Should This Purple Belt Change Gyms or Change His Training Habits?

Today’s question comes from a Purple Belt who has an interesting question that many upper belts in BJJ might experience. Basically, he’s realized that he’s in a gym where he’s 1 of the higher belts on the mat and the number of more experienced grapplers is getting smaller and smaller. He wants to continue improving […]

Knee on Belly Escape to Heel Hook & Rolling Class (Situational Rolling)

In today’s class and rolling video you’ll get a chance to see me and my guys working on a Knee on Belly escape to backside 50/50 and then some rolling afterwards. I got class started and then let one of our Black Belts in the gym (Evan) take over with some details on the leg […]

Should Your Attitude Determine Your Belt Promotions in BJJ?

I recently spoke with a fellow BJJ coach who recently denied a young guy a promotion to Purple Belt because of his attitude. In particular the young Blue Belt gets very upset when he loses during training. To the point that it negatively affects his training and the environment around him. And the coach was […]

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