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I'm fairly new to BJJ and at my gym there are a lot of high level blue belts, and purple belts. So when I am rolling, obviously I am getting tapped every time. I always ask questions as to how i got caught and the higher belts always show me what i did wrong and help me drill from that specific position.
While this may seem good for me, I feel like I'm only getting better at DEFENDING. I'm always in bad positions and find myself looking for ways out and I never get a chance to work on attacking. I feel like me working on the offensive side of jiu jitsu comes from me rolling with people that are the same level as me (correct me if i am wrong). A lot of the white belts in my class leave immediately following the normal 1 hour class. They dont stay afterwards to roll at all so I feel like im just getting my butt kicked... and getting tapped by blue and purple belts for 2 hours a day just doesnt seem to make me feel like I can accurately see "where I am" in terms of what i may actually know.
What do you guys think? Should i not even be worried about learning to attack? Am I leading myself on? Or am I ACTUALLY getting better and just don't realize it? Thanks guys!
While this may seem good for me, I feel like I'm only getting better at DEFENDING. I'm always in bad positions and find myself looking for ways out and I never get a chance to work on attacking. I feel like me working on the offensive side of jiu jitsu comes from me rolling with people that are the same level as me (correct me if i am wrong). A lot of the white belts in my class leave immediately following the normal 1 hour class. They dont stay afterwards to roll at all so I feel like im just getting my butt kicked... and getting tapped by blue and purple belts for 2 hours a day just doesnt seem to make me feel like I can accurately see "where I am" in terms of what i may actually know.
What do you guys think? Should i not even be worried about learning to attack? Am I leading myself on? Or am I ACTUALLY getting better and just don't realize it? Thanks guys!