I've been training for 8ish months. Felt pretty good in the gym, go 3-4 days a week and regularly tap people bigger than me. So thought I'd give competition a try. Registered for a big local tournament, and turns out there was only one other guy in my weight class.

Y'all I got guillotine'd off a takedown and was unconscious in 30 seconds. I've never been choked out before and the first time was at a competition in front of hundreds of people including friends and everyone at my gym. I'm embarrassed, frustrated, and disappointed with myself. After months of training and cutting weight to make this all happen, it's over in 30 seconds with one of the worst case scenarios being the outcome.

I'm not going to stop. I'll be back in the gym next week. But man this fucking sucks.

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Participants are needed for academic research on injuries in BJJ. The survey questionnaire takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

Hi everyone, I'm a black belt in BJJ and currently doing academic research for my master's degree in strength and conditioning on 'the most prevalent injury in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu'.

The study is open to all male and female BJJ practitioners aged 18 or over with a minimum of 6 months of BJJ training experience and a minimum training frequency of twice per week. The survey questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes, and participation is voluntary. All your data is confidential and will only be used for research purposes. Your participation will contribute to understanding injuries in BJJ and help inform injury prevention and management strategies for BJJ coaches and practitioners.

If anyone is interested in participating, here's the questionnaire link https://forms.gle/gU8s3DrVF5BcfRtLA

Feel free to share it with your academy and friends. Thanks a million, and I appreciate the help.

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2 hours ago

Tournament/Competition

Robert 'Degle' Diggle: short highlight of my 3 wins at the AIGA championship in Kazakhstan (the 'B team vs Khabib event').

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Posted by11 hours ago

General Discussion

Question for older grapplers: How do you roll sustainably?

This came up after nogi class Friday. Our coach pretty directly stated that some of us need to rethink our approach to rolling in order to maximize the time in class allotted for free rolling (he was correct). The point that really resonated with me though was when he mentioned that you need to find what will work for you to do BJJ long term - not every roll has to be a bull fight and you need to find what will work for you to be able to train as much as possible for as long as possible. So my question is how do you older grapplers find that balance? What works for you to avoid injury but still roll as much as possible?

Edit: Thank you all, there’s tons of phenomenal advice here.

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11 hours ago

School Discussion

Does traditional BJJ hold any technical advantage over modern BJJ?

I come from a traditional "bow to a picture" school that did mostly gi, had a self-defence curriculum, and was "members only".

I got completely wrecked at a more modern, competition-orientated school 2.5 years ago which I ended up signing up for.

I've just moved homes and am looking for a new gym. The thing that struck me going from my first gym to my current gym is that, not only does my current gym teach footlocks, inversions, and new lapel guards, but even more "traditional" positions like side control and mount and how to secure more "basic" submissions like americanas are different.

Having said this, is there any real advantage of training at a more traditional gym than a more modern one?

Imo the answer is no but lol I'm a blue belt what do I know.

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2 hours ago

General Discussion

Pre-testing - a good idea in BJJ?

So recently I've been reading about the fact that 'pre-testing' - or, basically, giving people a test on the stuff you want them to learn before they even start learning it might be one of the most effective ways to teach. The idea is, it lets people know what they don't know, but also gives them a structure for learning.

My question is, has anyone here applied this to BJJ, and how did it work? I seem to remember Craig Jones mentioning (maybe on the Fridman pod?) that he gets his beginners to do little games in key positions BEFORE he teaches, so that they know what they're trying to do and understand how little they understand the positions they're working in before they learn the moves. I'm thinking about how to do that in my own classes - interested to hear other people's experiences.

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