Why you need to learn BJJ
Can you defend yourself? I mean with only the weapons God gave you…your body and mind. With Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you can greatly improve your ability to defend yourself and others. Learning a martial art like BJJ also means you forever have that skill to defend yourself with you no matter where you are. Many people have a CHL (Concealed Handgun License) myself included but we don’t always have it with us. Not every place you go allows weapons. But you know what you always have with you regardless of where you are…your body and the knowledge you have of how to use it to defend yourself. If you do think you can defend yourself and you’ve never tried Brazilian Jiu Jitsu I say you go try a free class at a legitimate BJJ school. Try going a few rounds with some of the senior students in the class – it’s an eye opening experience and one that you will thank me for later!
Can your kids defend themselves? Can they defend themselves without resorting to striking the other person and consequently getting hit themselves? In my experience growing up, it never mattered to the teacher or other authority figure who started the fight. What mattered to them was who had the bloody nose or other noticeable evidence of a fight. Even if you were the one who was attacked it is the one that caused the bloody nose that looks bad in their eyes. Most kids resort to hitting each other until one quits, runs away or starts bleeding enough that the other realizes they’ve had enough. A particular aspect of BJJ that I admire is the controlling portion. Kids, or any student of BJJ, learn the ability to control an aggressor without having to resort to physically striking them. I have experienced this myself and the end result was always favorable. Instead of entering into a striking contest with the other guy, I was able to achieve a dominant control position and make him realize this was not going to end well for him. Suddenly, he was now ready to talk it out! Fight ended and neither of us went home with evidence of an altercation. No broken noses or black eyes the next day just wounded pride for the other guy making poor choices. This ability to safely control an opponent and minimize or even hopefully prevent strikes is one of the main skills I want my 4 kids to have in terms of self-defense. Anyone who has spent time around kids knows that kids instinctively know how to hit. Even from a young age, they don’t have the words to express what they want or how they feel so they take and they hit. This continues all the way thru grade school and for many bullies all the way into high school. When this happens to your child do you want them to just take it? Hit the bully back? Neither of those are going to end well for either party. However, with BJJ they learn tactics to relax, evade, move and control. Here is a great program that is using Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a means to deal with Bullying in schools and for kids in general: http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201108/real-it-gets-victims-schoolyard-bullying-can-fight-back-help-ufc-royalty
BJJ teaches lessons that can help you with life.
Patience is one virtue you will learn in BJJ. Knowing when to attack and when to defend. When to hold and when to move. The same is true in life - you need to know when to move and when to stay and sometimes the patience to wait for the right opportunity.
**Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a fantastic martial art for self-defense, fitness and building positive lasting relationships. I encourage you to try it. Even better would be to get your kids involved in it with you and all learn self-defense together!**
Can your kids defend themselves? Can they defend themselves without resorting to striking the other person and consequently getting hit themselves? In my experience growing up, it never mattered to the teacher or other authority figure who started the fight. What mattered to them was who had the bloody nose or other noticeable evidence of a fight. Even if you were the one who was attacked it is the one that caused the bloody nose that looks bad in their eyes. Most kids resort to hitting each other until one quits, runs away or starts bleeding enough that the other realizes they’ve had enough. A particular aspect of BJJ that I admire is the controlling portion. Kids, or any student of BJJ, learn the ability to control an aggressor without having to resort to physically striking them. I have experienced this myself and the end result was always favorable. Instead of entering into a striking contest with the other guy, I was able to achieve a dominant control position and make him realize this was not going to end well for him. Suddenly, he was now ready to talk it out! Fight ended and neither of us went home with evidence of an altercation. No broken noses or black eyes the next day just wounded pride for the other guy making poor choices. This ability to safely control an opponent and minimize or even hopefully prevent strikes is one of the main skills I want my 4 kids to have in terms of self-defense. Anyone who has spent time around kids knows that kids instinctively know how to hit. Even from a young age, they don’t have the words to express what they want or how they feel so they take and they hit. This continues all the way thru grade school and for many bullies all the way into high school. When this happens to your child do you want them to just take it? Hit the bully back? Neither of those are going to end well for either party. However, with BJJ they learn tactics to relax, evade, move and control. Here is a great program that is using Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a means to deal with Bullying in schools and for kids in general: http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201108/real-it-gets-victims-schoolyard-bullying-can-fight-back-help-ufc-royalty
BJJ teaches lessons that can help you with life.
Patience is one virtue you will learn in BJJ. Knowing when to attack and when to defend. When to hold and when to move. The same is true in life - you need to know when to move and when to stay and sometimes the patience to wait for the right opportunity.
**Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a fantastic martial art for self-defense, fitness and building positive lasting relationships. I encourage you to try it. Even better would be to get your kids involved in it with you and all learn self-defense together!**
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