Hey everybody, I wrote something that I hope a few of you guys find valuable. Thank you to my fellow globetrotters Black Belts who contributed. If you want a copy of this via PDF feel free to hit me up and ill email it to you. -Doc Carlos Instagram: @SOTSDoc242 For the past 25 years I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have always had a love-hate relationship with the BJJ. There are times I have been obsessed with BJJ at times and have been repulsed by it at other times. The rest of the time I float around on the spectrum of how I feel about it. Despite that, the contributions that BJJ has given to my life have impacted the type of person I have become, and it affects the ideal of the person I strive to be. Shortly I will be promoting my oldest daughter to black belt and recently I have given my youngest son his first stripe on his white belt. In a sense I have come full circle, and it has brought up the question in my mind of not only why I train, but how I could have done things differently if I had known 25 years ago what I know now. I have also reached out to over 50 fellow black belts, ranging from recreational guys to world champions, and I have proposed the same question to them: Knowing what you know today, what advice would you give your white belt self. I have compiled their responses and formulated these rules to roll by. Each belt has 4 rules, like the 4 stripes you have to earn. I hope the collective hard-earned wisdom of my black belt peers can serve as a guidepost in your journey through BJJ. -Doc, 2nd Degree Black Belt, Black Flag Jiu Jitsu Club/Black Flag Grappling Company

Hey everybody, I wrote something that I hope a few of you guys find valuable. Thank you to my fellow globetrotters Black Belts who contributed. If you want a copy of this via PDF feel free to hit me up and ill email it to you. -Doc Carlos Instagram: @SOTSDoc242 For the past 25 years I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have always had a love-hate relationship with the BJJ. There are times I have been obsessed with BJJ at times and have been repulsed by it at other times. The rest of the time I float around on the spectrum of how I feel about it. Despite that, the contributions that BJJ has given to my life have impacted the type of person I have become, and it affects the ideal of the person I strive to be. Shortly I will be promoting my oldest daughter to black belt and recently I have given my youngest son his first stripe on his white belt. In a sense I have come full circle, and it has brought up the question in my mind of not only why I train, but how I could have done things differently if I had known 25 years ago what I know now. I have also reached out to over 50 fellow black belts, ranging from recreational guys to world champions, and I have proposed the same question to them: Knowing what you know today, what advice would you give your white belt self. I have compiled their responses and formulated these rules to roll by. Each belt has 4 rules, like the 4 stripes you have to earn. I hope the collective hard-earned wisdom of my black belt peers can serve as a guidepost in your journey through BJJ. -Doc, 2nd Degree Black Belt, Black Flag Jiu Jitsu Club/Black Flag Grappling Company

Hey everybody, I wrote something that I hope a few of you guys find valuable. Thank you to my fellow globetrotters Black Belts who contributed. If you want a copy of this via PDF feel free to hit me up and ill email it to you. -Doc Carlos Instagram: @SOTSDoc242 For the past 25 years I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have always had a love-hate relationship with the BJJ. There are times I have been obsessed with BJJ at times and have been repulsed by it at other times. The rest of the time I float around on the spectrum of how I feel about it. Despite that, the contributions that BJJ has given to my life have impacted the type of person I have become, and it affects the ideal of the person I strive to be. Shortly I will be promoting my oldest daughter to black belt and recently I have given my youngest son his first stripe on his white belt. In a sense I have come full circle, and it has brought up the question in my mind of not only why I train, but how I could have done things differently if I had known 25 years ago what I know now. I have also reached out to over 50 fellow black belts, ranging from recreational guys to world champions, and I have proposed the same question to them: Knowing what you know today, what advice would you give your white belt self. I have compiled their responses and formulated these rules to roll by. Each belt has 4 rules, like the 4 stripes you have to earn. I hope the collective hard-earned wisdom of my black belt peers can serve as a guidepost in your journey through BJJ. -Doc, 2nd Degree Black Belt, Black Flag Jiu Jitsu Club/Black Flag Grappling Company

Hey everybody, I wrote something that I hope a few of you guys find valuable. Thank you to my fellow globetrotters Black Belts who contributed. If you want a copy of this via PDF feel free to hit me up and ill email it to you. -Doc Carlos Instagram: @SOTSDoc242 For the past 25 years I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have always had a love-hate relationship with the BJJ. There are times I have been obsessed with BJJ at times and have been repulsed by it at other times. The rest of the time I float around on the spectrum of how I feel about it. Despite that, the contributions that BJJ has given to my life have impacted the type of person I have become, and it affects the ideal of the person I strive to be. Shortly I will be promoting my oldest daughter to black belt and recently I have given my youngest son his first stripe on his white belt. In a sense I have come full circle, and it has brought up the question in my mind of not only why I train, but how I could have done things differently if I had known 25 years ago what I know now. I have also reached out to over 50 fellow black belts, ranging from recreational guys to world champions, and I have proposed the same question to them: Knowing what you know today, what advice would you give your white belt self. I have compiled their responses and formulated these rules to roll by. Each belt has 4 rules, like the 4 stripes you have to earn. I hope the collective hard-earned wisdom of my black belt peers can serve as a guidepost in your journey through BJJ. -Doc, 2nd Degree Black Belt, Black Flag Jiu Jitsu Club/Black Flag Grappling Company