Rolling Etiquette
- Tap once a submission has been applied correctly and you are unable to escape
- Do not do anything unnecessary to injure your partner, ex: head grinding, RNC-ing the face instead of the neck
- Slamming is illegal
- Avoid excessive use of strength when rolling with a weaker and/or lighter opponent. The aim of rolling is to learn and practice technique, not to try and submit your partner.
- Avoid painful or "dirty" techniques such as attacking pressure points with the knuckles or covering your partner's mouth with your hand. Your rolling partners should be your friends, not your enemies. If you do that kind of stuff, they will dislike you and not want to roll with you.
- If multiple pairs are rolling on one mat, give way to any pair with a higher ranking belt than your pair. For example, if two blue belts are rolling, and a purple and a white belt collide with them, the blue belts should shift their position away from the other pair.
- Know your schools rules. Typically, no leg locks or neck cranks are allowed at white belt level for GI jiu jitsu. Submission by small joint manipulation (wrists, fingers, toes) is almost always disallowed.
- Don't crank submissions as if it were a life or death situation, you will injure you partners. Subs must be applied with control and VERY SLOWLY
- Apologize for any accidental injuries, and don't blame them on anyone else - they will happen
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