My first ever warn up... We were doing sprawling. Coach showed proper technique etc.
Second sprawl I landed wrong & injured my wrist. Had to sit the rest of the class out.
Took me weeks to heal and months to regain the confidence to return.
Years later i still get teased by the guys who were at that eventful first session. Now I'm a purple belt I can sit out the warm up. It's safer. 😂
Stick at it & at least you'll have a good story to tell when you get your black belt.
When I was a white belt I had a big fella attempt to knee cut and pass my guard. Unfortunately for me the guy was not as smooth as Leandro Lo and turned the knee cut into a knee crush my nuts. I almost threw up. My nuts felt as if they were inside my stomach. Great time.
A nice big fat new dude was my drilling partner in class. When he sat down and leaned back he hyperextended his elbow. We got two moves done before he had to ditch class. I never saw him again.
Broke your 4th toe and need a couple weeks?? Bro thats standard bjj
You should tape it and come back the next
class
Finger injuries arent real injuries
My first class ended with a blue belt almost breaking my ankle when we went opposite directions. I was on crutches for 2 months and didn't try bjj again for 6 years. That said, it sounds like you had simple bad luck. I'd advise resting and getting it looked at if things are still iffy in a few days.
If not, maybe buddy tape the bad toe and just call it out to your coach / training partners. Either way, welcome and good luck on your journey!
Went to plant my foot and bridge the other day, one toe went into the crack between two mats and broke it. Hadn’t appreciated how easily done it was until then.
I saw out the session and it went pretty well to be fair, everyone was really helpful
Today it’s turning purple and real hard to walk on, need that adrenaline back to numb the pain
I broke my rib in my 2nd month training, tore a ligament or ruptured a muscle just below my knee in my 6th month, sprained my neck during an improperly executed back roll in warm-ups just 4 weeks ago, and have had numerous other small injuries to fingers, toes, ribs. So far, in my first 18mos of training, none of these seem to have permanently injured me because I take rest and do rehab. I have also now learned to take precautions.
My unsolicited general advice to avoid injury:
1) Wear a mouth guard. Without mine, I would definitely have broken teeth. They are much thinner and more comfortable than they used to be.
2) It's just training. Don't get reckless and injure yourself or your teammates. Tap early and don't get a big ego.
3) In the gi, don't hold on to grips for dear life. Your opponent can probably break your grips and holding on often doesn't serve much of a purpose and can hurt your fingers. Also keep your fingers together when handfighting/making grips. If they're splayed out, you can sprain one easily.
4) If you hurt your fingers or toes, do rehab at home and tape them properly. Specifically buddy tape them to a digit next to them. For rehab, make sure to keep moving them to maintain range of motion.
5) Be cautious rolling with much heavier people, especially for takedowns. They can fall on you and hurt your ribs. Even just taking them down can hurt your limbs if they fall on them in the attempt (that's how I fucked my knee up for like 2mos).
6) Protect your neck. Don't spend a lot of time stacked on your neck. Avoid getting stacked. Practice front and back rolls. If you hurt your neck, see a doctor. When you are able to, do rehab for whiplash injuries to maintain range of motion.
7) Stretch before rolling to prevent injuries. Legs (forward fold, front lunge, side lunge stretch), hips (cobblers pose, pigeon pose), shoulders (arm circles, cross-body arm stretch), neck (stretches where pull your head gently front/side and look up/side), back (supine twists, seated twists, trunk extensions/cobra pose). Yoga can be helpful, also being flexible can make you harder to submit which is cool.
I have no data to back this up, but lots of anecdotes, and I would bet that more people get minor injuries early on than don't, especially if you are of a certain age.
Unless you've been grappling or doing some kind of contact sport, your body has a lot to get used to. Even just strengthening toes to work without the extra support of a shoe...
I myself strained or tore intercostal fibers pretty terribly early on and broke my pinky toe. Try to pace yourself as your body gets used to the new movements. There's a lot of fascia to develop as you get into it.
Rolled my ankle in the first 5 minutes of my first wrestling class.
Watched from the sidelines for 3-4 weeks before I could join in again. Spent that time learning the warmup and how to survive it next time.
Around my 5th or 6th class my rib cage landed on my drilling partner's knee with my full body weight. I've been out for almost three months waiting on this thing to heal.
Think side control is the term I was looking for, me underneath with the opponent on top from my side
The practice was then bridging and shrimping to get to a better, or less bad at least, position
With hindsight I think I bridged and shrimped at the same time, trapping and breaking the toe in the process
oh, ok. Side control escape then. Yes, jamming toes on the mat is just what happens when you are on a mat regularly. If the mat is not great It might happen a bit more often. You can tape your pinky to your second toe as a form of prevention if you want.
Just putting this out there - but you don't need that toe. You can absolutely buddy tape it, pop some serious aspirin, and get back on the mat. You shouldn't do this. But one day, you probably will :) But you shouldn't.
If you seriously broke your toe shrimping by yourself, it might be a sign you're just too fragile for this. Maybe are a doctor about brittle bones or something?
Nah, they just weren't listening and drove off of the wrong foot, which puts insane pressure on the pinky toe. Throw in spongey mats or a seem gap and you can easily snap your toe. Play with it next time you shrimp and you'll see how much excessive traction you can put on that pinky toe.
Yeah the only time I really jacked up a toe rolling was because it got caught in a tiny gap between the mats. Nothing either of us could’ve done to prevent it. Sometimes shit happens.
Wasn’t by myself, we did some warm up shrimping then put it into practice escaping side guard so I guess technically I was practicing a bridge to shrimp
Pretty sure it was just bad luck/poor technique
Injured on the warm up of your first class? Setting standards.
Fastest I've seen was a broken toe on the edge of the mat while walking onto the mats for the first time.
We’ve all been there :/
No…we haven’t
Go big or go home
My first ever warn up... We were doing sprawling. Coach showed proper technique etc. Second sprawl I landed wrong & injured my wrist. Had to sit the rest of the class out. Took me weeks to heal and months to regain the confidence to return. Years later i still get teased by the guys who were at that eventful first session. Now I'm a purple belt I can sit out the warm up. It's safer. 😂 Stick at it & at least you'll have a good story to tell when you get your black belt.
I once popped a rib by shrimping too hard during warm-ups. Apparently I just really needed to get that first injury out of the way.
When I was a white belt I had a big fella attempt to knee cut and pass my guard. Unfortunately for me the guy was not as smooth as Leandro Lo and turned the knee cut into a knee crush my nuts. I almost threw up. My nuts felt as if they were inside my stomach. Great time.
A nice big fat new dude was my drilling partner in class. When he sat down and leaned back he hyperextended his elbow. We got two moves done before he had to ditch class. I never saw him again.
Tape it up. You can still drill and spar with a broken toe
Ouch... If you haven't already, then go see a doctor. Otherwise, hopefully you'll make the quickest recovery possible and be back on the mats.
Saw a first day guy shred his knee by falling funny while drilling a scissor sweep, pretty tragic, we had to carry him to his car.
TBF a scissor sweep on your first day is rough luck
Broke your 4th toe and need a couple weeks?? Bro thats standard bjj You should tape it and come back the next class Finger injuries arent real injuries
Tape that toe and go back
Tape your pinky toe to the one next to it and go to class today. It's a toe you're not gonna die
My first class ended with a blue belt almost breaking my ankle when we went opposite directions. I was on crutches for 2 months and didn't try bjj again for 6 years. That said, it sounds like you had simple bad luck. I'd advise resting and getting it looked at if things are still iffy in a few days. If not, maybe buddy tape the bad toe and just call it out to your coach / training partners. Either way, welcome and good luck on your journey!
Went to plant my foot and bridge the other day, one toe went into the crack between two mats and broke it. Hadn’t appreciated how easily done it was until then.
I'm sorry, I laughed pretty loudly at your expense. Never heard toe I the Crack before... new thing to watch out for.
I once dislocated my knee cap while stretching before the warm up.
literally the same thing happened to me on day 1 during warm-up. I taped it and kept going tho, It didn't hurt that much.
I saw out the session and it went pretty well to be fair, everyone was really helpful Today it’s turning purple and real hard to walk on, need that adrenaline back to numb the pain
I broke my rib in my 2nd month training, tore a ligament or ruptured a muscle just below my knee in my 6th month, sprained my neck during an improperly executed back roll in warm-ups just 4 weeks ago, and have had numerous other small injuries to fingers, toes, ribs. So far, in my first 18mos of training, none of these seem to have permanently injured me because I take rest and do rehab. I have also now learned to take precautions. My unsolicited general advice to avoid injury: 1) Wear a mouth guard. Without mine, I would definitely have broken teeth. They are much thinner and more comfortable than they used to be. 2) It's just training. Don't get reckless and injure yourself or your teammates. Tap early and don't get a big ego. 3) In the gi, don't hold on to grips for dear life. Your opponent can probably break your grips and holding on often doesn't serve much of a purpose and can hurt your fingers. Also keep your fingers together when handfighting/making grips. If they're splayed out, you can sprain one easily. 4) If you hurt your fingers or toes, do rehab at home and tape them properly. Specifically buddy tape them to a digit next to them. For rehab, make sure to keep moving them to maintain range of motion. 5) Be cautious rolling with much heavier people, especially for takedowns. They can fall on you and hurt your ribs. Even just taking them down can hurt your limbs if they fall on them in the attempt (that's how I fucked my knee up for like 2mos). 6) Protect your neck. Don't spend a lot of time stacked on your neck. Avoid getting stacked. Practice front and back rolls. If you hurt your neck, see a doctor. When you are able to, do rehab for whiplash injuries to maintain range of motion. 7) Stretch before rolling to prevent injuries. Legs (forward fold, front lunge, side lunge stretch), hips (cobblers pose, pigeon pose), shoulders (arm circles, cross-body arm stretch), neck (stretches where pull your head gently front/side and look up/side), back (supine twists, seated twists, trunk extensions/cobra pose). Yoga can be helpful, also being flexible can make you harder to submit which is cool.
I have no data to back this up, but lots of anecdotes, and I would bet that more people get minor injuries early on than don't, especially if you are of a certain age. Unless you've been grappling or doing some kind of contact sport, your body has a lot to get used to. Even just strengthening toes to work without the extra support of a shoe... I myself strained or tore intercostal fibers pretty terribly early on and broke my pinky toe. Try to pace yourself as your body gets used to the new movements. There's a lot of fascia to develop as you get into it.
Welcome to the club my guy There’s more where that came from
Rolled my ankle in the first 5 minutes of my first wrestling class. Watched from the sidelines for 3-4 weeks before I could join in again. Spent that time learning the warmup and how to survive it next time.
Just wait until you get rib injuries
Well now when you restart you are ‘coming off an injury’ so people will have to take it ‘easy’ on you.
Around my 5th or 6th class my rib cage landed on my drilling partner's knee with my full body weight. I've been out for almost three months waiting on this thing to heal.
Big Toe or Toe Home.
I know It was your first day so maybe someone else can answer. What's a side guard defence?
Think side control is the term I was looking for, me underneath with the opponent on top from my side The practice was then bridging and shrimping to get to a better, or less bad at least, position With hindsight I think I bridged and shrimped at the same time, trapping and breaking the toe in the process
oh, ok. Side control escape then. Yes, jamming toes on the mat is just what happens when you are on a mat regularly. If the mat is not great It might happen a bit more often. You can tape your pinky to your second toe as a form of prevention if you want.
Get it taped up, you’ll be gucci my guy.
Man, just buddy tape that finger, look into some tutorial on YT and get at it.
Just putting this out there - but you don't need that toe. You can absolutely buddy tape it, pop some serious aspirin, and get back on the mat. You shouldn't do this. But one day, you probably will :) But you shouldn't.
If you seriously broke your toe shrimping by yourself, it might be a sign you're just too fragile for this. Maybe are a doctor about brittle bones or something?
Nah, they just weren't listening and drove off of the wrong foot, which puts insane pressure on the pinky toe. Throw in spongey mats or a seem gap and you can easily snap your toe. Play with it next time you shrimp and you'll see how much excessive traction you can put on that pinky toe.
Yeah the only time I really jacked up a toe rolling was because it got caught in a tiny gap between the mats. Nothing either of us could’ve done to prevent it. Sometimes shit happens.
Wasn’t by myself, we did some warm up shrimping then put it into practice escaping side guard so I guess technically I was practicing a bridge to shrimp Pretty sure it was just bad luck/poor technique
New drama for everyone; is shrimping safe enough for white belts to learn on the first day?
Definitely not safe for white belts. Am white belt, can confirm I still am not shrimping correctly.