bjjalltheway123
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well i've been training bjj for about one and a half years now and im having problems in my gym. im in the teens class and i've improved greatly since my first day. the problem is, my teacher is a very old school brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter who trained with royce gracie and thinks that old school bjj is the unstoppable and nothing beats it. he trains us everyday the same basic moves because he wants us to master the basics. i understand that but i've been wanting a taste of more advanced move. i bought dozens of bjj books and saw countless videos and was opened up to new techniques. my trainer only teaches us full guard, side control, and mount techniques, but now im doing the rubber guard, x guard, advanced half guard, and butterfly guard. i thought i would be respected but my trainer tries to convince me to stop learning. i practice a lot with my friend who also wants to learn more advanced bjj techniques and the same thing is happening to him. its not like we only practice advanced moves, we do both basic and advanced. but our trainer still tells us to only practice basics. i feel as if he tries to stop our bjj from evolving because whenever we learn something new he tries to show all the negatives of that move and calls it obsolete. but the moves we are learning are new moves made by eddie bravo or popularized by marcelo garcia. i really like the atmosphere and people in the gym, but i feel that i wont be able to evolve in bjj if my trainer keeps on thinking that only the older techniques work. i believe we should learn as much as possible to adapt to every situation, but my trainer doesn't. so im asking anyone to give me advice on what i should do. should i stay at my gym, try another martial art, talk to my trainer about my problems, or move to another gym that teaches up to date techniques and are more open minded.