Training jiu jitsu as a woman | What they don't tell you

I train in my cup too. I love it. If I use a tampon I change it immediately before and after.

Good advice. I've been training for only 3 weeks, and broke my hand rolling with the largest guy in the school. I might start thinking about matching body size with roll partners.

How can a Father advise their 13 year old daughter before joining BJJ?
She started Kick Boxing at JKD, and as uncomfortable as I am, I will also like her to learn BJJ for defense.

Great content. As a dad of young girls that train, I’m hopeful that they keep training and find solace in an online woman’s community of BJJ players so they have their own space.

And the other side of things is that BJJ experiences can vary radically from gym to gym because each place has its own culture. Some places are survival of the fittest and some are very welcoming. I think you should find a place that is very welcoming and watches out for you. Sometimes it makes sense for a coach to dictate who you train with early on since you might not have the confidence to speak up in such a hierarchical community.

As a person whose been doing martial arts for 38 years I'll say this judo jujitsu when you're young is best I've found it to difficult over 50 because people on the Mat who are much younger don't treat you with much regard to your age.

.....i dont wanna get hurt. Especially bc i have small kids.😮

My daughter will be 12 in a couple of months and her father decided to put her in classes. I was afraid this would make her more tomboyish, at first she hated it but the praise she gets seems to be motivating her. She struggles with self esteem and I want her to be more feminine but her mental health is more important. If the exercise can help her mood and self confidence I’ll be happy. Maybe as she gets older it will get rougher and she can try something else.

this really helped especially tip number 4 lol i had no clue what to do about that and i really did not want to search it thank you so much

Wow that’s so helpful to hear from a woman’s perspective! What age range are women who train typically?

I really want to join, but do you think I should join? I'm a teenage girl and I don't know if it would be good for me but I still want to join. (also the weird positions and grappling with boys on the ground...)

I'll take this into consideration, when I spar not just women but everyone in the gym.

Been training for a year now but still found this video so helpful. Love the advice about how to train on your period. Thank you

If a man feels uncomfortable to roll with a woman, there is nothing wrong with that. We should not be forced into to things we do not feel comfortable with.

As a guy doing Judo, I have to try the hair tie thing since I got chest length

I find that rolling with cornrows helps to not lose as much hair, I normally do two rows and haven’t lost any hair or even damaged my hair

Nails are not my ting. I m going to cut my hair short.Judo with wrestling 🤼‍♂️

How do you deal with selecting training partners? Do you flat out just say no, or just don't look at their direction? Lol

I would love to have the beautiful Maya Nazareth maneuver me into a Triangle Choke. I would lose to this beautiful girl every single time.

Maybe you can help me? My husband trains bjj and he’s really good and into it! It makes me happy and proud of him, but I hate it when he rolls with his female counterparts. I admit it makes me jealous! I’m trying to understand, to get it etc, but I have a real problem with this. I think if we didn’t have a past of him being unfaithful to me I’d have less of an issue with it. Any advice or feedback for me? Thank you and great video

Is anyone hurting you??? No it's jiu jitsu I found that comment hilarious

nobody told u bec its obvios

What is your current rank? I’m a no-gi 43 yr old purple belt guy. I have been coaching and instructing a lot. I help a lot of females. I just didn’t have some answers, you answered here. Thanks.

I want to get back into training but I have a lot of injuries. My back is bad, shoulder etc.

Blue belt with some MMA xp here, ya know rolling is not just awkward for women, as a guy I have felt plenty of hardons where they shouldnt be. A lot of guys start quivering with how weird it is to wrestle, but that goes away. I have rolled with women plenty of times, i never had a problem not being "excited" often it just seems like rolling another guy unless you get some obvious north south objects in your face or something, but usually women are aware of and avoid it. Once I was rolling with this one girl, yea she was cute but I wasnt thinking about it, I was thinking about a move and i slowly moved my hand to the next point when I realized I had just completely grabbed her boob instead. I jerked my hand away, it was a little awkward, but damn I am glad she understood I didnt mean it. It's more awkward rolling with women cause these days you never know if women are gonna freak out even when you dont mean it, but women have to understand, in BJJ its gonna happen. Getting hurt happens too, you have to anticipate and prepare for it.

How about mat rash funk? As an obsessive hypochondriac that's been something to get used to.

There are alot of things that disgust me about martial arts communities in the states but the biggest is just the misogny that is so thick in the air. Most of the time its a combination of the hobbyist and hardcore guys but those who have been in for the longrun should no better. Your not competing its just practice and there are alot of women in mma who can teach guys alot. Its not even worth an argument, some guys think theyre better than everybody when in reality they arent shit

It's the same for a male as it is for you :) Everybody (regardless of their physical stature or gender) has to pay their dues and receive their nicks scrapes. You keep going girl!! You'll be all the better for it!

As a bigger and heavier dude i find training with women to be easy, dont ask to roll with them, let them approach you. Its training not a fight, use technique and try and match strength. Since im also heavier 225lbs, i also use that time to practice diffrent types of passes instead of just smash pass.

If someone thinks rolling with a woman is "sexual" what does that say about them rolling with men? 🤔😏

When I have a black eye and someone asks me what happened. I tell them well there is this club but the 1st rule is I cant talk about it and the second rule is I cant talk about it and then I stare at them seriously and nod my head.

I do it and I’m 15 and one of the boys I’m my grade is in my class and because we are the only young ones we have to roll together then at school we never speak 😅😂

I refuse to roll with women.

Thanks for sharing🙏❤

Every woman as the right to deny a man a roll if she feels uncomfortable doing so. No further questions asked. Same thing the other way around. End of story.

Rib cartilage was day 1-60 for me lol

Some of my best rolls have been with women I would like to say.

I want to do this so bad but I am NOT willing to give up the hair health, so thanks for saying something because NO

Do you ever compete? If so, what would you say is the biggest difference since your competing only against girls but your used to training with guys? Is it harder in a competition being against a girl? Easier ?

That's your professor's responsibility to keep you safe.

Pitty that you destroyed your vid with shitty unbearable "music". Can't listen to this.

I loved that you Opened up and told us your experiences. Thank you so much and merry Christmas.

I am doing kickboxing for many years.But even if you didn't research, you didn't see all those inconvenients the first few session.The fact you continued for a few years means you liked it

You are missunderstanding men.
Bjj Men who make such comments do so not because they are stupid, but because they feel so shy they feel uncomfortable.
This pushes them in to a lame state of awkward flirting that they feel proud of or regret later. Its chronic for men in this society and is caused mainly do to our addiction to porn. Rolling with women helps us man be genuine and gentle. Dont judge us so harsh, we are all learning.

Outfit manufacturing? Don't knock my socks off. Resale at most.
But the stories are great!

After Amber Heard and other women there is NO WAY I am touching a woman! We are all wary that we will be falsely accused-especially if you have money.

If you start having acne because of bjj, it's fungal acne. Wash wherever you have it with head& shoulders (try to leave it for a min or 2). It WILL go away

I’ll never roll with the new guy! After an awful experience where my head was his main target !!

What do you wish you knew before you started training? And if you haven't started what questions do you have?