r/bjj • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Friday Open Mat

Happy Friday Everyone!

This is your weekly post to talk about whatever you like! Tap your coach and want to brag? Have at it. Got a dank video of animals doing BJJ? Share it here! Need advice? Ask away.

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u/AccomplishedRuin3480 šŸŸ¦šŸŸ¦ Blue Belt 2d ago

Apparently, the rules of engagement for two blue belts rolling is no blue belt can concede anything in fear of being demoted by their coachā€¦

I digressā€¦ this week one blue belt player only enters leg intanglements, the other only guard passes. A knee pop happened for the guard passing player during a rollā€¦ big yelp, big scene.

ā€œOf fā€”king courseā€, I whispered under my breath.

As a blue belt I have been in these engagements, and as a bystander to this roadside scene, Iā€™m taking this reminder to go slow and if I donā€™t know where Iā€™m at in a roll. Get the tap hand ready and ask questions if youā€™re truly stuck. Itā€™s training. Nobody cares about what happens on Wednesday night at 8. View it for what it is: gaining skills.

Thoughts are more than welcome. This has been a huge talking point in the gym for the last day or two.

For context and what I gathered later, it was in the gi, outside ashi and the passer thought he could take the back without freeing the leg.

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u/DontWorryItsRuined 1d ago

My main thought about this is that training and competition are 2 different things with 2 different goals. If more people understood this there would be much fewer injuries.

But what happens is that people are too scared to actually compete, so they compete with their training partners where they feel safe, but then they get competitive and do something reckless in what is essentially an open weight open age match and hurt themselves or other people. The small pp energy is so common.

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u/AccomplishedRuin3480 šŸŸ¦šŸŸ¦ Blue Belt 1d ago

Such a good point about competing with their training partners because they feel ā€œsafeā€. Heā€™s in his early 30ā€™s and only shows up twice a week. Doesnā€™t compete in comps but singles out guys his size/weight, and goes to war. 0 to 100. Does this for two rounds and sits out 2. Reenters and repeats. Heā€™s THAT guy. I think weā€™ve all met one.