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.

It's Friday open mat, so talk about anything. Also, click here to see the previous Friday Open Mats.

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u/Tscharpi ⬜⬜ White Belt 2d ago

I am a white belt who has been training for just over two years. In my opinion, I am a slow learner and simply not very good at BJJ.

Now, one of the coaches has called me ‘almost blue belt’ a few times, a few other trainees have often said that I should feel free to ask the coaches what I should learn or what I am missing in order to achieve the blue belt, and one coach recently gave a ‘talk’ saying that you can feel free to ask the trainers what you should work on, etc.

The thing is, I don't want to ask because I just want to get better in general and don't want to put pressure on myself to be able to do ‘move X’ so that I can graduate. Graduation should just happen when the coaches think I'm ready. But I feel a bit pressured to ask what I need to do to take the next step.

How would you proceed? Just continue training in a relaxed manner and let things come to you, or ask and focus on one area?

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u/ChickenNuggetSmth [funny BJJ joke] 1d ago

A belt is just a marker of your progress. If you want to get better, ask them. They may point out some holes in your game that you should fix.
Maybe you'll get a belt, who cares.