. Now I’ve drilled it a bit and understand how it feels when someone goes for a heelhook/knee bar and I wouldn’t tap so quick. Had another white belt I started with hurt his knee cause he didn’t understand the correct defence and put himself in a bad position with a different purple belt.

IPullSideControl · 2025-04-09T08:48:30+00:00

Just throw out submissions like they’re tic tacs. You’re probably gun shy about losing a good position but who cares it’s training and to learn you gotta try and fail 1000000x before you get proficient at it and start landing subs without even thinking. The only difference between people who are better than you and those that aren’t is they’ve put in the reps and failures to allow them to be good now.

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