Home gyms and workout rooms are becoming increasingly popular in recent years. But not everyone has space for a huge commercial-sized gym in their home. Fortunately, building a functional 10x10 workout room is entirely possible, no matter your training...
This is a debate on which many people have had contrasting views. On one hand, we have practitioners who argue that competitions are necessary for improvement and awarding your next belt, whatever belt that may be. On the other side,...
Competition in BJJ is one of the main drivers of the sport and industry. It is an essential part of the culture that has developed around our sport. Outside of the obvious part of competing to test your skills, tournaments...
In this world, money is the means to most things and Jiu-Jitsu is not an exception. You need money to train and jiu-jitsu is not particularly cheap, especially for younger practitioners and students. Academies nowadays charge up to five or...
Like them or not, these rules are out there. Not every gym abides by all of them, but you may find traces of at least one of these rules in your academy. 1. Don’t ask a higher belt to roll...
1. When it comes to physical fitness, it produces results.No one can deny the gratifying results that BJJ produces for its practitioners. At first, people hesitate because they are either uncomfortable with the full contact factor or they don’t believe...
Maintaining Sharp Technique Technique does not develop itself. Neither is it downloaded into your brain and muscles when you practice it only five times. Repetition is the key to your brain and body remembering anything. There have been studies stating...
Below is just some friendly advice. Each suggestion varies from case to case, but if you speak to a great number of people in jiu-jitsu, they will tell you that their injuries occurred because of these reasons. If you avoid...
Safety Most parents who send their children to martial art classes usually have very little experience in the martial arts themselves. This means that the first thing that comes to mind for them is ‘is this safe for my child?’...
