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MatMinutes: a BJJ training log app for rounds, taps, and tweaks
Rounds, taps, and tweaks in thirty seconds after class, not a barbell app in a gi.
MatMinutes is a BJJ training log app for people who roll two to six times a week, in the gi and without it. It records rounds, positions worked, what you tapped with and to, and the shoulder you have been nursing since camp.
Waitlist Not built yet Updated 5 September 2026
What problem does MatMinutes solve?
Six months of hard training, and the only record of it is a memory. You know the week the instructor taught the knee shield because you were on the mat for it. You could not say how many rounds you rolled that month, who kept passing your guard, or whether the rib that clicks now started before or after the tournament camp. Apps built for lifting cannot hold any of it. A round is not a set, a tap is not a rep, and there is no field for gi against no-gi, or for the fact that your left elbow will not straighten this week. So people open a notes app and stop after a fortnight, because typing a paragraph in a changing room with taped fingers is a bad trade. Then a coach asks what you have been working on before a stripe, or a physio asks when the shoulder first went, and the honest answer is that nobody wrote it down.
Training log sheet
One line per session for rounds rolled, techniques drilled, taps for and against, and anything that hurt.
| Date | Class or open mat | Rounds | Techniques drilled | Subs for and against | Injuries or notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free to use. No account. Nothing you type here is stored.
What would MatMinutes do?
MatMinutes would take about thirty seconds at the end of class. You tap the date, whether it was a class or open mat, gi or no-gi, and how many live rounds you rolled. If you have the energy, you add the positions drilled, the submissions you hit and the ones you got caught in, and the partners. A body panel lets you mark a joint or a rib as sore, tweaked, or out, and the flag stays until you clear it. Across weeks you see mat time by month, which positions keep landing in the against column, and how long a niggle has been sitting there. Nothing tells you to rest or how to fix your guard. It gives you and your coach a record instead of a recollection.
How would it work?
- 1Tap the date, class or open mat, gi or no-gi, and the number of live rounds.
- 2Add the positions drilled and the submissions hit or eaten, if you have the energy.
- 3Mark a sore joint on the body panel and clear the flag when it settles.
- 4Read mat time by month and see which positions keep landing in the against column.
Who is it for?
- White and blue belts who cannot say what they have been working on when a coach asks.
- Competitors in camp who need mat time and sparring load written down, not guessed.
- Older grapplers managing a shoulder and a knee across a full training week.
What goes in a jiu jitsu training journal you will actually keep?
Keep it to one page a week and write it in the parking lot before you drive home. The sessions you skip are the ones where you promise yourself you will do it properly later. Head the entry with four things: the date, class or open mat, gi or no-gi, and the number of live rounds. That alone, kept for a year, answers most of what you will ask yourself. Then one line per round, and keep the line short. Partner's first name and rough size, where the round started, where you spent most of it, and how it ended. Dave, heavier, standing, ended up in his half guard, tapped to a collar choke. That is one line and it takes ten seconds. Add a single line for the technique of the day and one detail you want to keep, rather than the whole sequence. The detail is the useful part: the grip, the angle, the foot that has to be inside. If the class covered something you have written up before, put the date of the earlier entry beside it instead of copying it out again. Last, one line for the body. Anything that hurt, when it started, and whether it was already there before you trained. Write the date the first time you notice a niggle. If it turns into a real problem, that first date is the thing you will not remember and the thing a physio will ask for. Once a month, read the last four weeks in one sitting and mark the position that shows up most often in the rounds you lost. This is a notebook and nothing more: what to do about a sore joint or a leaky guard belongs to your instructor and your physio.
What do people use today?
| Option | Good at | The gap |
|---|---|---|
| A notes app on your phone | Always in the bag, free, and fine for a paragraph about the technique of the day. | Nothing counts rounds or mat time, and entries dry up within a fortnight because they take too long. |
| General workout and fitness apps | Strong at sets, reps, and load, which matters for the strength work around training. | No round, no gi or no-gi tag, no partner, and no place to record what caught you. |
| A paper notebook in the gym bag | Fast, offline, and easy to flick back through when a position reappears months later. | Gets damp, gets left behind, and nothing adds up rounds across a camp. |
| Instructional video platforms with note features | Excellent for studying a position in depth and saving clips against a technique. | Organized around the instructor's syllabus rather than what happened on your mat last night. |
What would it cost?
Free
$0
- Twenty sessions
- Rounds, gi or no-gi, and technique notes
- Printable training log sheet
Mat Pro
$4.99/mo
- Unlimited sessions and partners
- Submissions for and against, with trends
- Body panel for niggles and time off
- Export before a grading or a physio visit
Academy
$29/mo
- Everything in Mat Pro
- Shared roster for a head coach
- Attendance and mat time per member
Prices are proposed. Founding members lock in the lowest price if we build MatMinutes.
Questions people ask
What is a BJJ training log app?
A BJJ training log app records what happened on the mat: the date, gi or no-gi, class or open mat, how many rounds you rolled, the positions drilled, the submissions you hit and were caught in, and any injury. MatMinutes would do that in about thirty seconds.
Does it cover gi and no-gi?
Both, and the difference is a tag on the session rather than a second log. Grip-dependent games look different in each, so filtering a year of rounds by gi or no-gi is part of the point.
Will my coach see my log?
Personal logs stay private by default. An academy plan would let you choose to share attendance and mat time with a head coach. Nothing about your taps or your sore shoulder travels anywhere unless you send it.
Can I track injuries without getting medical advice?
MatMinutes records what you tell it: which joint, when it started, and whether you trained through it. No advice, no rehab plan, no clearance to return. Those belong to a physio or a doctor who can examine you.
How long does logging a session take?
Four taps for the session header and you are finished. Rounds, partners, and technique notes are optional and can wait until you are on the sofa. The design assumes taped fingers and no patience.
Does it track stripes and promotions?
A promotion is a date and a note on your timeline, so the mat time you put in before a stripe sits beside it. MatMinutes never estimates when a promotion is due. That call belongs to your instructor.
Is a paper sheet not enough?
Paper works, and the sheet on this page uses the same columns. What paper cannot do is add up rounds across a camp or show you the position that keeps appearing in the rounds you lost.
When will MatMinutes launch?
There is no date. MatMinutes gets built only if enough grapplers join this waitlist and say Mat Pro is worth paying for. Joining costs nothing and the training log sheet is free.
Where does this stand?
MatMinutes is a proposal, not a product. This page collects demand from search and answer engines. Askwright builds it only if enough people join the waitlist and say they would pay. Read how this works.