Simple

Simple things are the foundation of more complex things. There’s no algebra without addition and subtraction. One of the things that will make your life easier, is the ability to take simple instructions. Especially simple instructions that have no basis in Jiu Jitsu knowledge. If someone says sit up, you should be able to recognize that being prone on your back is probably not that. Knowing your right and left is also very helpful. There are words and things in the outside world that don’t change meaning, and you have the knowledge without walking through the door. As someone very recently said I’m pragmatic in the way I speak, so don’t make up alternate meanings to things you already know and work on being able to take simple instructions.