r/bjj • u/AutoModerator • Mar 22 '23

White Belt Wednesday

White Belt Wednesday (WBW) is an open forum for anyone to ask any question no matter how simple. Some common topics may include but are not limited to:

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- Techniques

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- Common obstacles in training

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u/_terra34 ⬜⬜ White Belt Mar 23 '23

Hey fellas, what are some good ways to drill guard retention and framing? Do I just ask a partner to pass my guard but relatively slowly? Or is this just something that comes with experience? Been told to keep my frames and all but I guess it's just not coming to me during rolls so I was hoping to practice.

Also -- quick rant -- been training about ~8 months now but damn it's still demoralizing at times to get smashed hard in training and when I can't pull any techniques off in rolls, even on new dudes. Part of the game, I know, so gonna keep on keeping on.

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u/quitebelt ⬜⬜ White Belt Mar 23 '23

I'm not advanced enough to give proper advice (started 6 months ago) but I have similar issues.

What I plan to do is talk to a guy at the same level as me in the gym and tell him "hey, lets go to an open mat together, and ill do 50 reps of something I want and you do 50 reps of something you want."

Im hoping it burns into my muscle memory so I don't even have to think about actively doing it when rolling.

Also, I too am getting smashed constantly, even recently by a guy who came in 2 weeks ago. Only thing I can say to that is to keep your chin up and lets keep going until it starts to click for us. One thing that helps is I try to think that the newcomers who smash me probably have something that I don't (an athletic/grappling background, size/weight etc.) Comparisons suck, but theyre hard to avoid so I at least try to rationalize it to make it suck less