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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/BJJ is a popular martial arts discipline that is practiced worldwide. It is popular for many reasons, such as the fitness benefits, community, competitive sport aspect, and practical applicability to real life Self Defense situations. Jiu-Jitsu teaches students the discipline and control to de-escalate altercations before they begin, and how to subdue an opponent without punches or kicks. Classes are a great workout, specifically for improving functional strength and endurance. Jiu-Jitsu teaches students how to control their bodies and those of their opponents, making it a great choice for new and longtime martial artists alike.

Advantages of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/BJJ

BJJ is a grappling art, unlike boxing or karate, which means that it doesn’t involve any punches or kicks. Although this may seem to put it at a disadvantage against other disciplines, it actually allows martial artists to control their opponent more effectively by eliminating the space between them. In a Jiu-Jitsu round, the two opponents are connected at all times, fighting to move from position to position. A round ends either when the timer rings, or one opponent taps to the other’s submission. In BJJ classes, students are taught how to manipulate one another’s energy to allow them to get into a dominant position, and how to safely perform submissions to end a fight. In tournaments, a good submission can win a match, and on the street they can keep an attacker subdued without having to throw a punch.

Since Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is all about control, natural advantages like height and strength are less valuable than discipline and knowledge of the art. Jiu-Jitsu is widely agreed to be the most egalitarian discipline when it comes to opponents of different sizes and strengths. Although good fitness is always useful in a physical art, practicing BJJ actually builds functional strength due to the positions that must be maintained during a match.

What Training BJJ Looks Like

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes at Forged Self Defense cater to students of all levels, from beginners to black belts. Classes usually start with some cardiovascular warmups and stretching, followed by instructional periods during which a coach will demonstrate a technique and give students time to practice it with one another. High intensity drills give students a chance to train the technique with real energy and break a sweat. Classes always end with time for ‘rolling’, or pairing up with a partner and working all the techniques and positions they know. The intensity of rolling can depend on what the coach specifies, the rank of the students, or how gentle or hard they want to go.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu allows students to work at their own pace, and encourages those with more experience to help newcomers. It is incredible for higher-ranking BJJ students to watch white belts begin to understand the fundamentals and grow exponentially in their first few months. The near infinite number of techniques and ways to practice them promotes creativity, and allows students to learn from everyone around them, regardless of belt rank. Jiu jitsu is not something that can ever be mastered, because everyone learns and practices it in their own way. If you are looking for something that challenges your body and mind, teaches you Self Defense, offers a good workout, and provides a great community, give Forged Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu a try.

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Krav Maga, Kickboxing and Boxing are great striking arts for fighting on your feet. No matter how good you are with your striking, you must be equally proficient on the ground. In order to have the most realistic Self Defense techniques when dealing with a bigger, stronger opponent or with someone who can close the distance and force a grappling situation on you, you must have some Jiu Jitsu skills. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teaches us that no matter how small you are, you can be able to gain a dominant position on your opponent no matter how big they may be.

Did you know that 80-90% of street fights end up on the ground? So, relying only on your striking skills to defend yourself is not only naive but is also dangerous considering the statistics. Fact of the matter is: if you don’t know how to defend yourself on the ground, then you really don’t know how to defend yourself! The importance of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is to know how to defend against a ground attack and to be able to escape that attack and get back to your feet as fast as possible in a street scenario.

BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position. It uses joint locks and choke holds to force an opponent to submit and also teaches you how to escape encounters on the ground. Today, BJJ is practiced for fun, self defense or sport by men and women, hobbyists, professional fighters, military, and law enforcement alike. A lot of people take BJJ for fun, or for the sport element of training in Martial Arts, but the practical street elements are there if the self defense situation were to arise where you needed to get back to your feet in a real life situation.