Why 80% of Your BJJ Rounds Should be with White Belts

When it comes to training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, White Belts get some of the most hate.

In today's video I'll talk about the importance of training with those lower belts in order to improve your grappling/BJJ.

Whether you're doing No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu, the Gi, Wrestling, or whatever else, there are tons of benefits to training with beginners or less experienced partners.

Here's a few examples...

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[someone-quelquun]

I have had the chance to roll with you at 10th planet montreal, now I feel like I did not waste your time lol

[TSM]

I visited DDS when they were in New York. Danaher said most of your rolls should be with less skilled practitioners, roughly 85% with remainder being higher skill when you want to pressure test a technique after polishing it on lower belts. Leading up to a tournament, start sprinkling even skill practitioners or better practitioners than yourself, but still at less % than lower level practitioners, as you still need to practice offensive cycles.

I got to see it in person, Gordon Ryan positional sparring with blue an purple belts. He wouldn't just beat the crap out of them, but just enough to polish his offensive cycle. Then he would do the same defensively, puttibg himself in bad spots and getting out. All this against blues, purples an occasional browns.

Went back to my gym, applied what Danaher said, I made the best progress in 6 months ever.

Only issue with this method is higher belts get butt hurt when you refuse rolls. If you want serious progress, do it, despite higher belts complaining. You don't polish shit against higher belts than you current rank, just your toughness and ability to withstand a beating.

[singledadmetalhead]

I couldn’t agree more with your point here . I got so much better with new things like spider guard and lasso guard rolling with less skilled partners

[jedsanford]

Biggest issue with white belts, they just fall over sometimes. I was working on my RLDR and matrix yesterday. Dudes kept falling before I could even get the entry lmao. I do agree its good to work a lot with people you are better than. There is just a lot of wasted time when you are training with someone your level. Someone my level, I may be grinding out a half guard pass for 4 minutes of a 6 minute round. and I mean its good, I get better at weight distribution and what not, but its kinda boring haha. VS a white belt, I can just kinda put them in whatever spot I want to work on and work on that many many times.

[mackchop]

So true! I’ve seen people fall into the trap of thinking only rolling with upper belts will help them, but it can really stunt them because they don’t learn how to finish a technique as well because they just constantly get countered mid way through by upper belts.

[idklmaostilldontknow]

Interesting concept, so in a way against lower skill people than you, you are able to practice your attacks, and against higher skilled people you would be forced to practice your defense/pin escapes/retention.

Also what would you advise to someone trying to apply this concept but being very low skilled themselves, maybe a few months training?

[Brandon-obrg]

Literally every high level coach says this. Danaher, Williams, hauter,

[arturoenciso]

What if I’m the worst one in the gym 🤣

[RobertSzabo-fi]

Ok I think this training method makes perfect sense for you. You get to try techniques more times since the resistance is lower. Can you say what your inferior training partner gets out of this? I think as long as they know that they are there to make you better it’s fine. Maybe it gives them a chance to better their offense? Idk

[thesea]

As a white belt there's only a handful of other white belts in my gym so most of my rolls are with higher belts

[AntoineFabri]

As a white belt I want to practice my takedowns (they suck) against newcomers, but I'm afraid of knees against them, so in part because this hesitation I can't take them down either :(...

[carlitoapplecool]

Its cool that you are blue or higher belt and can work on white belts. Now tell us how can a white belt improve if in 6 months he still is the newest one in class.

[luisviibuot]

As a white belt who likes to roll (and "lose") every time I can with a higher belt and more skilled people, I'm just gonna send this around without even having watched the vidéo yet hahaha

[Reflectionmaterial]

That is why Olympic Judo players and wrestlers mostly train with beginners instead of traveling all over the place to attend training camps to train with other elite uuhhhh wait....

[psychotropy]

Now i don't feel bad about smashing the white belts haha

[Christopher-ivyy]

Rolling is not scrapping. Know the difference.