The 20 MOST COMMON Beginner Mistakes | Gi & Nogi BJJ

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Giving up easy underhooks
00:36 - Letting your opponent grab your head
01:16 - Not controlling your opponent's feet
01:58 - Allowing your grips to pass the center line
02:34 - Reaching up
03:08 - Loose Turtle
03:42 - Open/loose elbows
04:17 - Not adjusting base
04:49 - Holding on to subs that aren't there
05:13 - Butt in the air
05:41 - Not controlling posture in Closed Guard
06:05 - LMNT
07:13 - Opening your Closed Guard for no reason
07:41 - Pulling guard without connection of the feet
08:13 - Reaching back in Closed Guard
08:37 - Sweeping yourself
09:12 - Not finishing sweeps
09:51 - Not fighting hands to prevent chokes
10:11 - Grabbing heads (non-Crossface)
10:40 - Riding too high on the back
11:04 - Not establishing 4 points of connection
11:38 - Not subscribing to my newsletter

[Sean-xrxj]

Wow - this is absolute gold for white belts like myself, I do a lot of these lol. Thanks Jordan 🙏

[nathankurtz]

Love that the video jumps immediately into the content. We saw the title, know what the video is about, no need to do an intro. Bravo.

[chelseatipton]

Mr. Jordan, this is one of my favorite videos you released. I am a 58-year-old, VERY average Joe practitioner, train twice a week on average, total hobbyist, in year 14 with BJJ. You shared principles that, for me, are easier to remember. Learning the mechanics is important but sometimes, the number of details can be overwhelming in a series of technics. But there are numerous times I have no idea what my partner is doing to me but to remember "Keep elbows tight" or "Keep my butt low" or "Keep their feet off of you" is easier to remember for us old guys. Thank you for all the great content!

[coolcoati]

0:37 letting your opponent grab your head
1:17 not controlling your opponents feet
5:44 not controlling posture in top guard
9:14 not finishing sweeps ( 9:40 prioritize getting your hips higher then your opponents hips )
10:41 riding too high on the back
11:04 not establishing 4 points of connection

[sebastian]

Every time I'd figure one of these out (often through Priit Mikhelson/Chris Paines videos), my jiu-jitsu experienced a quantum leap forward. Even at advanced blue belt I still have a few to internalise (lost gold in a tournament recently by not finishing the sweep/sweeping myself), but for beginners, this is pure gold. Unfortunately, whenever one of them asks me for help and I point out that they are making one of these conceptual mistakes, they go away unhappy that I didn't give them a specific technique/details.

[DuckRiverHomestead]

Purple belt here. This was great. I caught myself reaching up from bottom the other day. What was I thinking?!

I appreciate videos like this from black belts, because they see these things as basic things that every BJJ fighter should know not to do. They're obvious, or so they seem. I'm always questioning "am I making these common beginner mistakes?" Great breakdown, and there are a few in here that I should really focus on. I'll be referring back to this video.

Also, LMNT is life. I use it daily, for preparing and recovering from a hot day working outside on the homestead, and the same for BJJ classes.

[armytanker]

thank you for taking the time to do this! Its very straight the point easy to understand.

[james.randorff]

Jordan actually did give us 20 tips (not counting “duping” us with his newsletter, which is chock full of excellent advice and insight). There were two tip number 5s.

[KyleHM]

This helped me. Thank you for the great video!

[xmoogoox]

Simple, clear, and helpful as always. Thank you!

[TheRedRice]

Thanks @JordanTeachesJiujitsu! I'm just starting my jiu jitsu journey at age 55. Your channel is one of my favorites.

[copynin_will]

There's a ton of good jiujitsu videos and creators but you absolutely are one of the best. Your detail and tips/tricks are amazing. Thank you so much. All these tips will help so much when drilling/rolling.

[davidnguyen]

Thanks for this video. These are great reminders as a blue belt who still makes many beginner mistakes I need to be constantly reminded of these to clean up bad habits.

[rstonelee]

The thing that is so great about these videos you post and what distinguishes them from most other grappling videos on YT is the conceptual nature. Keep it up! Thanks, man.

[ReconDMEU]

My man, yes! I love this! I have been training for so long it’s automatic.

Now I can go over this friends and team members who need to watch this. Str8 Golden!

[austinalexander]

Just signed up for the newsletter, thank you! And thanks for posting!

[ElbowsTight]

Alright I do just about every one of these....

Another great video Jordan! Remember keep those elbows tight everyone!

[christisking]

Once again, SO MUCH INFO!

Going to have to break this into sections and study over and over.

Thank you for producing such great content. Keep up the good work!

God Bless!

[danielviden]

Want to say a huge thanks for this video! Started rolling again after pausing jujutsu Kai for 8 years. I never really got good at ground. After this video I held my ground in every sparring tonight at training!!!

[jonnygale]

amazing content. Thankyou for everything you're doing!