Is your Jiu-Jitsu gameplan actually helping you win… or are you just collecting random techniques?

In this episode, I sit down with Beatrice Jin( ⁨@berimbozo⁩ ), black belt competitor, coach, and one of the funniest creators in Jiu-Jitsu, to talk about how to build a real competition game instead of just “getting better at everything.”

Beatrice breaks down why specificity matters, how she rebuilt her own game after tough losses, why most technique content misses the point, and how competitors should think about grips, guards, training rounds, and strategy if they actually want to improve.

We also talk about guard pulling, drilling, women’s open mats, funny Jiu-Jitsu content, competing at black belt, and why your gameplan might suck.

What you’ll learn:

- Why “training everything” can hold you back

- How to build a specific A-game for competition

- Why your grips matter more than your moves

- How Beatrice structures competition training

- Why guard pulling might be the smartest strategy

- When drilling helps — and when it’s a waste of time

- How to stop training randomly and start training with intent

Try this in training:

Pick one primary guard, one secondary guard, and one grip sequence you want to force. Start rounds from there. Your goal is not to “do Jiu-Jitsu.” Your goal is to get to your spot, score first, submit first, or learn exactly where your game breaks.

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0:00 Beatrice Jin Joins The Show

1:50 Why The Whiteboard Videos Went Viral

7:03 Being A Serious Competitor AND A Meme

10:49 Why Most BJJ Technique Videos Suck

18:35 Why Black Belt Competition Feels Different

23:45 There Are No Mindset Tricks

26:36 How Beatrice Trains Between Competitions

28:33 Should Competitors Actually Drill?

31:01 Why She Added K Guard

32:15 How To Build Your Competition Game

35:47 Beatrice’s Genius Competition Class

48:18 Should Women Train With Men?

52:41 Guard Pulling Is Mathematically Correct

54:04 If Your Guard Gets Passed, You Deserve To Lose

1:09:06 How To Suck Less At Jiu-Jitsu