Watching this to prepare for my first match 6 months in 1 stripe white belt got 2 months to prepare nice video

Do people in their 50s ever compete in BJJ tournaments?

Rob, As a 55 yr old just in his first week of JJ, I'm so green (and sore) this is all like a foreign language to me. Really enjoy your explanation and I look forward to the day all of this seems obvious and elementary. Thanks for the vids and all the help.

39 year old 165# 2 strip white belt here. 40 in may. Started bjj last August , I injured a rib about a month in to my training where I did an awkward half cartwheel guard pass attempt (forgot my age for a minute there) and landed on my team mates knee. That knocked me out for almost 3 weeks. Everything hurt , hurt to pull, push , breath. Never got it checked out but it was painful. Made a full recovery there. Love your videos bud. Congrats on the blue belt by the way .

I really enjoyed watching this. I am only three weeks into BJJ and I got so excited and was shouting 'go on' when you applied the triangle. Hats off to you for entering any tournament as they must be nerve wracking enough. Amazing effort!

Awesome post - keep em coming. This has inspired me to start competing.

Fun to watch this one. Seeing the difference between blue and white followed by purple vs. blue was a great contrast. Great job. Hope that knee heals up well for you.

awesome video!

Do you live in AZ?

one other suggestion: when rolling with elijah, if he favors putting himself into top half, then check out the choi bar setup. it's a slick way to get a strong clamp on the nearside arm (the one that's trying to crossface you) while simultaneously using a strong knee shield. it kills his chance to kimura you like he has been, and now allows you to attack. i personally switch back and forth from threatening the choi bar to scooping that nearside leg to enter into leglocks. both the choi bar and the leg lock entry use a bit of inversion, but nothing too crazy. i used to hate getting stuck in bottom half with guys like elijah, but now i am the one purposely putting myself there, and my opponents usually dont know how to deal with it. choi bars (or even just entering the legs) are hard to stop if done correctly. oss

i didnt rewatch the vid but the purple passed pretty effortlessly at least twice, and on the first one you mentioned a sao paulo pass, did he do it on the 2nd one also? either way, there are tons of youtube vids on how to counter, or at the very least defend, every pass imaginable. just me .02 and is a good way to shore up your defense if it's getting past your guard consistently.

Hi - Purple Belt here. at 5:32 when you pull guard, have you ever considered going right into New Jersey utilizing the Rubber Guard. I mean, you swing your leg over that arm you have omaplata, gogoplata set ups, along with meathook variations, gogoclinch and hindilutines. you can also hit my favorite move, the Carni where you swing that leg over his arm (kinda of like an omaplata) but then you straighten out ur opposite butterfly hook (which stops him from rolling forwards). Great content otherwise, keep it up.

Nice of you to pull him into closed guard. I’ve seen so many white belts make that mistake and get their knees caught up under them. It can be brutal and dangerous if you aren’t flexible

Nice man! Keep it up!

Your vids helps me, I dislocated my elbow rolling so i been out for a month. The mental rolls helps me hopefully I’ll be ok to get on the mats soon enough. Keep going.

Jujitsu gay? No. But you two are making it hard to disprove this myth. 😑

Great job, everyone who's competed understands the fatigue that you're talking about, after my first competition match my body was destroyed and it stayed like that for like 3 days, those 5 minutes in comp felt harder than 30 minutes of straight sparring.

I did my first white belt competition a while ago, it’s really hard and new it’s not like a rolling with partners it’s so much harder and so much pressure. Thank you for making a video.🎉🎉

Weights/strength Training my friend. Get your body stronger for BJJ

You shouldn’t feel embarrassed fam. You’re out there doing it while most ppl watching from sidelines wishing they could compete ✊🏽✊🏽. That wanting to throw up feelings are the worst 😫. I noticed that the day before if you stay on top of your hydration then you don’t really get sick to your stomach. At least that what works for me fam 🤷🏽‍♂️. You looked relaxed tho ✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯

Thanks for the roll and the help

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Woahhhhhh……………………….. that’s insane bro.

Grazie per questo video. E' facile trovare video di cinture viola o cinture nere che si, sono belli da vedere, ma non sono utili quanto il tuo video. Io tra poco farò la mia prima competizione con cintura bianca e sono molto agitato. Tu come hai gestito lo stress e la paura prima della gara?

I don't know if it'll help ya..... But at 52...at a very competitive gym, I find I always talk and compliment my opponents lol. I swear when I do that I stay extra chill and never really gas. It distracts my opponents in tournaments....I'm like..." Nice dude!"...and they'll give me that weird side glance and get momentarily distracted. It's just habit now.

Not to brag...but up here in Western Canada...are lawns are much lusher.

Thank you so much for sharing. Building up to my first competition.

Thanks for posting love the video! Been thinking about doing tournaments, I’m already 40, can I do both age divisions 30-39 and 40-49?

Thanks for posting. I also started in January.

Definitely a bit harder to watch in this format, but the roll was great. Fun to see the many transitions and adjustments you guys made. Keep em coming!

More of these! great video and was able to follow the action no problem

ROB DO YOU USE YOUR PHONE TO RECORD?

nope

Yeah I'd loose to lol

You can’t let him get the arm around the back of your head. He telegraphed it.

The difference is class is generally playful and comp is 100 percent effort lol

Hey Rob I just got promoted to blue belt this weekend by Kristian Woodmwnsee after a seminar! Any tips? Just keep on going and improving your game work well as a blue belt?

You seem like a good rolling partner with good flow

2x4 choke? It's called a Canto choke.

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You can roll as hard as you want in class, but nothing compares to a competition roll. Took me a while to learn how to pace myself and not let the adrenaline take over.

Keep grinding 💪

There's levels to this game.

Your progress is amazing, and your attitude deserves it

Dude you killed it, the beginning is the hardest part to be optimistic about, great matches.

He's a smiling monster.

This was an extra fun episode to watch, what a DAWG! Fun to see that high level competition. Keep up the great videos, looking forward to talking on the stream tomorrow!

Hey man, enjoying your content! You should absolutely no way give up your position at 2:00 for that sub attempt. I like to use those grips to set up a cross collar from north-south by pulling my left forearm over the neck whilst moving around to the other side of their body via N-S. they often turn into you to relieve the pressure on the neck, and you sink in your other collar grip, return to N-S, and finish like a regular cross collar. Hope that helps! But yeh definitely don’t lose top position!

4:12 submission is a baratoplata. Nice roll

Awesome. Much have been so amazing to roll with someone with that kind of experience. I like your attempt at 1:20. What a move they did at 2:50, I havent had the experience of someone doing that on me yet.