BJJ I’m new to BJJ

[JoeBobbaLou2]

Hi all, I just started Brazilian jiu-jitsu and I hated it at first. I had to get my ass kicked by people who are much smaller and older than me.

What were some of the first submissions you started to land wouldn’t you started Brazilian jiu-jitsu?

 

[Cole train]

Kimura from side control and rear naked choke

Ironically they were also only ones i could ever land in my "career" lol

Anyway relax you are new guy, rome wasnt build in a day and all that

 

[randomg1t]

get used to getting your ass kicked. that part doesn't really end if you're training with a good group of people.

i tell everyone that's new to just brace themselves for a few months of getting destroyed. everything is unnatural, the moves seem complicated, you have no idea what to do in positions, you have no cardio, everyone is stronger and faster... it's frankly demoralizing.

you need to understand that everyone before you went through that.

but keep plugging away and eventually you'll notice that you're kicking the shit out of some new guys that joined a few weeks ago. then some of the people who were destroying you when you first started will need to work for it, then one day you'll catch one of them in something.

as for finishing moves, keep it basic. cross collar chokes in the gi, armbars, triangles, RNCs. the more basic the technique, the more effective it is.

 

[fishNjits]

I'm a 4-stripe puple, 9 years in, 61 years old.

FWIW, the first sub I got came after about 4 months of training - short choke.

But honestly, don't worry about stuff like this. As a new guy, your concentration should be on learning to escape bad positions. You should be more proud of getting out of side control than for hitting a choke or arm bar.

 

[Einheri]

Submissions are just the end result of superior positional control. Work on escaping bad positions then attaining and keeping dominant positions. Don't focus on submissions right now.

 

[Terminalwhitebelt]

Hi all, I just started Brazilian jiu-jitsu and I hated it at first. I had to get my ass kicked by people who are much smaller and older than me.

What were some of the first submissions you started to land wouldn’t you started Brazilian jiu-jitsu?

It depends on your body type. When I started bjj, I was lanky and pretty weak, but triangles from closed guard were available.
If you're heavier, Kimora from side control is an option (or just focus on playing top position).
The D'arce is nice, but proper finishing mechanics can be confusing at first.

I do think it is a good idea to find one move and specialize with it at first.

 

[Stoic1]

First problem is you are worried about submissions and "winning".

Winning as a newbie is defined by surviving a round without being submitted. That is done by improving defense.

 

[Thrawn33]

Realize you're not going to feel like you're getting any better and it will be frustrating until another brand new guy shows up months down the line and you roll with him....

...unless of course that "brand new guy" is a prior experienced wrestler, judoka or MMA fighter, then you'll probably feel pretty bad, but stick with it!

 

[Ara tech]

In MMA sparring, BJJ colored belts didn't give me much trouble as long as I defended the takedowns, and didn't give my back.

Wrestlers and Sambistes were always the tougher opponents.

Remember than you've got to be the nail before being the hammer.

 

[Adamant]

Realize you're not going to feel like you're getting any better and it will be frustrating until another brand new guy shows up months down the line and you roll with him....

...unless of course that "brand new guy" is a prior experienced wrestler, judoka or MMA fighter, then you'll probably feel pretty bad, but stick with it!

lol, this happened to me. The new guy shows up and proceeds to take me down at will and armbar me twice and RNC me once in a 5 min round. I asked him how long he'd been doing this and he said he just started, but had been doing wrestling for years.

He was young, lighter, faster, and in way better shape than me. But I didn't find it all that embarrassing or frustrating. Someone with years of wrestling experience and better physical stats.... it would have been weird if he didn't beat me.

 

[Einheri]

What were some of the first submissions you started to land wouldn’t you started Brazilian jiu-jitsu?

Don't worry about submissions right now. Think about surviving, escaping, and attaining dominant positions.

 

[Stun Gun]

Hi all, I just started Brazilian jiu-jitsu and I hated it at first. I had to get my ass kicked by people who are much smaller and older than me.

What were some of the first submissions you started to land wouldn’t you started Brazilian jiu-jitsu?

Armbar, kimura& collar choke

 

[Cameron]

I just spammed armbars and triangles from closed guard my first year and a half.

 

[shunyata]

I just spammed armbars and triangles from closed guard my first year and a half.

Same, but it was kimura's instead of armbars. Also had a decent ankle lock and guillotine at white belt.

At black belt triangles are now mounted and the guillotines are now arm in.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

I train a little bjj, but mostly judo
Only now after 3 years do I feel decent. Not good no, but decent

Just keep turning up. You will never be as good as you wat to be, but that doesn't mean you can't become good some day

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Peep the name. Guillotine were my baby for my first year until Triangles opened my eyes to true happiness.

Embrace the suck. You'll get better

 

[KnightTemplar]

Realize you're not going to feel like you're getting any better and it will be frustrating until another brand new guy shows up months down the line and you roll with him....

...unless of course that "brand new guy" is a prior experienced wrestler, judoka or MMA fighter, then you'll probably feel pretty bad, but stick with it!

Lol, so true. An Olympic medalist turned up at our Academy. I don't know if he'd competed in Judo or Wrestling, but he spent six weeks rolling very lightly and getting tapped by nearly everyone. He was just learning the basics of BJJ.

Two months after joining the, "White Belt" was smashing Blues and Purples into the mats. The looks on their faces as they were rag-dolled by a no-stripe White they'd tapped a few weeks before was priceless.

 

[KnightTemplar]

First problem is you are worried about submissions and "winning".

Winning as a newbie is defined by surviving a round without being submitted. That is done by improving defense.

Bro, at my level, I count it as a win if the guy who usually tapped me three times per round only caught me twice this time around.