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Practical notes for hobbyist grapplers: how to learn BJJ with limited mat time, review your rounds, and get better one position at a time.

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Start here · Belts · Promotion · BasicsThe BJJ Belt System: White to Black, and What Promotion Actually Depends OnHow long until blue belt? What do stripes mean? Is there a test? A white belt's plain-English guide to the belt system, with the age and minimum-time rules IBJJF publishes.
Start here · Rules · BasicsBJJ Competition Rules, Simplified: How Points Work and How You WinCan't follow a match, or can't tell why you lost? A white belt's one-page version of Brazilian jiu-jitsu scoring, how matches are won, and the moves that are banned.
Start here · Safety · Etiquette · Injury prevention · BeginnersBJJ Safety and Etiquette for Beginners: Stay Uninjured, Be a Good Partner, Train for YearsMost jiu-jitsu injuries aren't malice — they're mismatched partners, intensity and gear. A white belt's checklist: choosing partners, controlling intensity, gear and hygiene, tapping, hot-headed partners, banned moves, gym manners, and what to do when you're hurt.

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Learning a lot, remembering little, not sure what to drill.

Learning BJJ · Remembering · Notes · Positional sparring · BeginnersHow to Remember BJJ Techniques? Why You Forget Them and a Simple Note, Drill and Review SystemLearned a BJJ technique in class and forgot it by the next session? Why the details disappear, how to take notes for BJJ that you will actually reread, how to drill a move with positional sparring, and what to do when you blank mid-training.