What White Belts Actually Need to Learn in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

White belt is where you build the habits that either support everything that follows or make the later belts much harder. In the first episode of The BJJ Belt Journey, Toby covers the full three-year white-belt story: training volume, weight and strength work, learning defense from upper belts, choosing difficult training partners, managing ego, and what competition taught him.More from Toby on Fitness Tech: https://tobyonfitnesstech.comChapters0:00 Intro0:03 What to work on at white belt2:54 My white belt and five stripes5:08 Weight, strength, and training load8:29 Three years at white belt11:08 Avoiding the blue belt blues14:53 Build defense first16:25 Jiu-jitsu as an anchor19:45 Learning from upper belts22:19 Challenging yourself23:10 A competitive white-belt rival26:49 Choosing hard training partners28:27 Defense and learning to tap29:28 When to turn off strength29:50 Ego lesson34:57 Competition experience36:00 White-belt takeaway36:56 Thanks for watchingTagsBrazilian jiu-jitsu, BJJ, BJJ white belt, white belt tips, jiu-jitsu journey, martial arts, grappling, BJJ defense, BJJ competition, BJJ mindset, learning jiu-jitsu, Toby on Fitness Tech