For gym owners how did you go about opening your gym? Did you do it solo? Did you partner with someone?

Also, if you are black belt wanting to open your own gym, would partner with a white belt if they agreed their sole focus would be on operations (managing the the office, customer retention marketing ect) along with bringing capital, if the you the black belt could focus solely on teaching, training competitors and your own training seminars.

Hey everyone,

I’m 37 years old, have two young children, and have spent about 15 years competing in strongman. I’ve loved strength sports, but I’m looking to transition away from strongman and focus more on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (I did a 5 pack class to try it out) while continuing to train powerlifting.

My biggest concern is that, realistically, I’ll probably only be able to make it to BJJ twice a week with my family and other commitments. I’m also starting relatively late in life, and my mobility is pretty poor after years of strongman training. I know strength can be an advantage in some situations, but I also realize BJJ is a completely different skill set, and I don’t want to rely on strength instead of learning proper technique.

Few questions!

Is twice a week enough to make meaningful progress?

What kind of progress is realistic over the first year or two?

How much will my poor mobility hold me back?

I’m not expecting to become a world champion or anything. I’m interested in learning a genuinely useful skill, challenging myself in a new way, and seeing how far I can take it at this age 🤣

I’d really appreciate advice from people who have been around the sport for a while, especially anyone who started in their 30s or later or has managed to make steady progress training only a couple of times per week.

Thanks!

I've been training BJJ for almost a year, and after every roll, I often realize I missed opportunities to use techniques I've seen in instructionals or drilled before. I can remember these moves when reviewing the roll in my head, but in the moment, I completely forget they exist.

Is there a method to consolidate what I've learned and make it more automatic during rolls? How do you avoid getting overwhelmed by all the techniques you're learning?

Hello guys recently I have curiosity to start in bjj Im 14 but the schedule for my age was horrible because the moment I can do exercise ia after my English class at 5 pm but the class is 8 pm and idk I just wanna ven a little bit(sorry if my English is bad ia not my native language)