I suggest to most that one to three sessions a week are enough. If you’re approaching training properly, you can and will want to train forever. And it’ll be surprising how in five years, most of the people you started with are gone. They’re the ones that burned out, got bad advice, or talked themselves out of continuing on the path to mastery.

Small, consistent action is all that’s necessary. There’s nothing wrong with taking big action, such as jumping from zero training days to five per week. But for most, it’s not sustainable.

I’ve met plenty of people who go all out when they start. They have their quick burst of improvement. Then it slows downs. Going from 0 to 1 is pretty easy. Going from 1 to 2 is so much harder.

Jiu-Jitsu is complicated. But when you know nothing, and suddenly you can choke someone out with their own jacket, you feel great. And you want that great feeling to keep coming back. But it doesn’t. After six months, your progress seems to stall. It didn’t stall. It just slowed down. But adjusting to that isn’t easy.

Think about what you’re doing now as far as training goes, and consider how that’s going to fit your life in ten years. Because you want to still be training then. Because if you are, you’re a brown or black belt. Because the benefits of training are greater than simply getting good at jiu-jitsu.

For jiu-jitsu, the goal is to get to the intermediate/advanced class. Get to the point where you get to spar.¹ Then, go when you can and have fun.