The Power of the White Belt
When you are a higher belt, you automatically inherit a coaching position from a white belt's point of view; after all, you know more than they do so it makes sense. It's common to have people that just started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to be a bit (or very) reckless. I remember when I was a 4 stripe blue belt, I use to think that I couldn't benefit at all from training BJJ with white belts. A few experiences that left me with black eyes, tweaked neck, jammed fingers, random elbows to the face, etc., left me with a sour taste and the wrong mindset. Communication Do not associate a white belt's inability to do things on the mat with their ability to rationalize something you are trying to tell them. Moreover, they are probably black belts outside the mat on something that you are a white belt on, hence, take the time to get to know them and I'm sure you can pick up a new thing here and there from them. Now, back to the grind on training Jiu-Jitsu... If you...