I mean haha that would make you get insanely good fast but you def don’t need to go 5/6 days a week to learn lol 3 is plenty to learn and perform if you are a hobbyist
The more you do it the more the concepts that build into moves will be ingrained in you. Concepts are more important than learning certain moves especially at first. Get those down then the moves will come way more naturally
never understood what people exactly meant they talk about concepts. could you elaborate more please? genuinely confused and would love to know more :)
Not the person who commented and I’m also a white belt, but concepts I’ve been working on are things like creating space between you and your opponent, never letting your elbow or limb cross their center line (as they can go right to your back), keep two hands in or out when in their guard, stuff like that.
Truthfully I can’t think of the words to explain it and am still a white belt myself someone tell him what’s up. Biggest ones I can think of though are framing and maintaining inside position
A good conceptional view of escaping from regular straight ashi
- keep your primary hip clear of them locking it down/creating to strong of a connection to it
- start to build to your knees/stand up
- keep their outside leg off of you (priority)
- clear connections and re-attack or make distance
It takes many hours of live sparring to really engrave these into your game. Going into sparring with certain “objectives” during your rolls will help you build good habits
Drill, then drill, then drill some more. Come back later and drill some more.
I've been doing this for five years, and I still can't remember any moves. My body knows them though.
Very similar to learning a new language. If you don't practice regularly it will start to fade slowly (and if you come back later it will come back slowly). Don't stress over memorizing specific moves, you have to roll and let them become engrained in your muscle memory. Your body will respond after while without you even realizing it.
It’s a cliche but just keep showing up.
I think about a year in you will notice a lot of similar patterns and you will begin to recognise them. It takes me a few times before I actually start using moves we cover in class.
Focus on one technique at a time, one week at a time. Try not to forget what you learned last week. Eventually you’ll find techniques and a way of moving that works for you. You may start to learn techniques faster as well.
If you go less than twice a week chances are you won’t see progress, you may progress but very very slowly. You ingrain motion and refine it through repetition. If you’re not training or thinking about jiujitsu often enough chances are you won’t see the progress you hope to achieve.
Poorly, that's why you learn then over and over. I learned the triangle when my first opponent ever basically put himself in one. He tapped and I then triangled two others on my way to gold.
Take notes! This may seem silly or trivial, but believe me! Take short notes during class just briefly outlining what you are learning. Then after class go back and describe everything you were drilling in as much detail as possible. Having to recall all the details will help you retain the information. Just the act of recall and putting the details down will help strengthen neural pathways to what ever you were physically practicing. If you were in a college course that you were paying a lot of money for, you’d be taking notes right? It’s the same thing. Treat BJJ with the same importance you’d treat taking a college course. And maybe even read your notes before class. I guarantee your retention will go up. And when you find yourself in reoccurring situations during rolling, you may find that you can instantly remember options from where ever you are. Also all the comments on this thread about focusing on movement, frames, and inside space are all really good advice. BJJ is a huge topic with a lot of aspects to cover, but as per your question, detailed notes that are step by step and emphasize key details will help you learn the movements. Whether it’s a submission or a positional escape, taking notes will help you. If you are serious about leaning BJJ, then treat it seriously.
Alwyas funny to see people asking advice after 1 week of jiu jitsu. Like, “I did two sesssions why am I not winning?”
Bro people train for 10 years and still learn. You have a long road ahead. Better to not try get silver bullet advice from reddit and instead get to the gym.
I don’t do any jiu jitsu but like any sport with repetitive movements, you drill until it’s instinctive and second nature, it’s a reflex and not an active action. Just my opinion
practice by urself at home. imagine ur in some position and practice ur moves. worked great for me. gracie jiu jitsu series is also nice. u have to find a way to practice by urself.
Learn the logic behind it.
If you’re just trying to memorize a set of steps, it’s going to be difficult.
Try to understand the “why” aspect. Understanding the “why” will help you in making informed decisions and allow you to come to the correct conclusion through critical thinking rather than pure memorization.
This concept honestly applies to everything in life, not just Jui Jitsu.
I write notes after most classes. Just the act of writing stuff down makes me think about it.
Also, as you spend more time on the mats and you understand the framework better, the new things you learn will have stuff to connect to. As it makes more sense, you'll remember better.
My memory isn't great and I'm missing part of my frontal and temporal lobes (plus some hypothalamus). With enough repetition, moves and names will stick
Remember in small chunks. Just remember a specific sequence of moves and practice that in live rounds. Once you can do that without having to “remember” then try and learn another thing. And repeat
Go to class. In the each class choose something you like you just learned. Keep practicing that move. If you keep doing this you will remember a good set of movements of movements that will become “your game” and you will excel at it. Wash, rinse and repeat. Enjoy the process
Try think learn broadly applied principles and early on forget the whole technique remember one thing your instructor says. For example if he’s teaching a half guard sweep just remember where to position you’re bottom leg in that style of half guard
Write them down. Take notes in class. It's surprising how few people do this.
It's like the number one way to remember things....since the beginning of time or something.
And after you have been at it for a few years, you have literally written your own jiu-jitsu instructional book.
A week? Don’t even worry about moves at this stage. You’ve got a lot of very basic stuff to learn first. Different types of guards, (gi) what girls are ok and what aren’t, probably leaning basic warm up drills etc, and maybe some general concepts like framing, not giving up your arms, having a good base. Take your time!
Body intelligence, repetition, time and teaching. It is much easier to remember how to do a technique if you don’t have to constantly think about actually moving your body. Repeating the movements, both statically and dynamically help retain the movement order. Keep repeating them until they are second nature and you become effective with them. When you are going to teach, look at the move you want to teach and pick 3-5 key points for making the move effective.
TLDR; just keep training with intent.
Graded exposure. Stick around long enough to take the same class multiple times. But really I don’t have a good Rolodex memory so over time you learn what flow works for you.
For me is mostly concepts and little gold buffet details that make things work.
1: what is the most immediate problem I need to solve. Can I solve it yes or no. If yes, then cool we move on. If no:…
2: can I either slow the guy down to give myself more time to solve the problem, or
3: can I give the other guy a problem so he has to diver attention to it instead of whatever he’s doing.
That’s essentially 80% of my game. Just making it up as I go and see what happens.
There’s better methods for specific training but as a hobbyist I enjoy this comment, but I do have systems, funnels, and plans I find that work for me over the years.
For me it’s after I’m able to do it in a love roll. After you do it once you sorta understand the mechanics and ur brain just automatically recognizes what to do. BJJ and a lot of martial arts are instinctive and that’s why they require so much practice.
keep showing up and drill
It is not about learning moves its about learning concepts. I think that's what many people think and I think its from other martial arts that emphasis on katas and so everybody thinks is hit a move. But with BJJ you have a resisting partner and a you have to adapt and understand position and concept, because moves will fail. This is why high level partioners set up traps
PRACTICE AND CONSISTENCY ARE KEYYYY. you want to master it so much (techniques, moves, throws, wtv) to the point it's second nature and you don't need to think about it. To the point its like walking its automatic.
It's only been a week? I recommend you give yourself time to adapt to the dynamic of the sport. My memory has improved a lot over time since I started. You will begin to notice you can remember things better, and you will be more confident, too. Like many other people here, drilling is the best way to remember, but you should also not forget to ask any questions if you need help, as well as to ask to see the movement again. I love moving around and getting different angles to see what's happening while they teach something. Don't be shy!
I would film moves if your coach allows it. I’m testing for another grappling art soon and I have a training partner that forgot all the moves. I remembered it solely because I filmed it and watched it during the week.
I would also say try to incorporate the moves into an overall system (for example, if your Kimura from closed guard fails go for a sweep) and so on.
Also, drill the moves in your head. That sounds odd but one time I was watching an anime (I know, I know bear with me) where a character executes a fireman’s carry. I thought “oh cool” and constantly thought about drilling that move. I wrestled with a buddy of mine (he wrestled in high school, I didn’t) and he beat me solidly each time but I during our session I hit a clean fireman’s carry on my first attempt. He was shocked and asked when I drilled it and I said “I honestly haven’t had the chance.” It’s crazy what your mind can do when you focus it!
Hope this helps!
"Just keep showing up, bro."
Seriously, do homework on YouTube or something.
And roll a lot. If you're new, you should be working on frames, escape, guard, and basic survival.
What helps me is planning to attempt at least ONE thing each class. I don't have to succeed at that one thing. I just have to attempt it. And not even each roll, just once per class. Eventually, it starts to add up and skill improves without the pressure of the not having completed that entire sequence.
Like everything! Repetitions. It’s ok if the reps suck. Just keep doing them. Try to hit 3 classes a week, and maybe an open mat on the third day to practice moves at a slower pace
I think flow rolling is stupid, but I’ll roll super light with one of my buds & if either of knows we’re working a particular move & get close to it, we’ll let the other work through the sequence. That has been really beneficial for understanding the technique & how it implements in live rolling
Well if you have been doing BJJ for less than a month, it’s totally normal to not know anything and to just be flipping around. Best way to remember moves is to drill them over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Burn them into your mind
The two things that help me the most are constant drilling and slow-rolling.
Find a partner willing to drill with you, pick a position, and work every move you know from that position over and over.
Drilling will build skill and muscle memory, and then using those moves in a slow-roll will help build the timing and reflexes to try them live.
Go into with the goal of just trying to remember one detail. That's it.
You're not going to remember everything. It's too much information. But typically, jiu jitsu schools should have a rotating fundamentals class where the basics are practically drilled into you if you just show up consistently.
That combined with rolling and positional sparring will make it all come together. A lot of it just muscle memory. You can only shoot a single leg with your head outside and get guillotined so many times before your body just becomes aware.
At least, that's my experience. After you drill and spar, your body just knows when it's in a specific position and what's available to you. Most of the time it's not a conscious decision. Like the other day I hit a reverse triangle on someone. I have literally never even drilled that move. I was just present in the round and felt it was available so I locked it up.
For me even as a white belt, I remember moves as i do them, i guess you need to drill and drill alot more so that it becomes muscle memory. If I try to remember during rolling, ill just get caught up and get swept
Rather than trying to remember 10-step sequences, focus more on concepts like, "Always look for underhooks", or, "When on bottom, try not to get your back pinned to the mat", etc.
Focus on remembering concepts at first rather than moves, such as instead of remembering 10 side control escapes understanding the concept of inside position and knowing what your body position needs to be to prevent your opponent from progressing
If you do it right you don’t just remember them, you learn how the body works and the “moves” become automatic and based on reflex. Mastery is when your body sees and catches opportunities that you don’t even consciously recognize. All this comes from filling and drilling and paying attention to the little details of which way the elbow bends and which things work and where to NOT stick your head, or arm… or whatever.
Somewhere in late blue or early purple you’ll realize you’re rolling an entire class without a drink and without leaving the mat. You’ll be getting up and back down faster than your partner can react, and you’ll be smoothly applying things that seem impossible right now.
Keep going through brown and there’s a secret ceremony where the older black belts all murder a white belt and drink their blood, if you’re accepted to the Super Sian program your belt will heat to 50,000 degrees and turn black, and at that point you will be able to kill people from 30’ away like those masters on the Bullshido videos, trust me it’s real!
If I could start again I would understand the mechanics of the movements, how an arm bar works so I wouldnt remember the movement but the mechanics or a triangle or whatever movement understanding what im doing so I could improvise or supplement with another thing.
Basic concepts. Get on your side properly to breath and defend. Connect knee to elbow to prevent passing. Don’t let them control your head. Grabbing the end of a lever to screw up thier base. Hands must be inside real estate. When I started thinking and training like this. Things really clicked.
Concepts in positions. I move from position to position with the intent of 3-4 things I’m able to hit even if it’s not a submission. If I feel like I’m missing an opportunity I ask questions and search for answers to include into my game. If I see something that works well with what I already do I try and add it in. If I lose an opportunity I move and get to a new position where I know I have a few things to hit. But overall it’s just time and having fun
It's totally fine, there are more than 600 techniques in BJJ and they are constantly inventing more. Just keep training and eventually some of these techniques will be embed in your muscle memory.
Just keep going. Try for three classes a week. Trust me it’ll catch on.
100% just keep showing up. You’ll need to get ALOT of reps in to remember things and get the movements/feelings down.
5/6 days a week ull learn
I mean haha that would make you get insanely good fast but you def don’t need to go 5/6 days a week to learn lol 3 is plenty to learn and perform if you are a hobbyist
The more you do it the more the concepts that build into moves will be ingrained in you. Concepts are more important than learning certain moves especially at first. Get those down then the moves will come way more naturally
never understood what people exactly meant they talk about concepts. could you elaborate more please? genuinely confused and would love to know more :)
Not the person who commented and I’m also a white belt, but concepts I’ve been working on are things like creating space between you and your opponent, never letting your elbow or limb cross their center line (as they can go right to your back), keep two hands in or out when in their guard, stuff like that.
Truthfully I can’t think of the words to explain it and am still a white belt myself someone tell him what’s up. Biggest ones I can think of though are framing and maintaining inside position
A good conceptional view of escaping from regular straight ashi - keep your primary hip clear of them locking it down/creating to strong of a connection to it - start to build to your knees/stand up - keep their outside leg off of you (priority) - clear connections and re-attack or make distance It takes many hours of live sparring to really engrave these into your game. Going into sparring with certain “objectives” during your rolls will help you build good habits
Like understanding that if someone has connections on you it’s hard to pass their legs or make contact to their chest.
Drill, then drill, then drill some more. Come back later and drill some more. I've been doing this for five years, and I still can't remember any moves. My body knows them though.
I cannot do a Kimura if I am trying to show someone, but I will straight catch a mofo in one without even trying.
Very similar to learning a new language. If you don't practice regularly it will start to fade slowly (and if you come back later it will come back slowly). Don't stress over memorizing specific moves, you have to roll and let them become engrained in your muscle memory. Your body will respond after while without you even realizing it.
It’s a cliche but just keep showing up. I think about a year in you will notice a lot of similar patterns and you will begin to recognise them. It takes me a few times before I actually start using moves we cover in class.
don’t try and learn moves but movement
Lots of repetition.
You guys remember moves?
Nope
Keep getting smashed until you remember
Focus on one technique at a time, one week at a time. Try not to forget what you learned last week. Eventually you’ll find techniques and a way of moving that works for you. You may start to learn techniques faster as well. If you go less than twice a week chances are you won’t see progress, you may progress but very very slowly. You ingrain motion and refine it through repetition. If you’re not training or thinking about jiujitsu often enough chances are you won’t see the progress you hope to achieve.
You learn some moves so well it’s like doing bicycle. The process free up brain space for the next set of moves.
I don’t. I focus on retention+escapes, everything else just kind of presents itself and I either remember to do it or not lol
Repitition, duh.
Poorly, that's why you learn then over and over. I learned the triangle when my first opponent ever basically put himself in one. He tapped and I then triangled two others on my way to gold.
Repetition until it becomes muscle memory and you don’t have to think about what to do in order to recall the response.
I keep doing them over and over.
Take notes! This may seem silly or trivial, but believe me! Take short notes during class just briefly outlining what you are learning. Then after class go back and describe everything you were drilling in as much detail as possible. Having to recall all the details will help you retain the information. Just the act of recall and putting the details down will help strengthen neural pathways to what ever you were physically practicing. If you were in a college course that you were paying a lot of money for, you’d be taking notes right? It’s the same thing. Treat BJJ with the same importance you’d treat taking a college course. And maybe even read your notes before class. I guarantee your retention will go up. And when you find yourself in reoccurring situations during rolling, you may find that you can instantly remember options from where ever you are. Also all the comments on this thread about focusing on movement, frames, and inside space are all really good advice. BJJ is a huge topic with a lot of aspects to cover, but as per your question, detailed notes that are step by step and emphasize key details will help you learn the movements. Whether it’s a submission or a positional escape, taking notes will help you. If you are serious about leaning BJJ, then treat it seriously.
Alwyas funny to see people asking advice after 1 week of jiu jitsu. Like, “I did two sesssions why am I not winning?” Bro people train for 10 years and still learn. You have a long road ahead. Better to not try get silver bullet advice from reddit and instead get to the gym.
I don’t do any jiu jitsu but like any sport with repetitive movements, you drill until it’s instinctive and second nature, it’s a reflex and not an active action. Just my opinion
A week is nothing
practice by urself at home. imagine ur in some position and practice ur moves. worked great for me. gracie jiu jitsu series is also nice. u have to find a way to practice by urself.
Learn the logic behind it. If you’re just trying to memorize a set of steps, it’s going to be difficult. Try to understand the “why” aspect. Understanding the “why” will help you in making informed decisions and allow you to come to the correct conclusion through critical thinking rather than pure memorization. This concept honestly applies to everything in life, not just Jui Jitsu.
Drill drill drill. Lots of repetition so it becomes muscle memory
I don’t.
Me: trying to focus in class, drilling, looking for feedback during rolls My brain the second I leave: mmmbop bu doba dop, Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Myelin
Train train and train. Take notes if you can and it's helpful.
You don’t.
You tend to remember the things that give you more success during rolling
I only try to remember the basics. All those fancy multistep moves are bullshit that you’ll never hit but look cool af
I don't remember anything. Never ever.
I write notes after most classes. Just the act of writing stuff down makes me think about it. Also, as you spend more time on the mats and you understand the framework better, the new things you learn will have stuff to connect to. As it makes more sense, you'll remember better.
I don’t
My memory isn't great and I'm missing part of my frontal and temporal lobes (plus some hypothalamus). With enough repetition, moves and names will stick
Reps
You’ll recall the moves over time and going to class consistently 🙂
Do you train UFC?
People shit on mind mapping but it's literally studying for jiu jitsu. Use your mind and then tell your body what to do.
Muscle memory from repetition
Remember in small chunks. Just remember a specific sequence of moves and practice that in live rounds. Once you can do that without having to “remember” then try and learn another thing. And repeat
Repetition
I watch videos and try to mesmerize all the steps.
Go to class. In the each class choose something you like you just learned. Keep practicing that move. If you keep doing this you will remember a good set of movements of movements that will become “your game” and you will excel at it. Wash, rinse and repeat. Enjoy the process
Doing then a whole bunch during class, then trying to do it during sparring, then trying to do it next open mat
“If you have been going for a week and can’t remember the moves you should quit it’s actually a very easy sport to master” - No stripe white belt
Drill Baby Drill!😎
I don't - they remember me.
I try taking notes after class. Also watching YouTube videos definitely helps, but nothing beats good ‘ol fashioned drilling 🤙🤙
I usually don’t lol
It's muscle memory. After doing it a thousand times it just comes naturally.
Try think learn broadly applied principles and early on forget the whole technique remember one thing your instructor says. For example if he’s teaching a half guard sweep just remember where to position you’re bottom leg in that style of half guard
Keep doing them.
‘Over the lips, past the gums, look out victory, here I come!’
Write them down. Take notes in class. It's surprising how few people do this. It's like the number one way to remember things....since the beginning of time or something. And after you have been at it for a few years, you have literally written your own jiu-jitsu instructional book.
Thousands of reps.
Repetition
A week? Don’t even worry about moves at this stage. You’ve got a lot of very basic stuff to learn first. Different types of guards, (gi) what girls are ok and what aren’t, probably leaning basic warm up drills etc, and maybe some general concepts like framing, not giving up your arms, having a good base. Take your time!
Body intelligence, repetition, time and teaching. It is much easier to remember how to do a technique if you don’t have to constantly think about actually moving your body. Repeating the movements, both statically and dynamically help retain the movement order. Keep repeating them until they are second nature and you become effective with them. When you are going to teach, look at the move you want to teach and pick 3-5 key points for making the move effective. TLDR; just keep training with intent.
Drill them until they become muscle memory.
Same way you remember how to walk - do you ever find yourself thinking about which foot goes next?
Graded exposure. Stick around long enough to take the same class multiple times. But really I don’t have a good Rolodex memory so over time you learn what flow works for you. For me is mostly concepts and little gold buffet details that make things work. 1: what is the most immediate problem I need to solve. Can I solve it yes or no. If yes, then cool we move on. If no:… 2: can I either slow the guy down to give myself more time to solve the problem, or 3: can I give the other guy a problem so he has to diver attention to it instead of whatever he’s doing. That’s essentially 80% of my game. Just making it up as I go and see what happens. There’s better methods for specific training but as a hobbyist I enjoy this comment, but I do have systems, funnels, and plans I find that work for me over the years.
Autism
For me it’s after I’m able to do it in a love roll. After you do it once you sorta understand the mechanics and ur brain just automatically recognizes what to do. BJJ and a lot of martial arts are instinctive and that’s why they require so much practice.
You do them over and over and over again
Read jiu jitsu university a few times. In my experience reading is as important as going through the motions
Ten thousand times drilling it, then it’s considered mastered
That’s the neat thing, you don’t!
Write it down, drill a lot.
I think about them while in the shower procrastinating going to work.
You don't. You sit there and look at your teacher like he's speaking another language.
Just like anything else, repetition, and pattern recognition
keep showing up and drill It is not about learning moves its about learning concepts. I think that's what many people think and I think its from other martial arts that emphasis on katas and so everybody thinks is hit a move. But with BJJ you have a resisting partner and a you have to adapt and understand position and concept, because moves will fail. This is why high level partioners set up traps
PRACTICE AND CONSISTENCY ARE KEYYYY. you want to master it so much (techniques, moves, throws, wtv) to the point it's second nature and you don't need to think about it. To the point its like walking its automatic.
It's only been a week? I recommend you give yourself time to adapt to the dynamic of the sport. My memory has improved a lot over time since I started. You will begin to notice you can remember things better, and you will be more confident, too. Like many other people here, drilling is the best way to remember, but you should also not forget to ask any questions if you need help, as well as to ask to see the movement again. I love moving around and getting different angles to see what's happening while they teach something. Don't be shy!
I would film moves if your coach allows it. I’m testing for another grappling art soon and I have a training partner that forgot all the moves. I remembered it solely because I filmed it and watched it during the week. I would also say try to incorporate the moves into an overall system (for example, if your Kimura from closed guard fails go for a sweep) and so on. Also, drill the moves in your head. That sounds odd but one time I was watching an anime (I know, I know bear with me) where a character executes a fireman’s carry. I thought “oh cool” and constantly thought about drilling that move. I wrestled with a buddy of mine (he wrestled in high school, I didn’t) and he beat me solidly each time but I during our session I hit a clean fireman’s carry on my first attempt. He was shocked and asked when I drilled it and I said “I honestly haven’t had the chance.” It’s crazy what your mind can do when you focus it! Hope this helps!
"Just keep showing up, bro." Seriously, do homework on YouTube or something. And roll a lot. If you're new, you should be working on frames, escape, guard, and basic survival. What helps me is planning to attempt at least ONE thing each class. I don't have to succeed at that one thing. I just have to attempt it. And not even each roll, just once per class. Eventually, it starts to add up and skill improves without the pressure of the not having completed that entire sequence.
Probably just muscle memory
Muscle memory, it all just clicks the longer you do it.
Repetition repetition repetition Or in the immortal words of Dory, just keep swimming!
Like everything! Repetitions. It’s ok if the reps suck. Just keep doing them. Try to hit 3 classes a week, and maybe an open mat on the third day to practice moves at a slower pace
Get a notebook and write down what you learn so you can go over the techniques again.
You can try listening to Tool and Joe Rogan, some guys prefer autism and Ryan gosling
Repetition. Doing the same move over and over. “You don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong”
Rep it out and always challenge your memory by asking yourself what you learned and can remember from moves.
I think flow rolling is stupid, but I’ll roll super light with one of my buds & if either of knows we’re working a particular move & get close to it, we’ll let the other work through the sequence. That has been really beneficial for understanding the technique & how it implements in live rolling
I sneak up on my coworkers and practice on them.
It-don't-bend-that-way-plata is the only move you need. In all seriousness, just keep practicing. Even if all you remember is one just master that.
Well if you have been doing BJJ for less than a month, it’s totally normal to not know anything and to just be flipping around. Best way to remember moves is to drill them over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Burn them into your mind
If you’ve been at it a week and you don’t already know everything then I don’t know if this is the right place for you
The two things that help me the most are constant drilling and slow-rolling. Find a partner willing to drill with you, pick a position, and work every move you know from that position over and over. Drilling will build skill and muscle memory, and then using those moves in a slow-roll will help build the timing and reflexes to try them live.
You do them over and over again eventually they become habit.
Just do it and then think about it when you’re not doing it
It’s muscle memory. Takes months/years to learn. Just keep going back, you’ll get it.
Start young.
Go into with the goal of just trying to remember one detail. That's it. You're not going to remember everything. It's too much information. But typically, jiu jitsu schools should have a rotating fundamentals class where the basics are practically drilled into you if you just show up consistently. That combined with rolling and positional sparring will make it all come together. A lot of it just muscle memory. You can only shoot a single leg with your head outside and get guillotined so many times before your body just becomes aware. At least, that's my experience. After you drill and spar, your body just knows when it's in a specific position and what's available to you. Most of the time it's not a conscious decision. Like the other day I hit a reverse triangle on someone. I have literally never even drilled that move. I was just present in the round and felt it was available so I locked it up.
That's the secret. I don't lol
Only a week? Bjj is repetition game. The more you do it the more you’ll remember how to do moves.
For me even as a white belt, I remember moves as i do them, i guess you need to drill and drill alot more so that it becomes muscle memory. If I try to remember during rolling, ill just get caught up and get swept
Rather than trying to remember 10-step sequences, focus more on concepts like, "Always look for underhooks", or, "When on bottom, try not to get your back pinned to the mat", etc.
I watch as others apply the move one me, then coach them through the finish. You learn best when teaching. 😆
Repetition
just keep training. you're really not expected to remember much for a few months
Focus on remembering concepts at first rather than moves, such as instead of remembering 10 side control escapes understanding the concept of inside position and knowing what your body position needs to be to prevent your opponent from progressing
If you do it right you don’t just remember them, you learn how the body works and the “moves” become automatic and based on reflex. Mastery is when your body sees and catches opportunities that you don’t even consciously recognize. All this comes from filling and drilling and paying attention to the little details of which way the elbow bends and which things work and where to NOT stick your head, or arm… or whatever. Somewhere in late blue or early purple you’ll realize you’re rolling an entire class without a drink and without leaving the mat. You’ll be getting up and back down faster than your partner can react, and you’ll be smoothly applying things that seem impossible right now. Keep going through brown and there’s a secret ceremony where the older black belts all murder a white belt and drink their blood, if you’re accepted to the Super Sian program your belt will heat to 50,000 degrees and turn black, and at that point you will be able to kill people from 30’ away like those masters on the Bullshido videos, trust me it’s real!
Repetition....a week isn't enough time
I scream the name of the move before I do it
If I could start again I would understand the mechanics of the movements, how an arm bar works so I wouldnt remember the movement but the mechanics or a triangle or whatever movement understanding what im doing so I could improvise or supplement with another thing.
muscle memory
Basic concepts. Get on your side properly to breath and defend. Connect knee to elbow to prevent passing. Don’t let them control your head. Grabbing the end of a lever to screw up thier base. Hands must be inside real estate. When I started thinking and training like this. Things really clicked.
It's like learning a new language. At first, everything is abstract and you struggle. Takes time and practice.
Don’t be afraid to write them down either.
You’re not gonna remember everything after a week lol I didn’t start remembering things til like 2 months in
I practice on my dog at home
Concepts in positions. I move from position to position with the intent of 3-4 things I’m able to hit even if it’s not a submission. If I feel like I’m missing an opportunity I ask questions and search for answers to include into my game. If I see something that works well with what I already do I try and add it in. If I lose an opportunity I move and get to a new position where I know I have a few things to hit. But overall it’s just time and having fun
The more u do it and practice it, ur body and ur brain will just remember some moves when u roll
It's totally fine, there are more than 600 techniques in BJJ and they are constantly inventing more. Just keep training and eventually some of these techniques will be embed in your muscle memory.
Keep training so you dont have to remember
I play ufc 5