There are many things you could do to improve in Jiu-Jitsu.
But there are only several key things you could act upon to make an enormous difference in your game with.

10-time World Champion Roger Gracie recently shared invaluable insights for practitioners looking to supercharge their game – during an appearance on the “Lex Fridman Podcast”.

Gracie emphasized that many BJJ practitioners fall into the habit of training solely their “strong sides”, in order to get “tough”.
But that is a mistake:

There’s a big difference between training to get better and training to get tough.
Most people train to get tougher at what they’re already good at, but they don’t work on their weaknesses.

If you want to excel at Jiu-Jitsu, you need to practice your weaknesses, not just your strengths.

Gracie stressed the importance of becoming well-rounded in all aspects of the sport:

You have to be equally strong in every position.
Then you focus on the details, like escaping and applying a Triangle, escaping an Armlock, and other scenarios.

There’s so much to practice, and you need to repeat them over and over.

Check out the full episode with Roger Gracie for more Jiu-Jitsu wisdom on the video below: