Tue 8:47 pm · After no-gi
Afterclass · the BJJ journal you talk toRemember what coach showed you.
Talk for a minute on the drive home. Afterclass saves the details, quizzes you on them out loud, and gives you one thing to try in your next roll.
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Planned at $4.99 a month.
Tue 8:47 pm → next Tue
The details fade before you're even home.
By next class it's “something with a knee cut”. Notes in your phone last a week, and nobody rereads them.
- Tue, 8:47 pm
Knee cut from HQ. Pin the knee, knee across the thigh. Win the crossface first. Then switch sides? Kept getting underhooked live.
- Wed, lunch
Knee cut. Pin the knee, thigh. Something about the head?
- Next Tue
the knee cut thing??
Wed 7:10 am · Scrolling r/bjj
You're not the only one. Not even close.
Real posts from people who train, word for word. They're about forgetting, not about Afterclass.
“When I'm rolling I feel like every move I've ever learned has completely vacated my brain and I can't do sh*t.”
Asking how people remember techniquesr/bjj: read the thread
“I have a couple years worth of notes through blue belt that I've literally never looked at once.”
On keeping a BJJ notebookr/bjj: read the thread
“It's so bad for me that often when rolling at the end of the session, I've forgotten which technique we learned already.”
Wondering if this is commonr/bjj: read the thread
“I re-read it sometimes and I don't know what the hell I was trying to describe.”
On jotting down techniques in classr/bjj: read the thread
“We drill them for almost the entire class then when it comes to rolling I forget to even consider the techniques.”
On drilling versus live roundsr/bjj: read the thread
“I go to bjj class to unwind from work not create more work.”
On tracking every roundr/bjj: read the thread
Tue → Wed → Thu
One minute after class. Better next class.
After class
Talk.
A minute on the drive home. It writes the notes: the technique, the grips, coach's cue.
See it: Talk.During the week
Remember.
It asks about what you were shown, out loud. You answer out loud. Miss a detail and it comes back sooner.
See it: Remember.Next class
Try it.
Walk in with one plan. Your next recap asks if it came up and how it went.
See it: Try it.
Every recap also fills in a map of your game: what you've hit live, what you've only seen, and where you keep getting stuck.
Coming soon to iPhone, then Android.
1 · After class
Just talk. It writes the notes.
Tell it about class like you'd tell a training partner. You get real notes, down to the grip and your coach's cue. Anything you didn't say stays blank.
Your first recap
The first time, it interviews you.
Your first recap is longer on purpose. It asks the questions worth answering after every class, so you learn what to say. After that it's one button: talk, and it only asks when a detail is missing.
Plus a few skippable ones about how you train: gi or no-gi, your schedule, what you're working on.
2 · During the week
It asks. You answer out loud.
A few questions a week about what you were shown. Say what you remember, then see your own note from that night. Miss a detail and it comes back sooner. Nail it and it waits longer.
- Questions come only from what you said
- Talk your answer, no typing
- Can't answer? It becomes a question for your coach
3 · Next class
Show up with a purpose.
Before class you get one plan, built from where you got stuck: when this happens, I'll do that. Your next recap starts by asking if it came up, whether you tried it, and what happened. No pass or fail.
- One plan for tonight, as an if-then
- Each technique climbs: seen, drilled, hit live
- A question for your coach, if you have one
Over the months
See your game. And the holes in it.
Every recap fills in a map of your game: what you've hit live, what you've only drilled or seen, and positions with nothing at all. It points out what keeps happening, with the sessions behind it. Make a gap your next plan, or take it to your coach.
It fills in as you train, from what you say. It isn't a score.
Before launch · Our promises
Your notes. Nothing made up.
It never fills in the blanks
What you didn't say stays unknown and becomes a question for your coach. No invented details.
Private to you
Audio is transcribed, then deleted unless you keep it. No social feed. Export anytime.
No scores, no AI coach
It helps you remember what you were taught. Your coach does the coaching.
See what's in the first version, and what isn't yet.
Wed 12:30 pm · Questions
Questions you'd ask at open mat
Comparing apps? See how Afterclass stacks up against BJJ Notes, BJJBuddy, BetterBJJ, and others on the BJJ journal app comparison.
Is Afterclass out yet?
Not yet. It's coming to iPhone first, with Android shortly after. Join the waitlist, tell us which phone you use, and we'll email you when it's ready.
Does this replace drilling?
No. Mat time builds the skill. Afterclass makes sure you remember what you were shown, actually try it in your next roll, and learn from what happened. It doesn't coach you: your coach does that.
What happens on my first recap?
It's a short guided interview, longer than usual on purpose. It asks what coach showed, gi or no-gi, what worked when you rolled, where you got stuck, and what you'd ask coach, so you learn what's worth saying. We won't ask all of that every time. After the first one it's one button: talk, and it asks a follow-up only when a detail is missing.
Will it make up details I didn't say?
No. Every detail in your notes is marked as something you said, something we read from what you said and want you to check, or unknown. If you can't remember the finish, the note says the finish is unclear and adds it to your questions for coach. Afterclass never fills in instructor details or technique explanations on its own.
How is this different from other BJJ journal apps?
Most count things: rolls, taps, mat time, streaks. Several turn a voice note into a log. Afterclass is built around what happens next: it asks you about what you were shown, out loud, until it sticks; it gives you one plan before class and asks after class whether you tried it; and it maps what you've actually hit live against what you've only seen.
What happens to my recordings and notes?
Your audio is transcribed and then deleted, unless you choose to keep it. Your notes are private to you: there's no social feed. You can export everything at any time.
What will it cost?
It's planned at $4.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with everything included: unlimited recaps, talk-back recall, the before-class plan and follow-up, and your game map. There's no free tier or trial. Prices may change before launch.
Thu 6:15 pm · Next class
Remember tonight. Hit it Thursday.
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