Hey ladies! Let me just start by saying I love this sub. I never quite thought I'd get in to martial arts myself, but I love it! Seeing all your posts and knowing we're all going through something similar or have at one point is so comforting. 💗 Anyway, I've been training BJJ for about 3 months now, 2 classes a week. Most of my gym is guys (husband included which helps!) and only one other girl who is a purple belt and puts me in an armbar in .3 seconds after starting a roll with me. The rest of the classes are usually at least blue belts, or they're also brand new. My question is - what do I do when I'm simply being out-classed? These guys roll all over me, things I haven't even learned yet like leg locks, certain chokes, takedowns, etc. I know I will learn them, but in the meantime how am I supposed to defend against them? I do my best to keep my guard, frame, post, and keep their weight off me. I try to sweep them sometimes when I'm on bottom in guard but sometimes they see it coming and sometimes they're just strong enough for me to not buck them off. Trying to prepare for class tonight! Any advice is much appreciated!

ETA: The guys in my gym are great and are by no means trying to show me up, they often will talk through what they are doing to me as to help me understand so I can forge a game plan, if I can't then sometimes they'll even walk me through an escape or a pass. BUT I wanna know how to avoid that happening often as I want to be able to progress through the roll on my own.