27 Essential Things to Remember As a BJJ White Belt

Everyone can benefit from these.

A few months ago, I wrote a Twitter thread for Jiu-Jitsu white belts that offered 10 things that I think every white belt should focus on.

If you’d like to read that thread, you can below:

chris wojcik @chrismwojcik

If I were a Jiu-Jitsu white belt, I'd focus on these 10 things: 🧵

I also wrote a letter to my white belt self one time, and you can read that here:

An Open Letter to My 18-Year-Old White Belt Self

In sum, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and writing about how I can make the white belt experience better.

I’ve also taught weeks and weeks (more than a year!) of classes for rooms of mostly white and blue belt students, and this has changed the way I view teaching. This has changed the way that I view white belts.

With that, here’s a mega-list of 50 tips that will help white belts reach the next level as effectively as possible.

These points are short, so I’ve linked further reading where possible. Enjoy!