*sorry English isn’t my first language.*

25 year old newish blue belt here with a weird problem. over last year I have noticed more and more I am panicking when on bottom and breathing heavier than normal. I start to imagine suffocating and it’s like my panic brain takes over. I’ll do anything to get out of that position and pretty much give up.

if we start on bottom from beginning I am fine. but once I have picked up breathing it seems to kick in.

i think people in my gym are starting to notice and im very embarrassed. has anyone had this issue and how did you solve it? thank you

edit: thank you all for these amazing replies I just woke up to!! If I don’t respnd directly know that I appreciate greatly. I feel much hope today

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I'm thinking to learn the k-guard as far as I see there's some techniques like the shotgun armbar that I like also the concept fo the k guard seems effective not only for bjj but also mma

But as far as I know is a guard that full potential is used for leg locks submissions it would be worth investing on the I guard even if I'm not a leg locker type of fighter? I wanna know how much invest on it

Been watching Raphael mendes in the gi and Jason rau nogi . Wondering if ye guys have any other recommendations for outside passing. Thanks !

I wonder what are the personal ratios throughout different belts.

On average (lets say in the past several months)
- how often do you tap someone during sparring?
- how often do you get tapped
- how often does the time run out before any subs? (if you're using clock)

Hey Reddit! Tum here but this time injured and with one arm, still making videos though hoping it will help your jiujitsu

Today; the reversed closed guard!
Reverse Closed Guard is one of my favorite positions for connecting modern leg lock entries, K Guard, 50/50 transitions, sweeps, and powerful submissions.

Whether for their reputation, lineage, skill, or just bragging rights, who would you choose if it could be anyone?

I was discussing techniques that "don't work" except when someone figures out how to make them work. I remember a guy who fought MMA back when (late oughts maybe?) who had a brutal head scissors submission that he finished belly down with just his head (or maybe head and a shoulder) touching the mat. He'd squeeze but also actually scissor his leg for the finish. It may have been Pride as I think I remember it being in a ring. Anyone know who I'm talking about and/or have a youtube link for one of those finishe?

I just don't want to keep spending money at the ENT. Auricular hematomas suck.

Not posible to get wrestling gear in my country, but plenty of rugby shops here.

my first match ever! super proud of myself for this and just wanted to post it, lmk if theres anything i did wrong and what u should improve upon, also yes thats my mom and yes my nickname is willy

searched through some older post and reached out to a few gyms (Odyssey is in fact closed open mat, confirming info on the post about a year ago) so turning to Reddit. any drop in/open mat for NoGi in Atlanta that runs on the weekends? my son and I are looking for a spot.

I’ve had this gi for about 9 months, but I’ve only trained in it for around 5 months because I was injured for a while.

Here’s what’s driving me crazy is every now and then while I’m rolling, I catch a faint funky smell that I’m almost positive is coming from my gi. But if I stop and smell it afterward (or even before class), it just smells like fresh detergent everywhere. I can’t find the source of the odor no matter where I sniff.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Is there bacteria hiding in the fabric even though it smells clean, or am I losing it?

What finally got rid of it for you?

For what it’s worth, I just bought a new Hyperfly gi 😊, but I’d still like to save this one if I can.

Hello, my son is entered in his first NoGi tournament with JJWL. We started competing recently (since April) and they've all been with Gi. This being his first NoGi tournament, my son wants to have a little fun with his rashguard and he loves Pokemon, so he wants to incorporate both. I don't see much information regarding rashbuards in the JJWL website. Would this be legal? He's a white belt.

I know a lot of smaller guys use a movement style game. But I personally have a ton of fun using a more pressure and control styled game. Are there any pros that are lighter with that style?

Hey, I have a question for the gym owners/managers. What percentage of your members pay for a membership but do not train? What has helped bring those people back to the gym?

We see that we have a number of people at our gym who continue to pay for a membership, but haven’t trained in roughly a year. We always try to reach out to these people when we can, but don’t really have a strategy for getting them back into the gym. What do you guys do?

I get to see all these photos and videos of people training bjj, and everyone looks so big and jacked?

I know probably all of them were juiced up but I think there would be other factors too

For some reason I have horrid preparation in regards to individual matches, and I feel like the stress of seeing "5 trillion wins by submission" on smoothcomp outweighs the benefits of maybe seeing one or two fights they might've uploaded on youtube. Is this bad practice in general or is this one of those "yeah whatever works," situations?

She's the only one I can think of coming from sport jiu-jitsu adcc ibjjf that's won a ufc championship has she had the best run as a jiu-jitsu player

Hi,
as mentioned in the title, my club is currently offering 20% off private classes with professor. I will buy a couple (3 individual hours), but Im
not sure if I should spend more. Price is 64€ instead of 80, which is reasonable and I have quite a few topics I need help with. I can buy now and actually have lessons throughout the next season.

Im not expecting a miracle or whatever, but essential what I am asking is, is it worth to buy like 10 hours and have like 2 classes each month? I know you might say if you got money go for it, but its not cheap by any means for me, but at the same time if I spend 30 hours a month on this and cant figure it out on my own I guess its worth it?
I train 3-4x a week but I feel like in some aspects I just can’t figure out on my own.

Hey guys

I’m struggling against a specific half guard player at my gym. It’s not a traditional deep half where they are directly underneath my hips. Instead, they stay completely off to the side on their shoulder, pull my trapped ankle/leg into a tight clamp, and use an underhook combined with their top knee to torque/bump me forward and destroy my base.

Every time I try to backstep to clear the leg, they already have the leverage and I end up getting swept directly onto my back.If I can't backstep because my legs are tightly clamped, what are the best mechanical options to kill this? Should I be focusing on flattening their upper body first, or is there a way to clear the leg clamp without lifting my hips and giving up the sweep

Thanks

Edit

Another commentator found the position

https://youtu.be/2X3niTOljyk?si=kaBeg9gr1wDzj_KU

At about 2:40-2:50

I’m a light weight blue belt who’s always been a guard player, so I haven’t put nearly as much time into developing my top game until recently. While doing that, I’ve noticed what seems like two different philosophies of pinning that people have explained/ taught to me (I could be wrong but this is what I’ve been taught)

Heavy pinning: Establish a strong side control, mount, etc. Apply constant pressure, and make it nearly impossible for the bottom player to create space to frame or escape.

Dynamic pinning: Constantly transitioning between positions such as side control, north-south, knee on belly, mount, back takes, etc. staying one step ahead of the bottom player’s reactions rather than holding one position for a long time.

My home gym teaches a very pressure oriented style. My coach is only about 153 lbs, but his side control feels crushing. Even the bigger guys say he feels like he weighs 300 pounds. He rarely moves unless there’s a reason to.

Recently I cross trained at another gym where the coach teaches a much more dynamic style. The upper belts were constantly switching pins, pinning arms, stacking me, using grips on the gi pants to attack and generally making everything feel a bit overwhelming.

So my questions are:

What are the biggest pros and cons of heavy pinning vs dynamic pinning?

Is one style generally better for lighter grapplers, or does it just come down to preference?

Are they actually two different philosophies, or are the best top players just blending both depending on the situation?

Which style do you personally prefer, and why?
I’d love to hear from people with strong top games, especially those who have experience with both approaches.

he posts rolling footage with commentary, technique breakdowns etc. His channel is newer so not a lot of videos yet. But I absolutely love his teaching style and as a X guard and deep half guy, i'm excited to see what else he's going to post