BJJ Training Journal

A BJJ training journal keeps the details your professor showed you from disappearing before the next class. Jiu-jitsu has no single catalogue of techniques: every academy and every professor teaches its own versions, so the grip or the knee angle you learned on a Tuesday night lives only in your notes.

Both journals are printed to order:

Use it as a jiu-jitsu training log after every class, as a training diary or as a notebook for drawing positions. Slava keeps his notes in four columns: date, technique, details and the position the technique starts from. Sorted by position, the log shows the holes in your game. The full method is in How to Keep a BJJ Training Journal That You Actually Use.
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How to use a jiu-jitsu journal

Keep it short. After class, write the technique, two or three details that made it work, and what happened in rolling. Then the two lines that matter most: one thing that went right and one thing to fix. Over a few months, those lines show you which guards work for you and which escapes keep failing.

Bring questions to class. A good habit is to write down one question for your professor before open mat, then note the answer. Reading back through a month of pages before a promotion or a competition is a solid reminder of how far you have come.

There are two options. The Grappler Progress Journal is the softcover with the log pages printed inside, and the right pick for most people. The hardcover journal with the belt mark on the cover suits anyone who wants a sturdier cover, or coaches keeping lesson notes.

A BJJ training journal works the same for gi and no-gi. If you also train Judo, grappling training journals cover both. For the rest of the bag, see BJJ training gear and, before a tournament, competition day essentials. A journal also makes one of the better BJJ gifts. Back to BJJ apparel.

Frequently asked questions

What should I write in a BJJ journal?

The technique, the key details, what happened in rolling, one win and one fix. A few lines after each class is enough.

Does it work for no-gi?

Yes. The log pages are not tied to the gi.

Softcover or hardcover?

The Grappler Progress Journal has training-log pages printed inside. The hardcover suits anyone who wants a sturdier cover, or coaches keeping lesson notes.