Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Discover Your Potential

Only the person who seeks to train in martial arts can tell you why he has chosen to do so. For many people, they turn to martial arts to learn self-defence. Some choose to get into martial arts for the physical challenge and conditioning of the art, or some may be seeking the spiritual side that comes with all martial arts. No matter what the reason is, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has it all.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has grown in popularity over the years since 1993 when Royce Gracie won the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Colorado. Since then, an avalanche of BJJ academies have emerge from the over flow of people wanting to learn this unique martial art in the US and around the world. family martial arts classes (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Ask anyone who has ever trained in BJJ and they will tell you that it is fun, exhausting, and challenging. As in most martial arts, there is a belt system in place, with the black belt, or the red and black belt in BJJ, being the goal and a great achievement!

Within each belt level you learn something new about yourself. For beginners, no matter how strong you think you are, the smallest guy in the class is going to hurt your ego. BJJ was designed for the smaller guy to use leverage and chokes to submit heavier opponents. This bruise to your ego will tend to have you rethink your position that the strongest guy always wins. brazilian jiujitsu near me (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

As you progress up the belt ranks, which can take many years, and can take up to ten years to get a black belt, you begin to seek other ways you can improve in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One of the first things people do to improve is to work on their physical conditioning. Many people don't realize how out of shape they are until they find themselves exhausted on the mat, so they begin working out and building their stamina. Another option is to watch instructional videos and books. There are books that display different techniques from different body control positions and can be very useful when watching videos is not an option.

For a few people, they're merely interested in learning as many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques and submissions as they can. Although, knowing a lot of submissions is one thing, it takes proper technique and years of training to get really proficient.

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