How To Get Good At BJJ... FAST!

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Drill
01:51 - Do your homework
04:18 - Ask your training partners how they're beating you
05:15 - Record your rolls
05:56 - Be consistent

[barryangeline]

"This is supposed to be fun, don't take it too serious and let your ego get in the way" This is gold! I needed this right now!

[ironpatriot]

1. Drill (with a purpose)
2. Do your homework (learn outside of mat time)
3. Ask your training partners how they’re beating you
4. Record your rolls
5. Be consistent

[TeachMeGrappling]

Wow thank you so much Jordan! Someone told me you mentioned my channel and I feel very honored! ❤ Subscribed and I hope to learn some new things from you!! 🤙 Coach Brian

[boagrappling]

Hope you guys like the edit and animations in this video! We worked so hard on this one aha.

[nathdog]

Loved the line "you're going to be somewhere in 10 years, you might as well be a black belt" puts it into such great perspective and can apply to so many things in life not just BJJ. Cheers for the videos. 6 months into my jiu-jitsu journey at 30 yrs old :-)

[jacksongray]

As a blue belt that’s started to feel like my improvement is stagnating, this video was so helpful. Love this channel and the way you explain your techniques in rolls🤝

[overrideFunction]

#3 is my favorite and I just started doing this. There was this one purple belt that always swept me from butterfly and I just asked him "what do other people do to defend your butterfly guard that give you trouble?" He gave me some fantastic tips that really helped me! It was great having someone that literally coached me through beating his best guard. Now that's a fantastic gym culture!

[LeviPage]

This is stuff I tell everyone all the time. Focus on guard passing/retention. Also, your point about watching lots of videos on the same topic. This has been invaluable for me. You find commonalities that ultimately help you understand the underlying concepts and each teacher gives you a different perspective.

[torrytucker]

Just putting out banger after banger! 🔥🔥

My biggest challenge in Jiujitsu has been consistency. I work a very labor intensive job so many days after work all I want to do is go home and rest for the next day. I’ll have months where I let that side of me win, but then I’ll have other months where I’m extremely disciplined in showing up regardless.

It’s definitely a work in progress. 😅

[LIMIBJJ]

Appreciate the shoutout! You have the best video quality on YouTube and your hard work is appreciated 🙌🏼

[ConveyApp]

Thanks for the wonderful content. I would like to add, in regards to drilling. Injuries of any kind are demoralizing. I injured my shoulder 20 yrs ago and quit BJJ. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Fortunately I came back 3 yrs ago and am on my way to purple belt. Now I believe injury can be a blessing in disguise to force adaptation in you BJJ game. One of my training partners hurt his back pretty badly. Almost couldn’t walk. He came to class every day took notes, and rehabilitated his back during class. He started basic guard movements, then started drilling with partners super lightly in his back control, which was not good before his back got hurt. He was a (3) striped blue for a very long time. With in the 4 months of his note taking and back rehab at the gym he is almost impossible to defend his back control and received his purple belt in June. He would have never worked on his back takes if he had not gotten injured to the level of proficiency he is at now.

[RadicalTrivia]

Great video!

Dude, the guard passing drill is the best drill. To me, it's the "wax on, wax off" drill of jiujitsu. I tell everyone, "You cannot possibly get too good at doing this drill. Do it again."

Our version is, top person wins by passing, bottom person wins by getting full guard or standing up. You can learn like 75% of jiujitsu this way.

My biggest challenge is usually that I'm the last one on the mats because everyone else has used up all their energy...

[matcore]

Yep, going obsessive on videos of a specific position or move is my number one learning method. After class, if something was a struggle I'll binge every video I can find and try again next class and the improvement is night and day. Your vids have been pivotal in this process.

[TonyFerrieri]

Great advice. As a 57 year old white belt time is not on my side. But I love it! Thanks Jordan looking forward to catching up on your past videos. And learning from future ones!

[DSVN]

Jordan’s YouTube channel is a cheat code to get good fast. My defence has gone up massively due to your videos and simple tips, now just to improve my offence (always been my weak point)

[makingsnow]

Homework is real good stuff.
I took advices from Jordan which is never letting your opponent grab your head or giving them underhook.
I always think these two things when I’m in guard and also when I’m top position I’m focusing on those two things.
Thanks Jordan.

[ericleach]

Excellent advice! One huge thing you can do to speed up the time to black belt is to find a good school you like and stick with them from White to Black. Switching instructors will easily set you back a year or two 💥

[AnthonyDonnellyTT]

Excellent advice Sir. I'm almost 54, started training at 49, but unfortunately, due to COVID and misfortune, haven't trained for a year, but hitting the mats again now. I'm still a blue belt and have stopped myself worrying about the "What if I'd not missed so much time, would I be close to, or even purple by now...?" I'm just going to pick up where I left off and time will dictate the rest. I love the sentence, "If you're going to be anything in ten years, why not be a black belt." I'm hoping to not be too far off by my 60th birthday. Thank you again. Oss!

[nmgbbmonie]

So humble and so informative. Subscribed!

[TREEfool]

The editing in this is incredible. You guys did your research in viewer retention. And of course, the substance was amazing too. Thanks.