White Belt's First BJJ Tournament... Learn From Beginner Mistakes 

If we win the auction and we live close enough to your school, can the 1 on 1 be in person?

@@alfredotellez3281 ya totally

I've never heard of bidntoken Have you considered other ways to auction things? Are there other ways to auction tutoring? Hmm

I came on this just hoping to get a response. I never see you do leg locks. Is that because you are mostly in gi or can you get away without leg attacks no gi? I have seen that no go is leg locks and wrestling up. Do you study leg locks or just anti leg locks

@@jonathanwilliams1746 I have decent leg locks but they're not what I focus on like so many do. I use them as a tool instead of making them my game. I'll do some in the next rolls so people can learn them too more 🙂

Respect for a very good first competition! I 100% get how it feels gassing out. You did a lot of hard work after stepping up to do what 99% of people will never do. Congratulations on an excellent first competition performance! I’m certain that Jordan’s tips and your focused training will pay huge dividends that will show themselves in your next competition.

Bro you did amazing. You should be very proud. Anyone would be stoked if that was there first competition result. It gets a little easier every comp you do. The Nerves really makes your gas tank smaller than usual and as you compete more those nerves aren’t as bad. Good luck in your future tournaments and congratulations!!

You did great! Thanks for letting us learn by sharing your experience!

Well done, you did a million times better than I did in my last (my first bjj) tournament. Onwards and definitely upwards for you!

I can %100 relate, so tiring!

Happy to help!

good on ya for competing, its harder than a lot will ever know, my first tournament i tapped to a cross face so don't feel too bad.

Congrats to you for getting out there and competing!

Your Spider-Man gi is awesome. Where did you get it, sir?

Nice meeting you too. Great work out there! Competition is next level exhausting.

@@squidwardtortellini1832just saw this sorrry! Venom guy from Hayabusa 😬 got it as a gift

Definitely will make more like this 🙂

Thanks!

I feel you, first comp was against a guy who did 2 years of wrestling and some judo, while I just stopped smoking. Let's say it was an ugly display

@@gaia8840 Just doing your first comp is a win in my book!

@@Hewrin88 thank you 🙏 Yes I got to say I was pretty frustrated with my self at first, but now I see that stepping on the mat was already my accomplishment. And seeing the positive it showed me technique is great but it got to be paired with conditioning. Technique works in class bc you dont go 100%...but damn in competition you also need a lot more

@@gaia8840 Not sure if you'll see this, but I just did my first comp too, man it was a whole new level of intensity, I'm still felling sore. Needless to say I got rekt.

@@Hewrin88 hahaha congrats brother, stepping on the mat is what most people don't have the guts to do. Now You need to see why you lost and go back to the lab 🙏 And start doing more conditioning if you can. ( don't worry I got my hip displaced first match of my first comp 😭😂 soreness and hurt only means you gave all you had

Glad it was helpful! :)

dont be a sandbagger you blue belt

u are a blue not a white . u dont lose your belt .

I appreciate that! He killed it. He made me look good haha

I will for sure 🙂

You're very welcome, and thanks for such a kind comment! I'm happy you find my videos valuable 🙂

Thank you!

My pleasure!

Thank you! This one was a really fun to make. I have footage of a smaller whitebelt I may do later this month as well

Glad to hear that! (that you enjoyed it, not getting injured haha)

Glad to hear that!

Thanks!

Happy to help. Thanks!

Thanks man, it's funny the only reason I stopped was I couldn't find a text/animation I liked. I like this one though!

🙏👊

Thanks James, I'm glad that you liked it 🙏

Thanks!

Thanks!

I appreciate it, thank you 🙏

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it :)

I appreciate that, thank you!

Glad you think so, thanks! 🙂

Did you do your comp yet, how did it go?

Same profile pic

@@EricCartmanOfficaI Whoa, sick

Glad you enjoy them 🙂

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Can't wait man, it'll be a blast 👊

Niceman good luck! and thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks man! Good vibes always 🙌

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Go for it! Glad they inspired you :)

Thank you! I'm not sure what you mean though? 🙂

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu the Gap being - Helping people see what both people were doing right and what needs works, what is important: grips, head control, feet on your opponent, or what grips aren’t important. This is why your commentary videos are helpful and successful, but you are doing them at a higher level than guys like your white belt student…not everything you do is even being thought of by a white or blue. So, the Gap in content that you are filling and having success with is commentary on beginner level and what a black is thinking. Does that make sense? Paul

@@GrapplingwithInsanity makes sense for sure! I appreciate it man. I want to do more competion footage like this. It's too awkward filming people other than me at the gym so this is the perfect medium.

Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words! Congratulations on your (first, I assume) competition. You'll only get better and ya, Jesse is really good 👊

Haha thanks man

On the opposite side, having done BJJ...It's just incredible to me how complex your game of destabilisation/take down is in judo AND the sheer amount of explosivity each of a judoka moves have in them. The only people I know who have that amount of pressure are Wrestlers. The combination of the two is scary. I've seen friends like that who did both and having someone who can take you down 10 times out of 10 and finish you after is scary

Coming soon :)

The more you compete the calmer you'll be. Also doing hiit should help substantially as well. If you have a resting heart rate over 60bpm some slow and steady cardio would be wise too.

Thanks man happy to help! I just made it public again for you. I get weird sometimes and delete old content haha. I'll make a new one soon as well.

I'm looking forward to his next tournament and see if he can hit some. Perfect body type for the triangle!

And about a month ago I won double gold gi and no gi. It’s nice seeing your hard work pay off. Now back to the grind as a new blue belt 👍👍

Great performance, man! You're just beginning and you're already doing well. You should be proud of yourself 👊

Haha great result though!

I think because he imitated the pull long before the grabbing of the legs it didn't count. I've had the same thing work agaisnt me in the past. Thought I should have got points for it but didn't.

Thanks man!

There's masters division for a reason! Any age is a great age to start. You don't need to be the best to have a good time and there's plenty of over 30 years olds that get really good!

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu I watch a lot of your videos on the focus of being a white belt. Are there any other special considerations for older beginners going into those Master Divisions you'd advise.

I started Jiu-jitsu at around 35. I've competed and am a blue belt. I can now handle younger/athletic white belts, where when I started at a white belt, this wasn't the case. Just keep training. There will be ups and downs, but just embrace the journey.

I'm only 2 months in to this bjj and I have held my own vs mid-20s dudes via strength alone. I'm mid-40s but am in excellent shape. Before this, I kickboxed, but the cardio is different. Knowledge and experience is the Only thing that is beating me not strength or youth.

The opposite usually haha. Its a stressful, hot, loud, muggy environment that I could do without. I hate competing but will do so soon for everyone 🙂

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu I feel ya! I recently went to a comp as just a coach, it was fantastic

Just gotta go for it. I love my first tournament. Won my next two. First one's usually a write off. Good luck!

Can't do worst than me, displaced my hip first fight, and lost 6 times in a row. Advice after having done a few competitions, think of common senarios and have no more than one or two things you can do in that scenario. If you have more than that you will lose time thinking of which one to do and loose opportunities. Second cardio, cardio and more cardio, even when i did 8x6 minutes rolling in classes, one comp fight had me gasping for air. Third warmup early and stay warm, don't let your body rest too much in between fights. And last for the time you have, during rolling in classes try to put yourself in bad positions to not be afraid and freeze when you are put in thoses. Hope it helps !

@@gaia8840how many classes a week were you doing?

Jordan said he doesnt have much takedown game so it's probably a lack of confidence there

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Just to differnciate competitors wearing the same color Gi

Competing and rolling are too very different things. Competing is an intensity and level of exhaustion that can't really be replicated elsewhere. You have to deal with an adrenelanine up as well.

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu thanks, do you have any videos on the differences you should expect from hard rolling with your training partners and competition matches?

Agreed!

There's definitely some risk to pulling with only one grip, but it there's enough tension with the feet pushing, and collar grip pulling it can be done safely :)

Haha copy/paste lol 🙂

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu haha yes but my tournament was is July last year and I got bronze partly due to watching and learning from your channel!:) Am still waiting when you come to Thailand to do a seminar:P

@@tomtrader6559 hopefully very soon. I love and miss Thai land so bad. I might be setting up a dual Thailand camp with mma shredded 🙂

@@JordanTeachesJiujitsu that would be awesome although those foot sweeps he was showing looked really painful (I mean for the guy going down):P There are plenty of foreigners like me living here who would happily take part in it and you could also do like a half day seminar in a few gyms across Thailand (or in Bkk if you don't wanna travel too far), gym where I train here hosted 2 lately one from judo nomad who travels the world teaching and one yesterday from a European champion in judo and bjj teaching guard passing combined with foot attacks. This month we are also getting new mat so all is set and waiting for you! Generally it would make the most sense if you make it around the time when one of the big tournaments in BKK takes place like Siam Cup in July/December as there are plenty of foreigners coming from other closeby countries to compete for a weekend (when I competed in Siam Cup last year there were 850 people competing that day). Once you guys have a plan I will be happy to help you organising stuff over here as I have been living here for a while so know how things work:)