Thread: First BJJ lesson today :)

Blimey its complicated! BTTUK are a friendly bunch though!

Yeah, there is quite a steep learning curve at the beginning.

Funny, I found it quite the opposite.
Simple moves, easy to learn and effective... Was it just me who found it to be very easy from day 1?
(btw I'm not saying I mastered it, but that even without previous experience I found every move very easy to apply... in my own, white belt way ha)

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When I started, I had no idea what I was doing, didnt know a triangle from a rear naked so I found it very tough at first trying to remember everything!!!
The weird thing I find with bjj also is you can watch people demo a move an its sorted in your head thinkin yeah Ive got this, get on the mat with your partner to try it out an it seems totally different if that makes sense!

Yeah, my BJJ teacher would shows us something. It looks really easy and then when we try to do it, quite a different story.

yeah definately. and sometimes u have to make small adjustments to make it work.

lol remember my first day, didnt have a clue but then after few weeks i had catched up with people that had been there for months.... just stick to it dude and everything should be alright

Originally Posted by Robbie

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That's how I got injured - twice. I've been on the bench 3 out of 5 months because of that lol
(I rather call it hard-as-nails-who-won't-tap-for-the-sake-of-nothing rather than show off............ but 'show off' will do it too :P)

RobK - I completely disagree with you and temeura. Well most of it.
First off I started after a somewhat close contact with a big BJJ fella so I was pretty comfortable with the names of things - but that's only theory, and when learning new techniques only a few would puzzle me. I wouldn't do them in perfection, but good enough to submit during actual sparring.
I think that's prob the only reason I stuck to BJJ - it's one thing I can actually do right without much study/thought :laugh:
(needless to say I suck at about everything else I get myself into)

Originally Posted by Kunoichi

That's how I got injured - twice. I've been on the bench 3 out of 5 months because of that lol
(I rather call it hard-as-nails-who-won't-tap-for-the-sake-of-nothing rather than show off............ but 'show off' will do it too :P)

RobK - I completely disagree with you and temeura. Well most of it.
First off I started after a somewhat close contact with a big BJJ fella so I was pretty comfortable with the names of things - but that's only theory, and when learning new techniques only a few would puzzle me. I wouldn't do them in perfection, but good enough to submit during actual sparring.
I think that's prob the only reason I stuck to BJJ - it's one thing I can actually do right without much study/thought :laugh:
(needless to say I suck at about everything else I get myself into)

I think it depends on lots of things. My main problem was a complete lack of flexibility. I'm still not very flexible, but better than I was.

My BJJ knowledge was pretty good before I started, I knew most techniques in theory.

Another problem I had was that I was so unfit. After 2 minutes rolling with someone, I am praying that they sub me.