Top 10 BJJ Tips For Beginners

Here are my Top 10 BJJ tips and recommendations for the beginner student & white belt, aimed to help them make the most out of their BJJ classes, stay injury free, and stick with Jiu-Jitsu for the long run, based on my 23 years of experience with this beautiful martial art.
I'm professor Gustavo Gasperin, 3rd degree BJJ Black Belt, and have been teaching BJJ for the last 15 years.

1. Be a good drilling partner 0:19
2. Tap on your partner, NOT on the mat 1:28
3. Don’t wait until it hurts 4:15
4. Master the bridge and the hip escapes 5:23
5. There is no magic pill 6:22
6. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast 7:15
7. Master how to do break falls and forward/backwards rolls 7:48
8. Be open-minded 8:30
9. Don’t compare your progress to others 8:57
10. Don’t let your emotions take over, especially when you are in a bad position 9:28
11. Bonus tip 11:54

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[stevenconnolly]

I never realised I was claustrophobic until I started jujitsu. It's getting better but sometimes it gets uncomfortable. All part of the journey. Thanks

[yeetfeet]

After the pandemic I am starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!

[svdamhd]

Today, 23 years old, I am going to start my BJJ journey. I am hyped!!

[JcArn-duiq]

I got about 13 Months in gi. I wonder why I do bjj often but this video made me realize all the techniques I’ve learned this year . Thank you

[Exploremorefishing]

Some of these rules can even apply to upper belts 👍🏻 thanks for sharing ✌🏻

[ZakHumphreys]

Im about to go to my second class, Glad to have a new pursuit in life that interests me, Thankyou for the videos man i'll be sure to check more out when i have time !

[marvingallegos]

Gonna start my first class today! Lookin forward to it

[TonyFernandezjkdjedi]

Excellent tips..explained well, thank you! Oss.

[Maximo]

I just started bjj and this is really helpful. Earned a sub from me :)

[TrickyyRicky]

Just started today & im nearly dead absorbing as much info as I can🙏🏽

[justanotherguy]

After 3 years of muay thai started bjj yesterday loving and learning every class

[ParadymShiftVegan]

Thank you so much for sharing this extremely valuable content! 🙏🙃

I've been advised by many people to learn Brazilian JJ and am very excited to begin my journey (: it means more than I can say that you are creating these excellent videos. I hope your channel blows up so much more! I'm totally a subscriber now (:

Blessings always brother ^-^💯 you da man!

[alexlawrence]

Carlos lastra falling off the three stair at Braille yesss

[nonyabiznas]

thanks for the vid it is full of things that create a great mindset

[leatherface]

Got any tips for coming back to Jiu Jitsu after taking time off? I haven’t been back since I got my blue belt, it’s been a few years.

[jonathanscott]

I’ve just started BJJ, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t a spazzy white belt. Wasn’t sure if I was until I rolled with a spazzy white belt.

[courtport]

I’m a powerlifter starting jiujitsu next week. I took some classes a few years ago and I roll with my husband for fun sometimes but I mostly use my strength to just ‘muscle around’ basically. But also, I’m hyper mobile so I feel like I just flail everywhere. In fact, I KNOW I do because my husband talks about it. I accidentally hurt him constantly... so I’m nervous I’m going to be a burden because I’m a danger in my own way😂

[TK-sejq]

Asking any experienced BJJ experts!! I just started my second class of Gi Bjj and rolled with someone who was a purple belt he had about 100lbs or over on me. As an inexperienced player I don't know to many submissions so at this point I just try and survive. This purple belt was submitting me like nothing it got to a point where the he cranked my knee so bad I felt a popping sensation. Is this normal or was he an ass and going to hard on a new member. Thoughts?

[mailorderknifeset]

I’m 25, is it too late to start taking BJJ lessons?

[humanityenslaved]

5 months in. DONT IGNORE YOUR INJURIES.