Terrible perspective, worded/explained poorly.

Trained BJJ for a year now, fuck belts honestly. Like it means fuck all. I wanna beat everyone i dont care what belt their at. I know "whitebelts belike" but today I sparred with a black belt and we went ADCC. He subbed me once. You limit yourself because you think you can't do it, because of these fake ass belts. Bruce lee once said. “If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”

You didn't really address whether competition proves you're good - just that it's not the only way

Oh he’s autistic. So that’s why he’s vapid, soulles, as*hole

What if the cross face is fully in while they have you in Mount ? And you miss the timing to pommel and switch frames? Is your only hope to trap leg on the non cross face side and bridge (with an underhook ) to that side ?

I got two stripes at my previous gym that were purely attendance based, got crushed by a fat spazzy white belt last night and took the stripes off - better to start over as I am trash

This is probably one of the more helpful videos I’ve seen for us white belts Super encouraging and realistic

I’m mostly torso also. Jordan, you should do a video on the different body types and what strategies are most effective for each given physique.

I won't use my strength or weight if it's someone a lot smaller than me. In this case i want to test technique for technique

I like that “you need your ego to be crushed” because in my experience I arrived with a lot of ego, and got humbled. Now I do leave it at the door but bring it back in when it’s appropriate to the opposition I’m facing

Allways use alchol

This was so fun! Can’t believe it was nearly two years ago. Happy to do one again soon!

A few things on this. Your guest says he learned best through hearing about the concepts and says he learned a lot from observing people roll. Concepts are like hearing the instructions for how to play a game. Watching people is a form of ecological learning. The problem with Watching an instructional is that's what your focus will be. Your be on the mat thinking back to your instructional and won't take in your environment. For best results you first need to be exposed to your environment without any instructions. Specifically you need to be exposed to the skill you are to learn. If your learning mount top, you need to be in mount to with objectives for some time. These objectives should map onto the instructional. (That you haven't yet watched) Once you have a feel for it. Ideally you need feedback from your coach. Then you need more concepts. Then you can watch the instructional. So you Ideally need a coach to watch the instructional for you and give you tailored feedback. What experienced bjj people don't understand is that they are experienced. They can take in information in through videos that others can't. Ask yourself this one question when you get an instructional : Does it result in better results when rolling?

When he said he’ll take care of you he meant it 🤣🤣🤣 they are a different breed

Great advice I just got as a white belt from a black belt who was watching me roll: Roll 50% of 50% like an 85 year old grandmother. Practice technique and keep a focus on it. I might use strength, but Im not manhandling my partners, I might move fast, but its not a death scramble I have to win. Position focus, control focus, everything is improving quickly. I get tapped faster but now my focus on the prevention and the moves to get in and out of those places. And the more you get tapped the better you get - you might triangle me 4 times in a row but the 5th time my defense will finally be realized, thats a +1. Same for everytime you tap - it should be I lost, heres why and heres how.

I’m a fresh white belt that just started sparring. I think by what he means by “just showing up” means that by “just showing up” doesn’t mean you will improve. Of course he’s not saying to quit. But he’s saying have some intentions when you show up. Are you trying to improve your cardio through an extra roll? Are you trying to not get submitted for today? Whatever it is. For example, I was so winded after my first roll that that was it for me first time. But I made it a goal to go two rolls the next week. The intention being that I would gradually improve my cardio. Now that I’m at three rolls a class, my goal is to just hold my guard, or not get passed as much as I was in the initial spars. Later my goal will be to see if I can pass a guard. So of course the only way this would work is if I keep showing up. But with that being said, have some intentions when you do show up because even if your intentions aren’t met, there was probably some learning that happened even if you don’t know it at the moment.

You need a striking art and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to do the best at self defense.

That “you need your ego to be crushed” went hard.

I LOVE working with spazzi newbies ! They are HUNGRY! They are brave and if you tell them something they try their hardest to learn and apply. There is no “comfort zone” for newbs. I mean … don’t start low blowing me or gouging my eyes out because I want to train the next day and maybe have kids one day but use that energy and drive as long as you listen and learn. They will learn how to be more efficient with their energy but it’s very hard to teach bravery and drive and I won’t be the one to teach them to lose it.

Well said

He means that the art is for any person (body type/gender ect) but it's not for all mind sets. I don't think that's elitist, it's realistic.

Love this advice! I've been training for 9 months now and have just started to settle in and have good rolls. My Professor gave the same advice to me and it helped me grow quickly!

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Why am I even watching this lol

how unshrink a gi?

Well, "Just showing up" works, but you will progress slowly. But the opposite can be an issue to, having unreasonable goals will kill your motivation. I'm trying to learn the skills for my belt, but it doesn't matter if it takes me a while. I'm mostly after the furfilling and relaxing feeling you feel after a good training session, the belts, knowledge and such are an added bonus (I'm 38 yo judoka).

Id add know your partner don't hurt them especially lower levels my son recently had bad experience gym he lives up north and unfortunately we can not go together and now... i dunno if I'll ever do bjj at lvl i did in real life situations now.

I guess strength should be used as a multiplier?

How many times a week is it recommended to do bij as a white belt?

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Im 3 months newbie and i just realized the strength a couple weeks ago. Because im stronger than average guys but new and not skilled, when i roll with smaller guys i need to match their strength level. Otherwise theyll get mad at me next class and not say hi.

Stranght sometimes get defeated..it depends on the situation and this fact is related on opurtunity.

Obviously any kind of wrestling or grappling should help when part of your job is literally carrying people out to safety

Real talk

I really appreciate this video. I’ve been training for about 6 months and I’ve gotten so sick of hearing these things. I’m a big, strong, solid guy. I weight lift a lot and I’m a former athlete. My background was mostly in striking so I started BJJ to replace playing sports and to supplement my striking. I’ve had so many BJJ “experts” tell me that strength and power don’t matter. And they’re absolutely wrong. It has been easy for me since the 2nd month of training to dominate other white belts and some blue belts of smaller size just by being strong and having good cardio. I have a very good friend who is a lot more experienced and I’ve gotten him into weight training. After a year of consistent lifting, he’s winning more and more matches in competition. Some of these old myths are simply created by higher belts who want to justify not getting stronger or want to justify why they lose to “lesser” opponents. I’ve literally had people say “oh hey didn’t really beat me, he just outfatted me by using his weight”… it’s so much BS. If you can’t control someone who is bigger than you and you’re a much higher belt, that’s on you. Also, BJJ has weight classes for a reason. The end.

My daughter and I started one day apart and have been in this journey together. Watching us in real time learn the ups and downs of this journey is amazing. She’s 12 yellow white and I’m a blue no stripe 42 . We love jiu jitsu I told her enjoy this together because this is rare for a dad to go thru the journey at the sametime with his daughter we love it thank. Thanks for your podcast its the best 🤙

My Boy Milly🐷

As a black belt whenever I want to focus solely on my self-defense Jiu-Jitsu I roll with spazzy white belts. You're definitely going to learn every way someone could possibly hit you and how to protect yourself at all times.

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I’m a no stripe white belt with 8 months of experience. Another guy started 3 months after me and has recently obtained his second stripe. This taught me a few things: 1. Stripes do not always indicate progression. 2. Stripes CAN indicate progression. 3. Stripes are used to motivate people, break their ego, or to show dedication. 4. Ask yourself WHY a stripe is so important to you. I bet the answer is harder to find than you think. 5. Stripes are an aesthetic. 6. I like being the Zero Stripe. It will teach others the lessons above and helps me grow every day I walk on the mat. If someone misjudges me for being a Zero Stripe, they have more to learn than me at that point in time.

I have 3 stripes in my white belt but I prefer not to wear them and keep it blank as it is. Stripes for me is like wasting tape

Ok, in the 1st couple minutes I have an issue.... a brand new white belt should not be going "hard"...... that is the #1 most dangerous person in the gym.... someone who tries dumb stuff the seen on youtube or tries to "rip" a sub that they have no idea how it works.........yeah... a white belt going hard right out of the gate is a bad idea..... this video just shows that everyone that achieves a higher rank in jiu jitsu does not always know what they are talking about..... if you can't perform on the competition level what do you think is going to happen when a self defense situation occurs.... that will be 10x the stress of a competition..... being able to calmly elevate your game is part of going up the ladder of jiu jitsu...... if your a brown or black belt and spazz when it's competition time.... then maybe being in that leadership role is not your thing.

O really needed to hear this, two strip white belt who is way to nice and I get smashed left and right when I could avoid it...

It’s it’s gonna be my first competition bro on the 29th this month I recently got my second stripe what do you recommend I train 5 to 6 days a week

Boyd's belts. Size and age affect outcomes.

belts don’t matter

100% agree about the strength

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I think there can be a balance between the Eco-Approach and providing pathways, “technique”, and examples. This is a really good conversation!

Something else made Ben do a big turnaround in September 2020 - he married a great woman! Next time, ask some questions about your interviewee's family life, faith, other factors that have added to their jiu-jitsu journey and gave them that extra boost.