Blue Belt ALWAYS Gasses Out After His 1st Match at BJJ Tournaments

[@wilcoxstrengthinc]

TOO SOON! This hits too close to home

[@tonybonavito1978]

100% can relate. I beat who I’m certain was the best guy in my bracket in the first round in a super tough match, and we both tanked in our next 2 matches of the round robin. You wait hours just to have your bracket go round after round in just 30min-1hr, it really sucks

[@donaldnewell4868]

My 12yo son wrestles a lot and is a bjj yellow belt. Opponents gassing out is definitely a way he wins. One thing we always try to do before a match is a decent grappling warmup. The problem can be finding a space to roll, which often isn’t made available by organizers. It’s really weird how many competitions seem to actively make it hard to find space for practice. There should always be mats outside the competition area, and that normally doesn’t happen.

[@albertcohee7757]

Grappling industries with their one little 3x6 warmup mat for 500 competitors 😅

[@accain1314]

Felt a big difference after I was advised to run sprints to the point of really breathing heavily, definitely been the best advice i've received to shake the adrenaline dump.

[@kieran9]

Need this first blue belt comp Saturday. Gassed out a year ago hard at white belt after first match

[@michaelhoffman2011]

One thing I started doing with some of the students that are competing is giving them "comp rounds" occasionally. They will do 1 round and then have a round off and continue this pattern. My thinking is rolling for 30 minutes is very different to rolling for 3 x 5 minutes at 100%. It is also simulates the comp feel as well as the general waiting time. Those rounds off also gives time to fix any mistakes or change of tactics they can bring into the next round.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

This is the smart way to do it.

[@Chewjitsu]

Agreed. Again, I assumed he's going through proper training for matches. In addition to the comp rounds, I like to do mock tournaments in the gym to recreate the full on atmosphere.

[@wgenterprises1]

Just in time for grappling industries this weekend. Thanks man

[@shrimuyopa8117]

People need to start training for comps differently. That's also a big problem. Rolling for an hour straight is not smart competition training. Everyone who is smart, is pacing themselves, and they try to find an easy round in between their hard rounds. And guess what? If you are doing a five minute match, most people are not going to pace themselves. In fact, I try to submit my opponents within the first few minutes so that I can rest even longer. I know that I am going to have at least a five minute break in between usually longer), so I am good going full tilt. The way I train is I do five minute rounds and a five minute break in between each round (specifically for comp training a few months out). So when the day comes, I am not blown out and ready for the next round.

[@jacobshepard9387]

I noticed i get out of breath in the first round of 5:00 minutes in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Match and i noticed i lasted longer in a wrestling match than a Brazilian jiu-jitsu match because Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a 100 times harder to me than Folkstyle wrestling i have Autism and ADHD and i get sleep apnea like my Mom where i stop breathing in my sleep and i wake up in the middle of the night i lift weights im in good shape can't loose weight like i was young i gained weight and muscle once i hit age 20 that one round of Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a lot harder to me than three rounds of wrestling i get shortness of breath when i get out of breath in Brazilian jiu-jitsu where it feels like im suffocating on air when i grapple someone and try to win and the only way i can submit them and win if their stronger than me is me getting them in a blood chokehold in front or behind them.

[@appleboss9742]

There could be multiple reasons. 1. You're new to BJJ, so your body isn't used to the work it'll have to do 2. You might be nervous and scared of getting choked out. 3. You probably aren't getting enough sleep

[@nategee6514]

Yeah that’s a problem when the tournament runs behind 😂 I warm up then keep a hoody on and stay moving. But it’s difficult to stay warm when you get there on time and you still have to wait an additional hour bc the event is behind and they don’t let you leave the bull pen or allow non competitors in there to help warm up. Some events just suck like that

[@DuckRiverHomestead]

This is exactly my last competition. I won my first round, lost my second. I was so gassed, and I was the only one that didn't get a bye, so the second competitor was fresh.

[@ShawnSwander]

I wrestled my whole life through college and did really well, state champ in folk, free, and greco, good runs at the national level, good college record. Getting a sweat going before my matches didn't matter much to me. Pretty rare my opponoent came out sweating too. I'd probably get pumped if he did and think he over did his warmup. Maybe I was cutting too much water. I did a warm up but it was really light. Wrestling doesn't have the short breaks BJJ has between matches so maybe my take doesn't matter much. In BJJ if I have the match won. I try to relax in mount or a good position let the opponent dictate the pace. If he wants to go hard and blow his energy let him and when he stops to rest finish the match. If you smother tap him even better he basically gets tired and easy to handle you can recover longer.

[@shitpost855]

I think it's mentality matching too. This guy likes a chill roll, that guy likes a competitive roll. That guy is kill or be killed, okay get that out the way first

[@NotaF3D]

Big muscles take lots of energy to operate. This one guy, a boxer, I wrestled was insanely strong. Handled me like a child...for 30 seconds. After that he was so tired it felt like wrestling a suffocating fish. I felt so bad.

[@albertcohee7757]

I felt the title of this video in my bones lol. It doesn't matter if I sub the guy in 30 seconds, my legs are going to be full of lead after that first match lol.

[@WholeOtherLevelOutdoors]

Solid advice!

[@melisslacour15]

I actually have the reverse problem, I've always lost the first match and if there's a second match that's the one I win. Any advice on that you might have would be amazing.

[@vedu8519]

Maybe because your 2nd match is also against someone who lost? Assuming it's in the same division.

[@Chewjitsu]

Ahh. You're a slow starter! I used to have a similar issue. Saving this one for a question.

[@Meximelon9000]

Can I have a shout out

[@Chewjitsu]

Shout out for what?

[@Meximelon9000]

@@Chewjitsu My channel

[@endlichanonym]

First 🎉

[@ucbikecop]

Stop with the 'they' stuff and just go with 'his' or whatever

[@user-ti7up7hx2n]

you do know women compete too right?

[@ucbikecop]

@@user-ti7up7hx2n They've been competing for decades and decades and we've gotten along just fine without the 'ad-lib'