What I have observed over the years in different martial arts is that one mistake many beginners make is trying to practice techniques too fast. If we translate that to BJJ, they think that if they managed to sweep somebody, then it was good, even though the technique may have been total crap.
But that’s just my opinion. I’m a lifelong beginner.
Nevertheless, my last class went well. I was satisfied after the training.
As usual, I struggled a little with forward rolls during the warm-up. After that, we practiced chokes and escapes from back control. We did several three-minute rounds, starting with back control from a seated position, with hooks in. The goal for the person on the back was to finish the submission, while the partner had to escape. Every time one of us succeeded, we restarted from the same position.
At the end, I had five rounds of free rolling.
I did quite well.
One brown belt I rolled with even told me that while I was underneath him in side control, I was doing everything correctly — bridge, hip escape, and staying active.
We’ve rolled together before, and that time I panicked and did everything wrong, in the same position.
I’d call that improvement.
And maybe that fits the thought from the beginning: doing things more slowly but correctly eventually starts to show.
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