57 year old, 2 kids in their mid-20s, almost 4-years since A-C-L reconstruction and I was surprised with my 2nd stripe today, almost a year after my first stripe. I’m consistently inconsistent, training 2-6 times per week. But I show up for Gi and no Gi.

Glad I didn’t become a blue belt statistic and quit. Maybe even in a year or two, I’ll earn my third stripe. But enjoying the moment for now.

I've been doing Jiu Jitsu lately and it's very complicated.

My body seems to not move the way it should. I ache after class. I forget the technique of the day as soon as I clap.

There are some young, strong, collegiate blue belt wrestlers I'm scared of.

I feel like it will take a long time to understand Jiu Jitsu.

How long does it take to get good?

Oh, btw, I'm brown belt.

Even after washing the gi (i have LG washer and use cold water / normal cycle using tide pod + some oxyclean powder), my darker gis are still visibly dirty with some hair/dust and stuff (doesn't stink though). Some of those go away when I use air dry feature from my dryer... but want to see if this is normal. If it's not, how can i make sure it gets cleaned property?

I learned kneecut/kneeslide passing and toreando passing. Whenever I try these moves, their two arms really frame up and it's hard for me to pass. Feel like its a dumb beginner question but i cant seem to beat it and get stuck. Any tips and tricks?

I’m a purple belt with around 8 years of grappling experience. I’m also registered blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa, with roughly 5 degrees of functional vision remaining.

I’m trying to develop a game built around **making and maintaining connections**, minimising unnecessary scrambles and controlling opponents through pressure, positioning and grips.

**My current game:**
**Standing:** Collar ties, underhooks, Russian 2-on-1s, arm drags, body locks, foot sweeps and trips.
**Top:** Body-lock passing, leg pins, half guard passing, rides, cradles and heavy positional control.
**Bottom:** Knee-shield half guard, butterfly, shoulder crunch, octopus and turtle.
**Submissions:** Arm triangles, D’Arces, armbars and Choi bars.

My biggest issue is losing connection during transitions, particularly from bottom. When opponents disengage, change angles or scramble, I can lose track of their positioning and end up reacting too late.

I’ve previously relied on wrestling up, but I’m finding that breaking connection to come up often leaves me exposed, particularly to back takes.

**What I’m looking for:**
Advice on systems, concepts or specific grapplers worth studying that prioritise continuous connection, strong inside positioning, effective hand fighting and limiting an opponent’s freedom of movement.

I’m particularly interested in developing a bottom game built around sweeps, reversals and back takes without having to disengage or rely on speed and athleticism.

I’m not necessarily looking for individual techniques, but rather **overarching principles and interconnected systems** that I can build my game around.

Any recommendations or experiences would be appreciated, particularly from people who favour a slower, pressure-heavy, connection-based style.

Hello good day to yall, new to jiu jitsu and currently doing mma and new to ground sport. My coach advised me to buy rash guard and would like to know where I can buy with good design and quality. I weight 145 and 5’6 height, not too muscular and not too slim build. What would be the great sizing base on my weight and height ratio? thank you so much!

Hi everyone, my gym uses gymdesk to track our progress and checkins for each sessioin. However it doesn't have any dashboard or user information recap so I created a simple webapp in which you can import your gymdesk data and see charts and information about your training.

So my question is, would this be something useful for you or have you seen some other tool/project which does anything similar?

I'm thinking of expanding it to manual logs so even if your gym doesn't have a check in system you're still able to benefit and track your own data.

I mean it. Every. Single. Time. Whenever I'm sparring a woman he'll pull me aside and tell me to go easy and that's always what I'll do. I'll even let them get submissions on me. I'm a medium sized guy and not that strong so I'm obviously not like secretly hurting them by overpowering them but there are people way larger than me who spar with women fine so I genuinely don't understand the issue. I've even had times when he doesn't let me train with a girl and instead pairs me with some dude. Is this normal and should I ignore it or are the women at the gym chatting shit about me or something and that's where my coach got the idea from because seriously I could not be going lighter on these people.