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| Brokerstar |
My New MMA & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu BlogHey guys I thought I would share this with anyone that may be interested in martial arts.I've been training since the age of 8 in various martial arts and now I'm starting a blog about my experiences and travels due to fighting. http://www.jiujitsumma.net/ Enjoy |
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| two2go |
Can you add an RSS feed option? | ||
| Suspira |
Hey Dom how does this martial art deal with getting attacked by multiple people ? | ||
| YATHINNK |
Dunno how much it differentiates between BJJ and regular Jitsu but, when it comes to Jitsu, we are regularly taught techniques whilst being aware of any other attackers. More advanced stuff does deal with being attacked by multiple people but primarily it focuses on one on one combat. However, this can obviously be expanded as the techniques you can use to defend yourself against one person can often be expanded to help deal with his mate. |
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| Suspira |
Cheers man , i found out they do it up the road from me so will go see whats what i think 
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| YATHINNK |
It's worth doing any form of Jitsu really. BJJ is more adequate if you want to defend yourself day to day as there is a lot of groundwork involved and, generally, a lot of fights end up on the floor. I'm not as experienced as Dom with regards to Jitsu but I have comfortably been able to deal with people out on town who're a little rowdy and most of the time they've been a lot bigger than me. (I'm 5 foot 7, about 9 stone, conditioned to play pacey football). So if you want to learn something to defend yourself then go for Jitsu. |
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| two2go |
Any suggestions on how to choose a place to train? There are quite a few in my area and I'm thinking about checking some of them out, but don't really know what to look for or ask. I have no experience with martial arts. My reasons for joining would be learning self-defense as well as wanting to compete in sport again. | ||
| YATHINNK |
Most instructors tend to let you come up and have a look and see what's what before you go there to train. I know that's what I did when it came to starting out again.
See if you can go down and watch one of the mat sessions and then you can witness yourself how the atmosphere is and how you think you will fit in. It's also important to find out how often the gradings are if you want to improve your ranking each time the term ends. I know of some clubs that don't train in the 3rd part of the year and this means that you miss out on progressing in belt ranking. But obviously some people aren't that bothered about this and the belt is just a colour to them It's all down to you really as in an environment where you're going to be doing a lot of work on defending yourself you defo want to be 100% comfortable. Hope that helps a little, don't know if the question was directed at Dom but I'm sure he won't mind adding/subtracting from my list. |
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| Brokerstar |
Yes as Tom said most places will let you check the training out and many offer free sessions to see how you like it.
Personally I think there are two schools of thought with regards to what you want. I train at a club that dominates and has some of the best fighters in the country. I like thinking I'm training with some of the best guys as that pushes me to be as good as I can be. The downside to that for Joe average is that it can be really intense and each sparring session can be like fighting. So each week I feel as if I actually have several fights but I personally enjoy that (must be the ginger in me). But there are lots of clubs that are more relaxed and just work on teaching you the gentle art whilst being much more forgiving in the sparring area which is good for moral and injury. The beauty of Brazilian jiu jitsu is the fact that if you end up in a one on one fight, you can easily control much bigger opponents. I love kick boxing and Muay Thai also but it's not so easy to take on much bigger people and by the time you develop the power to deal with them, you'll end up in jail for seriously hurting someone. So try and find a place with a good vibe, high ranking instructor of a brown belt plus. (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is not like many martial arts as it takes a hell of a long time to progress in belts) Many BJJ purple belts have put in a similar time to black belts in many other martial arts. Hope that helps. Dom |
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| two2go |
Thanks, hopefully heading out sometime next week to check some out. | ||
| Suspira |
Same here Tuesday or Thursday i'm goin looking forward to it
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