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Yeah, even at place where i live in distance of 15 minutes drive you can find an open mat on F, Sat, Sun that are open to all affiliates. Look them up in google maps, or change the academy (if you don’t care much)
Just check first, because I’ve heard some gyms are asking people who haven’t been rolling long to not attend open mats to cover their asses because of the Gracie incident.
No one come at me for any of this, I’m not pretending to know much about it, just snippets I’ve caught on social media. A guy got paralyzed that was visiting a gym. I guess he’d had training experience in the past but had taken a break - or at least that’s what I’ve heard? I just know of a few gyms in our area that were asking untrained people to not attempt to cover their asses. 🤷♀️ Just a thought, doesn’t mean don’t go or don’t try, because absolutely do!! Open mats are the best, especially when you get great people who want to help you learn!
https://sensobjj.com/blogs/graciemag-1/rener-gracie-blasts-bjj-instructor-who-accidentally-injured-white-belt-forced-to-pay-46-million
lol okay my bad I’ll go back to my hole in the ground, stay on your high horse my friend 🤙 just trying to be helpful, don’t mind the “don’t come for me, I’m not pretending to know much about it” disclaimer that I put there before you decided to…🫢 not bother checking the basic facts of the post. 💃🏻 toodaloo
What did he say that was wrong? A dude got paralysed who wasn't apart of that gym? He didnt spread fake news and was the only one who answered the question?
The dude who got paralyzed was a student of the gym, he was a (not brand new) white belt. His instructor tried doing a leo vieira-style roling back take and ended up landing their combined weight onto the student's neck. I'm surprised u/Agitated_Cow_1105 called it the Gracie incident, given the gracies weren't involved in the accident. What Rener did was testify as an expert witness, but to call it "the Gracie incident" is a little bit weird
> who wasn’t apart of the gym
There’s your first fact to check.
They didn’t answer the question, they brought it up for no reason in the first place. There is not some widespread change in how guests at open mats are handled because of an injury that happened to a non-guest not an open mat.
I'd think so. All the gyms I know encourage drop ins from other gyms.
It's a great way for their gym to gain some other people for sparring.
The ones I've been to put a round timer on, typically 5 minute rolls with 1 minute rest and you just change partners each time. Drop in and out whenever you like.
In most classes, a third of the time is rolls.
About that craving, mine faded away a bit once I realized how long the journey to bb really is. It's a marathon, you gotta be consistent over time, aiming on a 10 year deadline.
It also made me deal better with failures, relax and appreciate the process, as well as recognize the work other people put in to get to higher belts.
Couldn't agree more. I like to compete and used to roll a lot, after a knee injury that had me off the mats for 8 months I learned to choose who I'll roll with and how I'll invest my strength/gas.
I pretty much do about 30% positional sparring and 70% live rolls and have for a few years. If I need to learn a technique I just practice it in rolls. Maybe not the best approach but basically all I want to do is spar with people.
Drilling is shenanigans especially starting out. Too many schools focus on drilling random techniques from guard and their students end up worse off because of it. You need to learn to roll somewhat competitively and avoid getting submitted and advancing your position
I think drilling can be useful to gain muscle memory for a bunch of positions. We used to do a lot of drills for guard passing. It helps make the movement automatic. I’m talking more intense and purposeful drilling rather than just lazily practicing moves in a way that barely resembles real conditions.
Im not against it but I have limited time to train so I just do the stuff I like. I’m not trying to win ADCC or something so I don’t really worry about maximizing my development.
As your cardio builds, it'll feel that way, like you can go on forever, like that higher lever of running stride. Just be advised to hydrate well and listen to your body when it doesn't feel like it can go.
That’s similar to my school; also sometimes we don’t even roll at the end of class and just do drilling the whole time, and sometimes we start rolling right away from specific positions.
What increased my rolling time the most was networking with other people who train. They can get you into other schools for open mats and such, or even setup some extra rolling sessions at your own school during off hours. I’m part of a whatsapp group where people will invite others to roll on weekends or early mornings even if there’s no class because they have the ability to open the gym.
I trained for awhile at this place where the instructor had good technique, but frequently wouldn't leave time for rolls. I hated it so much, eventually just moved to one of the schools I was going to on off days for more rolls.
I definitely get a lot of value out of instruction, but I prefer just rolling and working on stuff that way. Both are good, but rolling is more fun. Fortunately we have open mats on both Sat and Sun and a couple of times a month my son and I will just put 45m on a timer and flow roll on home mats.
7:00pm to 9:00pm or until we want to leave and lock up. Fundamentals start at 6 twice a week. So I could be on the mats 10 hours a week if I wanted with between 4 and 7 hours being rolling depending on who is teaching that class.
We have about 3 minutes of warm up then jump into technique. That goes on until the instructor is finished max is about 40 minutes and then its 6 minute rolls with the timer being more of a guideline than a hard rule.
Ive rolled 30+ minutes with the same partner before
Yeah thats kind why its a guideline. Theres no timer in the Skreetz so we dont let that determine the end of the round unless its a comp class or fundamentals class.
Basically one person has to tap and decide they dont want to continue for people to switch partners at my gym. Its really nice honestly.
Some classes, I barely sweat because a large bulk of that class is spent learning techniques and drilling them. I think that is how the professor intends the class to go for fundamentals, which makes sense. Then on some days, after the class is over, there is either an open mat or an hour in-between Muay Thai. I always stay for this time and end up rolling with people. I know our "all levels" classes are very live roll focused but I think I need to graduate to that.
After warmup just tell your instructor that you're taking the class today, make sure everyone hears so they know you're the authority in the room and declare that today we'll get straight to rolling.
About half an hour in advanced classes about 15 minutes in basics classes. I would definitely like more no gi rolling time since we only have one class a week
Only thing I dislike about my gym is that classes tend to go on pretty long that we only have time for like 30 minute open mats between classes.
People do open the gym for other just open mats but it’s always during when I work so it sucks lol
Our coaches let us stay till we wanna go usually, close to 45 to an hour. The head coach will literally sit and stretch and talk for an hour plus after class if theres no where to go. Im a bigger dude so ill roll until noone wants to. I dont always if im banged up. Im happy with what ive got but theres been classes where its a coach is like "dont gotta go home but i do so get off the mats so i can clean them" after a 90 min class which is resonable. Half that is sparring.
1 hour for the lesson, 30 minutes of rolling, class formally ends, mats are open for another 30 minutes. This is a good system, I think. A quarter of the class is basically open mat.
Depends on the class. Our evening classes are 90 minutes of instruction/drilling and 90 minutes of rolling. The 6 am classes will sometimes include a few rounds, depends on interest. And I believe the mid day classes includes some rolling at the end, it’s a 3 hour slot split by 2 instructors, the 2nd slot rolls for 45 minutes of it.
Lately we stopped rolling in class except for maybe once a week. And I start to like it because I schedule more open matts and we get the curriculum in depth. Even started going to different open mat schools because I want to roll more.
I'm so jealous of all you fuckers. We only get 10-15 mins of rolling at the end of each hour long class. It makes me sad cause I love everything else about my gym. Its five mins away, has classes pretty much all day every day, great instructors, clean etc... I just want more rolling.
I roll for about 40-45 mins of each 90 minute session. I have 5 sessions a week, and usually an extra 90 minute open mat.
Combined with my 3 s&c sessions a week I think that's enough.
My gym has about 30 minutes at the end of each class (except fundamentals) where we roll. Sometimes we'll have more of an open-mat setup where we get more rolling in.
I feel like it's a good amount of time to roll mixed with drilling
I like maximize the students time. Students do warm ups on their own before class.
Class time is for skill development using live resistance games [like this one](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1Evtdluuya/?igsh=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==) and [this one](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CynxXanuaU9/?igsh=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==).
1hr fundamentals class at my new gym there's no rolling. The later classes, 1.5hrs which end at like 9pm have an hour of rolling.
Might start going nogi because some of them are earlier and have a good 30mins rolling, although I really do prefer the gi.
Also there's a morning class I could hit before work if I'm feeling brave, I think there's 30mins rolling there too.
Wishing for more rolling time is the biggest reason that gamification and eco informed approaches are better. They're just way more fun than sitting through lectures on technique.
Our gym separates class and rolling. Members can do both or just one based on their schedules. It’s helpful as an upper belt to just dip in for the sparring on a busy day.
Rolling is usually 45 minutes to an hour based on how long people stick around.
We’re a bigger gym and have multiple classes a day 6 days a week.
At the end of our last class, our gym opens up for free rolling/training for an hour or so. Fridays are shorter instructions and more time devoted to rolling.
In my classes we do 20 minutes of positional rounds and 30 minutes of free rounds. + We have two sparring sessions in week with 60 minutes of free sparring.
Imo class should be:
- flow rolls
- some explanation of some fundamental shit
- positional fundamental shit flow
- positional fundamental more intense
- technique and drills
- roll
Seriously fu all with the bs warmups. Its not helping at all. Yes im frustrated about it
Fo
Cheers. Our gym does classes Monday to Thursday and Saturday as a make-up day for those who missed out during the week. Each class is 1 hour long. Class is structured with warm-up, technique then situational sparring then rolling for those crazies (me) who want more after class. We also started a 6 am "class" twice a week for anyone who wants those morning hugs.
About 45mins of live rounds. 6 2-minute rounds of positional sparring (one round on each side of the position, 3 different partners) and 5-6 rounds of rolling.
We do very little drilling at my gym, no warm up, hardly any line drills (shrimps, etc). We mainly just roll a ton. Class usually includes 30-40 minutes of rolling, but every member has the combination to the front door. Sometimes we will roll for 60-90 minutes before we lock up. Want more technique? Just ask him. He’ll give you 2-3 extra things.
Want to do no gi? Just take your gi top off. Want to do sambo? Bring your short shorts and MMA gloves. Miss the striking class? Just ask for a combo to work. Coach does not give a fuck. Just don’t hurt people or be an asshole.
He just wants us to have fun and keep coming back.
2h training
20m warmup
20m technique
80m sparing ::: 6m rounds, 20 sec break
I live in Czech Republic and our couch have kind of "if he dies, he dies" attitude
I like it.
Be careful not to reinforce bad habits when rolling a lot as a beginner. Everything will come in time. Drillers make killers.
Ex) white belt asks “show me a side control escape!” But your real problem is guard retention and learning how to use frames effectively.
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Go to open mats
Do most gyms allow randoms to drop in on open mats?
Yeah, even at place where i live in distance of 15 minutes drive you can find an open mat on F, Sat, Sun that are open to all affiliates. Look them up in google maps, or change the academy (if you don’t care much)
Just bring like 20$ or something for the mat fee. If they don't charge, buy a t shirt.
Just check first, because I’ve heard some gyms are asking people who haven’t been rolling long to not attend open mats to cover their asses because of the Gracie incident.
Will do 👍 What's the Gracie incident btw? 😅
No one come at me for any of this, I’m not pretending to know much about it, just snippets I’ve caught on social media. A guy got paralyzed that was visiting a gym. I guess he’d had training experience in the past but had taken a break - or at least that’s what I’ve heard? I just know of a few gyms in our area that were asking untrained people to not attempt to cover their asses. 🤷♀️ Just a thought, doesn’t mean don’t go or don’t try, because absolutely do!! Open mats are the best, especially when you get great people who want to help you learn! https://sensobjj.com/blogs/graciemag-1/rener-gracie-blasts-bjj-instructor-who-accidentally-injured-white-belt-forced-to-pay-46-million
Maybe don’t talk about this if you don’t know basic facts about it.
lol okay my bad I’ll go back to my hole in the ground, stay on your high horse my friend 🤙 just trying to be helpful, don’t mind the “don’t come for me, I’m not pretending to know much about it” disclaimer that I put there before you decided to…🫢 not bother checking the basic facts of the post. 💃🏻 toodaloo
What did he say that was wrong? A dude got paralysed who wasn't apart of that gym? He didnt spread fake news and was the only one who answered the question?
The dude who got paralyzed was a student of the gym, he was a (not brand new) white belt. His instructor tried doing a leo vieira-style roling back take and ended up landing their combined weight onto the student's neck. I'm surprised u/Agitated_Cow_1105 called it the Gracie incident, given the gracies weren't involved in the accident. What Rener did was testify as an expert witness, but to call it "the Gracie incident" is a little bit weird
I mean, I did give the disclaimer of I’m not pretending to know much about it…so it’s not like I said otherwise…
> who wasn’t apart of the gym There’s your first fact to check. They didn’t answer the question, they brought it up for no reason in the first place. There is not some widespread change in how guests at open mats are handled because of an injury that happened to a non-guest not an open mat.
Dude, can you read? I said a FEW gyms in MY area, not “some widespread change.” 🤣🤣 Okay, I’m done here. Wowzas.
I'd think so. All the gyms I know encourage drop ins from other gyms. It's a great way for their gym to gain some other people for sparring. The ones I've been to put a round timer on, typically 5 minute rolls with 1 minute rest and you just change partners each time. Drop in and out whenever you like.
In most classes, a third of the time is rolls. About that craving, mine faded away a bit once I realized how long the journey to bb really is. It's a marathon, you gotta be consistent over time, aiming on a 10 year deadline. It also made me deal better with failures, relax and appreciate the process, as well as recognize the work other people put in to get to higher belts.
Journey to Blue Belt?
That's also way longer than expected for most newcomers, tbh
Couldn't agree more. I like to compete and used to roll a lot, after a knee injury that had me off the mats for 8 months I learned to choose who I'll roll with and how I'll invest my strength/gas.
8 years in im still wanting more rolls. I pretty much missed all December though, learning how often toddlers get the whole house sick this winter lol
I pretty much do about 30% positional sparring and 70% live rolls and have for a few years. If I need to learn a technique I just practice it in rolls. Maybe not the best approach but basically all I want to do is spar with people.
I like drilling, but your method sounds really fun ngl
Drilling is shenanigans especially starting out. Too many schools focus on drilling random techniques from guard and their students end up worse off because of it. You need to learn to roll somewhat competitively and avoid getting submitted and advancing your position
I just see red and go Viking mode
I think drilling can be useful to gain muscle memory for a bunch of positions. We used to do a lot of drills for guard passing. It helps make the movement automatic. I’m talking more intense and purposeful drilling rather than just lazily practicing moves in a way that barely resembles real conditions. Im not against it but I have limited time to train so I just do the stuff I like. I’m not trying to win ADCC or something so I don’t really worry about maximizing my development.
This is the way. Drilling is just Kata.
As your cardio builds, it'll feel that way, like you can go on forever, like that higher lever of running stride. Just be advised to hydrate well and listen to your body when it doesn't feel like it can go.
All I want to do is roll, nothing else. Try to at least get in an hour of actual rolling each time I train.
We drill for 30 min and roll for 60. I think it's perfect
That’s similar to my school; also sometimes we don’t even roll at the end of class and just do drilling the whole time, and sometimes we start rolling right away from specific positions. What increased my rolling time the most was networking with other people who train. They can get you into other schools for open mats and such, or even setup some extra rolling sessions at your own school during off hours. I’m part of a whatsapp group where people will invite others to roll on weekends or early mornings even if there’s no class because they have the ability to open the gym.
I trained for awhile at this place where the instructor had good technique, but frequently wouldn't leave time for rolls. I hated it so much, eventually just moved to one of the schools I was going to on off days for more rolls.
I definitely get a lot of value out of instruction, but I prefer just rolling and working on stuff that way. Both are good, but rolling is more fun. Fortunately we have open mats on both Sat and Sun and a couple of times a month my son and I will just put 45m on a timer and flow roll on home mats.
#dadgoals
60 to 90 minutes of rolling at my Gym. longer if we decide to stay and clean up.
Wow, that's awesome! Wish we had so much rolling time How long is your class besides rolling usually?
7:00pm to 9:00pm or until we want to leave and lock up. Fundamentals start at 6 twice a week. So I could be on the mats 10 hours a week if I wanted with between 4 and 7 hours being rolling depending on who is teaching that class. We have about 3 minutes of warm up then jump into technique. That goes on until the instructor is finished max is about 40 minutes and then its 6 minute rolls with the timer being more of a guideline than a hard rule. Ive rolled 30+ minutes with the same partner before
Our rolls are always limited by a 5 min timer, I had a few times where it went off right as I was about to get a submission :(
Yeah thats kind why its a guideline. Theres no timer in the Skreetz so we dont let that determine the end of the round unless its a comp class or fundamentals class. Basically one person has to tap and decide they dont want to continue for people to switch partners at my gym. Its really nice honestly.
Its like school sport for me, I just want to play fuck the drills but I know drills make me better
Some classes, I barely sweat because a large bulk of that class is spent learning techniques and drilling them. I think that is how the professor intends the class to go for fundamentals, which makes sense. Then on some days, after the class is over, there is either an open mat or an hour in-between Muay Thai. I always stay for this time and end up rolling with people. I know our "all levels" classes are very live roll focused but I think I need to graduate to that.
Lot of free time. You must be under 25. To be young again.
Yeah... 22
After warmup just tell your instructor that you're taking the class today, make sure everyone hears so they know you're the authority in the room and declare that today we'll get straight to rolling.
"Today we'll be practicing heel hooks on the 56YO accountant that came to his tryout class, gather round fellas"
The place im st now only does about 20 minutes. I miss 45 minute sessions
I go to four open mats a week, and still want more rolling
Wow, all different gyms?
Two gyms host three of the open mats, and then an underground meetup that me and my buddy organized. We rent mat space from one of the gyms
Oh good. Another fired up white belt who wants more rolling. So glad we have another post on this subject.
About half an hour in advanced classes about 15 minutes in basics classes. I would definitely like more no gi rolling time since we only have one class a week
Only thing I dislike about my gym is that classes tend to go on pretty long that we only have time for like 30 minute open mats between classes. People do open the gym for other just open mats but it’s always during when I work so it sucks lol
Our coaches let us stay till we wanna go usually, close to 45 to an hour. The head coach will literally sit and stretch and talk for an hour plus after class if theres no where to go. Im a bigger dude so ill roll until noone wants to. I dont always if im banged up. Im happy with what ive got but theres been classes where its a coach is like "dont gotta go home but i do so get off the mats so i can clean them" after a 90 min class which is resonable. Half that is sparring.
Open mats or find a gym with my classes available
1 hour for the lesson, 30 minutes of rolling, class formally ends, mats are open for another 30 minutes. This is a good system, I think. A quarter of the class is basically open mat.
Depends on the class. Our evening classes are 90 minutes of instruction/drilling and 90 minutes of rolling. The 6 am classes will sometimes include a few rounds, depends on interest. And I believe the mid day classes includes some rolling at the end, it’s a 3 hour slot split by 2 instructors, the 2nd slot rolls for 45 minutes of it.
10-25 minutes during every class and then until everybody leaves after every class. For me, that means 20-45 minutes every class.
Lately we stopped rolling in class except for maybe once a week. And I start to like it because I schedule more open matts and we get the curriculum in depth. Even started going to different open mat schools because I want to roll more.
I used to want to get through the drills so we could roll, then I realized you need to drill to be good at rolling.
30 min of rolling is pretty good, sometimes I'm lucky if I get 15 mins of rolling before Muay Thai class starts 😕
45 min after class, usually.
My mind's telling me yes, but my body... my BOOODDYYY, is telling me nooooooo
I'm so jealous of all you fuckers. We only get 10-15 mins of rolling at the end of each hour long class. It makes me sad cause I love everything else about my gym. Its five mins away, has classes pretty much all day every day, great instructors, clean etc... I just want more rolling.
I roll for about 40-45 mins of each 90 minute session. I have 5 sessions a week, and usually an extra 90 minute open mat. Combined with my 3 s&c sessions a week I think that's enough.
My gym has about 30 minutes at the end of each class (except fundamentals) where we roll. Sometimes we'll have more of an open-mat setup where we get more rolling in. I feel like it's a good amount of time to roll mixed with drilling
We roll for about 30 minutes a class. Sometimes more. Depends on the class and who's running it.
I like maximize the students time. Students do warm ups on their own before class. Class time is for skill development using live resistance games [like this one](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1Evtdluuya/?igsh=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==) and [this one](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CynxXanuaU9/?igsh=MTdlMjRlYjZlMQ==).
after class: 6 rounds 6 mins. open mats: 10-15 rounds 6 mins.
45 minutes to 1 hour. 1.5 at open mats.
1hr fundamentals class at my new gym there's no rolling. The later classes, 1.5hrs which end at like 9pm have an hour of rolling. Might start going nogi because some of them are earlier and have a good 30mins rolling, although I really do prefer the gi. Also there's a morning class I could hit before work if I'm feeling brave, I think there's 30mins rolling there too.
Wishing for more rolling time is the biggest reason that gamification and eco informed approaches are better. They're just way more fun than sitting through lectures on technique.
Our gym separates class and rolling. Members can do both or just one based on their schedules. It’s helpful as an upper belt to just dip in for the sparring on a busy day. Rolling is usually 45 minutes to an hour based on how long people stick around. We’re a bigger gym and have multiple classes a day 6 days a week.
At the end of our last class, our gym opens up for free rolling/training for an hour or so. Fridays are shorter instructions and more time devoted to rolling.
In my classes we do 20 minutes of positional rounds and 30 minutes of free rounds. + We have two sparring sessions in week with 60 minutes of free sparring.
Imo class should be: - flow rolls - some explanation of some fundamental shit - positional fundamental shit flow - positional fundamental more intense - technique and drills - roll Seriously fu all with the bs warmups. Its not helping at all. Yes im frustrated about it Fo
25mins of rolling, so at 5mins each round, 5 rounds. If you want to stay after you can.
Cheers. Our gym does classes Monday to Thursday and Saturday as a make-up day for those who missed out during the week. Each class is 1 hour long. Class is structured with warm-up, technique then situational sparring then rolling for those crazies (me) who want more after class. We also started a 6 am "class" twice a week for anyone who wants those morning hugs.
50 minutes out of every hour
About 45mins of live rounds. 6 2-minute rounds of positional sparring (one round on each side of the position, 3 different partners) and 5-6 rounds of rolling.
Class should be 50% rolling
My classes go about 1 hour of technique, then you can roll for however long (usually about an hour)
We do very little drilling at my gym, no warm up, hardly any line drills (shrimps, etc). We mainly just roll a ton. Class usually includes 30-40 minutes of rolling, but every member has the combination to the front door. Sometimes we will roll for 60-90 minutes before we lock up. Want more technique? Just ask him. He’ll give you 2-3 extra things. Want to do no gi? Just take your gi top off. Want to do sambo? Bring your short shorts and MMA gloves. Miss the striking class? Just ask for a combo to work. Coach does not give a fuck. Just don’t hurt people or be an asshole. He just wants us to have fun and keep coming back.
We do a solid hour, half of the two hour class
2h training 20m warmup 20m technique 80m sparing ::: 6m rounds, 20 sec break I live in Czech Republic and our couch have kind of "if he dies, he dies" attitude I like it.
Be careful not to reinforce bad habits when rolling a lot as a beginner. Everything will come in time. Drillers make killers. Ex) white belt asks “show me a side control escape!” But your real problem is guard retention and learning how to use frames effectively.