Bulletproof For BJJ Podcast
This is the official podcast of the Bulletproof For BJJ movement. Hosted by JT & Joey. Each episode the founders break down problems that Jiu-jitsu people experience, giving guidance and tips to improve your training for BJJ. With the goal of helping every body on the Brazilian jiu-jitsu path reduce their chance of injury, improve their strength and mobility to become more resilient.
Bulletproof For BJJ Podcast
Adapting to the New Standards in BJJ, Balancing Life and Training, & Becoming Advanced
How have Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu belts, particularly the blue belt, evolved over the years? Join us as we tackle this intriguing question and explore the remarkable advancements in skill level, training methods, and coaching that have transformed the sport. From the mid-2000s to today, we reflect on the increased dedication of practitioners, the wealth of instructional content available, and the higher expectations that now define every belt level. We brush over balancing life and jiu jitsu, and how you may have to pick a route between Gi and No Gi. And talk about the trails and tribulations of becoming ADVANCED.
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Speaker 3:You, first one coming in from Gage.
Speaker 1:Gage, johnny Gage. Hey you guys, I just wanted to ask a quick question. I was talking to a ref at a local comp and he said blue belt has really changed. So I was kind of just curious your guys's takes on how the belts have changed in general and skill level and everything else.
Speaker 3:anyways, thanks, guys bro, blue belts were cool back when I was one.
Speaker 2:They suck now no, they're tough, everything's tougher.
Speaker 3:The game's elevated in such a big way, totally changed the standard of a blue belt now versus the standard of technically what we were.
Speaker 2:Yeah, night and day yeah, and and I think this applies gi and no gi because I actually saw a blue belt in no gi at a grappling industries competition heel hooking like black belts. Yeah, you know, like if, if there's a young person who's just taking it on themselves to get really good at something, whether it's wrestling or leg locks or whatever it is they can come through and just wreck shop, yeah, because they've got the time and availability to do it. And I think if you're someone who wants to compete and you're at competitions regularly, you got to step the game up. It's tough.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean, you know, to that point. I do think it's just kind of the evolution of things and that even like, when you answer that question, you think about the blue belts. You know who are like really elite, right, the ones that are like watching all the instructionals and training fucking six times a week and like really dedicated instructionals and training fucking six times a week and like really dedicated. But if you just take like the average blue belt and you compare that to the average blue belt of like mid 2000s, there's a huge difference there too, and it's just that the methods of coaching jujitsu have gotten better. The way we structure the game is better. The way we nurture people into it is better. The approach to competition has evolved, like that's become better. Expectations are higher. Yeah, like all of that stuff.
Speaker 3:And you kind of see this in every sport. I think you're going to see it in a more amplified way in jiu-jitsu because the sport is so young on the world stage. But, um, it's kind of just the nature of things. So, like you know, if you're a blue belt, I don't think you need to do anything necessarily. You're already, you're there, you're amongst it. Yeah, you are here now at blue belt at this stage of the game and that's awesome. But you know, I think about it like you know. I'll give you an example. When we were blue belts, if you wanted to buy like a rash guard from a cool brand, the only chance you got was to either a travel to brazil and, like seek out a sports shop right, or b wait for someone to have a stall at your local comp and they would have some shitty rash guards that they were selling for like 120 bucks, like corral overpriced.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that, that was it, whereas you think now it's like you just jump on, this is all these cool brands like there's this whole infrastructure, this whole universe around jiu-jitsu. Yeah, if you wanted to learn some shit, you didn't go on the internet. There was no bjj fanatics gracie mag yeah that's right, read a gracie mag. Or like get someone to translate an ancient portuguese text. Or like ask a coach, yeah, but it really was just a, just a much less evolved, or like um, like world at that point.
Speaker 2:Yeah, developed is the word yeah, so, yeah, yeah, it doesn't matter if you're a coach or a practitioner, you've just got to try to keep up. Yep, do you find you get thirsty at training? I do. I do all the time. I'm a sweaty human and I need to hydrate. Now the biggest problem is, by the time you're thirsty, it's a little bit late. You need to hydrate and you need to hydrate, and that's why we got Sodi. Sodi is sponsoring the show. We've got all the colors of the rainbow, great flavors here. We've got salty citrus, salty pineapple, salty berry and, my favorite, salty grapefruit, and they will be releasing two new mystery flavors soon. So why do we need this? It's going to prevent our muscle cramps, it's going to help our energy delivery and it's also going to mean you're less tired, which is an advantage when you're training. If you want to maximize your jiu-jitsu and feel good when you're rolling, you need to get SOTY and when you purchase, enter the code BULLETPROOF20 at checkout for 20% off.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, I'm going to let next one say their own name, because this is, this is gaelic and this is a lesson for us. We've been, we've been interacting with this human for like months, uh, through our like members group and, um, we always like what's that motherfucker's name? You say that because, yeah, if you've ever looked at a gaelic spelling of a name, it's never as it comes out, it's deceptive as it comes out, it's deceptive.
Speaker 5:Well, lads, what's the crack? My name is Kyla. I'm from Ireland. Kyla, I've been training jiu-jitsu about two and a half years now in Blue Belt and I've been doing the standards for about the last year or so. So I'm currently training jiu-jitsu about three or four times a week, but in September now I'm going back to college, starting a master's, so I'm gonna have to cut back on some of the sessions. So I'm just wondering what you think are the best sessions to cut back on? Um, so currently I've no game monday. Uh, tuesday, gee thursday will be a gee drilling, followed by no gee competition class, which is kind of like position rounds and stuff like that. Saturday is wrestling followed by open mat and Sundays open mat. So I usually try for about three or four of these, depending on what I'm doing. Just wondering what you think I should cut back on when I'm struggling for time. Should I cut back more on the open mats or the classes, or what do you think?
Speaker 3:Thanks, Fuck Kyla. I think we're going to need some subtitles for the American listeners. What a legend Good to man. Fuck Kyla's been like. He's very active on our members groups, good questions, shares his technique videos for feedback. Appreciate you, bro. Shout out what would you do?
Speaker 2:JT. Look, mate, I think honestly you need a mixture of the learning and the practicing. So ideally, if you're going to cut back, I would say maybe drop one open mat and then one technical session. That's what I'd say. If you can only do three jiu-jitsu sessions, maybe two, one session that might be a mix of learning and rolling, one which is more technical, and then maybe one that's more rolling which is an open mat, I think your jiu-jitsu will go backwards if you only do open mats and it will go backwards if you only do technical classes. You've got to have that mix of the learning and the rolling. It's tough to make that choice, but I'm going to say, based off what you're describing there, I would even choose the gi or no gi. Yeah, I would agree. I would say, based off what you're saying there, you might need to drop a gi session and then just go. I'm just going to focus on the no gi stuff.
Speaker 3:Yeah, if you're doing wrestling on Saturdays, then it's like you seem maybe a bit biased towards no gi.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:So yeah, I'd probably just go with no gi.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a tough choice, but I mean, yeah, I'd probably just go with no gi. Yeah, it's it's a tough choice, but I mean you still want to keep improving and also do other stuff. Therefore, you do have to make a choice. Yeah, that's what I would say good man.
Speaker 3:But you know, to that point, if you're like, no, I want to keep doing both, I don't think it'd be a problem to just I don't know drop whatever session was the best for your new schedule. Because, yeah, if you're coming to one-gi a week, you're still going to be maintaining and progressing that, just to a slower degree. Yep, last one coming in Tam T, tam T.
Speaker 4:I got recently asked by my teacher to go from beginners class now to advanced. What's the different mindset that you should take when you start going to the advanced class? I'd appreciate you guys' feedback.
Speaker 3:Just to recap that, if anyone didn't hear so, tam T's been asked to go to the advanced classes, so move from the beginner sessions to the advanced classes by the coach. What's the mindset that one should take in this situation?
Speaker 2:Two things. One you're going go and get smashed. Be ready for that. Um, it's not going to be a good time.
Speaker 3:It's like going from primary school to high school guys obviously feeling a bit concerned about it and you're just like making him double down on the concern. Well, no, no, it's just brace and accept.
Speaker 2:Oh, bro, you're gonna get fucked up no, if you're.
Speaker 3:If you're my little brother, fuck bro. You're going to get fucked up. That's going to be so bad. If you're my little brother, fuck dude. If you're my brother, I'm fucking worried to be you. Bro, go in with the hands up, bro. Head movement, head movement, like no, they're going to be slower, they're going to be more relaxed, bro, you're going to get fucking wrecked.
Speaker 2:Like, let's be, you're an advanced class, so you've got to come a little bit more prepared. Like it's, you've been invited to the big kids class so you got to act accordingly. So be prepared and also know that you're not going to cop breaks. It's the advanced class, so that's fine, that's good, because that shows your instructor clearly believes you're good enough to be there. Now you have to act accordingly.
Speaker 3:Yeah, think, um, I think that could, could certainly be the the way. I think there's advanced classes and there's advanced classes, and so I do know a lot of gyms that have. I know some gyms, let's say, that have a beginners program, which is for total beginners, and then the other class is called advanced. Okay, and so the other class, in that regard it's just a regular class, it's just not for total beginners, right. But then you know, jim, say like where, with absolute, where the advanced class is like these people are elite competitors, you're gonna, you're gonna roll with levi jones leary, yeah, and so that's like a whole different thing, sure? So you know, if, if you're just, if it's just the other class and it's just like, hey, hey, the total beginners are in that one. Now I want you to come to the regular class.
Speaker 3:I would say like, and I'm sure you'll get a feel for this, right, tam, once you've gone to it but just take the same mindset Like I'm here to learn, apply myself, focus on the shit, do the thing, you'll be fine. You know, don't be scared, homie, don't be scared, bro, me I'm scared, but absolutely, if it is like the kind of thing where they're like expecting you to I don't know, show up with an idea of what you want to drill on, etc. I would imagine your coach would make you aware of that. And so just fucking, just get in there, bro, you'll be fine. Yeah, have have a good time with it. Yeah, that's right. Um, there it is. Thanks for the questions today. Fam kyla, good to learn that name. Good to know how to say it. Good, yeah, appreciate it. Dudes, if you want to leave us a question for a future episode, bulletproof for BJJcom, hit the podcast tab, little record a voicemail button. Leave us one and we'd love to play a message on the show and give you a response For sure. Peace Shout out you.
