Are You A TERRIBLE BJJ Training Partner..?

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[christianrodriguez]

I’m a blue belt and back in February I was rolling with another blue belt who was physically bigger and stronger then me. After submitting him twice he happened to arm bar me at the end( I did not have time to tap) which lead to a torn ligament in my elbow. I started training this week for the first time in a limited way. I find it frustrating how people are willing to hurt you just to win in a training session. I am so glad you made a video about this because this issue needs to get addressed more in juijitsu gyms.

[martinmyggestik]

This video should be looped at the entrance of every gym ❤

[NextScamdemic]

The first thing I did when I started as a brand new white belt was search "top 10 things not to do as a white belt", "top 10 mistakes as a white belt" etc, etc- so from the beginning I knew "spazzing" was a thing and I took pride in making sure I wasn't one.

[msdunkel]

Only thing worse than the training partner who hurts you, is the one who hurts you and refuses to acknowledge it's their fault.... "bruh, that was a legit sub" Uhh, yeah. You're 80 lbs heavier and 15 years younger and you ripped my arm off using nothing but strength. Totally legit, I had surgery and missed 6 months of training. Awesome.

[PadreBrunoCSsR]

I have a gym partner that keeps repeating "if we were fighting with MMA rules you would be screwed in a wheelchair". I certainly don't know how to react to this.

[gimli]

Love this!! Especially the point about letting go of submissions when your training partner is unaware of the danger or stubbornly refuses to tap. I've let go of several heel hooks when less experienced partners try to roll the wrong way 😵

[DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

Great video. I subbed in a recent comp with a reverse triangle Americana where I heard the pops, let go before the tap, and the other competitor admitted submission. Huge respect for him not playing the "I didn't tap" card. That's real BJJ. Then he went on to beat me 1:2 for gold 🤣🤪

[nicholustaylor]

still a beginner myself but after 8 months i comply with most of these things. a few months ago i realized i was going way to hard with some people and have adjusted and pick a sweep i want to practice vs smaller/older people. We have a guy in our gym thought and when i want a hard role he is the guy, he is young and refuses to tap to anything but he is great cardio

[wiladorm]

Great video! Thanks for covering this topic. I’m a new white belt and I was rolling with brown belt. I hit that same arm bar in your video from the tournament that you let go of your opponent’s arm. However I extended the arm a little too quickly and messed up the brown belt arm. Next day the mat enforcer wanted to roll with me and he got the same arm bar on me, but he didn’t let go after I tapped. I suffered a hairline fracture from the arm bar and quit BJJ. As the mat enforcer seem took revenge for his buddy.

[JACMAN]

I'm a white belt and was against a purple belt who was narrating the whole roll. Kept talking like "o you think so, hahaha, nope, how about this" "not gunna work" "bet you didn't see that coming" so annoying...

[redstarthunder]

I once had a training partner that peeved me to the point of a fight. He used to throw light punches, during rolling cause he was "training for the streets". I got so fed up with it, it brawled into an entire fight. But many of his punches landed and he would say it was an accident and we just had to deal with it. He did this to everyone. One day he poked my eye and it turned into an entire fight. I'm still way embarrassed about it to this day.

[rubenguevara]

You hit MANY good points. This video should be shown to students in their first day training

[bloopooch]

I fall under the category of not remembering what my instructor has just showed us. I find it so hard to remember the details and feel bad when I have to execute and just fumble awkwardly with my partner😓

[AbhinavMogili-wjks]

I've started jiujitsu this summer and i'll be honest, I am lacking in a couple of this. Thank you so much Jordan, I will start implementing this in my rolling from now on

[Kuchmi]

When i was a white belt some years ago, I accidentally kicked a middleaged purple belt in the face, while he was engaging to pass my guard. Immediately after that he took some steps backwards and jumped with his knee into my chest.
I reacted rather passively and at the end of the class he joined me to apologize, because he was having a bad day at work (police officer).

It never happened since then and I was really new to bjj and spazzing around all the time with all the people telling me to be more relaxed.

Good old days. Greets from Germany

[cripplingfearofeverything]

Always appreciate your emphasis on safety Jordan. I don't understand why these principles aren't more widely taught or reinforced. Is safety just an afterthought? Or do some instructors just assume everyone will know how to look out for each other? I often hear very general things like "look after your training partners" but no specific suggestions or ways to do that, and I see or experience people cranking subs or spazzing almost every session, even the high-grade guys.

[august]

Good video, Jodran.
I think that what also helps is the coach mentioning this recommendations from time to time. Maybe a "first class of the month reminder" type of standard so nobody feels pointed at.
The reminder to be careful with certain submitions alone could prevent many life changing injuries.

[kingcthulhu]

I accidentally hit a brown belt whilst trying to regain guard, he said " hey man don't worry about it, it's jits not balle... Shit happens"
Being used to getting smashed for small mistakes like that I didn't expect such a. Chill response.

[johnebrenn]

Good list. As a man that goes to train with my wife at Bjj also, I hear some creepy stories from her about dudes that do weird stuff while rolling with her; and, with big dudes (especially lower belts) that go super hard against her.

[ebwhite]

More gyms need to teach this. Thank you always, Jordan! 💯🙏