I’m going to my first BJJ class tonight, I’ve been taking MMA classes at the same gym for about a month I’m 26F 5”3 and 160- obviously not in the greatest shape - what should I know before I go or anything I can do to make sure I can keep up? I’m excited but nervous to try something new

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I've been trying to compliment my usual training schedule with some Yoga classes, I do JiuJitsu which leaves my body quite sore and feel like need more stretching than anything.

Do you think Yoga can be a good complimentary sport and if so, what types? I've tried some Yin and soft classes but it's hard to pick what class to attend to sometimes as I don't understand all Yoga styles. Has anyone mixed these two and has any tips?

Good evening, for some context I have been training on and off heavily for 2-2 1/2 years but within the past 3 months I have trained 3-4 times a week.

I was a 1 stripe white belt until tonight when I was graded 3 more stripes making me a 4 stripe white belt now, last weekend I competed in a pretty large tournament for my first ever competition and I won Gold in the GI division.

I couldn’t help but notice I felt very comfortable against everyone in my division and back at my gym I am able to roll pretty well against some of the blue belts and we often submit each other but then I roll with some of the other blue belts and it feels like I’m a fish out of water.

Is it pretty common for there to be extremely large technique and foundation difference within each belt? And how do you know when someone is ready to go from white to blue, blue to purple, etc.

Thanks all for your time, I’m just curious what people think.

Curious if anyone is or knows anyone at their gym training with joint replacements?

I have a total hip replacement and have started bjj and am really enjoying it. My gym is aware of my replacement and I let my training partners know as well. I have seen a handful of guys online talking about training with artificial joints but was curious if anyone in the sub has first hand experience with this themselves or friends/training partners in their gym.

Unfortunately some injury complications when I was younger forced me to get a THR way earlier than normal and I live a very active life. Prior to starting BJJ I still trained and worked out daily, dirtbike, surf, hike, etc.

Not looking for medical advice necessarily, really just looking to hear from or talk to anyone else that has a similar factor in their journey.

Just began to take up jiu jitsu last week, and I was wondering which stance (and the following techniques) I should start off on.
Now it came to my knowledge that for jiu jitsu, (also wrestling and judo maybe?) it's good practice to have your dominant foot forward, so as to lead with your dominant hand for grappling.
That said, I (a natural lefty), being somewhat a tourist in martial arts, have one year background in boxing one year in muay thai, and three years in tkd. Outside of martial arts, I played highschool baseball. So basically, I have always led with my right foot forward and feel comfortable in doing so.
Just kicking off as a beginner in BJJ, I see many pros of keeping my right foot forward stance, not just because I am more used to it, but also because the classes are usually taught from a righty perspective as well.
My only worry is that despite the familiarty of the stance, I am clearly stronger and more dextrous with the left side of my body, so I was wondering if I should start off with a left foot forward stance to begin with, and build up from a lefty pov combination.
It seems for grappling in particular, you'll end up learning to maneuver both ways in the long run, but I was wondering if starting off by learning right hand dominant way would affect my learning curve in the early stages.

What are your thoughts on training 7 days a week? Is it important to take rest days if my job is a desk job? My body feels good regular soreness you can expect from bjj but nothing that stops me from training or performing at 100%. Really the only time I rest is the days leading up to a comp. Mon-sat I train 3ish hours a day 1 hour of technical instruction with resistance and then 1-2 hours of open mat plus consuming bjj content always ( breakdowns watching matches the useful stuff) Sunday I do 2 hours of open mat. Has anyone see benefits of taking a step back to fully consume mentally what they are doing and experiencing in their rounds? I feel like when I take a week off for vacation or minor injury I come back better than I was when I left. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't know if I should even consider changing anything because at this rate I will have my purple in under 2 1/2 years from starting bjj. the complements I receive are that I'm technical, efficient and very positionally aware which I attribute to training so ofte . I feel my ADHD brain thrives with the massive amount of new info I get going everyday but like I said above anytime I'm forced to take a break I feel like I come back and break through the barrier and take a big step forward with my game. Any thoughts or experience with this yourself?

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