Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

I am not small but considerably olderthan most at the dojo and have flexibility issues but I still roll with most andno one in our dojo tries to overdo it or hurt anyone.

Height and strength are definitely an advantage, but there are a lot of guys who are shorter and lighter than you.

Work on defence, especially framing and half guard. You need good defence before you can work on attacks, and it can take a while to get that right.

Dans tout les arts martiaux c est long d apprendre toute les techniques qui sont certaine plus difficile que d autres ce qui demande de la concentration et pour ma parts certaines prise sont assimiler a100 % d autres il me faut plus de temps , vous pouvez les répéter chez vous . Mais je fait du sport en salle pour travailler les muscle et il faut pas toujours de la force pour renverser un adversaire c est la technique et la rapidité .
je vous dit ca car j ai une association de MMA

Thanks for sharing that! I like how you broke it down to defense and attack. It makes the learning process of BJJ more comprehensible!

Hi guys!
I’ve just returned tô practice bjj but i confess it’s been really difficult because of my lack of height and specially strength. How do you deal with it? Dont you feel that bjj techniques dont contemplate ppl like me?!

tq la taille sa pas vraiment d importance muscle toi en salle ou chez toi , c est surtout les technique qu' il faut retenir et la pratique
je travaille avec un instructeurs 1M 69 70 K et il arrive a soulever un mec de 90k sa ma impressionner au début et c est simplement une histoire de technique du combat
courage !!!! et entraine toi

Jiu Jitsu offers a variety of techniques. At the beginning, the most important thing for you will be to learn defenses and sweeps. In the medium term, it will also be good to train explosive movement, so you are able to surprise an opponent when submitting.

At the gym where I train, the lighter guys are the ones who usually train more hip mobility, the closed guard from below (white belt) and the half guard (blue belt).

For any beginner, jiu jitsu can be a bit frustrating in the first year and a half. You get beaten up a lot. The learning curve is long. However, if jiu jitsu interests you, don't get discouraged. There is light at the end of the tunnel!

BJJ techniques are specifically designed for your situation— using leverage and positioning to offset power differences.

If there are attributes it’s hard to live without in BJJ, they are speed, agility, and body awareness, but good practitioners can help you around whatever you’re missing

You can also do strength training (weights but not too heavy; body weight exercises, etc.) to become stronger.

With all due respect, it’s easy to say that when you are a bigger guy.

It’s an online forum, it’s easy for everyone to say everything.

But I also say this as a trained big guy who has been beat by better trained smaller guys, who has encountered a few of these small light guys who compete in the open weight classes (open to beasts bigger than me and ALSO better trained.)

And I say this as someone with two attribute DISADVANTAGES: I am neither fast nor flexible and always had to roll with people who are far faster than I am, and whose flexibility offered them possible moves I could not pull off.

You can’t fix most of your attributes (exceptions include conditioning and to an extent flexibility). But you can train harder, smarter, with more experienced people, etc.

Yes, they can - thanks for your reply and I hope my replies do not come across in the wrong way. It is just something I come across quite a lot: BJJ was designed for smaller guys, you just need to train harder/smarter, smaller guys have advantages with some techniques. But this is at the higher level - a level I can only respect people who get there, and one which most do not get anywhere near (injuries, physical limitations, other commitments or situations that limit how much you can train). At this level even more, weight really matters - it hurts a lot when a heavier guy lands on top of you, it is frustrating when pinned down you cannot escape, or when grappling you cannot even move them. That is the reality for me and maybe quite a lot of people on here (would be good to know - especially how the original guy who posted is getting on).

Great comments. I think at white belt stage (I’m speaking as a four stripe no-gi guy) it’s about defending at this stage, especially if we are lighter…I'm 74 kg.
I have spent a lot of time on my back on the mat. My advice to anyone like us is that get your frames in, get your hooks in and knee shield too. Get comfortable on that position, and make it as uncomfortable as possible for anyone on top to try and pressure you. That will give you time to think about what you can do to sweep them. It’s certainly much better being on top, but as I found, you’ve got to get on top first! And that’s no easy feat when everyone is younger and heavier.
Stuck on the bottom, never be flat on your back! Always be on your side, and try things like shoulder clamps. I become very good at those and they are very dominating and can become very painful for opponent. That can also lead to an Armbar or Kimura.

So those are just my thoughts. It’s a different journey for everyone, but those of us who are lightweights struggle with all the things you have to learn, plus heavier guys, in the early stages of training.

Exactly! I already had 2 injuries at my bjj journey: broken finger and biceps lesion. All because Im always the smaller and weaker guy! Def, you need tô be way advanced to take adiantage of flexibility, because when you are a white belt, this only helps you tô be smashed! I have to work out to get stronger and train bjj which, rn, i think Im not able to do… and I think it happens at all martial arts. Unfortunatly i had tô stop bjj again because Im injuried 🤷🏻‍♂️

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