Real, physical pain and moments of extreme discomfort. Jiu Jitsu without discomfort is like surfing without water. You need to face the fear and triumph over the anxiety. When you crush your fears will fill your heart with courage and make you hungry for life.
Jiu Jitsu is simply a language of problem and solutions. Questions and answers. Some Blue Belt trying to shoulder lock you is simply a problem for you to intelligently dissolve. You need to intelligent access the situation. You need to constantly re-evaluate your efforts. You need to think with a clear head during real time struggles.
Jiu Jitsu teaches you a process to solve problems. The best Jiu Jitsu practitioners in the world can still be easily accessed. You can go to their schools and maybe even roll with them. You can never know everything when it comes to Jiu Jitsu , the art is just far too expansive. Jiu Jitsu takes time. Jiu Jitsu is hard. But do you know what else is hard? A rich, purposeful, fulfilled life is hard. Put down that fried chicken, cancel your Netflix account and get yourself to the gym.
Smart people realize that abs take effort, hard work and discipline and so does Jiu Jitsu. Work hard, focus on getting a little bit better each day and mastering Jiu Jitsu will come in time. The ability to do Jiu Jitsu is the ability to be patient.
The more you fail, the more you learn , the more you learn the more you succeed. When you get arm barred, figure out how you got arm barred. Question and observe the moves that got you into that position. Mastering Jiu Jitsu means mastering how to learn. Mastering how to learn means mastering how to love failure.
Focus on the journey and not on the destination. Instead of focusing on your Jiu Jitsu Black Belt, focus on showing up for class tonight and training your heart out. You need to have a destination. But focus more on the journey.
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Try to arrive at the gym about 15 minutes before the class starts. This will give you time to meet the instructor, borrow a gi, get changed, and learn any important gym rules. Some gyms are quite formal and expect students to bow before they get onto the mats.
Some are more relaxed and don't follow those customs. If you are new to the sport and want to get an idea of whether the gym you are training at is legitimate, then there are a few questions you can ask. The most common questions are "What affiliation are you a part of," "Who gave the head instructor his black belt" and "Do your students compete much? The affiliation might be obvious from the name.
The Dungeon, for example, is a Checkmat affiliate—and Checkmat is a very well known brand in the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but their name doesn't make the association obvious. Any legitimate instructor should be able to give the name of the person who gave them their black belt, and will not take offence at being asked.
They should also be able to tell you who gave their instructor his black belt. In Brazilian jiu-jitsu, lineage is important, and because the sport is quite young, most instructors are only a handful or steps away from a big name usually a Gracie, a Machado, or Mauricio Gomes. Don't worry if your instructor is not a black belt. There are many good instructors who are still brown or even purple belts. If you live in a rural area, or a country where BJJ is not popular yet, you might even be taught by a blue belt.
The important question then is whether or not the instructor is still learning from someone himself, and if so, who that instructor is and what their credentials are. Competition is an important part of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and your instructor should be willing to answer questions about how often students compete. It's not a bad sign if a gym only competes at local competitions, or if only a handful of students compete. Some gyms are very competition focused, while others have a mixture of casual and competitive students.
Consider it a red flag, however, if the instructor actively discourages competition. At some gyms, the warmup will consist of skill-specific moves, at some it will be a mixture of jogging, stretching and bodyweight exercises.
Most gyms will have you 'shrimping' and performing other strange animal-like movements. Just try to copy what other people are doing. The moves may seem strange now, but you will eventually see why they are used so often. The moves you do in the warmup are the basic movements that you will use in class.
If the warmup includes 'breakfalls' then you should pay close attention to these. A breakfall is a technique for falling over safely if you are taken down or thrown.
That is a really valuable skill that could be useful in your day to day life even if you don't keep up with Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The warmup may be quite tiring. Push yourself to do as much as you can, but don't be embarrassed if you need to stop and sit out.
Many people struggle with the warmup the first few weeks they come to class. In the drilling section, the instructor will show you a few techniques, and then you will practice those techniques with a partner. For your first class, the instructor might pair with you or they might put you with an experienced student. Try your best to replicate what the instructor showed you. If you don't quite get it, then ask your partner for help.
Don't say "but what if I did this" and try to counter the move, and don't try to show off knowledge from other arts, if you have trained. Sometimes, the instructor may be showing a move that is a response to another person making a mistake, or the next move he shows could be a counter to the current move. During the drilling portion of the class, it's important to drill the move as it was shown. If you have questions, ask them at the end of the session. In the final section of the class you will get the opportunity to do some sparring.
This is where you try to put into action what you have learned, while the other person is resisting. In sparring, the objective is to get your opponent to submit by tapping you, or by saying the word "tap".
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