very cool. thanks. my school also tries to stress a solid standup game. we have a judo instructor and a wrestling coach that come in once a week to teach standup. cheers.
hello all, I've decided to cross train in BJJ... I know a guy who has trained in BJJ for a few years and has offered to teach me the basics. not being familiar with Brazilian JiuJitsu, its curricullum or its rank structure, i have a question. Given that he has the proper training himself, what belt/rank or experience would he need to possess before being able to convey applicable knowledge to someone with little to no groundfighting experience? thanks, Preach
Hi everyone. I just joined the forum today. I have been training in BJJ for the past few months and am pretty passionate about it.
Hey guys, So tonight was my first official class of BJJ, I enjoyed it a lot and plan on going again tomorrow. Basically what I worked on was going from guard to mount,and also a reversal to get out of mount when in mount bottom. I was given a lot of good pointers on what to work on and one thing I noticed myself is my flexibility is just down right horrible. I can already tell my body will be sore tomorrow, but a good sore. All and all tonight was just an awesome experience, and my first step in which will be an awesome journey in the world of BJJ.
Hi everyone! I'm Natalie. I'm 27 and live in Belfast. BJJ white belt: been training for about 9 months. I'm loving it and only wish I'd discovered it sooner! I'm out of action at present due to injury but hoping to get back on the mats as soon as I'm better and the docs give their consent. I'm 5'2'' and 50 kilo and therefore the smallest in our club. Consequently, I spend a lot of rolling time getting sat on!
Check out emily kwok's videos on grapplearts 's youtube account, lots of excellent advice for you there!
Thanks, Fusen! I've seen a few of Emily Kwok's videos, particularly the ones she's done with Stephan Kesting. Kesting has posted some fantastic videos aimed primarily at those facing bigger stronger opponents. I also enjoy watching grapplers of smaller build (such as Marcelo Garcia) compete with larger opponents.
A training partner of mine just just come back from Marcelos (emily kwok's teacher), he's been teaching me all the warm up drills they do for open guard, killer material! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2MDMoyhR90"]marcelo garcia training with emily kwok - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxX2CRRL9cw"]marcelo garcia rolls with gabi garcia - YouTube[/ame]
Hello all, I am new here and wanted to say hi. I have been reading this forum and other's like it for a while so I thought I would join so I could give my opinions on the styles I love. I studied Aiki-jujits for a while (4 years) prior to moving back to the states from Japan, years ago. I now study GJJ and Judo and find it allot more practical. I only have been training in those arts for a year and a half.
Hello, I have been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 1995 and I currently a 2nd degree black belt. I currently own and operate a BJJ school in southern California. I also teach Muay Thai, kickboxing and boxing. My school is part of the Carlson Gracie Team.
Well after alluding to it in other threads I had my first proper BJJ class at a local club (despite dropping around the BJJ forums frequently anyway hehe). I sucked both more and less than I thought I would. I'm starting with a casual membership and see how that goes first. Everyone is real nice and as a result I probably chatted and asked question a bit more than I should have rather than just nutting down and drilling. Had a few funny moments too.
Claude patrick BJJ black belt & UFC fighter 14-2 mma record hi guys. My name is claude partick, living in Mississauga, Ontario Canada I figured I would join the forumand share ideas with the rest of the group. i have experience in Muay thai 10+ years brazilian jiujitsu Blackbelt Judo & wrestling Western boxing & ofcourse Mixed martial arts competion , I currently compete in the UFC welterweight division where i have a MMA record of 14 wins with 2 losses my current objective ouside of the octagon is to further develop and introduce the positive benefits of martial arts to people from all walks of life. competitior or not there is so much the arts have given me its only right i do my best to share. to read more about my work visit me at Link removed pequene, welcome to MAP. I'm afraid we don't permit the posting of personal websites. Once you have a few posts under your below you'll be able to add a link as part of a signature.
my names darren and i live on the south coast, trained ninjutsu for 18 months but got dissilusioned wjilst out injured, am about to start bjj here http://www.worthingbjj.co.uk/pages/Savio backgroundpage.html will i be in for a shock after the rather soft taijutsu
SquidVetOhio Been doing BJJ off and on for almost 10 years. Trained under Jorge Gurgel here in Ohio. Still grapple with some blue-belts. I am a black belt in Seikan karate. Oh yea, also a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Thus, the name.