It was recently brought to my attention by members of my club that there might be a club in our area that doesn't allow their members to roll / spar. No, I am not 100% guaranteed that this rumour is true. But it does raise the question if it is true is it more common that I am aware of? Has anyone else empierced this?

for new people or for students in general? I vaguely recall Rigan's celebrity program doesn't have rolling but I never did the research to follow that up.

for new people or for students in general? I vaguely recall Rigan's celebrity program doesn't have rolling but I never did the research to follow that up.

It was recently brought to my attention by members of my club that there might be a club in our area that doesn't allow their members to roll / spar. No, I am not 100% guaranteed that this rumour is true. But it does raise the question if it is true is it more common that I am aware of? Has anyone else empierced this?

I'm aware of clubs that don't allow rolling until a certain belt level - they restrict newer students or the fundamentals class to drilling and positional at most.

Ive heard of this for new students, I dont think it is necessarily a bad idea to hold off on sparing until you get a few stripes.

Why?

Ive heard of this for new students, I dont think it is necessarily a bad idea to hold off on sparing until you get a few stripes.

Why do you need stripes to roll? Just teach them the basics and let them have fun like everyone else.

Not advocating for it, but I don't think it's the worst idea to hold off until you at least understand _some_ jiu jitsu (not including positional sparring).

Let them roll, at least from knees. If you are worried about injury make them roll with colored belts that can control themselves.

A new guy came yesterday to our gym and the instructor wasn't there so I was in charge. I explained to him what the goals are in BJJ, some frequent positions you might find yourself in and a few basic techniques. At the end of the class I told him: if anything hurts or you just want to stop for some reason just tap. And then we rolled. As others have said, I think it's safe for a new guy to roll with someone relatively experienced and also it might be an eye opener for those who have never practised martial arts. I always let them go a little crazy, use all their strength (it's all they have at this point anyway) while I try to control and submit them in the easiest and most technical way I can. I think it can be motivating and a good lesson. I might be wrong, though.