Why You Still Suck At BJJ and How To Fix It 

6 years in bjj. Owner of too many instructionals. This is… the best bjj vid i ever saw.

“Rapid skill gain is about incrementally making improvements to specific areas” Thanks for the video man 💪

“Hesitation is a form of disrespecting your opponent and not giving the challenge they rightfully deserve” .. smooth mate

Yes give me the secrets father

‘Without hope there can be no despair’ - Andrew Wiltse, 2023.

As someone obsessed with learning, this concept is obvious to me as this is how I learned almost everything else in my life. However, it's difficult to find people that want to LEARN, vs people that "We gotta roll dude, only way to get better, just roll roll roll!" ... No one wants to take time in one position or drilling one thing or trying one concept. The general population of BJJ practitioners just want to roll (free roll) because they want to have fun (and possibly use their weight and strength advantage to win and feel good). Now, higher belts that have got past the humbling stage and found out they couldn't just rely on strength are more open to this because they've realized drilling technique is better for you that drilling weights all day in the long run, but those specific people aren't always there. Anyways, it's slightly frustrating. At the end of the day, BJJ is personal for a lot of people, their ego's are on the line, and therefore aren't always open to doing the "boring stuff" or risking doing proper technique rather than choking out the small white belt from inside their guard and "winning."

Yes! Loving the frequent uploads! It's awesome to see you back in full swing 😁

"Most of you don't roll hard enough to get any meaningful improvement to your cardio, and the people that are rolling that hard are plagued by injuries". Love it. Sooo many BJJ coaches out there will tell you "Just roll harder if you think your cardio is bad". Consistently Red lining on the mat is begging to get injured. Do that in a controlled setting with safe movements.

Great video! Best line "I belive in respecting my opponent by absolutely beating their ass and crushing their confidence and I could give a flying fuck what belt you are, anyone can get it."

The beginning of this video is applicable to EVERYTHING. It took me too long in life to realize that getting good at something is simply breaking it down to the elements, then the nuances. You get good at something when all the nuances have been trained individually and they come together as a whole.

YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE!

This is by far THE BEST BJJ advice on RU-vid. I needed to hear this. Thank you for being brutally honest.

The fact that we had a TFS reference right off the bat brings a smile to my face.

I can listen to your intimate knowledge for days straight into the meat of what a pro should be learning

You're a gem dude. I've been hyper-focused on a couple areas in jiu-jitsu since I was a white belt. It's helped me so much to specialize rather than scatter my focus. I really need to improve my cardio though.

great stuff! I always make sure my students dont just drill mindlessly. positional sparring/drilling is where improvements are made

Great stuff. Mario 64 music really makes this stuff sink in easier. You guys are doing awesome work.

I’m super new and I really appreciate this type of content. I’m on my 7th class and am trying to fast track my progress. I did Muay Thai for a year and a half before joining a BJJ gym. As a white belt being ragdolled around, I’m definitely trying my best to learn fast.

Feels like your guys’ content has leveled up since coming back. Loving all the videos, thank you!

Loving all of this content! Keep it up guys!

This hit home on many levels thanks Andrew especially good timing before a comp Saturday

Loving the new Wiltse content

This will be my go to video, so much information and strategies...you speak so many truths and spread some tough love we all need! Thank you and please keep posting 🤙🤘🤘🤘

Lovely to see you progressing in the youtube game. Video editing on point. Much love and respect to the W bros.

This content is way to good for me to just be finding this channel. Subscribed

This video is GOLD, i am gonna start working on it ASAP, there is so many things i never even thought about and now it makes sense!

Awesome video! thanks so much for the talk Andrew.

Andrew, just want to say a huge thank you to yourself and Bird for this and all of your other free content. As a 35 year old out of shape white belt, timidity had absolutely been a factor in starting BJJ; but mindset videos like this & instructional like your knee slice technique have played a massive part in confidence and skill building at the very first stage. I am seriously enjoying things more as a result, so sincere thanks for your help.

We’ll, I’m saving up to get your instructional. Can’t wait.

Good work Andrew & Bird!

Beautifully said! Especially the part about how learning to learn is the greatest skill you can learn. I remember watching my first Ryan Hall instructional years ago, and until he started explaining things in terms of logic and physics, I have always felt that bjj was magic that you either know or don't. When I started understanding that bjj can be learnt by doing things in a systemic way, I realized that I can learn anything. This changed my life! This rant really puts into words things that were in my head, but I couldn't formulate into words. Thank you Andrew for this video!

I absolutely love these videos 🤣 so well done. You’re hilarious bro, and full of useful info. Thx 🤙

It blows my mind how good you are at this. Thank you Andrew best RU-vid bjj videos

This was the first of your videos I've watched and it's fantastic

More of these, please! Thanks for the content

You, my friend, are an absolute legend. Big fan

Good to see you back.

This was a great video thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are are a beast and very good at explaining things. Thank you!

Best content I’ve listened to. I’m committing to getting smeshed and trying to smesh with purpose against the black belts I’ve been avoiding, thanks to this. Appreciate you, man

This is unbelievable Wiltse...truly

Thank you. Great watch.

I've been spending like 6 months getting to the back and finishing chokes. Every role I'm trying to get to the back. For the first 3 months I sucked at it and wasn't finishing anyone and getting tapped by blue belts. But now even my coach doesn't want me on his back. The hyper focus is tough at first but if you grind through it it's worth it. Now since I have some good move sets to get me to the back I'm working on my guard. Starting with situp guard to a single leg, passing and getting to the back.

This is one of the best BJJ videos I’ve ever watched. Actionable and practical advice. I need to drill more and I’ve known this for a while. It’s hard to find people who are ready to prescribe to it as well. I am thinking maybe 2 hours of drilling a week and 1 hour of rolling with a specific goal and 1 hour of true free rolling. Thanks for this.

Thank you for posting. Always learn from you. Be well.

This guy has some good humor, I can learn a lot from him for sure I'll be around.

i almost didn't want to watch the video, then i watched the whole thing. love the glorious rant my man!

💯 Great Video!! Keep ‘em coming.

Great stuff as always

One of the best infomercials I've ever seen

this video was exactly what i needed!!! thank you

Thank you Mr. Wiltse

Great content. Thank you. 🙏

love you, man. Thanks for video!

Opening minute epic, you're the man man, so glad your back in my daily feed, real sh!t.

Thank you for a truly instructive and hilarious video.

Amazing vid , very eye opening

All the great information, nuances, and humor in here really shows how intelligent Andrew Wiltse actually is. 🧠

26+ minutes of pure gold!!!

This man is a warrior and a poet

Aside from this video being hysterical, this advice is fantastic.

Great advice, thanks!

25:00 been working on this the past few years and it has made such a huge difference

This was gold!

9:13 “Stop over respecting your opponents and under valuing your own abilities, you’re only holding yourself back.” This hits hard. Focus on 1-2 things. Master those, or at worst get very proficient. Then add 1-2 more. Repeat. Best BJJ advice I’ve heard, and it’s from a champ.

Great vid!

When I started rolling at other gyms it helped me so much ! Also confidence was something I had to really work on and when I stopped caring and just started getting after things started to click

Thanks! Awesome vid

Love you content so much! thank you!

Good stuff Andrew

Great video. Made me laugh and you taught me to be observant.

Damn, I really needed to hear this! Thanks! 😁

❤🎉 I needed this!!

I feel like this rant was specifically geared toward me! lol. Working on getting the squat rack set back up in the gym..Will be adding strength training and stretching into my weekly routine

Love seeing TFS Appreciation

Awesome video. You guys have been on a RU-vid tear!

I've been doing something similar recently at my BJJ gym. I was watching a ton of BJJ skill videos but it wasn't amounting to much. I started focusing on one skill at a time instead, which I'd try to execute at class the next day, and I started catching people in submissions, or getting out of bad positions. My mission would be to try that one move at class and I'd stay focused on it. After watching this, I'm going to start focusing on each skill for a month to get good at it. Great tips.

Wow, you hit the nail on the head, this just palm struck me right in the face….it’s true I feel scattered all over, I’m 46, train 6 days a week, for a little over a year, yet still feel like WTF when rolling, i need to find what to focus on & just freaking do it, especially since I learn slower (apparently) I’m timid but already working on that, I’ve gotten more aggressive because not was messing me up, thx for video, 👍🤓🤘🏻🔥☝🏻👌🏻🌎

Great video. This isn't BJJ advice. This is life advice.

Shiiit, so much makes sense here. Really good video. Thanks.

Interesting sport. I am learning more on these videos than what I’ve experienced this 5 year bjj journey of mine

I do Judo but found a lot of your advice to be very applicable regardless. Good work.

I‘d add smthng I learned by doing other sports/playing games like chess or kicker etc. Be grateful and enjoy playing the game, don‘t always aim for winning, but discovering. I realized that while others were goin mad on winning I wasn‘t just a happier person without having the idea that I gotta win always and had a bigger and cleaner view on the game. Being playful is kinda‘ being in flow. Id add that training our minds is as much if not more important than our bodies. (actually it‘s two parts of one phenomena, but in the wastern world we always speak about them separately)

Great vid 🎉

i've been thinking along the same lines. focusing on having insane defense and escapes, wrestling, chokes and back takes and that's it. not rly a fan of playing guard or joint locks anymore

Man I needed this…

Honestly the funniest video brilliant information

I am not special or exceptional. I was torn between trying to get better at one part of my game and becoming a 'specialist' and trying to half learn a larger selection of guards / games. This had made the decision a LOT clearer thank you!

Andrew Wiltse is my spirit animal 🐺

Love this!!!

For those that want to improve, do what he says. He is right.

More of this please

The best advice ever 💪🏽

Very unique, very special

I’m in your server and I do complain often. I feel like you’ve called me out on this😂. Thanks man I do really need to hear this out.

Fantastic video - everything you said was true. I also realised my own truth. The bottom line is that I simply don't care enough. Everything you said was 100% what my 20 year old self would have loved to hear. Alas I'm 25 years too late for that attitude! I'm going to try and implement as much as I can though and I love the content. That song of yours in the background is just way too catchy!

Thank you! 🙏

Same great advice for other systems like boxing.

Ah… finally a video meant just for me ❤

This is like a roast! Love your approach. Thanks for the great content!

Great vid