Hello, I've been learning BJJ for the past 4 weeks, once a week (unfortunately) as well as stand=up (once a week)

Anyway, currently we are still doing drills.

I was wondering, when does it become more fluid?

And does it just come with practice that you automatically know what to do, in what position. Thanks

That's right: the ''right'' practise brings you to perfection''....
not the wrong practise though!! lol
But honestly, jiujitsu is much as other martial arts: takes time until one can understand timing, distance, momentum and all this things that just happen when we're in action. You can't push this inside, you need to allow your senses to absorb all of it.
Like standing fight somehow teach us to dance conform the music, when rolling on a mat, you gotta feel the momentum,
to think, and remember that brutal force can work well against someone weaker than you, but in a higher level, you gotta do more than physical force, gotta think, see the possibility and let if flow.....


Really, think of great names and see how they look so much inside than exploding in physical anger.

it becomes more fluid when it becomes muscle memory and in order for that to happen you must practice more than once per week. three times a week is the least you should be rolling or doing standup if you really want to excell and exceed. its all about the muscle memory. when you can do the stuff without thinking about it (reflex) than youll be stringing things together smoothly. but its all about repetition, repetition repetition, and consistency.

Widow is right muscle memory is key. Also four Bjj lesson are NOTHING, Jits is hard it takes years even decades to even come close to master. The first year even tho you think you learned alot you problaly DIDN'T the first year you pretty much learn what NOT to do. Second year you learn how to escape (stay alive) while you rolling,Third year you learn how too execute NICE submissions,4th you learn how to counter submissions,An soo on trust me it takes a long time. It is well worth it you have to keep rolling and not give up, time will pass and you will get better. Soon you are going to be top dog at your gym Also remeber jiu jitsu is not a sport its a life style.

three times a week is the least you should be rolling or doing standup if you really want to excell and exceed

Some people just don't have the time.

I think I will start with BJJ soon (twice a week) and continiue with Boxing (once or twice a week). I would love to train BJJ at least three times, Boxing at least two times and lift weights once or twice a week.

If you have enough time, but can't go to the gym, you can work on power, speed and endurance. People that do martial arts often deny it, but I still believe physical attributes are a BIG part of fighting.
However, if you can, you should train more BJJ.
In Boxing you have like two situations: Your opponent is a southpaw or orthodox.
In BJJ you can have the mount, knee-mount, turtle, guard, halfguard, side-control, get mounted, turtled, knee-mounted, be in somebody's guard, half-guard, guard, ...
It's so fucking complex. Up to now I've done No-Gi twice and Gi once and it seemed to me like the Gi makes it even more complicated.

A hint: train, train, train, train, train ... then train some more.

it takes some time, like these guys say. im sure they know more than me, ive been doing this less than a year. does your gym have a "free rolling" time? this is when anyone can come and roll with anyone they want, whether in the presence of an instructor or not. i find that i learn more by rolling with a more experienced guy who will take the time to give you a few pointers than by going to the class and doing repetitive moves. of course you still have to go to class. muscle memory, just like widow says. but if you can free roll, just be prepared to get subbed often and try to never make the same mistake twice. it just takes lots of time and practice. i still get subbed many, many times during free rolling and every once in a while i will actually sub somebody else. good luck man, jiu jitsu is hard. much harder than striking IMO.

i've been training bjj for about 4 months now twice a week and i see myself getting better, but fluid... from rolling with people i would only consider mid to upper blue belts as starting to become fluid.
being a white belt is all about surviving, i see it as a moral victory for me if i dont get tapped out or only tap a few times during rolling.