PROGRAMS
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ) IS A MARTIAL ART FOCUSING LARGELY ON GRAPPLING AND GROUND FIGHTING. IT FOCUSES ON THE PRINCIPLES OF LEVERAGE AND PROPER TECHNIQUE TO OBTAIN DOMINANT CONTROL ON THE GROUND, AND PROVIDES A GREATER POSITION TO RESOLVE CONFLICT BY USING SUBMISSION HOLDS.
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BJJ HAS BEEN PROVEN, WHEN USED PROPERLY, TO BE AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR DEALING WITH BIGGER AND STRONGER OPPONENTS AND HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR DUE IN PART TO ITS GREAT SUCCESS IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA). A STUDENT CAN TRAIN IN BJJ FOR SELF-DEFENSE, SPORT JIU-JITSU (AND SUBMISSION GRAPPLING) AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITION. IT HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE TRAINING REGIMENT OF NEARLY EVERY SUCCESSFUL MARTIAL ARTIST WORLDWIDE.
KIDS BJJ
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MARTIAL ARTS OUT THERE, WHICH CAN BE HARD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STYLES WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO CHOOSE WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOUR CHILD. HERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ) IS ONE OF THE SAFEST FORMS FOR CHILDREN TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS:
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-IT IS A NON-VIOLENT, YET EFFECTIVE AND COMPLETE SELF-DEFENSE SYSTEM. MANY PARENTS WANT THEIR CHILD TO LEARN A MARTIAL ART IN ORDER TO DEFEND HERSELF/HIMSELF AGAINST BULLIES OR UNWANTED STRANGERS. HAVING A SAFE AND SYSTEMATIC FOUNDATION OF SELF-DEFENSE IS KEY FOR CHILDREN TO FEEL CONFIDENT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DEFENDING THEMSELVES, IF NECESSARY. SINCE IT IS COMPLETELY BASED IN LEVERAGE AND SUBMISSION, BJJ TECHNIQUE ACTUALLY GIVES THE SMALLER OPPONENT AN ADVANTAGE. THER IS NO KICKING OR PUNCHING INVOLVED, UNLIKE MANY OTHER MARTIAL ARTS...
NO-GI
NO-GI IS ALSO KNOWN AS SUBMISSION FIGHTING, COMBAT GRAPPLING, OR SIMPLY AS NO-GI JIU-JITSU, AND TAKES THE SAME APPROACH AS BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, BUT WITHOUT THE ADVANTAGE (OR DISADVANTAGE) OF A UNIFORM TO GRAB ON TO.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BJJ AND SUBMISSION GRAPPLING IS IN THE GRIPS. IN THE STAND-UP GAME, THE GRIPS PROVIDED BY THE BJJ UNIFORM ALLOW FOR MANY JUDO-STYLE THROWING AND SUBMISSION TECHNIQUES, WHILE SUBMISSION GRAPPLING TAKE-DOWNS RESEMBLE THOSE OF TRADITIONAL WRESTLING.