First day of jiu jitsu class...

How was your first day?
Where you culture shocked? impressed? tired?
What stood out to you so that you joined the school that you are at now?
Was it the first school you visited?
Did you participate in any combat sports before?

First day was tough, got choked out in 10 different ways lol, my neck was sore for a week or so after.
I was impressed for sure, and obviously had great admiration for all the guys there.
The reason I joined the school I am at now is simply, a higher lever of instruction and sparring partners. Plus at my last gym I was one of the larger guys, but at where I train now I am one of the smaller ones. However it is not the first school I went too.
I had no prior combat sports experience at all. Just wish I found jiujitsu when I was younger tbh. :-)

I got choked like 37 times and fucking loved it. All I kept thinking about was one day I would be able to do that to a new student :)

it was cool, i found myself picking up the basics fairly easy and did well against the other newbs (thank you wcw wwf etc), then this 15yr old showed up late and the instructor said dane roll w/ justin, we tapped he jumped guillotine i never fell and soon was tapping on my feet lol. the school i'm at now, i started because of advice from a friend, was not the first i went to. unless you count party fighting and backyard wrasslin no!

First off, I can't believe Eddie remembers his first day of class!! I barely remember that far back and I quit smoking the green way before my first BJJ class. I just remember learning Upa and roll and my partner for the class was another noob that was like 250lbs while I was @ 170. He would not play nice and assist in the roll so I had to work my ass off. I quess now in thinking back that probably laid the path for my future BJJ style of working the bottom with larger opponents.

I had Karate for years as a young teen, but after watching UFC 1, I new BJJ was the thing.

I got triangled by a blue belt in about 1 minute. I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out what that dude did with his legs.

Scared that no one would want to roll cause of my size. Lucky for me I was welcomed with open arms........ to be choked with. Mostly arm locks though. What stood out was every1 was really cool. I did a few different Martial arts as a child and teen.

My first day I got tapped out with an ankle lock by a 12 year old.

I didn't even know wtf an ankle lock was, I just knew that my f'ing foot hurt and I had to tap! lol.

I have tried BJJ at a few places but the vibe was off. My first real BJJ class was sweet. Got tied in a knot, choked, crashed, calf cranked all by guys who had no ego, and that was fucking sweet! I was so tired and sore I had to medicalize on the way home. That was Monday. Class in at 7pm tonight and I'm sore ass shit, so I will medicalize myself before class and keep trying the rubber guard. I just hope no one pulls my head down because I might have to tap...

I figured I'd be okay since I saw the fight between Fedor and Mark Coleman. So if anyone ever went in my guard I'd just turn my hips and armbar like a boss.
I spend most of that day being mounted and being choked out helplessly. I had some mat burn on my toes that lasted like two weeks.
I liked the atmosphere because it was very competative but not mean spirite.. It was a whole new world for me as I finally got to experience ground fighting after only seeing it on tv before that. I had a few years of experience in both Taekwondo and Muay Thai so it was weird to be a total beginner again..