BJJ Fundamentals

Cover an adult BJJ class with a plan agreed by the head coach. Keep the lesson focused, supervise partners, and leave clear handover notes afterward.

Turn a BJJ seminar into a useful week of practice. Organize your notes, mark missing details, choose one task, and follow the host's recording rules.

A weight gap changes a BJJ round. Use clear starting positions, agreed tasks, and controlled resets so training partners of different sizes get useful work.

Make a BJJ private lesson useful: choose a specific problem, send relevant footage, confirm booking details, and leave with a focused practice plan.

Every new BJJ student makes the same mistakes — relying on strength, holding breath, ignoring defense. Here are fifteen of the most common errors and practical fixes for each one.

White to black — what each belt level means in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, how promotions work, and why chasing your next belt might be the wrong mindset entirely.

Everything you need to know before your first BJJ class — from what to wear and what to expect on the mats, to the unwritten rules every new student should understand.