The Unwritten Rules That’ll Make or Break Your Time on the Mats

Hey friend,

Wanna know something that almost got me kicked out of my first open mat?

It wasn’t my lack of skills. It wasn’t me going too hard. It was… my feet. 😅

Yeah, I walked across the mat in my flip-flops, thinking, “No big deal, right?”

Wrong.

My coach saw it and called me out in front of everyone. I wanted to disappear under the mat.

He wasn’t being rude. He was protecting the gym—and teaching me what I should’ve already known…

👉 Etiquette matters in Jiu-Jitsu. A lot.

If you’re new to BJJ (or just need a refresher), here are the unwritten rules nobody talks about, but EVERYONE expects you to know: