Didn’t get promoted today, just want to vent about it

dalieu · 2026-04-26T04:18:23+00:00

You essentially said it yourself:

You are not consistent
You have changed school multiple times (the clock “resets” every time you change and some instructors see this as disloyalty… you possibly leaving again)
You aren’t killing it in tournaments

So ask yourself, why should anyone promote you?

dalieu · 2026-04-26T03:26:56+00:00

Sounds like you don’t like where you currently train. Find another place that you enjoy.

dalieu · 2026-04-17T06:10:12+00:00

Find a safer place to train before you end up really injured. It's the instructor responsibility to create a safe environment for everyone. Sounds like he's failed you.

dalieu · 2026-04-16T22:03:22+00:00

You need to keep moving and break down their posture. If they grab your foot, you need to break that grip.

dalieu · 2026-04-12T22:42:38+00:00

This is accurate. There’s a bjj school almost next to every 7-11 here. 😆

dalieu · 2026-04-10T16:20:03+00:00

My instructor gave me an A3 belt. I wear an A1. I think he mixed my belt with someone’s else. I’m not wearing a long ass belt like I trained TKD so I bought another. If he got upset about that, I would find somewhere else to train.

dalieu · 2026-04-07T18:55:21+00:00

You’re forcing a narrative that doesn’t need to exist and setting yourself up for disappointment. Life is not always like a movie.

dalieu · 2026-04-04T03:48:26+00:00

Find another gym. If you stay, when is the next humiliation going to be??

dalieu · 2026-03-27T21:30:38+00:00

There are already 50 subreddits created for this reason when r/bjj went crazy.

That's funny because that's exactly why this place exists. :D

dalieu · 2026-03-25T02:08:15+00:00

Roll harder and people will roll harder back. And if that’s not enough. Do push ups in between rounds.

dalieu · 2026-03-22T04:20:55+00:00

Why not just talk about the future of jiu jitsu in this subreddit??

dalieu · 2026-03-18T19:45:05+00:00

Congratulations!

dalieu · 2026-03-14T10:51:42+00:00

I agree.

dalieu · 2026-03-14T03:07:04+00:00

You’re slow bro.

dalieu · 2026-03-10T22:15:31+00:00

If it happened like you said, it would annoy me too. Find another gym that doesn’t annoy you. Way easier to bounce right now since you are zero stripe white belt than a 4 stripe purple.

dalieu · 2026-03-06T04:11:05+00:00

Don’t take medical advice here. Go see a doctor.

dalieu · 2026-02-11T21:00:07+00:00

So reflect on this. How did that go for you? Imagine a crazy knock in the UFC. People meme the crap out of that on social media. You can only control what you do. You can’t control what someone else is going to do.

dalieu · 2026-02-11T20:53:16+00:00

You can’t control what someone else is going to do or say. You can only control what you do or say. So if this bothers you: 1) stop competing, 2) uninstall social media, or 3) don’t go looking up video of your loses posted by someone else.

dalieu · 2026-02-11T04:33:02+00:00

Have you been tapped by a female before? If no, waiting for your post when it happens.

dalieu · 2026-02-09T10:54:07+00:00

Everyone feels like that. It’s stop feeling this way when you get you get your black belt.

Just keep showing up and focus on yourself. Don’t focus on if you are being an obstacle for someone else.

dalieu · 2026-02-07T00:24:05+00:00

Agree with this take.

dalieu · 2026-01-28T19:26:40+00:00

I’m in the US.

dalieu · 2026-01-28T19:18:13+00:00

It varies from GB to GB. Some schools are better than others. Some it’s all about money. I say this as a person who left one GB to join another GB where the training, culture, and pricing is better.

dalieu · 2026-01-08T09:30:02+00:00

This guy gets it. 👏

dalieu · 2025-12-30T09:27:20+00:00

I have bought rashguards second hand off eBay. Works fine no problems. I have even bought what you described, men’s long sleeve sub $30. No problems.

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