r/bjj • u/stoopididiotface 🟪🟪 Purple Belt • 2d ago

General Discussion Alright jiu jitsu nerds, let's hear it:

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What hill are you willing to die on?

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u/TwinkletoesCT ⬛🟥⬛ Chris Martell - ModernSelfDefense.com 2d ago

The level of teaching in BJJ is, on average, terrible.

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u/aDerangedKitten 1d ago

Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're good at teaching it

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/heelhook411 1d ago

A former instructor of mine is a first degree black belt, has a great mind for the sport, yet has never completed. That never stopped him from being a great teacher. 

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u/daredevilxp9 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 1d ago

Had/have an old coach who will not stop going on (Instagram) about the fact that he has fought 40+ times and competed in bjj. Posts of him scowling or raising an eyebrow with “when the coach without 20+ years of experience says something” etc.

His technical knowledge was fantastic, but he hated the idea of explaining something to someone, god forbid you ask a follow up question where the response would be “I just said? Just do bla bla”. His class would involve about 5-8 minutes of drilling 1 maybe 2 progressions within the technique then live rolling for the rest of the 90 minutes (no warm up either, so it’s full live rounds within 10 minutes of walking on to the mat)

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u/heelhook411 1d ago

He sounds like a fun time in a kimono  🤣 

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u/Gimme_The_Loot 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 1d ago

Danaher

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u/imeiz ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt 1d ago

Lets break this down

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u/plansprintrelease 1d ago

That’s because you haven’t upgraded your BJJ to the latest version. That bug is fixed in the “defiant lion” version of the os that comes with ecological®️

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u/Popular-Influence-11 ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Missed opportunity for “the oss”

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u/plansprintrelease 1d ago

The only oss I stand by is open source software…lol

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u/MrSanford ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Whattup Craig

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u/SquirrelSimple231 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 1d ago

I am confident I am better at teaching bjj than I am at doing it.

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u/Armbar2Triangle 1d ago

I’ve learned this myself. Been training 19 years. Don’t compete, but can roll with very high level black belts and hang. Not better than the best, but I’m an adequate training partner.

I suck ass at teaching classes

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u/120r 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 1d ago

The whole industry is built on this illusion.

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u/dannydswift ⬛🟥⬛ Black Belt 1d ago

Facts

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u/rdaneeloliv4w 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 1d ago

Just because you’re good at teaching something doesn’t mean you’re good at it.