by Vinicius Draculino Magalhaes
Everyone who wants to learn jiu jitsu knows how vital it is to learn quickly. For those of you who have been in training for awhile, you already know you have to progress quickly to survive. You probably already know a few moves like a sweep or a submission, but it is hard to get better because you can't use these moves on other people in your class. You can grapple for hours on end, but it's not making you progress quickly enough.
Here is the solution, and don't worry, it is not about mastering a new awesome submission or unbeatable guard that the other jiu jitsu students won't already know about. In order to progress, you are going to have to train with intention.
As you've undoubtedly heard before, if you do not make a plan you will not succeed. You have to develop a plan, PUT YOUR PLAN IN WRITING, and do something each day towards make your plan happen. You should not deviate from your plan until your reach your goal. Remember: PUT YOUR PLAN IN WRITING! You must believe me about this!
For many jiu jitsu students, the plan is to "get good at guard" or "get good at submissions". While this is a good start, you have to drill down and be much more specific. A more concrete goal would be something like "keep side control for at least 15 seconds on every opponent". Another would be "Bump sweep each partner". You will be able to measure your success and take actions toward meeting the goals. By setting small goals, you'll quickly be able to reach your larger goals.
It's time to mentally enter the BJJ arena. Develop a plan, a plan just for you, and work to meet your goals. Start every class reminding yourself of your personal goal and make it happen. You are not going to be better instantaneously, and patience will still be required, however you will get there! After you attain a few of your smaller goals, you will recognize your success and you will ask yourself why you didn't start doing this sooner.
Draculino is a fourth degree jiu jitsu black belt, multiple time champion, and trainer of MMA, BJJ, and grappling champs. To learn more visit his jiu jitsu videos training site or stop in the free jiu jitsu forum.
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