Advice for a white belt?

[Josh Wilson]

Been doing jits for over a year now and im starting to just use the stand up passes for the guard, the dominator for half guard and the buttocks compressor for lockdown, my question is as a white belt should i be looking at learning more techniques or should i just get these ones down?

[ScottRay]

As a white belt, have fun! Too much emphasis on what to train, almost to early to tell you anyway. I would focus on what's fun! Of course the real answer is fundamentals and basics. Basic moves are the best! Focus on what your instructor gives ya.

[Matt Wallace]

You should roll a ton. Every time you face an obstacle you can't beat, you learn from it and find a way to fix it. At White belt, you should mostly be focusing on core BJJ principles, like Scott said, and you'll get more context on how they work and why they're important from putting them in play.

[Jeremy Gates]

learn as much as u can imo but i would stay away from the really tech shit. i would focus on recognizing if a sub isnt working and switching to something else ( failed triangle to armbar). also recognizing pressure on and pressure off. looking for openings or create them rather than forcing things

[Tom Carbone]

The biggest problem I had was going into MTS techniques guide and looking up 20 moves a night. Then the next day I would execute 20 techniques poorly. While studying all of MTS is beneficial, its better to focus one technique from each position first, IMO.

You say you're self taught. Does this mean you go to a regular JiuJitsu school and just study 10th Planet on your own, or do you only study on your own without a school?

[Slick Rick]

Advice I'd give you is to focus on positional control, from closed guard, side control, back and mount. Once you're able to hold position, work in a submission technique here and there. Over time these will become easier for you recognize and you'll be able to drop a submission quickly from the position, or hold position and weather the storm if you face a squirmy foe.
Drilling is important: break an hour and a half training session into 15 minute warm up, 45 mins drilling techniques and about 30 mins of 5 min rounds(start slowly and work into the rough stuff to avoid injury).
You can easily tweek the times to fit your needs. Sometimes you'll have 60 mins of 5 min rounds. It's all adjustable.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

Advice I'd give you is to focus on positional control, from closed guard, side control, back and mount. Once you're able to hold position, work in a submission technique here and there. Over time these will become easier for you recognize and you'll be able to drop a submission quickly from the position, or hold position and weather the storm if you face a squirmy foe.
Drilling is important: break an hour and a half training session into 15 minute warm up, 45 mins drilling techniques and about 30 mins of 5 min rounds(start slowly and work into the rough stuff to avoid injury).
You can easily tweek the times to fit your needs. Sometimes you'll have 60 mins of 5 min rounds. It's all adjustable.

I must be on the right track! This is how I ultimately ended up structuring my classes. The learning curve on basics shot upward too.